The Court of Appeals (CA) ruled in favor of GMA Network in a case of copyright infringement

filed by ABS-CBN Corporation in relation to the Angelo dela Cruz's homecoming video in 2004
that was aired over GMA's Flash Report. The case stemmed from the allegedly unauthorized
airing of a footage showing Dela Cruz's arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)
over GMA's newscast on July 22, 2004.

Both GMA and ABS-CBN deployed news teams on-site to cover the arrival of Dela Cruz, who
was an overseas Filipino worker kidnapped in Iraq. ABS-CBN claimed that GMA "stole" its live
feed, which was actually taken from Reuters Television Service (Reuters), where GMA had a
subscription contract for videos.