Copyright Rights in Performances Publication Right Database Right
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Copyright
Rights in
Performances
Publication Right
Database Right
UNOFFICIAL CONSOLIDATED TEXT
OF UK LEGISLATION TO
3 May 2007
Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of OPSI and the Queen's Printer
for Scotland
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Preface
Status of this document
This document is an unofficial consolidated text of the main UK legislation on
copyright and related rights as amended up to 3 May 2007. (It does not include
Statutory Instruments made under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.) It
has been produced by the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office but we
cannot guarantee its accuracy and it has no legal authority. Only the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988 as enacted and the other Acts of Parliament and
Statutory Instruments amending it, or making provision on copyright and related
rights separately from the Act, are authoritative. These can be found on the OPSI
website at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ It would be helpful if anyone identifying errors or
omissions in this unofficial consolidation could report them to
copyrightenquiries@ipo.gov.uk so that we can make corrections where appropriate.
Background to changes to the law
A considerable number of changes have been made to the law in this area since the
enactment of the Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1988. Most of these have
resulted from secondary legislation amending the 1988 Act in order to implement EC
Directives in the field, namely:
Directive 91/250/EEC on the legal protection of computer programs;
Directive 92/100/EEC on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to
copyright in the field of intellectual property;
Directive 93/83/EEC on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and
rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable
retransmission;
Directive 93/98/EEC harmonizing the term of protection of copyright and certain
related rights;
Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases;
Directive 98/84/EC on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of,
conditional access; and
Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and
related rights in the information society.
Other changes have arisen from the 2002 Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act
and Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act, and from
various legislation since 1988 in areas outside copyright. EC legislation has also led
to the introduction of ‘publication right’ and ‘database right’ in UK law.
Note on SI 2003/2498 and SI 2006/18
Footnotes in the text seek to indicate the source and nature of amendments to the
law, and some other matters. It should be noted, however, that the footnotes do not
cover all of the changes made by SI 2003/2498, implementing Directive 2001/29/EC
and SI 2006/18 (The Performances (Moral Rights etc) Regulations 2006. SI
2003/2468 redefined the terms ‘broadcast’ and ‘broadcasting’ to embrace not only
wireless transmissions to the public at large (as originally), but also wire
transmissions of a similar kind. It also removed the concept of a ‘cable programme’
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as a separate kind of copyright work, and replaced the restricted act of ‘broadcasting
or inclusion in a cable programme service’ by one of ‘communication to the public’
by electronic transmission.
These changes necessitated a considerable number of consequential amendments
throughout the legislation, too numerous all to be indicated by footnotes. In many
cases, previous references to ‘broadcasts or cable programmes’ as species of
copyright works have become references simply to ‘broadcasts’ (as redefined), and
references to the act of ‘broadcasting or inclusion in a cable programme service’
have become references to ‘communication to the public’. However, this is not
always so, and readers are advised to consult the legislation prior to SI 2003/2498 if
they need to determine the precise position previously on provisions now referring to
‘broadcasts’, ‘broadcasting’ or ‘communication to the public’.
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CONTENTS
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ................................................ 18
Part I Copyright......................................................................................................19
Part II Rights In Performances.............................................................................164
Part VII Miscellaneous And General....................................................................204
Schedules ............................................................................................................224
The Copyright (Computer Programs) Regulations 1992 (Si 1992 No. 3233) ......261
The Duration Of Copyright And Rights In Performances Regulations 1995 (Si
1995 No. 3297) ....................................................................................................262
The Copyright And Related Rights Regulations 1996 (Si 1996 No. 2967) ..........270
The Copyright And Related Rights Regulations 2003 (Si 2003 No. 2498) .........273
Publication Right (SI 1996/2967) .........................................................................279
Database Right (SI 1997/3032, Part III)...........................................................283
The Copyright And Rights In Databases Regulations 1997 (Si 1997/3032)........298
Annex I Broadcasting Act 1990 ...........................................................................302
Annex II Broadcasting Act 1996 ..........................................................................306
Annex III Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003..........................................................307
Annex IV The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 SI
2002/2013............................................................................................................314
Annex V Standing Or Interpretation Of Certain Provisions Of The Copyright,
Designs And Patents Act 1988 .............................................................................317
Annex VI Repealed Or Superseded Provisions Of The Copyright, Designs And
Patents Act 1988 ..................................................................................................319
Annex VII Statutory Instruments ...........................................................................332
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Copyright, Designs
and Patents
Act 1988
As amended by the legislation indicated overleaf
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This text reproduces the provisions of Part I (Copyright), Part II (Rights in Performances) and Part
VII (Miscellaneous and General) of the 1988 Act, and relevant Schedules to the Act, as amended
or introduced by the following legislation : -
National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990
Broadcasting Act 1990
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990
Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, SI 1991/194 (N.I.1)
High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991, SI 1991/724 (L.5)
Copyright (Computer Programs) Regulations 1992, SI 1992/3233
Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993
Charities Act 1993
Trade Marks Act 1994
Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994, SI 1994/2795 (N.I.15)
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
Copyright (EC Measures Relating to Pirated Goods and Abolition of Restrictions on the
Import of Goods) Regulations 1995, SI 1995/1445
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995
Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995, SI 1995/3297
Arbitration Act 1996
Broadcasting Act 1996
Education Act 1996
Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996, SI 1996/2967
Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997, SI 1997/3032
Government of Wales Act 1998
Competition Act 1998
Northern Ireland Act 1998
Scotland Act 1998
Competition Act 1998 (Competition Commission) Transitional, Consequential and
Supplemental Provisions Order 1999, SI 1999/506
Health Act 1999 (Supplementary and Consequential Provisions) Order 1999, SI
1999/2795
Health Act 1999 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Order 2000, SI 2000/90
Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing Act) 2000
Conditional Access (Unauthorised Decoders) Regulations 2000, SI 2000/1175
Registered Designs Regulations 2001, SI 2001/3949
Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002
Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002
Enterprise Act 2002
Communications Act 2003
Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003, SI 2003/2498
Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards Act) 2003
Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
The Performances (Moral Rights etc) Regulations 2006
The Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006
Government of Wales Act 2006
The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Commenct. No. 14) Order 2007
The Parliamentary Copyright (National Assembly for Wales) Order 2007
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Copyright, Designs and Patents
Act 1988
CHAPTER 48
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
COPYRIGHT
CHAPTER 1
SUBSISTENCE, OWNERSHIP AND DURATION OF COPYRIGHT
Introductory
Section
1 Copyright and copyright works
2 Rights subsisting in copyright works
Descriptions of work and related provisions
3 Literary, dramatic and musical works
3A Databases
4 Artistic works
5A Sound recordings
5B Films
6 Broadcasts
6A Safeguards in case of certain satellite broadcasts
[7 Deleted]
8 Published editions
Authorship and ownership of copyright
9 Authorship of work
10 Works of joint authorship
11 First ownership of copyright
Duration of copyright
12 Duration of copyright in literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works
13A Duration of copyright in sound recordings
13B Duration of copyright in films
14 Duration of copyright in broadcasts
15 Duration of copyright in typographical arrangement of published editions
15A Meaning of country of origin
CHAPTER II
RIGHTS OF COPYRIGHT OWNER
The acts restricted by copyright
16 The acts restricted by copyright in a work
17 Infringement of copyright by copying
18 Infringement by issue of copies to the public
18A Infringement by rental or lending of work to the public
19 Infringement by performance, showing or playing of work in public
20 Infringement by communication to the public
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Section
21 Infringement by making adaptation or act done in relation to adaptation
Secondary infringement of copyright
22 Secondary infringement: importing infringing copy
23 Secondary infringement: possessing or dealing with infringing copy
24 Secondary infringement: providing means for making infringing copies
25 Secondary infringement: permitting use of premises for infringing
performance
26 Secondary infringement: provision of apparatus for infringing
performance, &c.
Infringing copies
27 Meaning of “infringing copy”
CHAPTER III
ACTS PERMITTED IN RELATION TO COPYRIGHT WORKS
Introductory
28 Introductory provisions
General
28A Making of temporary copies
29 Research and private study
30 Criticism, review and news reporting
31 Incidental inclusion of copyright material
Visual impairment
31A Making a single accessible copy for personal use
31B Multiple copies for visually impaired persons
31C Intermediate copies and records
31D Licensing schemes
31E Limitations, etc. following infringement of copyright
31F Definitions and other supplementary provisions for sections 31A to 31E
Education
32 Things done for the purposes of instruction or examination
33 Anthologies for educational use
34 Performing, playing or showing work in course of activities of educational
establishment
35 Recording by educational establishments of broadcasts
36 Reprographic copying by educational establishments of passages from
published works
36A Lending of copies by educational establishments
Libraries and archives
37 Libraries and archives: introductory
38 Copying by librarians: articles in periodicals
39 Copying by librarians: parts of published works
40 Restriction on production of multiple copies of the same material
40A Lending of copies by libraries or archives
41 Copying by librarians: supply of copies to other libraries
42 Copying by librarians or archivists: replacement copies of works
43 Copying by librarians or archivists: certain unpublished works
44 Copy of work required to be made as condition of export
44A Legal deposit libraries
Public administration
45 Parliamentary and judicial proceedings
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Section
46 Royal Commissions and statutory inquiries
47 Material open to public inspection or on official register
48 Material communicated to the Crown in the course of public business
49 Public records
50 Acts done under statutory authority
Computer programs: lawful users
50A Back up copies
50B Decompilation
50BA Observing, studying and testing of computer programs
50C Other acts permitted to lawful users
Databases: permitted acts
50D Acts permitted in relation to databases
Designs
51 Design documents and models
52 Effect of exploitation of design derived from artistic work
53 Things done in reliance on registration of design
Typefaces
54 Use of typeface in ordinary course of printing
55 Articles for producing material in particular typeface
Works in electronic form
56 Transfers of copies of works in electronic form
Miscellaneous: literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works
57 Anonymous or pseudonymous works: acts permitted on assumptions as
to expiry of copyright or death of author
58 Use of notes or recordings of spoken words in certain cases
59 Public reading or recitation
60 Abstracts of scientific or technical articles
61 Recordings of folksongs
62 Representation of certain artistic works on public display
63 Advertisement of sale of artistic work
64 Making of subsequent works by same artist
65 Reconstruction of buildings
Miscellaneous: lending of works
66 Lending to public of copies of certain works
Miscellaneous: films and sound recordings
66A Films: acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright, &c.
67 Playing of sound recordings for purposes of club, society &c.
Miscellaneous: broadcasts
68 Incidental recording for purposes of broadcast
69 Recording for purposes of supervision and control of broadcasts and
other services
70 Recording for purposes of time-shifting
71 Photographs of broadcasts
72 Free public showing or playing of broadcast
73 Reception and re-transmission of wireless broadcast by cable
73A Royalty or other sum payable in pursuance of section 73(4)
74 Provision of sub-titled copies of broadcast
75 Recording for archival purposes
Adaptations
76 Adaptations
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Section
CHAPTER IV
MORAL RIGHTS
Right to be identified as author or director
77 Right to be identified as author or director
78 Requirement that right be asserted
79 Exceptions to right
Right to object to derogatory treatment of work
80 Right to object to derogatory treatment of work
81 Exceptions to right
82 Qualification of right in certain cases
83 Infringement of right by possessing or dealing with infringing article
False attribution of work
84 False attribution of work
Right to privacy of certain photographs and films
85 Right to privacy of certain photographs and films
Supplementary
86 Duration of rights
87 Consent and waiver of rights
88 Application of provisions to joint works
89 Application of provisions to parts of works
CHAPTER V
DEALINGS WITH RIGHTS IN COPYRIGHT WORKS
Copyright
90 Assignment and licences
91 Prospective ownership of copyright
92 Exclusive licences
93 Copyright to pass under will with unpublished work
93A Presumption of transfer of rental right in case of film production
agreement
Right to equitable remuneration where rental right transferred
93B Right to equitable remuneration where rental right transferred
93C Equitable remuneration: reference of amount to Copyright Tribunal
Moral rights
94 Moral rights not assignable
95 Transmission of moral rights on death
CHAPTER VI
REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT
Rights and remedies of copyright owner
96 Infringement actionable by copyright owner
97 Provisions as to damages in infringement action
97A Injunctions against service providers
98 Undertaking to take licence of right in infringement proceedings
99 Order for delivery up
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Section
100 Right to seize infringing copies and other articles
Rights and remedies of exclusive licensee
101 Rights and remedies of exclusive licensee
101A Certain infringements actionable by a non-exclusive licensee
102 Exercise of concurrent rights
Remedies for infringement of moral rights
103 Remedies for infringement of moral rights
Presumptions
104 Presumptions relevant to literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works
105 Presumptions relevant to sound recordings, films and computer programs
106 Presumptions relevant to works subject to Crown copyright
Offences
107 Criminal liability for making or dealing with infringing articles &c
107A Enforcement by local weights and measures authority
108 Order for delivery up in criminal proceedings
109 Search warrants
110 Offence by body corporate: liability of officers
Provision for preventing importation of infringing copies
111 Infringing copies may be treated as prohibited goods
112 Power of Commissioners of Customs and Excise to make regulations
Supplementary
113 Period after which remedy of delivery up not available
114 Order as to disposal of infringing copy or other article
114A Forfeiture of infringing copies, etc.: England and Wales or Northern
Ireland
114B Forfeiture of infringing copies, etc.: Scotland
115 Jurisdiction of county court and sheriff court
CHAPTER VII
COPYRIGHT LICENSING
Licensing schemes and licensing bodies
116 Licensing schemes and licensing bodies
References and applications with respect to licensing schemes
117 Licensing schemes to which ss. 118 to 123 apply
118 Reference of proposed licensing scheme to tribunal
119 Reference of licensing scheme to tribunal
120 Further reference of scheme to tribunal
121 Application for grant of licence in connection with licensing scheme
122 Application for review of order as to entitlement to licence
123 Effect of order of tribunal as to licensing scheme
References and applications with respect to licensing by licensing bodies
124 Licences to which ss. 125 to 128 apply
125 Reference to tribunal of proposed licence
126 Reference to tribunal of expiring licence
127 Application for review of order as to licence
128 Effect of order of tribunal as to licence
128A Notification of licence or licensing scheme for excepted sound recordings
128B References to the Tribunal by the Secretary of State under section 128A
Factors to be taken into account in certain classes of case
129 General considerations: unreasonable discrimination
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Section
130 Licences for reprographic copying
131 Licences for educational establishments in respect of works included in
broadcasts
132 Licences to reflect conditions imposed by promoters of events
133 Licences to reflect payments in respect of underlying rights
134 Licences in respect of works included in re-transmissions
135 Mention of specific matters not to exclude other relevant considerations
Use as of right of sound recordings in broadcasts
135A Circumstances in which right available
135B Notice of intention to exercise right
135C Conditions for exercise of right
135D Applications to settle payments
135E References etc. about conditions, information and other terms
135F Application for review of order
135G Factors to be taken into account
135H Power to amend sections 135A to 135G
Implied indemnity in schemes or licences for reprographic copying
136 Implied indemnity in certain schemes and licences for reprographic
copying
Reprographic copying by educational establishments
137 Power to extend coverage of scheme or licence
138 Variation or discharge of order extending scheme or licence
139 Appeals against orders
140 Inquiry whether new scheme or general licence required
141 Statutory licence where recommendation not implemented
Royalty or other sum payable for lending of certain works
142 Royalty or other sum payable for lending of certain works
Certification of licensing schemes
143 Certification of licensing schemes
Powers exercisable in consequence of competition report
144 Powers exercisable in consequence of report of Competition Commission
Compulsory collective administration of certain rights
144A Collective exercise of certain rights in relation to cable re-transmission
CHAPTER VIII
THE COPYRIGHT TRIBUNAL
The Tribunal
145 The Copyright Tribunal
146 Membership of Tribunal
147 Financial provisions
148 Constitution for purposes of proceedings
Jurisdiction and procedure
149 Jurisdiction of the tribunal
150 General power to make rules
151 Costs, proof or orders, &c
151A Award of interest
Appeals
152 Appeal to the court on point of law
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Section
CHAPTER IX
QUALIFICATION FOR AND EXTENT OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
Qualification for copyright protection
153 Qualification for copyright protection
154 Qualification by reference to author
155 Qualification by reference to country of first publication
156 Qualification by reference to place of transmission
Extent and application of this Part
157 Countries to which this Part extends
158 Countries ceasing to be colonies
159 Application of this Part to countries to which it does not extend
160 Denial of copyright protection to citizens of counties not giving adequate
protection to British works
Supplementary
161 Territorial waters and the continental shelf
162 British ships, aircraft and hovercraft
CHAPTER X
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
Crown and Parliamentary copyright
163 Crown copyright
164 Copyright in Acts and Measures
165 Parliamentary copyright
166 Copyright in Parliamentary Bills
166A Copyright in Bills of the Scottish Parliament
166B Copyright in Bills of the Northern Ireland Assembly
167 Houses of Parliament: supplementary provisions with respect to copyright
Other miscellaneous provisions
168 Copyright vesting in certain international organisations
169 Folklore, &c.: anonymous published works
Transitional provisions and savings
170 Transitional provisions and savings
171 Rights and privileges under other enactments or the common law
Interpretation
172 General provisions as to construction
172A Meaning of EEA and related expressions
173 Construction of references to copyright owner
174 Meaning of “educational establishment” and related expressions
175 Meaning of publication and commercial publication
176 Requirement of signature: application in relation to body corporate
177 Adaptation of expressions for Scotland
178 Minor definitions
179 Index of defined expressions
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Section
PART II
RIGHTS IN PERFORMANCES
CHAPTER I
Introductory
180 Rights conferred on performers and persons having recording rights
CHAPTER II
Performers’ rights
181 Qualifying performances
182 Consent required for recording, &c. of live performance
182A Consent required for copying of recording
182B Consent required for issue of copies to public
182C Consent required for rental or lending of copies to public
182CA Consent required for making available to the public
182D Right to equitable remuneration for exploitation of sound recording
183 Infringement of performer’s rights by use of recording made without
consent
184 Infringement of performer’s rights by importing, possessing or dealing with
illicit recording
Rights of person having recording rights
185 Exclusive recording contracts and persons having recording rights
186 Consent required for recording of performance subject to exclusive
contract
187 Infringement of recording rights by use of recording made without consent
188 Infringement of recording rights by importing, possessing or dealing with
illicit recording
Exceptions to rights conferred
189 Acts permitted notwithstanding rights conferred by this Part
190 Power of tribunal to give consent on behalf of performer in certain cases
Duration of rights
191 Duration of rights
Performers’ property rights
191A Performers’ property rights
191B Assignment and licences
191C Prospective ownership of a performer’s property rights
191D Exclusive licences
191E Performer’s property right to pass under will with unpublished original
recording
191F Presumption of transfer of rental right in case of film production
agreement
191G Right to equitable remuneration where rental right transferred
191H Equitable remuneration: reference of amount to Copyright Tribunal
191I Infringement actionable by rights owner
191J Provisions as to damages in infringement action
191JA Injunctions against service providers
191K Undertaking to take licence of right in infringement proceedings
191L Rights and remedies for exclusive licensee
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191M Exercise of concurrent rights
Non-property rights
192A Performers’ non-property rights
192B Transmissibility of rights of person having recording rights
193 Consent
194 Infringement actionable as breach of statutory duty
Delivery up or seizure of illicit recordings
195 Order for delivery up
196 Right to seize illicit recordings
197 Meaning of “illicit recording”
Offences
198 Criminal liability for making, dealing with or using illicit recordings
198A Enforcement by local weights and measures authority
199 Order for delivery up in criminal proceedings
200 Search warrants
201 False representation of authority to give consent
202 Offence by body corporate: liability of officers
Supplementary provisions with respect to delivery up and seizure
203 Period after which remedy of delivery up not available
204 Order as to disposal of illicit recording
204A Forfeiture of illicit recordings: England and Wales or Northern Ireland
204B Forfeiture: Scotland
205 Jurisdiction of county court and sheriff court
Licensing of performers’ property rights
205A Licensing of performers’ property rights
Jurisdiction of Copyright Tribunal
205B Jurisdiction of Copyright Tribunal
CHAPTER III
MORAL RIGHTS
Right to be identified as performer
205C –
205N
Right to be identified as performer –
Remedies for infringement of Moral Rights
CHAPTER IV
Qualification for protection and extent
206 Qualifying countries, individuals and persons
207 Countries to which this Part extends
208 Countries enjoying reciprocal protection
209 Territorial waters and the Continental shelf
210 British ships, aircraft and hovercraft
Interpretation
211 Expressions having same meaning as in copyright provisions
212 Index of defined expressions
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Section
PART VII
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
Circumvention of protection measures
296 Circumvention of technical devices applied to computer programs
296ZA Circumvention of technological measures
296ZB Devices and services designed to circumvent technological measures
296ZC Devices and services designed to circumvent technological measures:
search warrants and forfeiture
296ZD Rights and remedies in respect of devices and services designed to
circumvent technological measures
296ZE Remedy where effective technological measures prevent permitted acts
296ZF Interpretation of sections 296ZA to 296ZE
Rights management information
296ZG Electronic rights management information
Computer programs
296A Avoidance of certain terms
Databases
296B Avoidance of certain terms relating to databases
Fraudulent reception of transmissions
297 Offence of fraudulently receiving programmes
297A Unauthorised decoders
297B Search warrants
297C Forfeiture of unauthorised decoders: England and Wales or Northern
Ireland
297D Forfeiture of unauthorised decoders: Scotland
298 Rights and remedies in respect of apparatus, &c. for unauthorised
reception of transmissions
299 Supplementary provisions as to fraudulent reception
Provisions for the benefit of the Hospital for Sick Children
301 Provisions for the benefit of the Hospital for Sick Children
Financial assistance for certain international bodies
302 Financial assistance for certain international bodies
General
303 Consequential amendments and repeals
304 Extent
305 Commencement
306 Short title
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SCHEDULES (to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988)
Schedule 1 - Copyright: transitional provisions and savings
Schedule 2 - Rights in performances: permitted acts
Schedule 2A - Licensing of performers= property rights
Schedule 5A - Permitted acts to which section 296ZE applies
Schedule 6 - Provisions for the benefit of the Hospital for Sick Children
Schedule 7 - Consequential amendments: general
Schedule 8 - Repeals
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS OF -
The Copyright (Computer Programs) Regulations 1992, SI 1992/3233
The Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995, SI 1995/3297
The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996, SI 1996/2967
The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003, SI 2003/2498
SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT, EXTENT &c PROVISIONS OF -
The Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002
The Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002
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ELIZABETH II c. 48
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
1988 CHAPTER 48
An Act to restate the law of copyright, with amendments; to make fresh provision
as to the rights of performers and others in performances; to confer a design right in
original designs; to amend the Registered Designs Act 1949; to make provision with
respect to patent agents and trade mark agents; to confer patents and designs
jurisdiction on certain county courts; to amend the law of patents; to make provision
with respect to devices designed to circumvent copy-protection of works in
electronic form; to make fresh provision penalising the fraudulent reception of
transmissions; to make the fraudulent application or use of a trade mark an offence;
to make provision for the benefit of the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond
Street, London; to enable financial assistance to be given to certain international
bodies; and for connected purposes. [15th November 1988]
E IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the
advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in
this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as
follows: – B
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PART I
COPYRIGHT
CHAPTER I
SUBSISTENCE, OWNERSHIP AND DURATION OF COPYRIGHT
Introductory
1 Copyright and copyright works
(1) Copyright is a property right which subsists in accordance with this Part in
the following descriptions of work –
(a) original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works,
(b) sound recordings, films or broadcasts [---]1, and
(c) the typographical arrangement of published editions.
(2) In this Part "copyright work" means a work of any of those descriptions in
which copyright subsists.
(3) Copyright does not subsist in a work unless the requirements of this Part
with respect to qualification for copyright protection are met (see section
153 and the provisions referred to there).
2 Rights subsisting in copyright works
(1) The owner of the copyright in a work of any description has the exclusive
right to do the acts specified in Chapter II as the acts restricted by the
copyright in a work of that description.
(2) In relation to certain descriptions of copyright work the following rights
conferred by Chapter IV (moral rights) subsist in favour of the author,
director or commissioner of the work, whether or not he is the owner of the
copyright –
(a) section 77 (right to be identified as author or director),
(b) section 80 (right to object to derogatory treatment of work), and
(c) section 85 (right to privacy of certain photographs and films).
1 Original reference to “cable programmes” as a further form of copyright works deleted by SI
2003/2498.
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Descriptions of work and related provisions
3 Literary, dramatic and musical works
(1) 2 In this Part –
"literary work" means any work, other than a dramatic or musical
work, which is written, spoken or sung, and accordingly includes –
(a) a table or compilation other than a database,
(b) a computer program,
(c) preparatory design material for a computer program, and
(d) a database;
"dramatic work" includes a work of dance or mime; and
"musical work" means a work consisting of music, exclusive of any
words or action intended to be sung, spoken or performed with the
music.
(2) Copyright does not subsist in a literary, dramatic or musical work unless
and until it is recorded, in writing or otherwise; and references in this Part
to the time at which such a work is made are to the time at which it is so
recorded.
(3) It is immaterial for the purposes of subsection (2) whether the work is
recorded by or with the permission of the author; and where it is not
recorded by the author, nothing in that subsection affects the question
whether copyright subsists in the record as distinct from the work recorded.
3A3 Databases
(1) In this Part “database” means a collection of independent works, data or
other materials which –
(a) are arranged in a systematic or methodical way, and
(b) are individually accessible by electronic or other means.
(2) For the purposes of this Part a literary work consisting of a database is
original if, and only if, by reason of the selection or arrangement of the
contents of the database the database constitutes the author’s own
intellectual creation.
4 Artistic works
(1) In this Part "artistic work" means –
(a) a graphic work, photograph, sculpture or collage, irrespective of
artistic quality,
(b) a work of architecture being a building or a model for a building, or
2 s3(1)(c) inserted by SI 1992/3233. s.3(1)(d), and words “other than a database” in s.3(1)(a), added by
SI 1997/3032.
3 Inserted by SI 1997/3032.
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(c) a work of artistic craftsmanship.
(2) In this Part –
"building" includes any fixed structure, and a part of a building or fixed
structure;
"graphic work" includes –
(a) any painting, drawing, diagram, map, chart or plan, and
(b) any engraving, etching, lithograph, woodcut or similar work;
"photograph" means a recording of light or other radiation on any medium
on which an image is produced or from which an image may by any means
be produced, and which is not part of a film;
"sculpture" includes a cast or model made for purposes of sculpture.
5A4 Sound recordings
(1) In this Part “sound recording” means –
(a) a recording of sounds, from which the sounds may be reproduced, or
(b) a recording of the whole or any part of a literary, dramatic or musical
work, from which sounds reproducing the work or part may be produced,
regardless of the medium on which the recording is made or the method by
which the sounds are reproduced or produced.
(2) Copyright does not subsist in a sound recording which is, or to the extent
that it is, a copy taken from a previous sound recording.
5B Films
(1) In this Part “film” means a recording on any medium from which a moving
image may by any means be produced.
(2) The sound track accompanying a film shall be treated as part of the film for
the purposes of this Part.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), where that subsection
applies –
(a) references in this Part to showing a film include playing the film
sound track to accompany the film,
(b) references in this Part to playing a sound recording, or to
communicating a sound recording to the public, do not include playing or
communicating the film sound track to accompany the film,
4 Original s.5 replaced by ss.5A & 5B, SI 1995/3297.
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(c) references in this Part to copying a work, so far as they apply to a
sound recording, do not include copying the film sound track to
accompany the film, and
(d) references in this Part to the issuing, rental or lending of copies of a
work, so far as they apply to a sound recording, do not include the
issuing, rental or lending of copies of the sound track to accompany the
film.
(4) Copyright does not subsist in a film which is, or to the extent that it is, a
copy taken from a previous film.
(5) Nothing in this section affects any copyright subsisting in a film sound track
as a sound recording.
65 Broadcasts
(1) In this Part a "broadcast" means an electronic transmission of visual
images, sounds or other information which –
(a) is transmitted for simultaneous reception by members of the public
and is capable of being lawfully received by them, or
(b) is transmitted at a time determined solely by the person making the
transmission for presentation to members of the public,
and which is not excepted by subsection (1A); and references to
broadcasting shall be construed accordingly.
(1A) Excepted from the definition of "broadcast" is any internet transmission
unless it is –
(a) a transmission taking place simultaneously on the internet and by
other means,
(b) a concurrent transmission of a live event, or
(c) a transmission of recorded moving images or sounds forming part of
a programme service offered by the person responsible for making the
transmission, being a service in which programmes are transmitted at
scheduled times determined by that person.
(2) An encrypted transmission shall be regarded as capable of being lawfully
received by members of the public only if decoding equipment has been
made available to members of the public by or with the authority of the
person making the transmission or the person providing the contents of the
transmission.
(3) References in this Part to the person making a broadcast or a transmission
which is a broadcast are –
5 Revised s.6(1) substituted, and s.6(1A) added, by SI 2003/2498. Words “or a transmission which is a
broadcast” substituted in s.6(3) by SI 2003/2498 (replacing original wording “, broadcasting a work or
including a work in a broadcast”). Revised s.6(4) substituted, and s.6(4A) inserted, by SI 1996/2967,
and word “wireless” added in s.6(4) by SI 2003/2498. s.6(5A) added, and words “or in a cable
programme” deleted from s.6(6), by SI 2003/2498.
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(a) to the person transmitting the programme, if he has responsibility to
any extent for its contents, and
(b) to any person providing the programme who makes with the person
transmitting it the arrangements necessary for its transmission;
and references in this Part to a programme, in the context of broadcasting,
are to any item included in a broadcast.
(4) For the purposes of this Part, the place from which a wireless broadcast is
made is the place where, under the control and responsibility of the person
making the broadcast, the programme-carrying signals are introduced into
an uninterrupted chain of communication (including, in the case of a
satellite transmission, the chain leading to the satellite and down towards
the earth).
(4A) Subsections (3) and (4) have effect subject to section 6A (safeguards in
case of certain satellite broadcasts).
(5) References in this Part to the reception of a broadcast include reception of
a broadcast relayed by means of a telecommunications system.
(5A) The relaying of a broadcast by reception and immediate re-transmission
shall be regarded for the purposes of this Part as a separate act of
broadcasting from the making of the broadcast which is so re-transmitted.
(6) Copyright does not subsist in a broadcast which infringes, or to the extent
that it infringes, the copyright in another broadcast [---].
6A6 Safeguards in case of certain satellite broadcasts
(1) This section applies where the place from which a broadcast by way of
satellite transmission is made is located in a country other than an EEA
State and the law of that country fails to provide at least the following level
of protection –
(a) exclusive rights in relation to wireless broadcasting equivalent to
those conferred by section 20 (infringement by communication to the
public) on the authors of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works,
films and broadcasts;
(b) a right in relation to live wireless broadcasting equivalent to that
conferred on a performer by section 182(1)(b) (consent required for live
broadcast of performance); and
(c) a right for authors of sound recordings and performers to share in a
single equitable remuneration in respect of the wireless broadcasting of
sound recordings.
(2) Where the place from which the programme-carrying signals are
transmitted to the satellite (“the uplink station”) is located in an EEA State –
6 Inserted by SI 1996/2967, and word “wireless” added to ss.6A(1)(a), (b) & (c) by SI 2003/2498.
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(a) that place shall be treated as the place from which the broadcast is
made, and
(b) the person operating the uplink station shall be treated as the person
making the broadcast.
(3) Where the uplink station is not located in an EEA State but a person who is
established in an EEA State has commissioned the making of the
broadcast
(a) that person shall be treated as the person making the broadcast, and
(b) the place in which he has his principal establishment in the European
Economic Area shall be treated as the place from which the broadcast is
made.
[7]7
8 Published editions
(1) In this Part "published edition", in the context of copyright in the
typographical arrangement of a published edition, means a published
edition of the whole or any part of one or more literary, dramatic or musical
works.
(2) Copyright does not subsist in the typographical arrangement of a published
edition if, or to the extent that, it reproduces the typographical arrangement
of a previous edition.
Authorship and ownership of copyright
9 Authorship of work
(1) In this Part "author", in relation to a work, means the person who creates it.
(2) 8That person shall be taken to be –
(aa) in the case of a sound recording, the producer;
(ab) in the case of a film, the producer and the principal director;
(b) in the case of a broadcast, the person making the broadcast (see
section 6(3)) or, in the case of a broadcast which relays another broadcast
by reception and immediate re-transmission, the person making that other
broadcast;
[(c)]
(d) in the case of the typographical arrangement of a published edition,
the publisher.
7 s.7 (cable programmes) deleted by SI 2003/2498.
8 Original s.9(2)(a) replaced by ss.9(2)(aa) & (ab), SI 1996/2967. s.9(2)(c) (authorship of cable
programmes) deleted by SI 2003/2498.
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(3) In the case of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work which is
computer-generated, the author shall be taken to be the person by whom
the arrangements necessary for the creation of the work are undertaken.
(4) For the purposes of this Part a work is of "unknown authorship" if the
identity of the author is unknown or, in the case of a work of joint
authorship, if the identity of none of the authors is known.
(5) For the purposes of this Part the identity of an author shall be regarded as
unknown if it is not possible for a person to ascertain his identity by
reasonable inquiry; but if his identity is once known it shall not
subsequently be regarded as unknown.
10 Works of joint authorship
(1) In this Part a "work of joint authorship" means a work produced by the
collaboration of two or more authors in which the contribution of each
author is not distinct from that of the other author or authors.
(1A)9 A film shall be treated as a work of joint authorship unless the producer
and the principal director are the same person.
(2) A broadcast shall be treated as a work of joint authorship in any case
where more than one person is to be taken as making the broadcast (see
section 6(3)).
(3) References in this Part to the author of a work shall, except as otherwise
provided, be construed in relation to a work of joint authorship as
references to all the authors of the work.
11 First ownership of copyright
(1) The author of a work is the first owner of any copyright in it, subject to the
following provisions.
(2) Where a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, or a film10, is made by
an employee in the course of his employment, his employer is the first
owner of any copyright in the work subject to any agreement to the
contrary.
(3) This section does not apply to Crown copyright or Parliamentary copyright
(see section 163 and 165) or to copyright which subsists by virtue of
section 168 (copyright of certain international organisations).
Duration of copyright
1211 Duration of copyright in literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works
9 Added by SI 1996/2967.
10 Words “, or a film,” added by SI 1996/2967.
11 Revised s.12 substituted by SI 1995/3297.
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(1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the duration of
copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work.
(2) Copyright expires at the end of the period of 70 years from the end of the
calendar year in which the author dies, subject as follows.
(3) If the work is of unknown authorship, copyright expires -
(a) at the end of the period of 70 years from the end of the calendar year
in which the work was made, or
(b) if during that period the work is made available to the public, at the
end of the period of 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which it
is first so made available,
subject as follows.
(4) Subsection (2) applies if the identity of the author becomes known before
the end of the period specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (3).
(5) For the purposes of subsection (3) making available to the public includes -
(a) in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work -
(i) performance in public, or
(ii) communication to the public;
(b) in the case of an artistic work -
(i) exhibition in public,
(ii) a film including the work being shown in public, or
(iii) communication to the public;
but in determining generally for the purposes of that subsection whether a
work has been made available to the public no account shall be taken of
any unauthorised act.
(6) Where the country of origin of the work is not an EEA state and the author
of the work is not a national of an EEA state, the duration of copyright is
that to which the work is entitled in the country of origin, provided that
does not exceed the period which would apply under subsections (2) to (5).
(7) If the work is computer-generated the above provisions do not apply and
copyright expires at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the
calendar year in which the work was made.
(8) The provisions of this section are adapted as follows in relation to a work of
joint authorship -
(a) the reference in subsection (2) to the death of the author shall be
construed -
(i) if the identity of all the authors is known, as a reference to the
death of the last of them to die, and
(ii) if the identity of one or more of the authors is known and the
identity of one or more others is not, as a reference to the
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death of the last whose identity is known;
(b) the reference in subsection (4) to the identity of the author becoming
known shall be construed as a reference to the identity of any of the
authors becoming known;
(c) the reference in subsection (6) to the author not being a national of
an EEA state shall be construed as a reference to none of the authors
being a national of an EEA state.
(9) This section does not apply to Crown copyright or Parliamentary copyright
(see sections 163 to 166D12) or to copyright which subsists by virtue of
section 168 (copyright of certain international organisations).
13A13 Duration of copyright in sound recordings
(1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the duration of
copyright in a sound recording.
(2) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), copyright expires -
(a) at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year
in which the recording is made, or
(b) if during that period the recording is published, 50 years from the end
of the calendar year in which it is first published, or
(c) if during that period the recording is not published but is made
available to the public by being played in public or communicated to the
public, 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is first so
made available,
but in determining whether a sound recording has been published, played
in public or communicated to the public, no account shall be taken of any
unauthorised act.
[(3)]
(4) Where the author of a sound recording is not a national of an EEA state,
the duration of copyright is that to which the sound recording is entitled in
the country of which the author is a national, provided that does not exceed
the period which would apply under subsection (2).
(5) If or to the extent that the application of subsection (4) would be at
variance with an international obligation to which the United Kingdom
became subject prior to 29th October 1993, the duration of copyright shall
be as specified in subsection (2).
13B Duration of copyright in films
(1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the duration of
copyright in a film.
12 Reference to s.166D inserted by Government of Wales Act 2006 (replacing reference to s.166B).
13 Original s.13 replaced by ss.13A & 13B, SI 1995/3297. Revised s.13A(2) substituted, and s.13A(3)
deleted, by SI 2003/2498.
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(2) Copyright expires at the end of the period of 70 years from the end of the
calendar year in which the death occurs of the last to die of the following
persons -
(a) the principal director,
(b) the author of the screenplay,
(c) the author of the dialogue, or
(d) the composer of music specially created for and used in the film;
subject as follows.
(3) If the identity of one or more of the persons referred to in subsection (2)(a)
to (d) is known and the identity of one or more others is not, the reference
in that subsection to the death of the last of them to die shall be construed
as a reference to the death of the last whose identity is known.
(4) If the identity of the persons referred to in subsection (2)(a) to (d) is
unknown, copyright expires at -
(a) the end of the period of 70 years from the end of the calendar year in
which the film was made, or
(b) if during that period the film is made available to the public, at the end
of the period of 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is
first so made available.
(5) Subsections (2) and (3) apply if the identity of any of those persons
becomes known before the end of the period specified in paragraph (a) or
(b) of subsection (4).
(6) For the purposes of subsection (4) making available to the public includes -
(a) showing in public, or
(b) communicating to the public;
(c) but in determining generally for the purposes of that subsection
whether a film has been made available to the public no account shall be
taken of any unauthorised act.
(7) Where the country of origin is not an EEA state and the author of the film is
not a national of an EEA state, the duration of copyright is that to which the
work is entitled in the country of origin, provided that does not exceed the
period which would apply under subsections (2) to (6).
(8) In relation to a film of which there are joint authors, the reference in
subsection (7) to the author not being a national of an EEA state shall be
construed as a reference to none of the authors being a national of an EEA
state.
(9) If in any case there is no person falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) of
subsection (2), the above provisions do not apply and copyright expires at
the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in
which the film was made.
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(10) For the purposes of this section the identity of any of the persons referred
to in subsection 2(a) to (d) shall be regarded as unknown if it is not
possible for a person to ascertain his identity by reasonable inquiry; but if
the identity of any such person is once known it shall not subsequently be
regarded as unknown.
1414 Duration of copyright in broadcasts
(1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the duration of
copyright in a broadcast.
(2) Copyright in a broadcast expires at the end of the period of 50 years from
the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast was made, subject as
follows.
(3) Where the author of the broadcast is not a national of an EEA state, the
duration of copyright in the broadcast is that to which it is entitled in the
country of which the author is a national, provided that does not exceed the
period which would apply under subsection (2).
(4) If or the extent that the application of subsection (3) would be at variance
with an international obligation to which the United Kingdom became
subject prior to 29th October 1993, the duration of copyright shall be as
specified in subsection (2).
(5) Copyright in a repeat broadcast expires at the same time as the copyright
in the original broadcast; and accordingly no copyright arises in respect of
a repeat broadcast which is broadcast after the expiry of the copyright in
the original broadcast.
(6) A repeat broadcast means one which is a repeat of a broadcast previously
made.
15 Duration of copyright in typographical arrangement of published
editions
Copyright in the typographical arrangement of a published edition expires at
the end of the period of 25 years from the end of the calendar year in which
the edition was first published.
15A15 Meaning of country of origin
(1) For the purposes of the provisions of this Part relating to the duration of
copyright the country of origin of a work shall be determined as follows.
(2) If the work is first published in a Berne Convention country and is not
simultaneously published elsewhere, the country of origin is that country.
14 Revised s.14 substituted by SI 1995/3297, and amended by SI 2003/2498 to refer throughout only to
a “broadcast” (rather than also to a “cable programme”).
15 Added by SI 1995/3297.
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(3) If the work is first published simultaneously in two or more countries only
one of which is a Berne Convention country, the country of origin is that
country.
(4) If the work is first published simultaneously in two or more countries of
which two or more are Berne Convention countries, then B
(a) if any of those countries is an EEA state, the country of origin is that
country; and
(b) if none of those countries is an EEA state, the country of origin is the
Berne Convention country which grants the shorter or shortest period of
copyright protection.
(5) If the work is unpublished or is first published in a country which is not a
Berne Convention country (and is not simultaneously published in a Berne
Convention country), the country of origin is B
(a) if the work is a film and the maker of the film has his headquarters in,
or is domiciled or resident in a Berne Convention country, that country;
(b) if the work is B
(i) a work of architecture constructed in a Berne Convention
country, or
(ii) an artistic work incorporated in a building or other structure
situated in a Berne Convention country,
that country;
(c) in any other case, the country of which the author of the work is a
national.
(6) In this section B
(a) a “Berne Convention country” means a country which is party to any
Act of the International Convention for the Protection of Literary and
Artistic Works signed at Berne on 9th September 1886; and
(b) references to simultaneous publication are to publication within 30
days of first publication.
CHAPTER II
RIGHTS OF COPYRIGHT OWNER
The acts restricted by copyright
16 The acts restricted by copyright in a work
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(1) 16 The owner of the copyright in a work has, in accordance with the
following provisions of this Chapter, the exclusive right to do the following
acts in the United Kingdom B
(a) to copy the work (see section 17);
(b) to issue copies of the work to the public (see section 18);
(ba) to rent or lend the work to the public (see section 18A);
(c) to perform, show or play the work in public (see section 19);
(d) to communicate the work to the public (see section 20);
(e) to make an adaptation of the work or do any of the above in relation
to an adaptation (see section 21);
and those acts are referred to in this Part as the "acts restricted by the
copyright".
(2) Copyright in a work is infringed by a person who without the licence of the
copyright owner does, or authorises another to do, any of the acts
restricted by the copyright.
(3) References in this Part to the doing of an act restricted by the copyright in
a work are to the doing of it B
(a) in relation to the work as a whole or any substantial part of it, and
(b) either directly or indirectly;
and it is immaterial whether any intervening acts themselves infringe
copyright.
(4) This Chapter has effect subject to B
(a) the provisions of Chapter III (acts permitted in relation to copyright
works), and
(b) the provisions of Chapter VII (provisions with respect to copyright
licensing).
17 Infringement of copyright by copying
(1) The copying of the work is an act restricted by the copyright in every
description of copyright work; and references in this Part to copying and
copies shall be construed as follows.
(2) Copying in relation to a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work means
reproducing the work in any material form.
This includes storing the work in any medium by electronic means.
16 s.16(1)(ba) added by SI 1996/2967. Revised s.16(1)(d) substituted by SI 2003/2498 (replacing
original wording “to broadcast the work or include it in a cable programme service (see section 20)”.
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(3) In relation to an artistic work copying includes the making of a copy in three
dimensions of a two-dimensional work and the making of a copy in two
dimensions of a three-dimensional work.
(4) Copying in relation to a film or broadcast includes making a photograph of
the whole or any substantial part of any image forming part of the film or
broadcast.
(5) Copying in relation to the typographical arrangement of a published edition
means making a facsimile copy of the arrangement.
(6) Copying in relation to any description of work includes the making of
copies which are transient or are incidental to some other use of the work.
1817 Infringement by issue of copies to the public
(1) The issue to the public of copies of the work is an act restricted by the
copyright in every description of copyright work.
(2) References in this Part to the issue to the public of copies of a work are to
B
(a) the act of putting into circulation in the EEA copies not previously put
into circulation in the EEA by or with the consent of the copyright owner,
or
(b) the act of putting into circulation outside the EEA copies not
previously put into circulation in the EEA or elsewhere.
(3) References in this Part to the issue to the public of copies of a work do not
include-
(a) any subsequent distribution, sale, hiring or loan of copies previously
put into circulation (but see section 18A: infringement by rental or
lending), or
(b) any subsequent importation of such copies into the United Kingdom
or another EEA state,
except so far as paragraph (a) of subsection (2) applies to putting into
circulation in the EEA copies previously put into circulation outside the
EEA.
(4) References in this Part to the issue of copies of a work include the issue of
the original.
18A18 Infringement by rental or lending of work to the public
(1) The rental or lending of copies of the work to the public is an act restricted
by the copyright in -
(a) a literary, dramatic or musical work,
17 Revised ss.18(2) &(3) substituted, and s.18(4) added, by SI 1996/2967.
18 Added by SI 1996/2967.
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(b) an artistic work, other than -
(i) a work of architecture in the form of a building or a model for a
building,or
(ii) a work of applied art, or
(c) a film or a sound recording.
(2) In this Part, subject to the following provisions of this section -
(a) “rental” means making a copy of the work available for use, on terms
that it will or may be returned, for direct or indirect economic or
commercial advantage, and
(b) “lending” means making a copy of the work available for use, on
terms that it will or may be returned, otherwise than for direct or indirect
economic or commercial advantage, through an establishment which is
accessible to the public.
(3) The expressions “rental” and “lending” do not include -
(a) making available for the purpose of public performance, playing or
showing in public or communication to the public;
(b) making available for the purpose of exhibition in public; or
(c) making available for on-the-spot reference use.
(4) The expression “lending” does not include making available between
establishments which are accessible to the public.
(5) Where lending by an establishment accessible to the public gives rise to a
payment the amount of which does not go beyond what is necessary to
cover the operating costs of the establishment, there is no direct or indirect
economic or commercial advantage for the purposes of this section.
(6) References in this Part to the rental or lending of copies of a work include
the rental or lending of the original.
19 Infringement by performance, showing or playing of work in public
(1) The performance of the work in public is an act restricted by the copyright
in a literary, dramatic or musical work.
(2) In this Part "performance", in relation to a work -
(a) includes delivery in the case of lectures, addresses, speeches and
sermons, and
(b) in general, includes any mode of visual or acoustic presentation,
including presentation by means of a sound recording, film or broadcast
of the work.
(3) The playing or showing of the work in public is an act restricted by the
copyright in a sound recording, film or broadcast.
(4) Where copyright in a work is infringed by its being performed, played or
shown in public by means of apparatus for receiving visual images or
sounds conveyed by electronic means, the person by whom the visual
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images or sounds are sent, and in the case of a performance the
performers, shall not be regarded as responsible for the infringement.
2019 Infringement by communication to the public
(1) The communication to the public of the work is an act restricted by the
copyright in -
(a) a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work,
(b) a sound recording or film, or
(c) a broadcast.
(2) References in this Part to communication to the public are to
communication to the public by electronic transmission, and in relation to a
work include -
(a) the broadcasting of the work;
(b) the making available to the public of the work by electronic
transmission in such a way that members of the public may access it
from a place and at a time individually chosen by them.
2120 Infringement by making adaptation or act done in relation to adaptation
(1) The making of an adaptation of the work is an act restricted by the
copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work.
For this purpose an adaptation is made when it is recorded, in writing or
otherwise.
(2) The doing of any of the acts specified in sections 17 to 20, or subsection
(1) above, in relation to an adaptation of the work is also an act restricted
by the copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work.
For this purpose it is immaterial whether the adaptation has been recorded,
in writing or otherwise, at the time the act is done.
(3) In this Part "adaptation" -
(a) in relation to a literary work, other than a computer program or a
database, or in relation to a dramatic work, means -
(i) a translation of the work;
(ii) a version of a dramatic work in which it is converted into a
non-dramatic work or, as the case may be, of a non-dramatic
work in which it is converted into a dramatic work;
(iii) a version of the work in which the story or action is conveyed
wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for
19 Revised s.20 substituted by SI 2003/2498.
20 s.21(3)(ab), and words “work, other than a computer program” in s.21(3)(a), added by SI 1992/3233.
Words “or a database, or in relation to a” in s.21(3)(a), and s.21(3)(ac), added by SI 1997/3032.
Words “otherwise than incidentally in the course of running the program” deleted in s.21(4) by SI
1992/3233.
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reproduction in a book, or in a newspaper, magazine or
similar periodical;
(ab) in relation to a computer program, means an arrangement or altered
version of the program or a translation of it;
(ac) in relation to a database, means an arrangement or altered version of
the database or a translation of it;
(b) in relation to a musical work, means an arrangement or transcription
of the work.
(4) In relation to a computer program a "translation" includes a version of the
program in which it is converted into or out of a computer language or code
or into a different computer language or code [---].
(5) No inference shall be drawn from this section as to what does or does not
amount to copying a work.
Secondary infringement of copyright
22 Secondary infringement: importing infringing copy
The copyright in a work is infringed by a person who, without the licence of
the copyright owner, imports into the United Kingdom, otherwise than for his
private and domestic use, an article which is, and which he knows or has
reason to believe is, an infringing copy of the work.
23 Secondary infringement: possessing or dealing with infringing copy
The copyright in a work is infringed by a person who, without the licence of
the copyright owner -
(a) possesses in the course of a business,
(b) sells or lets for hire, or offers or exposes for sale or hire,
(c) in the course of a business exhibits in public or distributes, or
(d) distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an
extent as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright,
an article which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe is, an
infringing copy of the work.
24 Secondary infringement: providing means for making infringing copies
(1) Copyright in a work is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the
copyright owner -
(a) makes,
(b) imports into the United Kingdom,
(c) possesses in the course of a business, or
(d) sells or lets for hire, or offers or exposes for sale or hire,
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an article specifically designed or adapted for making copies of that work,
knowing or having reason to believe that it is to be used to make infringing
copies.
(2) Copyright in a work is infringed by a person who without the licence of the
copyright owner transmits the work by means of a telecommunications
system (otherwise than by communication to the public), knowing or having
reason to believe that infringing copies of the work will be made by means
of the reception of the transmission in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
25 Secondary infringement: permitting use of premises for infringing
performance
(1) Where the copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work is infringed by a
performance at a place of public entertainment, any person who gave
permission for that place to be used for the performance is also liable for
the infringement unless when he gave permission he believed on
reasonable grounds that the performance would not infringe copyright.
(2) In this section "place of public entertainment" includes premises which are
occupied mainly for other purposes but are from time to time made
available for hire for the purposes of public entertainment.
26 Secondary infringement: provision of apparatus for infringing
performance, &c
(1) Where copyright in a work is infringed by a public performance of the work,
or by the playing or showing of the work in public, by means of apparatus
for -
(a) playing sound recordings,
(b) showing films, or
(c) receiving visual images or sounds conveyed by electronic means,
the following persons are also liable for the infringement.
(2) A person who supplied the apparatus, or any substantial part of it, is liable
for the infringement if when he supplied the apparatus or part -
(a) he knew or had reason to believe that the apparatus was likely to be
so used as to infringe copyright, or
(b) in the case of apparatus whose normal use involves a public
performance, playing or showing, he did not believe on reasonable
grounds that it would not be so used as to infringe copyright.
(3) An occupier of premises who gave permission for the apparatus to be
brought onto the premises is liable for the infringement if when he gave
permission he knew or had reason to believe that the apparatus was likely
to be so used as to infringe copyright.
(4) A person who supplied a copy of a sound recording or film used to infringe
copyright is liable for the infringement if when he supplied it he knew or
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had reason to believe that what he supplied, or a copy made directly or
indirectly from it, was likely to be so used as to infringe copyright.
Infringing copies
2721 Meaning of “infringing copy”
(1) In this Part "infringing copy", in relation to a copyright work, shall be
construed in accordance with this section.
(2) An article is an infringing copy if its making constituted an infringement of
the copyright in the work in question.
(3) An article is also an infringing copy if -
(a) it has been or is proposed to be imported into the United Kingdom,
and
(b) its making in the United Kingdom would have constituted an
infringement of the copyright in the work in question, or a breach of an
exclusive licence agreement relating to that work.
(4) Where in any proceedings the question arises whether an article is an
infringing copy and it is shown -
(a) that the article is a copy of the work, and
(b) that copyright subsists in the work or has subsisted at any time,
it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that the article was made
at a time when copyright subsisted in the work.
(5) Nothing in subsection (3) shall be construed as applying to an article which
may lawfully be imported into the United Kingdom by virtue of any
enforceable Community right within the meaning of section 2(1) of the
European Communities Act 1972.
(6) In this Part "infringing copy" includes a copy falling to be treated as an
infringing copy by virtue of any of the following provisions -
section 31A(6) and (9) (making a single accessible copy for personal use),
section 31B(9) and (10) (multiple copies for visually impaired persons),
section 31C(2) (intermediate copies held by approved bodies),
section 32(5) (copies made for purposes of instruction or examination),
section 35(3) (recordings made by educational establishments for
educational purposes),
21 SI 1992/3233 inserted a further subsection (3A) which was subsequently deleted by SI 1996/2967.
References in s.27(6) to ss.31A(6) &(9), 31B(9) & (10) and 31C(2) added by the Copyright (Visually
Impaired Persons) Act 2002, and to ss.70(2) & 71(2) added by SI 2003/2498.
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section 36(5) (reprographic copying by educational establishments for
purposes of instruction),
section 37(3)(b) (copies made by librarian or archivist in reliance on false
declaration),
section 56(2) (further copies, adaptations, &c. of work in electronic form
retained on transfer of principal copy),
section 63(2) (copies made for purpose of advertising artistic work for
sale),
section 68(4) (copies made for purpose of broadcast),
section 70(2) (recording for the purposes of time-shifting),
section 71(2) (photographs of broadcasts), or
any provision of an order under section 141 (statutory licence for certain
reprographic copying by educational establishments).
CHAPTER III
ACTS PERMITTED IN RELATION TO COPYRIGHT WORKS 22
Introductory
28 Introductory provisions
(1) The provisions of this Chapter specify acts which may be done in relation
to copyright works notwithstanding the subsistence of copyright; they relate
only to the question of infringement of copyright and do not affect any other
right or obligation restricting the doing of any of the specified acts.23
(2) Where it is provided by this Chapter that an act does not infringe copyright,
or may be done without infringing copyright, and no particular description
of copyright work is mentioned, the act in question does not infringe the
copyright in a work of any description.
(3) No inference shall be drawn from the description of any act which may by
virtue of this Chapter be done without infringing copyright as to the scope
of the acts restricted by the copyright in any description of work.
(4) The provisions of this Chapter are to be construed independently of each
other, so that the fact that an act does not fall within one provision does not
mean that it is not covered by another provision.
22 See also s.176 and Sch. 17 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Annex 1) which provide for compulsory
licensing of radio and television programme listings information.
23 But see also ss. 296A & 296B, and s.137 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 (Annex II), which make void
contractual agreements purporting to prohibit or restrict certain of the acts permitted by Chapter III.
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General
28A24 Making of temporary copies
Copyright in a literary work, other than a computer program or a database, or
in a dramatic, musical or artistic work, the typographical arrangement of a
published edition, a sound recording or a film, is not infringed by the making
of a temporary copy which is transient or incidental, which is an integral and
essential part of a technological process and the sole purpose of which is to
enable -
(a) a transmission of the work in a network between third parties by an
intermediary; or
(b) a lawful use of the work;
and which has no independent economic significance.
2925 Research and private study
(1) Fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work for the
purposes of research for a non-commercial purpose does not infringe any
copyright in the work provided that it is accompanied by a sufficient
acknowledgement.
[(1A)]
(1B) No acknowledgement is required in connection with fair dealing for the
purposes mentioned in subsection (1) where this would be impossible for
reasons of practicality or otherwise.
(1C) Fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work for the
purposes of private study does not infringe any copyright in the work.
(2) Fair dealing with the typographical arrangement of a published edition for
the purposes of research or private study does not infringe any copyright in
the arrangement.
(3) Copying by a person other than the researcher or student himself is not fair
dealing if -
(a) in the case of a librarian, or a person acting on behalf of a librarian,
he does anything which regulations under section 40 would not permit to
be done under section 38 or 39 (articles or parts of published works:
restriction on multiple copies of same material), or
(b) in any other case, the person doing the copying knows or has reason
to believe that it will result in copies of substantially the same material
being provided to more than one person at substantially the same time
and for substantially the same purpose.
24 Added by SI 2003/2498. See also Annex IV as regards the liability of intermediaries.
25 Revised s.29(1) substituted, and ss.29(1B) & (1C) added, by SI 2003/2498. s.29(1A) (and a further
subsection 21(5)) added by SI 1997/3032 and deleted by SI 2003/2498. Words “of research or
private study” substituted in s.29(2) by SI 2003/2498 (in place of original words “mentioned in
subsection (1)”). s.29(4) added by SI 1992/3233, and s.29(4A) by SI 2003/2498.
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(4) It is not fair dealing -
(a) to convert a computer program expressed in a low level language
into a version expressed in a higher level language, or
(b) incidentally in the course of so converting the program, to copy it,
(these acts being permitted if done in accordance with section 50B
(decompilation)).
(4A) It is not fair dealing to observe, study or test the functioning of a computer
program in order to determine the ideas and principles which underlie any
element of the program (these acts being permitted if done in accordance
with section 50BA (observing, studying and testing)).
3026 Criticism, review and news reporting
(1) Fair dealing with a work for the purpose of criticism or review, of that or
another work or of a performance of a work, does not infringe any
copyright in the work provided that it is accompanied by a sufficient
acknowledgement and provided that the work has been made available to
the public.
(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1) a work has been made available to the
public if it has been made available by any means, including -
(a) the issue of copies to the public;
(b) making the work available by means of an electronic retrieval system;
(c) the rental or lending of copies of the work to the public;
(d) the performance, exhibition, playing or showing of the work in public;
(e) the communication to the public of the work,
but in determining generally for the purposes of that subsection whether a
work has been made available to the public no account shall be taken of
any unauthorised act.
(2) Fair dealing with a work (other than a photograph) for the purpose of
reporting current events does not infringe any copyright in the work
provided that (subject to subsection (3)) it is accompanied by a sufficient
acknowledgement.
(3) No acknowledgement is required in connection with the reporting of current
events by means of a sound recording, film or broadcast where this would
be impossible for reasons of practicality or otherwise.
31 Incidental inclusion of copyright material
26 Words after “acknowledgement” in s.30(1), and s.30 (1A), added by SI 2003/2498. See also s.137 of
the Broadcasting Act 1996 (Annex II) as regards s.30(2). Words “or broadcast ----- otherwise”
substituted in s.30(3) by SI 2003/2498 (replacing original words “, broadcast or cable programme”).
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(1) Copyright in a work is not infringed by its incidental inclusion in an artistic
work, sound recording, film or broadcast.
(2) Nor is the copyright infringed by the issue to the public of copies, or the
playing, showing or communication to the public, of anything whose
making was, by virtue of subsection (1), not an infringement of the
copyright.
(3) A musical work, words spoken or sung with music, or so much of a sound
recording or broadcast as includes a musical work or such words, shall not
be regarded as incidentally included in another work if it is deliberately
included.
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31A Making a single accessible copy for personal use
(1) If a visually impaired person has lawful possession or lawful use of a copy
("the master copy") of the whole or part of -
(a) a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work; or
(b) a published edition,
which is not accessible to him because of the impairment, it is not an
infringement of copyright in the work, or in the typographical arrangement
of the published edition, for an accessible copy of the master copy to be
made for his personal use.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply -
(a) if the master copy is of a musical work, or part of a musical work, and
the making of an accessible copy would involve recording a performance
of the work or part of it; or
(b) if the master copy is of a database, or part of a database, and the
making of an accessible copy would infringe copyright in the database.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the making of an accessible
copy for a particular visually impaired person if, or to the extent that, copies
of the copyright work are commercially available, by or with the authority of
the copyright owner, in a form that is accessible to that person.
(4) An accessible copy made under this section must be accompanied by -
(a) a statement that it is made under this section; and
(b) a sufficient acknowledgement.
(5) If a person makes an accessible copy on behalf of a visually impaired
person under this section and charges for it, the sum charged must not
exceed the cost of making and supplying the copy.
27 ss.31A-31F added by the Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002.
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(6) If a person holds an accessible copy made under subsection (1) when he
is not entitled to have it made under that subsection, the copy is to be
treated as an infringing copy, unless he is a person falling within
subsection (7)(b).
(7) A person who holds an accessible copy made under subsection (1) may
transfer it to -
(a) a visually impaired person entitled to have the accessible copy made
under subsection (1); or
(b) a person who has lawful possession of the master copy and intends
to transfer the accessible copy to a person falling within paragraph (a).
(8) The transfer by a person ("V") of an accessible copy made under
subsection (1) to another person ("T") is an infringement of copyright by V
unless V has reasonable grounds for believing that T is a person falling
within subsection (7)(a) or (b).
(9) If an accessible copy which would be an infringing copy but for this section
is subsequently dealt with -
(a) it is to be treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of that
dealing; and
(b) if that dealing infringes copyright, is to be treated as an infringing
copy for all subsequent purposes.
(10) In subsection (9), "dealt with" means sold or let for hire or offered or
exposed for sale or hire or communicated to the public.
31B Multiple copies for visually impaired persons
(1) If an approved body has lawful possession of a copy ("the master copy") of
the whole or part of -
(a) a commercially published literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work;
or
(b) a commercially published edition,
it is not an infringement of copyright in the work, or in the typographical
arrangement of the published edition, for the body to make, or supply,
accessible copies for the personal use of visually impaired persons to
whom the master copy is not accessible because of their impairment.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply -
(a) if the master copy is of a musical work, or part of a musical work, and
the making of an accessible copy would involve recording a performance
of the work or part of it; or
(b) if the master copy is of a database, or part of a database, and the
making of an accessible copy would infringe copyright in the database.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the making of an accessible
copy if, or to the extent that, copies of the copyright work are commercially
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available, by or with the authority of the copyright owner, in a form that is
accessible to the same or substantially the same degree.
(4) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the supply of an accessible
copy to a particular visually impaired person if, or to the extent that, copies
of the copyright work are commercially available, by or with the authority of
the copyright owner, in a form that is accessible to that person.
(5) An accessible copy made under this section must be accompanied by -
(a) a statement that it is made under this section; and
(b) a sufficient acknowledgement.
(6) If an approved body charges for supplying a copy made under this section,
the sum charged must not exceed the cost of making and supplying the
copy.
(7) An approved body making copies under this section must, if it is an
educational establishment, ensure that the copies will be used only for its
educational purposes.
(8) If the master copy is in copy-protected electronic form, any accessible copy
made of it under this section must, so far as it is reasonably practicable to
do so, incorporate the same, or equally effective, copy protection (unless
the copyright owner agrees otherwise).
(9) If an approved body continues to hold an accessible copy made under
subsection (1) when it would no longer be entitled to make or supply such
a copy under that subsection, the copy is to be treated as an infringing
copy.
(10) If an accessible copy which would be an infringing copy but for this section
is subsequently dealt with -
(a) it is to be treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of that
dealing; and
(b) if that dealing infringes copyright, is to be treated as an infringing
copy for all subsequent purposes.
(11) In subsection (10), "dealt with" means sold or let for hire or offered or
exposed for sale or hire or communicated to the public.
(12) "Approved body" means an educational establishment or a body that is not
conducted for profit.
(13) "Supplying" includes lending.
31C Intermediate copies and records
(1) An approved body entitled to make accessible copies under section 31B
may hold an intermediate copy of the master copy which is necessarily
created during the production of the accessible copies, but only -
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(a) if and so long as the approved body continues to be entitled to make
accessible copies of that master copy; and
(b) for the purposes of the production of further accessible copies.
(2) An intermediate copy which is held in breach of subsection (1) is to be
treated as an infringing copy.
(3) An approved body may lend or transfer the intermediate copy to another
approved body which is entitled to make accessible copies of the work or
published edition under section 31B.
(4) The loan or transfer by an approved body ("A") of an intermediate copy to
another person ("B") is an infringement of copyright by A unless A has
reasonable grounds for believing that B -
(a) is another approved body which is entitled to make accessible copies
of the work or published edition under section 31B; and
(b) will use the intermediate copy only for the purposes of the production
of further accessible copies.
(5) If an approved body charges for lending or transferring the intermediate
copy, the sum charged must not exceed the cost of the loan or transfer.
(6) An approved body must -
(a) keep records of accessible copies made under section 31B and of
the persons to whom they are supplied;
(b) keep records of any intermediate copy lent or transferred under this
section and of the persons to whom it is lent or transferred; and
(c) allow the copyright owner or a person acting for him, on giving
reasonable notice, to inspect the records at any reasonable time.
(7) Within a reasonable time of making an accessible copy under section 31B,
or lending or transferring an intermediate copy under this section, the
approved body must -
(a) notify each relevant representative body; or
(b) if there is no such body, notify the copyright owner.
(8) A relevant representative body is a body which -
(a) represents particular copyright owners, or owners of copyright in the
type of copyright work concerned; and
(b) has given notice to the Secretary of State of the copyright owners, or
the classes of copyright owner, represented by it.
(9) The requirement to notify the copyright owner under subsection (7)(b) does
not apply if it is not reasonably possible for the approved body to ascertain
the name and address of the copyright owner.
31D Licensing schemes
(1) Section 31B does not apply to the making of an accessible copy in a
particular form if -
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(a) a licensing scheme operated by a licensing body is in force under
which licences may be granted by the licensing body permitting the
making and supply of copies of the copyright work in that form;
(b) the scheme is not unreasonably restrictive; and
(c) the scheme and any modification made to it have been notified to the
Secretary of State by the licensing body.
(2) A scheme is unreasonably restrictive if it includes a term or condition which
-
(a) purports to prevent or limit the steps that may be taken under section
31B or 31C; or
(b) has that effect.
(3) But subsection (2) does not apply if -
(a) the copyright work is no longer published by or with the authority of
the copyright owner; and
(b) there are reasonable grounds for preventing or restricting the making
of accessible copies of the work.
(4) If section 31B or 31C is displaced by a licensing scheme, sections 119 to
122 apply in relation to the scheme as if it were one to which those
sections applied as a result of section 117.
31E Limitations, etc. following infringement of copyright
(1) The Secretary of State may make an order under this section if it appears
to him that the making of copies -
(a) under section 31B; or
(b) under a licence granted under a licensing scheme that has been
notified under section 31D,
has led to infringement of copyright on a scale which, in the Secretary of
State's opinion, would not have occurred if section 31B had not been in
force, or the licence had not been granted.
(2) The order may prohibit one or more named approved bodies, or one or
more specified categories of approved body, from -
(a) acting under section 31B; or
(b) acting under a licence of a description specified in the order.
(3) The order may disapply -
(a) the provisions of section 31B; or
(b) the provisions of a licence, or a licensing scheme, of a description
specified in the order,
in respect of the making of copies of a description so specified.
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(4) If the Secretary of State proposes to make an order he must, before
making it, consult -
(a) such bodies representing copyright owners as he thinks fit; and
(b) such bodies representing visually impaired persons as he thinks fit.
(5) If the Secretary of State proposes to make an order which includes a
prohibition he must, before making it, consult -
(a) if the proposed order is to apply to one or more named approved
bodies, that body or those bodies;
(b) if it is to apply to one or more specified categories of approved body,
to such bodies representing approved bodies of that category or those
categories as he thinks fit.
(6) An approved body which is prohibited by an order from acting under a
licence may not apply to the Copyright Tribunal under section 121(1) in
respect of a refusal or failure by a licensing body to grant such a licence.
31F Definitions and other supplementary provision for sections 31A to 31E
(1) This section supplements sections 31A to 31E and includes definitions.
(2) A copy of a copyright work (other than an accessible copy made under
section 31A or 31B) is to be taken to be accessible to a visually impaired
person only if it is as accessible to him as it would be if he were not visually
impaired.
(3) AAccessible copy", in relation to a copyright work, means a version which
provides for a visually impaired person improved access to the work.
(4) An accessible copy may include facilities for navigating around the version
of the copyright work but may not include -
(a) changes that are not necessary to overcome problems caused by
visual impairment; or
(b) changes which infringe the right (provided by section 80) not to have
the work subjected to derogatory treatment.
(5) "Approved body" has the meaning given in section 31B(12).
(6) "Lending", in relation to a copy, means making it available for use,
otherwise than for direct or indirect economic or commercial advantage, on
terms that it will or may be returned.
(7) For the purposes of subsection (6), a loan is not to be treated as being for
direct or indirect economic or commercial advantage if a charge is made
for the loan which does not exceed the cost of making and supplying the
copy.
(8) The definition of "lending" in section 18A does not apply for the purposes
of sections 31B and 31C.
(9) "Visually impaired person" means a person -
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(a) who is blind;
(b) who has an impairment of visual function which cannot be improved,
by the use of corrective lenses, to a level that would normally be
acceptable for reading without a special level or kind of light;
who is unable, through physical disability, to hold or manipulate a book; or
(c) who is unable, through physical disability, to focus or move his eyes
to the extent that would normally be acceptable for reading.
(10) The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe -
(a) the form in which; or
(b) the procedure in accordance with which,
any notice required under section 31C(7) or (8), or 31D(1), must be given.
(11) Any power to make regulations or orders is exercisable by statutory
instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either
House of Parliament.
Education
3228 Things done for purposes of instruction or examination
(1) Copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is not infringed by
its being copied in the course of instruction or of preparation for instruction,
provided the copying -
(a) is done by a person giving or receiving instruction,
(b) is not done by means of a reprographic process, and
(c) is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement,
and provided that the instruction is for a non-commercial purpose.
(2) Copyright in a sound recording, film or broadcast is not infringed by its
being copied by making a film or film sound-track in the course of
instruction, or of preparation for instruction, in the making of films or film
sound-tracks, provided the copying -
(a) is done by a person giving or receiving instruction, and
(b) is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement,
and provided that the instruction is for a non-commercial purpose.
(2A) Copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work which has been
made available to the public is not infringed by its being copied in the
course of instruction or of preparation for instruction, provided the copying-
28 Revised ss.32(1) & (2) substituted, ss.31(2A), (2B) & (3A) and words in s.32(3) after “answering the
questions” added, and revised definition of “dealt with” in s.32(5) substituted, by SI 2003/2498.
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(a) is fair dealing with the work,
(b) is done by a person giving or receiving instruction,
(c) is not done by means of a reprographic process, and
(d) is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.
(2B) The provisions of section 30(1A) (works made available to the public) apply
for the purposes of subsection (2A) as they apply for the purposes of
section 30(1).
(3) Copyright is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of an
examination by way of setting the questions, communicating the questions
to the candidates or answering the questions, provided that the questions
are accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.
(3A) No acknowledgement is required in connection with copying as mentioned
insubsection (1), (2) or (2A), or in connection with anything done for the
purposes mentioned in subsection (3), where this would be impossible for
reasons of practicality or otherwise.
(4) Subsection (3) does not extend to the making of a reprographic copy of a
musical work for use by an examination candidate in performing the work.
(5) Where a copy which would otherwise be an infringing copy is made in
accordance with this section but is subsequently dealt with, it shall be
treated as an infringing copy for the purpose of that dealing, and if that
dealing infringes copyright for all subsequent purposes.
For this purpose "dealt with" means -
(a) sold or let for hire, offered or exposed for sale or hire; or
(b) communicated to the public, unless that communication, by virtue of
subsection (3), is not an infringement of copyright.
33 Anthologies for educational use
(1) The inclusion of a short passage from a published literary or dramatic work
in a collection whichC
(a) is intended for use in educational establishments and is so described
in its title, and in any advertisements issued by or on behalf of the
publisher, and
(b) consists mainly of material in which no copyright subsists,
does not infringe the copyright in the work if the work itself is not intended
for use in such establishments and the inclusion is accompanied by a
sufficient acknowledgement.
(2) Subsection (1) does not authorise the inclusion of more than two excerpts
from copyright works by the same author in collections published by the
same publisher over any period of five years.
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(3) In relation to any given passage the reference in subsection (2) to excerpts
from works by the same author -
(a) shall be taken to include excerpts from works by him in collaboration
with another, and
(b) if the passage in question is from such a work, shall be taken to
include excerpts from works by any of the authors, whether alone or in
collaboration with another.
(4) References in this section to the use of a work in an educational
establishment are to any use for the educational purposes of such an
establishment.
34 Performing, playing or showing work in course of activities of
educational establishment
(1) The performance of a literary, dramatic or musical work before an
audience consisting of teachers and pupils at an educational establishment
and other persons directly connected with the activities of the
establishment -
(a) by a teacher or pupil in the course of the activities of the
establishment, or
(b) at the establishment by any person for the purposes of instruction,
is not a public performance for the purposes of infringement of copyright.
(2) The playing or showing of a sound recording, film or broadcast before such
an audience at an educational establishment for the purposes of instruction
is not a playing or showing of the work in public for the purposes of
infringement of copyright.
(3) A person is not for this purpose directly connected with the activities of the
educational establishment simply because he is the parent of a pupil at the
establishment.
3529 Recording by educational establishments of broadcasts
(1) A recording of a broadcast, or a copy of such a recording, may be made by
or on behalf of an educational establishment for the educational purposes
of that establishment without thereby infringing the copyright in the
broadcast, or in any work included in it, provided that it is accompanied by
a sufficient acknowledgement of the broadcast and that the educational
purposes are non-commercial.
(1A) Copyright is not infringed where a recording of a broadcast or a copy of
such a recording, whose making was by virtue of subsection (1) not an
infringement of copyright, is communicated to the public by a person
situated within the premises of an educational establishment provided that
29 Words in s.35(1) after “included in it”, and s.35(1A) added by SI 2003/2498. Revised definition of
“dealt with” in s.35(3) substituted by that SI.
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the communication cannot be received by any person situated outside the
premises of that establishment.
(2) This section does not apply if or to the extent that there is licensing
scheme certified for the purposes of this section under section 143
providing for the grant of licences.
(3) Where a copy which would otherwise be an infringing copy is made in
accordance with this section but is subsequently dealt with, it shall be
treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of that dealing, and if that
dealing infringes copyright for all subsequent purposes.
For this purpose "dealt with" means sold or let for hire, offered or exposed
for sale or hire, or communicated from within the premises of an
educational establishment to any person situated outside those premises.
3630 Reprographic copying by educational establishments of passages from
published works
(1) Reprographic copies of passages from published literary, dramatic or
musical works may, to the extent permitted by this section, be made by or
on behalf of an educational establishment for the purposes of instruction
without infringing any copyright in the work, provided that they are
accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement and the instruction is for a
non-commercial purpose.
(1A) No acknowledgement is required in connection with the making of copies
as mentioned in subsection (1) where this would be impossible for reasons
of practicality or otherwise.
(1B) Reprographic copies of passages from published editions may, to the
extent permitted by this section, be made by or on behalf of an educational
establishment for the purposes of instruction without infringing any
copyright in the typographical arrangement of the edition.
(2) Not more than one per cent. of any work may be copied by or on behalf of
an establishment by virtue of this section in any quarter, that is, in any
period 1st January to 31st March, 1st April to 30th June, 1st July to 30th
September or 1st October to 31st December.
(3) Copying is not authorised by this section if, or to the extent that, licences
are available authorising the copying in question and the person making
the copies knew or ought to have been aware of that fact.
(4) The terms of a licence granted to an educational establishment authorising
the reprographic copying for the purposes of instruction of passages from
published [---] works are of no effect so far as they purport to restrict the
30 Words in s.36(1) after “copyright in the work” added by SI 2003/2498 (replacing original words “or in
the typographical arrangement”). ss.36(1A) & (1B) added, words “literary, dramatic or musical”
before “works” in s.36(4) deleted, and revised definition of “dealt with” in s.36(5) substituted, by that
SI.
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proportion of a work which may be copied (whether on payment or free of
charge) to less than that which would be permitted under this section.
(5) Where a copy which would otherwise be an infringing copy is made in
accordance with this section but is subsequently dealt with, it shall be
treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of that dealing, and if that
dealing infringes copyright for all subsequent purposes.
For this purpose "dealt with" means sold or let for hire, offered or exposed
for sale or hire or communicated to the public.
36A31 Lending of copies by educational establishments
Copyright in a work is not infringed by the lending of copies of the work by an
educational establishment.
Libraries and archives
37 Libraries and archives: introductory
(1) In sections 38 to 43 (copying by librarians and archivists) -
(a) references in any provision to a prescribed library or archive are to a
library or archive of a description prescribed for the purposes of that
provision by regulations made by the Secretary of State; and
(b) references in any provision to the prescribed conditions are to the
conditions so prescribed.
(2) The regulations may provide that, where a librarian or archivist is required
to be satisfied as to any matter before making or supplying a copy of a
work -
(a) he may rely on a signed declaration as to that matter by the person
requesting the copy, unless he is aware that it is false in a material
particular, and
(b) in such cases as may be prescribed, he shall not make or supply a
copy in the absence of a signed declaration in such form as may be
prescribed.
(3) Where a person requesting a copy makes a declaration which is false in a
material particular and is supplied with a copy which would have been an
infringing copy if made by him -
(a) he is liable for infringement of copyright as if he had made the copy
himself, and
(b) the copy shall be treated as an infringing copy.
(4) The regulations may make different provision for different descriptions of
libraries or archives and for different purposes.
31 Added by SI 1996/2967.
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(5) Regulations shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject
to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(6) References in this section, and in sections 38 to 43, to the librarian or
archivist include a person acting on his behalf.
38 Copying by librarians: articles in periodicals
(1) The librarian of a prescribed library may, if the prescribed conditions are
complied with, make and supply a copy of an article in a periodical without
infringing any copyright in the text, in any illustrations accompanying the
text or in the typographical arrangement.
(2) The prescribed conditions shall include the following -
(a) 32 that copies are supplied only to persons satisfying the librarian that
they require them for the purposes of -
(i) research for a non-commercial purpose, or
(ii) private study,
and will not use them for any other purpose;
(b) that no person is furnished with more than one copy of the same
article or with copies of more than one article contained in the same
issue of a periodical; and
(c) that persons to whom copies are supplied are required to pay for
them a sum not less than the cost (including a contribution to the general
expenses of the library) attributable to their production.
39 Copying by librarians: parts of published works
(1) The librarian of a prescribed library may, if the prescribed conditions are
complied with, make and supply from a published edition a copy of part of
a literary, dramatic or musical work (other than an article in a periodical)
without infringing any copyright in the work, in any illustrations
accompanying the work or in the typographical arrangement.
(2) The prescribed conditions shall include the following -
(a) 33 that copies are supplied only to persons satisfying the librarian that
they require them for the purposes of -
(i) research for a non-commercial purpose, or
(ii) private study,
and will not use them for any other purpose;
32 Revised s.38(2)(a) substituted by SI 2003/2498.
33 Revised s.39(2)(a) substituted by SI 2003/2498.
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(b) that no person is furnished with more than one copy of the same
material or with a copy of more than a reasonable proportion of any work;
and
(c) that persons to whom copies are supplied are required to pay for
them a sum not less than the cost (including a contribution to the general
expenses of the library) attributable to their production.
40 Restriction on production of multiple copies of the same material
(1) Regulations for the purposes of section 38 and section 39 (copying by
librarian of article or part of published work) shall contain provision to the
effect that a copy shall be supplied only to a person satisfying the librarian
that his requirement is not related to any similar requirement of another
person.
(2) The regulations may provide -
(a) that requirements shall be regarded as similar if the requirements are
for copies of substantially the same material at substantially the same
time and for substantially the same purpose; and
(b) that requirements of persons shall be regarded as related if those
persons receive instruction to which the material is relevant at the same
time and place.
40A34 Lending of copies by libraries or archives
(1) Copyright in a work of any description is not infringed by the lending of a
book by a public library if the book is within the public lending right
scheme.
For this purpose -
(a) “the public lending right scheme” means the scheme in force under
section 1 of the Public Lending Right Act 1979, and
(b) a book is within the public lending right scheme if it is a book within
the meaning of the provisions of the scheme relating to eligibility, whether
or not it is in fact eligible.
(2) Copyright in a work is not infringed by the lending of copies of the work by
a prescribed library or archive (other than a public library) which is not
conducted for profit.
41 Copying by librarians: supply of copies to other libraries
(1) The librarian of a prescribed library may, if the prescribed conditions are
complied with, make and supply to another prescribed library a copy of -
(a) an article in a periodical, or
(b) the whole or part of a published edition of a literary, dramatic or
musical work,
34 Added by SI 1996/2967.
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without infringing any copyright in the text of the article or, as the case may
be, in the work, in any illustrations accompanying it or in the typographical
arrangement.
(2) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply if at the time the copy is made the
librarian making it knows, or could by reasonable inquiry ascertain, the
name and address of a person entitled to authorise the making of the copy.
42 Copying by librarians or archivists: replacement copies of works
(1) The librarian or archivist of a prescribed library or archive may, if the
prescribed conditions are complied with, make a copy from any item in the
permanent collection of the library or archive -
(a) in order to preserve or replace that item by placing the copy in its
permanent collection in addition to or in place of it, or
(b) in order to replace in the permanent collection of another prescribed
library or archive an item which has been lost, destroyed or damaged,
without infringing the copyright in any literary, dramatic or musical work, in
any illustrations accompanying such a work or, in the case of a published
edition, in the typographical arrangement.
(2) The prescribed conditions shall include provision for restricting the making
of copies to cases where it is not reasonably practicable to purchase a
copy of the item in question to fulfil that purpose.
43 Copying by librarians or archivists: certain unpublished works
(1) The librarian or archivist of a prescribed library or archive may, if the
prescribed conditions are complied with, make and supply a copy of the
whole or part of a literary, dramatic or musical work from a document in the
library or archive without infringing any copyright in the work or any
illustrations accompanying it.
(2) This section does not apply if -
(a) the work had been published before the document was deposited in
the library or archive, or
(b) the copyright owner has prohibited copying of the work,
and at the time the copy is made the librarian or archivist making it is, or
ought to be, aware of that fact.
(3) The prescribed conditions shall include the following -
(a) 35 that copies are supplied only to persons satisfying the librarian or
archivist that they require them for the purposes of -
(i) research for a non-commercial purpose, or
(ii) private study, and will not use them for any other purpose;
35 Revised s.43(3)(a) substituted by SI 2003/2498.
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(b) that no person is furnished with more than one copy of the same
material; and
(c) that persons to whom copies are supplied are required to pay for
them a sum not less than the cost (including a contribution to the general
expenses of the library or archive) attributable to their production.
44 Copy of work required to be made as condition of export
If an article of cultural or historical importance or interest cannot lawfully be
exported from the United Kingdom unless a copy of it is made and deposited
in an appropriate library or archive, it is not an infringement of copyright to
make that copy.
44A36 Legal deposit libraries
(1) Copyright is not infringed by the copying of a work from the internet by a
deposit library or person acting on its behalf if -
(a) the work is of a description prescribed by regulations under section
10(5) of the 2003 Act,
(b) its publication on the internet, or a person publishing it there, is
connected with the United Kingdom in a manner so prescribed, and
(c) the copying is done in accordance with any conditions so prescribed.
(2) Copyright is not infringed by the doing of anything in relation to relevant
material permitted to be done under regulations under section 7 of the
2003 Act.
(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision excluding, in
relation to prescribed activities done in relation to relevant material, the
application of such of the provisions of this Chapter as are prescribed.
(4) Regulations under subsection (3) may in particular make provision
prescribing activities -
(a) done for a prescribed purpose,
(b) one by prescribed descriptions of reader,
(c) done in relation to prescribed descriptions of relevant material,
(d) done other than in accordance with prescribed conditions.
(5) Regulations under this section may make different provision for different
purposes.
(6) Regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
(7) In this section -
(a) "the 2003 Act" means the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003;
36 Added by the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 - see also Annex III.
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(b) "deposit library", "reader" and "relevant material" have the same
meaning as in section 7 of the 2003 Act;
(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary
of State.
Public administration
45 Parliamentary and judicial proceedings
(1) Copyright is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of
parliamentary or judicial proceedings.
(2) Copyright is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of reporting
such proceedings; but this shall not be construed as authorising the
copying of a work which is itself a published report of the proceedings.
46 Royal Commissions and statutory inquiries
(1) Copyright is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of the
proceedings of a Royal Commission or statutory inquiry.
(2) Copyright is not infringed by anything done for the purpose of reporting
any such proceedings held in public; but this shall not be construed as
authorising the copying of a work which is itself a published report of the
proceedings.
(3) Copyright in a work is not infringed by the issue to the public of copies of
the report of a Royal Commission or statutory inquiry containing the work
or material from it.
(4) In this section -
"Royal Commission" includes a Commission appointed for Northern Ireland
by the Secretary of State in pursuance of the prerogative powers of Her
Majesty delegated to him under section 7(2) of the Northern Ireland
Constitution Act 1973; and "statutory inquiry" means an inquiry held or
investigation conducted in pursuance of a duty imposed or power
conferred by or under an enactment.
47 Material open to public inspection or on official register
(1) Where material is open to public inspection pursuant to a statutory
requirement, or is on a statutory register, any copyright in the material as a
literary work is not infringed by the copying of so much of the material as
contains factual information of any description, by or with the authority of
the appropriate person, for a purpose which does not involve the issuing of
copies to the public.
(2) Where material is open to public inspection pursuant to a statutory
requirement, copyright is not infringed by the copying or issuing to the
public of copies of the material, by or with the authority of the appropriate
person, for the purpose of enabling the material to be inspected at a more
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convenient time or place or otherwise facilitating the exercise of any right
for the purpose of which the requirement is imposed.
(3) Where material which is open to public inspection pursuant to a statutory
requirement, or which is on a statutory register, contains information about
matters of general scientific, technical, commercial or economic interest,
copyright is not infringed by the copying or issuing to the public of copies of
the material, by or with the authority of the appropriate person, for the
purpose of disseminating that information.
(4) The Secretary of State may by order provide that subsection (1), (2) or (3)
shall, in such cases as may be specified in the order, apply only to copies
marked in such manner as may be so specified.
(5) The Secretary of State may by order provide that subsections (1) to (3)
apply, to such extent and with such modifications as may be specified in
the order -
(a) to material made open to public inspection by -
(i) an international organisation specified in the order, or
(ii) a person so specified who has functions in the United
Kingdom under an international agreement to which the
United Kingdom is party, or
(b) to a register maintained by an international organisation specified in
the order, as they apply in relation to material open to public inspection
pursuant to a statutory requirement or to a statutory register.
(6) In this section -
"appropriate person" means the person required to make the material open
to public inspection or, as the case may be, the person maintaining the
register;
"statutory register" means a register maintained in pursuance of a statutory
requirement; and
"statutory requirement" means a requirement imposed by provision made
by or under an enactment.
(7) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
48 Material communicated to the Crown in the course of public business
(1) This section applies where a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work has
in the course of public business been communicated to the Crown for any
purpose, by or with the licence of the copyright owner and a document or
other material thing recording or embodying the work is owned by or in the
custody or control of the Crown.
(2) The Crown may, for the purpose for which the work was communicated to
it, or any related purpose which could reasonably have been anticipated by
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the copyright owner, copy the work and issue copies of the work to the
public without infringing any copyright in the work.
(3) The Crown may not copy a work, or issue copies of a work to the public, by
virtue of this section if the work has previously been published otherwise
than by virtue of this section.
(4) In subsection (1) "public business" includes any activity carried on by the
Crown.
(5) This section has effect subject to any agreement to the contrary between
the Crown and the copyright owner.
(6) 37 In this section “the Crown” includes a health service body, as defined in
section 60(7) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act
1990, a Primary Care Trust established under section 16A of the National
Health Service Act 1977, the Commission for Health Improvement and a
National Health Service trust established under Part I of that Act or the
National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and an NHS foundation trust
and also includes a health and social services body as defined in Article
7(6) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order
1991, and a Health and Social Services trust established under that Order;
and the reference in subsection (1) above to public business shall be
construed accordingly.
49 Public records
Material which is comprised in public records within the meaning of the
Public Records Act 1958, the Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937 or the
Public Records Act (Northern Ireland) 1923, or in Welsh public records (as
defined in the Government of Wales Act 2006)38, which are open to public
inspection in pursuance of that Act, may be copied, and a copy may be
supplied to any person, by or with the authority of any officer appointed
under that Act, without infringement of copyright.
50 Acts done under statutory authority
(1) Where the doing of a particular act is specifically authorised by an Act of
Parliament, whenever passed, then, unless the Act provides otherwise, the
doing of that act does not infringe copyright.
(2) Subsection (1) applies in relation to an enactment contained in Northern
Ireland legislation as it applies in relation to an Act of Parliament.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as excluding any defence of
statutory authority otherwise available under or by virtue of any enactment.
37 Inserted by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. Words “a Primary ----- Act
1977,” added by SI 2000/90. Words “the Commission for Health Improvement” added by SI
1999/2795. Words “and an NHS foundation trust” added by the Health and Social Care (Community
Health and Standards) Act 2003. Words “and also includes ----- under that Order”, added by SI
1991/194.
38 Words “, or in Welsh ----- Act 2006),” added by the Government of Wales Act 2006.
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Computer programs: lawful users 39
50A Back up copies
(1) It is not an infringement of copyright for a lawful user of a copy of a
computer program to make any back up copy of it which it is necessary for
him to have for the purposes of his lawful use.
(2) For the purposes of this section and sections 50B, 50BA and 50C a person
is a lawful user of a computer program if (whether under a licence to do
any acts restricted by the copyright in the program or otherwise), he has a
right to use the program.
(3) Where an act is permitted under this section, it is irrelevant whether or not
there exists any term or condition in an agreement which purports to
prohibit or restrict the act (such terms being, by virtue of section 296A,
void).
50B Decompilation
(1) It is not an infringement of copyright for a lawful user of a copy of a
computer program expressed in a low level language -
(a) to convert it into a version expressed in a higher level language, or
(b) incidentally in the course of so converting the program, to copy it,
(that is, to “decompile it”), provided that the conditions in subsection (2) are
met.
(2) The conditions are that -
(a) it is necessary to decompile the program to obtain the information
necessary to create an independent program which can be operated with
the program decompiled or with another program (“the permitted
objective”); and
(b) the information so obtained is not used for any purpose other than
the permitted objective.
(3) In particular, the conditions in subsection (2) are not met if the lawful user -
(a) has readily available to him the information necessary to achieve the
permitted objective;
(b) does not confine the decompiling to such acts as are necessary to
achieve the permitted objective;
(c) supplies the information obtained by the decompiling to any person to
whom it is not necessary to supply it in order to achieve the permitted
objective; or
(d) uses the information to create a program which is substantially similar
in its expression to the program decompiled or to do any act restricted by
copyright.
39 ss.50A, 50B & 50C added by SI 1992/3233.
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(4) Where an act is permitted under this section, it is irrelevant whether or not
there exists any term or condition in an agreement which purports to
prohibit or restrict the act (such terms being, by virtue of section 296A,
void).
50BA40 Observing, studying and testing of computer programs
(1) It is not an infringement of copyright for a lawful user of a copy of a
computer program to observe, study or test the functioning of the program
in order to determine the ideas and principles which underlie any element
of the program if he does so while performing any of the acts of loading,
displaying, running, transmitting or storing the program which he is entitled
to do.
(2) Where an act is permitted under this section, it is irrelevant whether or not
there exists any term or condition in an agreement which purports to
prohibit or restrict the act (such terms being, by virtue of section 296A,
void).
50C Other acts permitted to lawful users
(1) It is not an infringement of copyright for a lawful user of a copy of a
computer program to copy or adapt it, provided that the copying or
adapting -
(a) is necessary for his lawful use; and
(b) is not prohibited under any term or condition of an agreement
regulating the circumstances in which his use is lawful.
(2) It may, in particular, be necessary for the lawful use of a computer program
to copy it or adapt it for the purpose of correcting errors in it.
(3) This section does not apply to any copying or adapting permitted under
section 50A, 50B or 50BA.
Databases: permitted acts
50D41 Acts permitted in relation to databases
(1) It is not an infringement of copyright in a database for a person who has a
right to use the database or any part of the database, (whether under a
licence to do any of the acts restricted by the copyright in the database or
otherwise) to do, in the exercise of that right, anything which is necessary
for the purposes of access to and use of the contents of the database or of
that part of the database.
(2) Where an act which would otherwise infringe copyright in a database is
permitted under this section, it is irrelevant whether or not there exists any
term or condition in any agreement which purports to prohibit or restrict the
act (such terms being, by virtue of section 296B, void).
40 s50BA, and references thereto in ss50A(2) & 50C(3), added by SI 2003/2498.
41 Added by SI 1997/3032.
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Designs
51 Design documents and models
(1) It is not an infringement of any copyright in a design document or model
recording or embodying a design for anything other than an artistic work or
a typeface to make an article to the design or to copy an article made to
the design.
(2) Nor is it an infringement of the copyright to issue to the public, or include in
a film or communicate to the public, anything the making of which was, by
virtue of subsection (1), not an infringement of that copyright.
(3) In this section -
"design" means the design of any aspect of the shape or configuration
(whether internal or external) of the whole or part of an article, other than
surface decoration;
and
"design document" means any record of a design, whether in the form of a
drawing, a written description, a photograph, data stored in a computer or
otherwise.
52 Effect of exploitation of design derived from artistic work
(1) This section applies where an artistic work has been exploited, by or with
the licence of the copyright owner, by -
(a) making by an industrial process articles falling to be treated for the
purposes of this Part as copies of the work, and
(b) marketing such articles, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
(2) After the end of the period of 25 years from the end of the calendar year in
which such articles are first marketed, the work may be copied by making
articles of any description, or doing anything for the purpose of making
articles of any description, and anything may be done in relation to articles
so made, without infringing copyright in the work.
(3) Where only part of an artistic work is exploited as mentioned in subsection
(1), subsection (2) applies only in relation to that part.
(4) The Secretary of State may by order make provision -
(a) as to the circumstances in which an article, or any description of
article, is to be regarded for the purposes of this section as made
by an industrial process;
(b) excluding from the operation of this section such articles of a
primarily literary or artistic character as he thinks fit.
(5) An order shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to
annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(6) In this section -
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(a) references to articles do not include films; and
(b) references to the marketing of an article are to its being sold or let for
hire or offered or exposed for sale or hire.
53 Things done in reliance on registration of design
(1) The copyright in an artistic work is not infringed by anything done -
(a) in pursuance of an assignment or licence made or granted by a
person registered under the Registered Designs Act 1949 as the
proprietor of a corresponding design, and
(b) in good faith in reliance on the registration and without notice of any
proceedings for the cancellation or invalidation42 of the registration or for
rectifying the relevant entry in the register of designs;
and this is so notwithstanding that the person registered as the proprietor
was not the proprietor of the design for the purposes of the 1949 Act.
(2) In subsection (1) a "corresponding design", in relation to an artistic work,
means a design within the meaning of the 1949 Act which if applied to an
article would produce something which would be treated for the purposes
of this Part as a copy of the artistic work.
Typefaces
54 Use of typeface in ordinary course of printing
(1) It is not an infringement of copyright in an artistic work consisting of the
design of a typeface -
(a) to use the typeface in the ordinary course of typing, composing text,
typesetting or printing,
(b) to possess an article for the purpose of such use, or
(c) to do anything in relation to material produced by such use;
and this is so notwithstanding that an article is used which is an infringing
copy of the work.
(2) However, the following provisions of this Part apply in relation to persons
making, importing or dealing with articles specifically designed or adapted
for producing material in a particular typeface, or possessing such articles
for the purpose of dealing with them, as if the production of material as
mentioned in subsection (1) did infringe copyright in the artistic work
consisting of the design of the typeface -
section 24 (secondary infringement: making, importing, possessing or
dealing with article for making infringing copy),
42 Words “or invalidation” added by SI 2001/3949.
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sections 99 and 100 (order for delivery up and right of seizure),
section 107(2) (offence of making or possessing such an article), and
section 108 (order for delivery up in criminal proceedings).
(3) The references in subsection (2) to "dealing with" an article are to selling,
letting for hire, or offering or exposing for sale or hire, exhibiting in public,
or distributing.
55 Articles for producing material in particular typeface
(1) This section applies to the copyright in an artistic work consisting of the
design of a typeface where articles specifically designed or adapted for
producing material in that typeface have been marketed by or with the
licence of the copyright owner.
(2) After the period of 25 years from the end of the calendar year in which the
first such articles are marketed, the work may be copied by making further
such articles, or doing anything for the purpose of making such articles,
and anything may be done in relation to articles so made, without infringing
copyright in the work.
(3) In subsection (1) "marketed" means sold, let for hire or offered or exposed
for sale or hire, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
Works in electronic form
56 Transfers of copies of works in electronic form
(1) This section applies where a copy of a work in electronic form has been
purchased on terms which, expressly or impliedly or by virtue of any rule of
law, allow the purchaser to copy the work, or to adapt it or make copies of
an adaptation, in connection with his use of it.
(2) If there are no express terms -
(a) prohibiting the transfer of the copy by the purchaser, imposing
obligations which continue after a transfer, prohibiting the assignment of
any licence or terminating any licence on a transfer, or
(b) providing for the terms on which a transferee may do the things which
the purchaser was permitted to do,
anything which the purchaser was allowed to do may also be done without
infringement of copyright by a transferee; but any copy, adaptation or copy
of an adaptation made by the purchaser which is not also transferred shall
be treated as an infringing copy for all purposes after the transfer.
(3) The same applies where the original purchased copy is no longer usable
and what is transferred is a further copy used in its place.
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(4) The above provisions also apply on a subsequent transfer, with the
substitution for references in subsection (2) to the purchaser of references
to the subsequent transferor.
Miscellaneous: literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works
57 Anonymous or pseudonymous works: acts permitted on assumptions
as to expiry of copyright or death of author
(1) Copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is not infringed by
an act done at a time when, or in pursuance of arrangements made at a
time when -
(a) it is not possible by reasonable inquiry to ascertain the identity of the
author, and
(b) it is reasonable to assume -
(i) that copyright has expired, or
(ii) that the author died 7043 years or more before the beginning
of the calendar year in which the act is done or the
arrangements are made.
(2) Subsection (1)(b)(ii) does not apply in relation to -
(a) a work in which Crown copyright subsists, or
(b) a work in which copyright originally vested in an international
organisation by virtue of section 168 and in respect of which an Order
under that section specifies a copyright period longer than 70 years.
(3) In relation to a work of joint authorship -
(a) the reference in subsection (1) to its being possible to ascertain the
identity of the author shall be construed as a reference to its being
possible to ascertain the identity of any of the authors, and
(b) the reference in subsection (1)(b)(ii) to the author having died shall
be construed as a reference to all the authors having died.
58 Use of notes or recordings of spoken words in certain cases
(1) Where a record of spoken words is made, in writing or otherwise, for the
purpose -
(a) of reporting current events, or
(b) of communicating to the public the whole or part of the work,
it is not an infringement of any copyright in the words as a literary work to
use the record or material taken from it (or to copy the record, or any such
material, and use the copy) for that purpose, provided the following
conditions are met.
43 References to 70 years in ss.57(1)(b)(ii)& (2)(b) substituted by SI 1995/3297 (in place of original
references to 50 years).
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(2) The conditions are that -
(a) the record is a direct record of the spoken words and is not taken
from a previous record or from a broadcast;
(b) the making of the record was not prohibited by the speaker and,
where copyright already subsisted in the work, did not infringe copyright;
(c) the use made of the record or material taken from it is not of a kind
prohibited by or on behalf of the speaker or copyright owner before the
record was made; and
(d) the use is by or with the authority of a person who is lawfully in
possession of the record.
59 Public reading or recitation
(1) The reading or recitation in public by one person of a reasonable extract
from a published literary or dramatic work does not infringe any copyright
in the work if it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.
(2) Copyright in a work is not infringed by the making of a sound recording, or
the communication to the public, of a reading or recitation which by virtue
of subsection (1) does not infringe copyright in the work, provided that the
recording or communication to the public consists mainly of material in
relation to which it is not necessary to rely on that subsection.
60 Abstracts of scientific or technical articles
(1) Where an article on a scientific or technical subject is published in a
periodical accompanied by an abstract indicating the contents of the
article, it is not an infringement of copyright in the abstract, or in the article,
to copy the abstract or issue copies of it to the public.
(2) This section does not apply if or to the extent that there is a licensing
scheme certified for the purposes of this section under section 143
providing for the grant of licences.
61 Recordings of folksongs
(1) A sound recording of a performance of a song may be made for the
purpose of including it in an archive maintained by a designated body
without infringing any copyright in the words as a literary work or in the
accompanying musical work, provided the conditions in subsection (2)
below are met.
(2) The conditions are that -
(a) the words are unpublished and of unknown authorship at the time the
recording is made,
(b) the making of the recording does not infringe any other copyright, and
(c) its making is not prohibited by any performer.
(3) Copies of a sound recording made in reliance on subsection (1) and
included in an archive maintained by a designated body may, if the
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prescribed conditions are met, be made and supplied by the archivist
without infringing copyright in the recording or the works included in it.
(4) The prescribed conditions shall include the following -
(a) 44 that copies are only supplied to persons satisfying the archivist that
they require them for the purposes of -
(i) research for a non-commercial purpose, or
(ii) private study,
and will not use them for any other purpose, and
(b) that no person is furnished with more than one copy of the same
recording.
(5) In this section -
(a) "designated" means designated for the purposes of this section by
order of the Secretary of State, who shall not designate a body unless
satisfied that it is not established or conducted for profit,
(b) "prescribed" means prescribed for the purposes of this section by
order of the Secretary of State, and
(c) references to the archivist include a person acting on his behalf.
(6) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
62 Representation of certain artistic works on public display
(1) This section applies to -
(a) buildings, and
(b) sculptures, models for buildings and works of artistic craftsmanship, if
permanently situated in a public place or in premises open to the public.
(2) The copyright in such a work is not infringed by -
(a) making a graphic work representing it,
(b) making a photograph or film of it, or
(c) making a broadcast of a visual image of it.
(3) Nor is the copyright infringed by the issue to the public of copies, or the
communication to the public, of anything whose making was, by virtue of
this section, not an infringement of the copyright.
63 Advertisement of sale of artistic work
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(1) It is not an infringement of copyright in an artistic work to copy it, or to
issue copies to the public, for the purpose of advertising the sale of the
work.
(2) Where a copy which would otherwise be an infringing copy is made in
accordance with this section but is subsequently dealt with for any other
purpose, it shall be treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of that
dealing, and if that dealing infringes copyright for all subsequent purposes.
For this purpose "dealt with" means sold or let for hire, offered or exposed
for sale or hire, exhibited in public, distributed or communicated to the
public45.
64 Making of subsequent works by same artist
Where the author of an artistic work is not the copyright owner, he does not
infringe the copyright by copying the work in making another artistic work,
provided he does not repeat or imitate the main design of the earlier work.
65 Reconstruction of buildings
Anything done for the purposes of reconstructing a building does not infringe
any copyright -
(a) in the building, or
(b) in any drawings or plans in accordance with which the building was,
by or with the licence of the copyright owner, constructed.
Miscellaneous: lending of works
6646 Lending to public of copies of certain works
(1) The Secretary of State may by order provide that in such cases as may be
specified in the order the lending to the public of copies of literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic works, sound recordings or films shall be
treated as licensed by the copyright owner subject only to the payment of
such reasonable royalty or other payment as may be agreed or determined
in default of agreement by the Copyright Tribunal.
(2) No such order shall apply if, or to the extent that, there is a licensing
scheme certified for the purposes of this section under section 143
providing for the grant of licences.
(3) An order may make different provision for different cases and may specify
cases by reference to any factor relating to the work, the copies lent, the
lender or the circumstances of the lending.
45 Words “, distributed or communicated to the public” substituted by SI 2003/2498 (replacing original
words “or distributed”).
46 Revised s.66 substituted by SI 1996/2967.
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(4) An order shall be made by statutory instrument; and no order shall be
made unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution
of each House of Parliament.
(5) Nothing in this section affects any liability under section 23 (secondary
infringement: possessing or dealing with infringing copy) in respect of the
lending of infringing copies.
Miscellaneous: films and sound recordings
66A47 Films: acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright, &c
(1) Copyright in a film is not infringed by an act done at a time when, or in
pursuance of arrangements made at a time when -
(a) it is not possible by reasonable inquiry to ascertain the identity of any
of the persons referred to in section 13B(2)(a) to (d) (persons by
reference to whose life the copyright period is ascertained), and
(b) it is reasonable to assume -
(i) that copyright has expired, or
(ii) that the last to die of those persons died 70 years or more
before the beginning of the calendar year in which the act is
done or the arrangements are made.
(2) Subsection (1)(b)(ii) does not apply in relation to -
(a) a film in which Crown copyright subsists, or
(b) a film in which copyright originally vested in an international
organisation by virtue of section 168 and in respect of which an Order
under that section specifies a copyright period longer than 70 years.
67 Playing of sound recordings for purposes of club, society, &c
(1) It is not an infringement of the copyright in a sound recording to play it as
part of the activities of, or for the benefit of, a club, society or other
organisation if the following conditions are met.
(2) The conditions are -
(a) that the organisation is not established or conducted for profit and its
main objects are charitable or are otherwise concerned with the
advancement of religion, education or social welfare,
(b) 48 that the sound recording is played by a person who is acting
primarily and directly for the benefit of the organisation and who is not
acting with a view to gain,
47 Added by SI 1995/3297.
48 New ss.67(2)(b) & (d) added, and original s.67(2)(b) restated as s.67(2)(c), by SI 2003/2498.
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(c) that the proceeds of any charge for admission to the place where the
recording is to be heard are applied solely for the purposes of the
organisation, and
(d) that the proceeds from any goods or services sold by, or on behalf of,
the organisation -
(i) in the place where the sound recording is heard, and
(ii) on the occasion when the sound recording is played,
are applied solely for the purposes of the organisation.
Miscellaneous: broadcasts
68 Incidental recording for purposes of broadcast
(1) This section applies where by virtue of a licence or assignment of
copyright a person is authorised to broadcast -
(a) a literary, dramatic or musical work, or an adaptation of such a work,
(b) an artistic work, or
(c) a sound recording or film.
(2) He shall by virtue of this section be treated as licensed by the owner of the
copyright in the work to do or authorise any of the following for the
purposes of the broadcast -
(a) in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work, or an adaptation of
such a work, to make a sound recording or film of the work or adaptation;
(b) in the case of an artistic work, to take a photograph or make a film of
the work;
(c) in the case of a sound recording or film, to make a copy of it.
(3) That licence is subject to the condition that the recording, film, photograph
or copy in question -
(a) shall not be used for any other purpose, and
(b) shall be destroyed within 28 days of being first used for broadcasting
the work.
(4) A recording, film, photograph or copy made in accordance with this section
shall be treated as an infringing copy -
(a) for the purposes of any use in breach of the condition mentioned in
subsection (3)(a), and
(b) for all purposes after that condition or the condition mentioned in
subsection (3)(b) is broken.
69 Recording for purposes of supervision and control of broadcasts and
other services
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(1) Copyright is not infringed by the making or use by the British Broadcasting
Corporation, for the purpose of maintaining supervision and control over
programmes broadcast by them, of recordings of those programmes.
(2) 49 Copyright is not infringed by anything done in pursuance of -
(a) section 167(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1990, section 115(4) or (6) or
117 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 or paragraph 20 of Schedule 12 to the
Communications Act 2003;
(b) a condition which, by virtue of section 334(1) of the Communications
Act 2003, is included in a licence granted under Part I or III of that Act or
Part I or II of the Broadcasting Act 1996;
(c) a direction given under section 109(2) of the Broadcasting Act 1990
(power of OFCOM to require production of recordings etc);
(d) section 334(3) of the Communications Act 2003.
(3) Copyright is not infringed by the use by OFCOM in connection with the
performance of any of their functions under the Broadcasting Act 1990, the
Broadcasting Act 1996 or the Communications Act 2003 of -
(a) any recording, script or transcript which is provided to them under or
by virtue of any provision of those Acts; or
(b) any existing material which is transferred to them by a scheme made
under section 30 of the Communications Act 2003.
(4) In subsection (3), ‘existing material means -
(a) any recording, script or transcript which was provided to the
Independent Television Commission or the Radio Authority under or by
virtue of any provision of the Broadcasting Act 1990 or the Broadcasting
Act 1996; and
(b) any recording or transcript which was provided to the Broadcasting
Standards Commission under section 115(4) or (6) or 116(5) of the
Broadcasting Act 1996.
7050 Recording for purposes of time-shifting
(1) The making in domestic premises for private and domestic use of a
recording of a broadcast solely for the purpose of enabling it to be viewed
or listened to at a more convenient time does not infringe any copyright in
the broadcast or in any work included in it.
(2) Where a copy which would otherwise be an infringing copy is made in
accordance with this section but is subsequently dealt with -
(a) it shall be treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of that
dealing; and
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(b) if that dealing infringes copyright, it shall be treated as an infringing
copy for all subsequent purposes.
(3) In subsection (2), "dealt with" means sold or let for hire, offered or exposed
for sale or hire or communicated to the public.
7151 Photographs of broadcasts
(1) The making in domestic premises for private and domestic use of a
photograph of the whole or any part of an image forming part of a
broadcast, or a copy of such a photograph, does not infringe any copyright
in the broadcast or in any film included in it.
(2) Where a copy which would otherwise be an infringing copy is made in
accordance with this section but is subsequently dealt with -
(a) it shall be treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of that
dealing; and
(b) if that dealing infringes copyright, it shall be treated as an infringing
copy for all subsequent purposes.
(3) In subsection (2), "dealt with" means sold or let for hire, offered or exposed
for sale or hire or communicated to the public.
7252 Free public showing or playing of broadcast
(1) The showing or playing in public of a broadcast to an audience who have
not paid for admission to the place where the broadcast is to be seen or
heard does not infringe any copyright in -
(a) the broadcast;
(b) any sound recording (except so far as it is an excepted sound
recording) included in it; or
(c) any film included in it.
(1A) For the purposes of this Part an "excepted sound recording" is a sound
recording -
(a) whose author is not the author of the broadcast in which it is
included; and
(b) which is a recording of music with or without words spoken or sung.
(1B) Where by virtue of subsection (1) the copyright in a broadcast shown or
played in public is not infringed, copyright in any excepted sound recording
included in it is not infringed if the playing or showing of that broadcast in
public -
(a) forms part of the activities of an organisation that is not established or
conducted for profit; or
51 Revised s71 substituted by SI 2003/2498.
52 Revised ss72(1)(a)-(c) substituted (for original (1)(a) & (b)), and ss.72(1A) & (1B) added, by SI
2003/2498.
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(b) is necessary for the purposes of -
(i) repairing equipment for the reception of broadcasts;
(ii) demonstrating that a repair to such equipment has been
carried out; or
(iii) demonstrating such equipment which is being sold or let for
hire or offered or exposed for sale or hire.
(2) The audience shall be treated as having paid for admission to a place -
(a) if they have paid for admission to a place of which that place forms
part; or
(b) if goods or services are supplied at that place (or a place of which it
forms part) -
(i) at prices which are substantially attributable to the facilities
afforded for seeing or hearing the broadcast, or
(ii) at prices exceeding those usually charged there and which
are partly attributable to those facilities.
(3) The following shall not be regarded as having paid for admission to a place
-
(a) persons admitted as residents or inmates of the place;
(b) persons admitted as members of a club or society where the
payment is only for membership of the club or society and the provision
of facilities for seeing or hearing broadcasts is only incidental to the main
purposes of the club or society.
(4) Where the making of the broadcast was an infringement of the copyright in
a sound recording or film, the fact that it was heard or seen in public by the
reception of the broadcast shall be taken into account in assessing the
damages for that infringement.
7353 Reception and re-transmission of wireless broadcast by cable
(1) This section applies where a wireless broadcast made from a place in the
United Kingdom is received and immediately re-transmitted by cable.
(2) The copyright in the broadcast is not infringed -
(a) if the re-transmission by cable is in pursuance of a relevant
requirement, or
(b) if and to the extent that the broadcast is made for reception in the
area in which it is re-transmitted by cable and forms part of a qualifying
service.
(3) The copyright in any work included in the broadcast is not infringed if and
to the extent that the broadcast is made for reception in the area in which it
is re-transmitted by cable; but where the making of the broadcast was an
infringement of the copyright in the work, the fact that the broadcast was
53 Revised s73 substituted by the Broadcasting Act 1996, and reworded by SI 2003/2498 in view of the
revision of s6 and deletion of s7 by that SI.
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re-transmitted by cable shall be taken into account in assessing the
damages for that infringement.
(4) Where -
(a) the re-transmission by cable is in pursuance of a relevant
requirement, but
(b) to any extent, the area in which the re-transmission by cable takes
place (“the cable area”) falls outside the area for reception in which the
broadcast is made (“the broadcast area”),
the re-transmission by cable (to the extent that it is provided for so much of
the cable area as falls outside the broadcast area) of any work included in
the broadcast shall, subject to subsection (5), be treated as licensed by the
owner of the copyright in the work, subject only to the payment to him by
the person making the broadcast of such reasonable royalty or other
payment in respect of the re-transmission by cable of the broadcast as
may be agreed or determined in default of agreement by the Copyright
Tribunal.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply, if or to the extent that, the re-transmission
of the work by cable is (apart from that subsection) licensed by the owner
of the copyright in the work.
(6) 54 In this section “qualifying service” means, subject to subsection (8), any
of the following services -
(a) a regional or national Channel 3 service,
(b) Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C,
(c) the public teletext service,
(d) S4C digital, and
(e) the television broadcasting services and teletext service of the British
Broadcasting Corporation;
and expressions used in this subsection have the same meaning as in Part
3 of the Communications Act 2003.
(7) In this section “relevant requirement” means a requirement imposed by a
general condition (within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the
Communications Act 2003) the setting of which is authorised under section
64 of that Act (must-carry obligations).
(8) The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (6) so as to add
any service to, or remove any service from, the definition of “qualifying
service”.
(9) The Secretary of State may also by order -
54 ss73(6)(c) & (d) amended, and revised wording after s.73(6)(e) and revised s.73(7) substituted, by
the Communications Act 2003.
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(a) provide that in specified cases subsection (3) is to apply in relation to
broadcasts of a specified description which are not made as mentioned
in that subsection, or
(b) exclude the application of that subsection in relation to broadcasts of
a specified description made as mentioned in that subsection.
(10) Where the Secretary of State exercises the power conferred by subsection
(9)(b) in relation to broadcasts of any description, the order may also
provide for subsection (4) to apply, subject to such modifications as may
be specified in the order, in relation to broadcasts of that description.
(11) An order under this section may contain such transitional provision as
appears to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.
(12) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
(13) 55 In this section references to re-transmission by cable include the
transmission of microwave energy between terrestrial fixed points.
73A56 Royalty or other sum payable in pursuance of section 73(4)
(1) An application to settle the royalty or other sum payable in pursuance of
subsection (4) of section 73 (reception and re-transmission of wireless
broadcast by cable) may be made to the Copyright Tribunal by the
copyright owner or the person making the broadcast.
(2) The Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order as it may
determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(3) Either party may subsequently apply to the Tribunal to vary the order, and
the Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order confirming or
varying the original order as it may determine to be reasonable in the
circumstances.
(4) An application under subsection (3) shall not, except with the special leave
of the Tribunal, be made within twelve months from the date of the original
order or of the order on a previous application under that subsection.
(5) An order under subsection (3) has effect from the date on which it is made
or such later date as may be specified by the Tribunal.
74 Provision of sub-titled copies of broadcast
(1) A designated body may, for the purpose of providing people who are deaf
or hard of hearing, or physically or mentally handicapped in other ways,
with copies which are sub-titled or otherwise modified for their special
needs, make copies of broadcasts and issue or lend57 copies to the public,
55 Added by SI 2003/2498.
56 Added by the Broadcasting Act 1996, and s.73A(1) amended by SI 2003/2498 in view of the revision
of s.6 and deletion of s.7 by that SI.
57 Words “or lend” added by SI 2003/2498.
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without infringing any copyright in the broadcasts or works included in
them.
(2) A "designated body" means a body designated for the purposes of this
section by order of the Secretary of State, who shall not designate a body
unless he is satisfied that it is not established or conducted for profit.
(3) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
(4) This section does not apply if, or to the extent that, there is a licensing
scheme certified for the purposes of this section under section 143
providing for the grant of licences.
75 Recording for archival purposes
(1) A recording of a broadcast of a designated class, or a copy of such a
recording, may be made for the purpose of being placed in an archive
maintained by a designated body without thereby infringing any copyright
in the broadcast or in any work included in it.
(2) In subsection (1) "designated" means designated for the purposes of this
section by order of the Secretary of State, who shall not designate a body
unless he is satisfied that it is not established or conducted for profit.
(3) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
Adaptations
76 Adaptations
An act which by virtue of this Chapter may be done without infringing
copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work does not, where that work is
an adaptation, infringe any copyright in the work from which the adaptation
was made.
CHAPTER IV
MORAL RIGHTS
Right to be identified as author or director
77 Right to be identified as author or director
(1) The author of a copyright literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, and
the director of a copyright film, has the right to be identified as the author or
director of the work in the circumstances mentioned in this section; but the
right is not infringed unless it has been asserted in accordance with section
78.
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(2) The author of a literary work (other than words intended to be sung or
spoken with music) or a dramatic work has the right to be identified
whenever -
(a) the work is published commercially, performed in public or
communicated to the public; or
(b) copies of a film or sound recording including the work are issued to
the public;
and that right includes the right to be identified whenever any of those
events occur in relation to an adaptation of the work as the author of the
work from which the adaptation was made.
(3) The author of a musical work, or a literary work consisting of words
intended to be sung or spoken with music, has the right to be identified
whenever -
(a) the work is published commercially;
(b) copies of a sound recording of the work are issued to the public; or
(c) a film of which the sound-track includes the work is shown in public or
copies of such a film are issued to the public;
and that right includes the right to be identified whenever any of those
events occur in relation to an adaptation of the work as the author of the
work from which the adaptation was made.
(4) The author of an artistic work has the right to be identified whenever -
(a) the work is published commercially or exhibited in public, or a visual
image of it is communicated to the public;
(b) a film including a visual image of the work is shown in public or
copies of such a film are issued to the public; or
(c) in the case of a work of architecture in the form of a building or a
model for a building, a sculpture or a work of artistic craftsmanship,
copies of a graphic work representing it, or of a photograph of it, are
issued to the public.
(5) The author of a work of architecture in the form of a building also has the
right to be identified on the building as constructed or, where more than
one building is constructed to the design, on the first to be constructed.
(6) The director of a film has the right to be identified whenever the film is
shown in public or communicated to the public or copies of the film are
issued to the public.
(7) The right of the author or director under this section is -
(a) in the case of commercial publication or the issue to the public of
copies of a film or sound recording, to be identified in or on each copy or,
if that is not appropriate, in some other manner likely to bring his identity
to the notice of a person acquiring a copy,
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(b) in the case of identification on a building, to be identified by
appropriate means visible to persons entering or approaching the
building, and
(c) in any other case, to be identified in a manner likely to bring his
identity to the attention of a person seeing or hearing the performance,
exhibition, showing or communication to the public in question;
and the identification must in each case be clear and reasonably
prominent.
(8) If the author or director in asserting his right to be identified specifies a
pseudonym, initials or some other particular form of identification, that form
shall be used; otherwise any reasonable form of identification may be
used.
(9) This section has effect subject to section 79 (exceptions to right).
78 Requirement that right be asserted
(1) A person does not infringe the right conferred by section 77 (right to be
identified as author or director) by doing any of the acts mentioned in that
section unless the right has been asserted in accordance with the following
provisions so as to bind him in relation to that act.
(2) The right may be asserted generally, or in relation to any specified act or
description of acts -
(a) on an assignment of copyright in the work, by including in the
instrument effecting the assignment a statement that the author or
director asserts in relation to that work his right to be identified, or
(b) by instrument in writing signed by the author or director.
(3) The right may also be asserted in relation to the public exhibition of an
artistic work -
(a) by securing that when the author or other first owner of copyright
parts with possession of the original, or of a copy made by him or under
his direction or control, the author is identified on the original or copy, or
on a frame, mount or other thing to which it is attached, or
(b) by including in a licence by which the author or other first owner of
copyright authorises the making of copies of the work a statement signed
by or on behalf of the person granting the licence that the author asserts
his right to be identified in the event of the public exhibition of a copy
made in pursuance of the licence.
(4) The persons bound by an assertion of the right under subsection (2) or (3)
are -
(a) in the case of an assertion under subsection (2)(a), the assignee and
anyone claiming through him, whether or not he has notice of the
assertion;
(b) in the case of an assertion under subsection (2)(b), anyone to whose
notice the assertion is brought;
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(c) in the case of an assertion under subsection (3)(a), anyone into
whose hands that original or copy comes, whether or not the
identification is still present or visible;
(d) in the case of an assertion under subsection (3)(b), the licensee and
anyone into whose hands a copy made in pursuance of the licence
comes, whether or not he has notice of the assertion.
(5) In an action for infringement of the right the court shall, in considering
remedies, take into account any delay in asserting the right.
79 Exceptions to right
(1) The right conferred by section 77 (right to be identified as author or
director) is subject to the following exceptions.
(2) The right does not apply in relation to the following descriptions of work -
(a) a computer program;
(b) the design of a typeface;
(c) any computer-generated work.
(3) The right does not apply to anything done by or with the authority of the
copyright owner where copyright in the work originally vested in the
author's or director=s employer by virtue of section 11(2) (works produced
in the course of employment)58.
(4) The right is not infringed by an act which by virtue of any of the following
provisions would not infringe copyright in the work -
(a) section 30 (fair dealing for certain purposes), so far as it relates to the
reporting of current events by means of a sound recording, film or
broadcast;
(b) section 31 (incidental inclusion of work in an artistic work, sound
recording, film or broadcast);
(c) section 32(3) (examination questions);
(d) section 45 (parliamentary and judicial proceedings);
(e) section 46(1) or (2) (Royal Commissions and statutory inquiries);
(f) section 51 (use of design documents and models);
(g) section 52 (effect of exploitation of design derived from artistic work);
(h) 59section 57 or 66A (acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of
copyright, &c.).
(5) The right does not apply in relation to any work made for the purpose of
reporting current events.
(6) The right does not apply in relation to the publication in -
58 Revised wording from “vested” to the end of s.79(3) substituted by SI 2003/2498.
59 Revised s.79(4)(h) substituted by SI 1995/3297 (referring to ss. 57 & 66A, rather than s.57 only).
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(a) a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical, or
(b) an encyclopaedia, dictionary, yearbook or other collective work of
reference,
of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work made for the purposes of
such publication or made available with the consent of the author for the
purposes of such publication.
(7) The right does not apply in relation to -
(a) a work in which Crown copyright or Parliamentary copyright subsists,
or
(b) a work in which copyright originally vested in an international
organisation by virtue of section 168,
unless the author or director has previously been identified as such in or on
published copies of the work.
Right to object to derogatory treatment of work
80 Right to object to derogatory treatment of work
(1) The author of a copyright literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, and
the director of a copyright film, has the right in the circumstances
mentioned in this section not to have his work subjected to derogatory
treatment.
(2) For the purposes of this section -
(a) "treatment" of a work means any addition to, deletion from or
alteration to or adaptation of the work, other than -
(i) a translation of a literary or dramatic work, or
(ii) an arrangement or transcription of a musical work involving no
more than a change of key or register; and
(b) the treatment of a work is derogatory if it amounts to distortion or
mutilation of the work or is otherwise prejudicial to the honour or
reputation of the author or director;
and in the following provisions of this section references to a derogatory
treatment of a work shall be construed accordingly.
(3) In the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work the right is infringed by a
person who -
(a) publishes commercially, performs in public or communicates to the
public a derogatory treatment of the work; or
(b) issues to the public copies of a film or sound recording of, or
including, a derogatory treatment of the work.
(4) In the case of an artistic work the right is infringed by a person who -
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(a) publishes commercially or exhibits in public a derogatory treatment of
the work, or communicates to the public a visual image of a derogatory
treatment of the work,
(b) shows in public a film including a visual image of a derogatory
treatment of the work or issues to the public copies of such a film, or
(c) in the case of -
(i) a work of architecture in the form of a model for a building,
(ii) a sculpture, or
(iii) a work of artistic craftsmanship,
issues to the public copies of a graphic work representing, or of a
photograph of, a derogatory treatment of the work.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to a work of architecture in the form of a
building; but where the author of such a work is identified on the building
and it is the subject of derogatory treatment he has the right to require the
identification to be removed.
(6) In the case of a film, the right is infringed by a person who -
(a) shows in public or communicates to the public a derogatory treatment
of the film; or
(b) issues to the public copies of a derogatory treatment of the film.[---]60
(7) The right conferred by this section extends to the treatment of parts of a
work resulting from a previous treatment by a person other than the author
or director, if those parts are attributed to, or are likely to be regarded as
the work of, the author or director.
(8) This section has effect subject to sections 81 and 82 (exceptions to and
qualifications of right).
81 Exceptions to right
(1) The right conferred by section 80 (right to object to derogatory treatment of
work) is subject to the following exceptions.
(2) The right does not apply to a computer program or to any
computer-generated work.
(3) The right does not apply in relation to any work made for the purpose of
reporting current events.
(4) The right does not apply in relation to the publication in -
(a) a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical, or
60 Words “, or who, along with the film, plays in public, broadcasts or includes in a cable programme
service, or issues to the public copies of, a derogatory treatment of the film sound-track”, originally
appearing in s.80(5) after paragraph (b) deleted by SI 1995/3297.
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(b) an encyclopaedia, dictionary, yearbook or other collective work of
reference,
of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work made for the purposes of
such publication or made available with the consent of the author for the
purposes of such publication.
Nor does the right apply in relation to any subsequent exploitation
elsewhere of such a work without any modification of the published
version.
(5) The right is not infringed by an act which by virtue of section 57 or 66A
(acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright, &c.) would not
infringe copyright.61
(6) The right is not infringed by anything done for the purpose of -
(a) avoiding the commission of an offence,
(b) complying with a duty imposed by or under an enactment, or
(c) in the case of the British Broadcasting Corporation, avoiding the
inclusion in a programme broadcast by them of anything which offends
against good taste or decency or which is likely to encourage or incite to
crime or to lead to disorder or to be offensive to public feeling,
provided, where the author or director is identified at the time of the
relevant act or has previously been identified in or on published copies of
the work, that there is a sufficient disclaimer.
82 Qualification of right in certain cases
(1) This section applies to -
(a) works in which copyright originally vested in the author's or director=s
employer by virtue of section 11(2) (works produced in course of
employment)62,
(b) works in which Crown copyright or Parliamentary copyright subsists,
and
(c) works in which copyright originally vested in an international
organisation by virtue of section 168.
(2) The right conferred by section 80 (right to object to derogatory treatment of
work) does not apply to anything done in relation to such a work by or with
the authority of the copyright owner unless the author or director -
(a) is identified at the time of the relevant act, or
(b) has previously been identified in or on published copies of the work;
61 Reference to ss.57 & 66A inserted by SI 1995/3297 (replacing original reference to s.57 only)
62 Original reference also to s.9(2)(a) (in relation to employed directors) deleted by SI 2003/2498.
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and where in such a case the right does apply, it is not infringed if there is
a sufficient disclaimer.
83 Infringement of right by possessing or dealing with infringing article
(1) The right conferred by section 80 (right to object to derogatory treatment of
work) is also infringed by a person who -
(a) possesses in the course of a business, or
(b) sells or lets for hire, or offers or exposes for sale or hire, or
(c) in the course of a business exhibits in public or distributes, or
(d) distributes otherwise than in the course of a business so as to affect
prejudicially the honour or reputation of the author or director,
an article which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe is, an
infringing article.
(2) An "infringing article" means a work or a copy of a work which -
(a) has been subjected to derogatory treatment within the meaning of
section 80, and
(b) has been or is likely to be the subject of any of the acts mentioned in
that section in circumstances infringing that right.
False attribution of work
84 False attribution of work
(1) A person has the right in the circumstances mentioned in this section -
(a) not to have a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work falsely
attributed to him as author, and
(b) not to have a film falsely attributed to him as director;
and in this section an "attribution", in relation to such a work, means a
statement (express or implied) as to who is the author or director.
(2) The right is infringed by a person who -
(a) issues to the public copies of a work of any of those descriptions in or
on which there is a false attribution, or
(b) exhibits in public an artistic work, or a copy of an artistic work, in or
on which there is a false attribution.
(3) The right is also infringed by a person who -
(a) in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work, performs the work
in public or communicates it to the public as being the work of a person,
or
(b) in the case of a film, shows it in public or communicates it to the
public as being directed by a person,
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knowing or having reason to believe that the attribution is false.
(4) The right is also infringed by the issue to the public or public display of
material containing a false attribution in connection with any of the acts
mentioned in subsection (2) or (3).
(5) The right is also infringed by a person who in the course of a business -
(a) possesses or deals with a copy of a work of any of the descriptions
mentioned in subsection (1) in or on which there is a false attribution, or
(b) in the case of an artistic work, possesses or deals with the work itself
when there is a false attribution in or on it,
knowing or having reason to believe that there is such an attribution and
that it is false.
(6) In the case of an artistic work the right is also infringed by a person who in
the course of a business -
(a) deals with a work which has been altered after the author parted with
possession of it as being the unaltered work of the author, or
(b) deals with a copy of such a work as being a copy of the unaltered
work of the author,
knowing or having reason to believe that that is not the case.
(7) References in this section to dealing are to selling or letting for hire,
offering or exposing for sale or hire, exhibiting in public, or distributing.
(8) This section applies where, contrary to the fact -
(a) a literary, dramatic or musical work is falsely represented as being an
adaptation of the work of a person, or
(b) a copy of an artistic work is falsely represented as being a copy made
by the author of the artistic work,
as it applies where the work is falsely attributed to a person as author.
Right to privacy of certain photographs and films
85 Right to privacy of certain photographs and films
(1) A person who for private and domestic purposes commissions the taking of
a photograph or the making of a film has, where copyright subsists in the
resulting work, the right not to have -
(a) copies of the work issued to the public,
(b) the work exhibited or shown in public, or
(c) the work communicated to the public;
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and, except as mentioned in subsection (2), a person who does or
authorises the doing of any of those acts infringes that right.
(2) The right is not infringed by an act which by virtue of any of the following
provisions would not infringe copyright in the work -
(a) section 31 (incidental inclusion of work in an artistic work, film or
broadcast);
(b) section 45 (parliamentary and judicial proceedings);
(c) section 46 (Royal Commissions and statutory inquiries);
(d) section 50 (acts done under statutory authority);
(e) 63section 57 or 66A (acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of
copyright, &c.).
Supplementary
86 Duration of rights
(1) The rights conferred by section 77 (right to be identified as author or
director), section 80 (right to object to derogatory treatment of work) and
section 85 (right to privacy of certain photographs and films) continue to
subsist so long as copyright subsists in the work.
(2) The right conferred by section 84 (false attribution) continues to subsist
until 20 years after a person's death.
87 Consent and waiver of rights
(1) It is not an infringement of any of the rights conferred by this Chapter to do
any act to which the person entitled to the right has consented.
(2) Any of those rights may be waived by instrument in writing signed by the
person giving up the right.
(3) A waiver -
(a) may relate to a specific work, to works of a specified description or to
works generally, and may relate to existing or future works, and
(b) may be conditional or unconditional and may be expressed to be
subject to revocation;
and if made in favour of the owner or prospective owner of the copyright in
the work or works to which it relates, it shall be presumed to extend to his
licensees and successors in title unless a contrary intention is expressed.
(4) Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as excluding the operation of
the general law of contract or estoppel in relation to an informal waiver or
63 Revised s85(2)(e), substituted by SI 1995/3297 (referring to ss57 & 66A, rather than s57 only).
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other transaction in relation to any of the rights mentioned in subsection
(1).
88 Application of provisions to joint works
(1) The right conferred by section 77 (right to be identified as author or
director) is, in the case of a work of joint authorship, a right of each joint
author to be identified as a joint author and must be asserted in
accordance with section 78 by each joint author in relation to himself.
(2) The right conferred by section 80 (right to object to derogatory treatment of
work) is, in the case of a work of joint authorship, a right of each joint
author and his right is satisfied if he consents to the treatment in question.
(3) A waiver under section 87 of those rights by one joint author does not
affect the rights of the other joint authors.
(4) The right conferred by section 84 (false attribution) is infringed, in the
circumstances mentioned in that section -
(a) by any false statement as to the authorship of a work of joint
authorship, and
(b) by the false attribution of joint authorship in relation to a work of sole
authorship;
and such a false attribution infringes the right of every person to whom
authorship of any description is, whether rightly or wrongly, attributed.
(5) The above provisions also apply (with any necessary adaptations) in
relation to a film which was, or is alleged to have been, jointly directed, as
they apply to a work which is, or is alleged to be, a work of joint authorship.
A film is "jointly directed" if it is made by the collaboration of two or more
directors and the contribution of each director is not distinct from that of the
other director or directors.
(6) The right conferred by section 85 (right to privacy of certain photographs
and films) is, in the case of a work made in pursuance of a joint
commission, a right of each person who commissioned the making of the
work, so that -
(a) the right of each is satisfied if he consents to the act in question, and
(b) a waiver under section 87 by one of them does not affect the rights of
the others.
89 Application of provisions to parts of works
(1) The rights conferred by section 77 (right to be identified as author or
director) and section 85 (right to privacy of certain photographs and films)
apply in relation to the whole or any substantial part of a work.
(2) The rights conferred by section 80 (right to object to derogatory treatment
of work) and section 84 (false attribution) apply in relation to the whole or
any part of a work.
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CHAPTER V
DEALINGS WITH RIGHTS IN COPYRIGHT WORKS
Copyright
90 Assignment and licences
(1) Copyright is transmissible by assignment, by testamentary disposition or
by operation of law, as personal or moveable property.
(2) An assignment or other transmission of copyright may be partial, that is,
limited so as to apply -
(a) to one or more, but not all, of the things the copyright owner has the
exclusive right to do;
(b) to part, but not the whole, of the period for which the copyright is to
subsist.
(3) An assignment of copyright is not effective unless it is in writing signed by
or on behalf of the assignor.
(4) A licence granted by a copyright owner is binding on every successor in
title to his interest in the copyright, except a purchaser in good faith for
valuable consideration and without notice (actual or constructive) of the
licence or a person deriving title from such a purchaser; and references in
this Part to doing anything with, or without, the licence of the copyright
owner shall be construed accordingly.
91 Prospective ownership of copyright
(1) Where by an agreement made in relation to future copyright, and signed by
or on behalf of the prospective owner of the copyright, the prospective
owner purports to assign the future copyright (wholly or partially) to another
person, then if, on the copyright coming into existence, the assignee or
another person claiming under him would be entitled as against all other
persons to require the copyright to be vested in him, the copyright shall
vest in the assignee or his successor in title by virtue of this subsection.
(2) In this Part -
"future copyright" means copyright which will or may come into existence in
respect of a future work or class of works or on the occurrence of a future
event; and
"prospective owner" shall be construed accordingly, and includes a person
who is prospectively entitled to copyright by virtue of such an agreement as
is mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) A licence granted by a prospective owner of copyright is binding on every
successor in title to his interest (or prospective interest) in the right, except
a purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and without notice
(actual or constructive) of the licence or a person deriving title from such a
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purchaser; and references in this Part to doing anything with, or without,
the licence of the copyright owner shall be construed accordingly.
92 Exclusive licences
(1) In this Part an "exclusive licence" means a licence in writing signed by or
on behalf of the copyright owner authorising the licensee to the exclusion
of all other persons, including the person granting the licence, to exercise a
right which would otherwise be exercisable exclusively by the copyright
owner.
(2) The licensee under an exclusive licence has the same rights against a
successor in title who is bound by the licence as he has against the person
granting the licence.
93 Copyright to pass under will with unpublished work
Where under a bequest (whether specific or general) a person is entitled,
beneficially or otherwise, to -
(a) an original document or other material thing recording or embodying
a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work which was not published
before the death of the testator, or
(b) an original material thing containing a sound recording or film which
was not published before the death of the testator,
the bequest shall, unless a contrary intention is indicated in the testator's will
or a codicil to it, be construed as including the copyright in the work in so far
as the testator was the owner of the copyright immediately before his death.
93A64 Presumption of transfer of rental right in case of film production
agreement
(1) Where an agreement concerning film production is concluded between an
author and a film producer, the author shall be presumed, unless the
agreement provides to the contrary, to have transferred to the film
producer any rental right in relation to the film arising by virtue of the
inclusion of a copy of the author=s work in the film.
(2) In this section “author” means an author, or prospective author, of a
literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any rental right in relation to the film
arising by virtue of the inclusion in the film of the screenplay, the dialogue
or music specifically created for and used in the film.
(4) Where this section applies, the absence of signature by or on behalf of the
author does not exclude the operation of section 91(1) (effect of purported
assignment of future copyright).
64 ss93A-93C added by SI 1996/2967.
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(5) The reference in subsection (1) to an agreement concluded between an
author and a film producer includes any agreement having effect between
those persons, whether made by them directly or through intermediaries.
(6) Section 93B (right to equitable remuneration on transfer of rental right)
applies where there is a presumed transfer by virtue of this section as in
the case of an actual transfer.
Right to equitable remuneration where rental right transferred
93B Right to equitable remuneration where rental right transferred
(1) Where an author to whom this section applies has transferred his rental
right concerning a sound recording or a film to the producer of the sound
recording or film, he retains the right to equitable remuneration for the
rental.
The authors to whom this section applies are -
(a) the author of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, and
(b) the principal director of a film.
(2) The right to equitable remuneration under this section may not be assigned
by the author except to a collecting society for the purpose of enabling it to
enforce the right on his behalf.
The right is, however, transmissible by testamentary disposition or by
operation of law as personal or moveable property; and it may be assigned
or further transmitted by any person into whose hands it passes.
(3) Equitable remuneration under this section is payable by the person for the
time being entitled to the rental right, that is, the person to whom the right
was transferred or any successor in title of his.
(4) The amount payable by way of equitable remuneration is as agreed by or
on behalf of the persons by and to whom it is payable, subject to section
93C (reference of amount to Copyright Tribunal).
(5) An agreement is of no effect in so far as it purports to exclude or restrict
the right to equitable remuneration under this section.
(6) References in this section to the transfer of rental right by one person to
another include any arrangement having that effect, whether made by
them directly or through intermediaries.
(7) In this section a “collecting society” means a society or other organisation
which has as its main object, or one of its main objects, the exercise of the
right to equitable remuneration under this section on behalf of more than
one author.
93C Equitable remuneration: reference of amount to Copyright Tribunal
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(1) In default of agreement as to the amount payable by way of equitable
remuneration under section 93B, the person by or to whom it is payable
may apply to the Copyright Tribunal to determine the amount payable.
(2) A person to or by whom equitable remuneration is payable under that
section may also apply to the Copyright Tribunal -
(a) to vary any agreement as to the amount payable, or
(b) to vary any previous determination of the Tribunal as to that matter;
but except with the special leave of the Tribunal no such application may
be made within twelve months from the date of a previous determination.
An order made on an application under this subsection has effect from the
date on which it is made or such later date as may be specified by the
Tribunal.
(3) On an application under this section the Tribunal shall consider the matter
and make such order as to the method of calculating and paying equitable
remuneration as it may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances,
taking into account the importance of the contribution of the author to the
film or sound recording.
(4) Remuneration shall not be considered inequitable merely because it was
paid by way of a single payment or at the time of transfer of the rental right.
(5) An agreement is of no effect in so far as it purports to prevent a person
questioning the amount of equitable remuneration or to restrict the powers
of the Copyright Tribunal under this section.
Moral rights
94 Moral rights not assignable
The rights conferred by Chapter IV (moral rights) are not assignable.
95 Transmission of moral rights on death
(1) On the death of a person entitled to the right conferred by section 77 (right
to identification of author or director), section 80 (right to object to
derogatory treatment of work) or section 85 (right to privacy of certain
photographs and films) -
(a) the right passes to such person as he may by testamentary
disposition specifically direct,
(b) if there is no such direction but the copyright in the work in question
forms part of his estate, the right passes to the person to whom the
copyright passes, and
(c) if or to the extent that the right does not pass under paragraph (a) or
paragraph (b) it is exercisable by his personal representatives.
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(2) Where copyright forming part of a person's estate passes in part to one
person and in part to another, as for example where a bequest is limited so
as to apply -
(a) to one or more, but not all, of the things the copyright owner has the
exclusive right to do or authorise, or
(b) to part, but not the whole, of the period for which the copyright is to
subsist,
any right which passes with the copyright by virtue of subsection (1) is
correspondingly divided.
(3) Where by virtue of subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b) a right becomes exercisable
by more than one person -
(a) it may, in the case of the right conferred by section 77 (right to
identification of author or director), be asserted by any of them;
(b) it is, in the case of the right conferred by section 80 (right to object to
derogatory treatment of work) or section 85 (right to privacy of certain
photographs and films), a right exercisable by each of them and is
satisfied in relation to any of them if he consents to the treatment or act in
question; and
(c) any waiver of the right in accordance with section 87 by one of them
does not affect the rights of the others.
(4) A consent or waiver previously given or made binds any person to whom a
right passes by virtue of subsection (1).
(5) Any infringement after a person's death of the right conferred by section 84
(false attribution) is actionable by his personal representatives.
(6) Any damages recovered by personal representatives by virtue of this
section in respect of an infringement after a person's death shall devolve
as part of his estate as if the right of action had subsisted and been vested
in him immediately before his death.
CHAPTER VI
REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT
Rights and remedies of copyright owner
96 Infringement actionable by copyright owner
(1) An infringement of copyright is actionable by the copyright owner.
(2) In an action for infringement of copyright all such relief by way of damages,
injunctions, accounts or otherwise is available to the plaintiff as is available
in respect of the infringement of any other property right.
(3) This section has effect subject to the following provisions of this Chapter.
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97 Provisions as to damages in infringement action
(1) Where in an action for infringement of copyright it is shown that at the time
of the infringement the defendant did not know, and had no reason to
believe, that copyright subsisted in the work to which the action relates, the
plaintiff is not entitled to damages against him, but without prejudice to any
other remedy.
(2) The court may in an action for infringement of copyright having regard to all
the circumstances, and in particular to -
(a) the flagrancy of the infringement, and
(b) any benefit accruing to the defendant by reason of the infringement,
award such additional damages as the justice of the case may require.
97A65 Injunctions against service providers
(1) The High Court (in Scotland, the Court of Session) shall have power to
grant an injunction against a service provider, where that service provider
has actual knowledge of another person using their service to infringe
copyright.
(2) In determining whether a service provider has actual knowledge for the
purpose of this section, a court shall take into account all matters which
appear to it in the particular circumstances to be relevant and, amongst
other things, shall have regard to B
(a) whether a service provider has received a notice through a means of
contact made available in accordance with regulation 6(1)(c) of the
Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/2013);
and
(b) the extent to which any notice includes -
(i) the full name and address of the sender of the notice;
(ii) details of the infringement in question.
(3) In this section "service provider" has the meaning given to it by regulation 2
of the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002.
98 Undertaking to take licence of right in infringement proceedings
(1) If in proceedings for infringement of copyright in respect of which a licence
is available as of right under section 144 (powers exercisable in
consequence of report of Competition Commission66) the defendant
undertakes to take a licence on such terms as may be agreed or, in default
of agreement, settled by the Copyright Tribunal under that section -
(a) no injunction shall be granted against him,
65 Added by SI 2003/2498.
66 Reference to Competition Commission inserted by SI 1999/506 (replacing original reference to
Monopolies and Mergers Commission).
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(b) no order for delivery up shall be made under section 99, and
(c) the amount recoverable against him by way of damages or on an
account of profits shall not exceed double the amount which would have
been payable by him as licensee if such a licence on those terms had
been granted before the earliest infringement.
(2) An undertaking may be given at any time before final order in the
proceedings, without any admission of liability.
(3) Nothing in this section affects the remedies available in respect of an
infringement committed before licences of right were available.
99 Order for delivery up
(1) Where a person -
(a) has an infringing copy of a work in his possession, custody or control
in the course of a business, or
(b) has in his possession, custody or control an article specifically
designed or adapted for making copies of a particular copyright work,
knowing or having reason to believe that it has been or is to be used to
make infringing copies,
the owner of the copyright in the work may apply to the court for an order
that the infringing copy or article be delivered up to him or to such other
person as the court may direct.
(2) An application shall not be made after the end of the period specified in
section 113 (period after which remedy of delivery up not available); and
no order shall be made unless the court also makes, or it appears to the
court that there are grounds for making, an order under section 114 (order
as to disposal of infringing copy or other article).
(3) A person to whom an infringing copy or other article is delivered up in
pursuance of an order under this section shall, if an order under section
114 is not made, retain it pending the making of an order, or the decision
not to make an order, under that section.
(4) Nothing in this section affects any other power of the court.
100 Right to seize infringing copies and other articles
(1) An infringing copy of a work which is found exposed or otherwise
immediately available for sale or hire, and in respect of which the copyright
owner would be entitled to apply for an order under section 99, may be
seized and detained by him or a person authorised by him.
The right to seize and detain is exercisable subject to the following
conditions and is subject to any decision of the court under section 114.
(2) Before anything is seized under this section notice of the time and place of
the proposed seizure must be given to a local police station.
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(3) A person may for the purpose of exercising the right conferred by this
section enter premises to which the public have access but may not seize
anything in the possession, custody or control of a person at a permanent
or regular place of business of his, and may not use any force.
(4) At the time when anything is seized under this section there shall be left at
the place where it was seized a notice in the prescribed form containing
the prescribed particulars as to the person by whom or on whose authority
the seizure is made and the grounds on which it is made.
(5) In this section -
"premises" includes land, buildings, moveable structures, vehicles,
vessels, aircraft and hovercraft; and
"prescribed" means prescribed by order of the Secretary of State.
(6) An order of the Secretary of State under this section shall be made by
statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a
resolution of either House of Parliament.
Rights and remedies of exclusive licensee
101 Rights and remedies of exclusive licensee
(1) An exclusive licensee has, except against the copyright owner, the same
rights and remedies in respect of matters occurring after the grant of the
licence as if the licence had been an assignment.
(2) His rights and remedies are concurrent with those of the copyright owner;
and references in the relevant provisions of this Part to the copyright owner
shall be construed accordingly.
(3) In an action brought by an exclusive licensee by virtue of this section a
defendant may avail himself of any defence which would have been
available to him if the action had been brought by the copyright owner.
101A67 Certain infringements actionable by a non-exclusive licensee
(1) A non-exclusive licensee may bring an action for infringement of copyright
if -
(a) the infringing act was directly connected to a prior licensed act of the
licensee; and
(b) the licence -
(i) is in writing and is signed by or on behalf of the copyright
owner; and
(ii) expressly grants the non-exclusive licensee a right of action
under this section.
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(2) In an action brought under this section, the non-exclusive licensee shall
have the same rights and remedies available to him as the copyright owner
would have had if he had brought the action.
(3) The rights granted under this section are concurrent with those of the
copyright owner and references in the relevant provisions of this Part to the
copyright owner shall be construed accordingly.
(4) In an action brought by a non-exclusive licensee by virtue of this section a
defendant may avail himself of any defence which would have been
available to him if the action had been brought by the copyright owner.
(5) Subsections (1) to (4) of section 102 shall apply to a non-exclusive
licensee who has a right of action by virtue of this section as it applies to
an exclusive licensee.
(6) In this section a "non-exclusive licensee" means the holder of a licence
authorising the licensee to exercise a right which remains exercisable by
the copyright owner.
102 Exercise of concurrent rights
(1) Where an action for infringement of copyright brought by the copyright
owner or an exclusive licensee relates (wholly or partly) to an infringement
in respect of which they have concurrent rights of action, the copyright
owner or, as the case may be, the exclusive licensee may not, without the
leave of the court, proceed with the action unless the other is either joined
as a plaintiff or added as a defendant.
(2) A copyright owner or exclusive licensee who is added as a defendant in
pursuance of subsection (1) is not liable for any costs in the action unless
he takes part in the proceedings.
(3) The above provisions do not affect the granting of interlocutory relief on an
application by a copyright owner or exclusive licensee alone.
(4) Where an action for infringement of copyright is brought which relates
(wholly or partly) to an infringement in respect of which the copyright owner
and an exclusive licensee have or had concurrent rights of action -
(a) the court shall in assessing damages take into account -
(i) the terms of the licence, and
(ii) any pecuniary remedy already awarded or available to either
of them in respect of the infringement;
(b) no account of profits shall be directed if an award of damages has
been made, or an account of profits has been directed, in favour of the
other of them in respect of the infringement; and
(c) the court shall if an account of profits is directed apportion the profits
between them as the court considers just, subject to any agreement
between them;
and these provisions apply whether or not the copyright owner and the
exclusive licensee are both parties to the action.
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(5) The copyright owner shall notify any exclusive licensee having concurrent
rights before applying for an order under section 99 (order for delivery up)
or exercising the right conferred by section 100 (right of seizure); and the
court may on the application of the licensee make such order under section
99 or, as the case may be, prohibiting or permitting the exercise by the
copyright owner of the right conferred by section 100, as it thinks fit having
regard to the terms of the licence.
Remedies for infringement of moral rights
103 Remedies for infringement of moral rights
(1) An infringement of a right conferred by Chapter IV (moral rights) is
actionable as a breach of statutory duty owed to the person entitled to the
right.
(2) In proceedings for infringement of the right conferred by section 80 (right to
object to derogatory treatment of work) the court may, if it thinks it is an
adequate remedy in the circumstances, grant an injunction on terms
prohibiting the doing of any act unless a disclaimer is made, in such terms
and in such manner as may be approved by the court, dissociating the
author or director from the treatment of the work.
Presumptions
104 Presumptions relevant to literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works
(1) The following presumptions apply in proceedings brought by virtue of this
Chapter with respect to a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work.
(2) Where a name purporting to be that of the author appeared on copies of
the work as published or on the work when it was made, the person whose
name appeared shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved -
(a) to be the author of the work;
(b) to have made it in circumstances not falling within section 11(2), 163,
165 or 168 (works produced in course of employment, Crown copyright,
Parliamentary copyright or copyright of certain international
organisations).
(3) In the case of a work alleged to be a work of joint authorship, subsection
(2) applies in relation to each person alleged to be one of the authors.
(4) Where no name purporting to be that of the author appeared as mentioned
in subsection (2) but -
(a) the work qualifies for copyright protection by virtue of section 155
(qualification by reference to country of first publication), and
(b) a name purporting to be that of the publisher appeared on copies of
the work as first published,
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the person whose name appeared shall be presumed, until the contrary is
proved, to have been the owner of the copyright at the time of publication.
(5) If the author of the work is dead or the identity of the author cannot be
ascertained by reasonable inquiry, it shall be presumed, in the absence of
evidence to the contrary -
(a) that the work is an original work, and
(b) that the plaintiff's allegations as to what was the first publication of
the work and as to the country of first publication are correct.
10568 Presumptions relevant to sound recordings and films
(1) In proceedings brought by virtue of this Chapter with respect to a sound
recording, where copies of the recording as issued to the public bear a
label or other mark stating -
(a) that a named person was the owner of copyright in the recording at
the date of issue of the copies, or
(b) that the recording was first published in a specified year or in a
specified country,
the label or mark shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated and
shall be presumed to be correct until the contrary is proved.
(2) In proceedings brought by virtue of this Chapter with respect to a film,
where copies of the film as issued to the public bear a statement -
(a) that a named person was the director or producer of the film,
(aa) that a named person was the principal director, the author of the
screenplay, the author of the dialogue or the composer of music specifically
created for and used in the film,
(b) that a named person was the owner of copyright in the film at the
date of issue of the copies, or
(c) that the film was first published in a specified year or in a specified
country,
the statement shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated and shall
be presumed to be correct until the contrary is proved.
(3) In proceedings brought by virtue of this Chapter with respect to a computer
program, where copies of the program are issued to the public in electronic
form bearing a statement -
(a) that a named person was the owner of copyright in the program at
the date of issue of the copies, or
68 References to “director or producer” in ss105(2)(a) & (5)(a) inserted by SI 1996/2967 (replacing
original references to “author or director”). ss105(2)(aa) added by SI 1995/3297, and ss.105(5)(aa) &
(6) inserted by SI 1996/2967.
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(b) that the program was first published in a specified country or that
copies of it were first issued to the public in electronic form in a specified
year,
the statement shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated and shall
be presumed to be correct until the contrary is proved.
(4) The above presumptions apply equally in proceedings relating to an
infringement alleged to have occurred before the date on which the copies
were issued to the public.
(5) In proceedings brought by virtue of this Chapter with respect to a film,
where the film as shown in public or communicated to the public bears a
statement -
(a) that a named person was the director or producer of the film, or
(aa) that a named person was the principal director of the film, the author
of the screenplay, the author of the dialogue or the composer of music
specifically created for and used in the film, or
(b) that a named person was the owner of copyright in the film
immediately after it was made,
the statement shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated and shall
be presumed to be correct until the contrary is proved.
This presumption applies equally in proceedings relating to an infringement
alleged to have occurred before the date on which the film was shown in
public or communicated to the public.
(6) For the purposes of this section, a statement that a person was the director
of a film shall be taken, unless a contrary indication appears, as meaning
that he was the principal director of the film.
106 Presumptions relevant to works subject to Crown copyright
In proceedings brought by virtue of this Chapter with respect to a literary,
dramatic or musical work in which Crown copyright subsists, where there
appears on printed copies of the work a statement of the year in which the
work was first published commercially, that statement shall be admissible as
evidence of the fact stated and shall be presumed to be correct in the
absence of evidence to the contrary.
Offences
10769 Criminal liability for making or dealing with infringing articles &c
(1) A person commits an offence who, without the licence of the copyright
owner -
69 ss.107(2A) & (4A) added by SI 2003/2498. Maximum sentence set by s107(4)(b) increased from the
original two years to ten by the Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act
2002.
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(a) makes for sale or hire, or
(b) imports into the United Kingdom otherwise than for his private and
domestic use, or
(c) possesses in the course of a business with a view to committing any
act infringing the copyright, or
(d) in the course of a business -
(i) sells or lets for hire, or
(ii) offers or exposes for sale or hire, or
(iii) exhibits in public, or
(iv) distributes, or
(e) distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an
extent as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright,
an article which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe is, an
infringing copy of a copyright work.
(2) A person commits an offence who -
(a) makes an article specifically designed or adapted for making copies
of a particular copyright work, or
(b) has such an article in his possession,
knowing or having reason to believe that it is to be used to make infringing
copies for sale or hire or for use in the course of a business.
(2A) A person who infringes copyright in a work by communicating the work to
the public -
(a) in the course of a business, or
(b) otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to
affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright,
commits an offence if he knows or has reason to believe that, by doing so,
he is infringing copyright in that work.
(3) Where copyright is infringed (otherwise than by reception of a
communication to the public) -
(a) by the public performance of a literary, dramatic or musical work, or
(b) by the playing or showing in public of a sound recording or film,
any person who caused the work to be so performed, played or shown is
guilty of an offence if he knew or had reason to believe that copyright
would be infringed.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1)(a), (b),(d)(iv) or (e) is
liable -
(a) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six
months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
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(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not
exceeding ten years, or both.
(4A) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2A) is liable -
(a) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
three months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not
exceeding two years, or both.
(5) A person guilty of any other offence under this section is liable on summary
conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine
not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.
(6) Sections 104 to 106 (presumptions as to various matters connected with
copyright) do not apply to proceedings for an offence under this section;
but without prejudice to their application in proceedings for an order under
section 108 below.
107A70 Enforcement by local weights and measures authority
(1) It is the duty of every local weights and measures authority to enforce
within their area the provisions of section 107.
(2) The following provisions of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 apply in
relation to the enforcement of that section by such an authority as in
relation to the enforcement of that Act -
section 27 (power to make test purchases),
section 28 (power to enter premises and inspect and seize goods and
documents),
section 29 (obstruction of authorised officers), and
section 33 (compensation for loss, &c. of goods seized).
(3) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to the enforcement of
section 107 in Northern Ireland, but it is the duty of the Department of
Economic Development to enforce that section in Northern Ireland.
For that purpose the provisions of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968
specified in subsection (2) apply as if for the references to a local weights
and measures authority and any officer of such an authority there were
substituted references to that Department and any of its officers.
(4) Any enactment which authorises the disclosure of information for the
purpose of facilitating the enforcement of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968
shall apply as if section 107 were contained in that Act and as if the
functions of any person in relation to the enforcement of that section were
functions under that Act.
70 s.107A added by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. (Commencement. No. 14) Order
2007 which came into force on 6 April 2007.
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(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising a local weights
and measures authority to bring proceedings in Scotland for an offence.
108 Order for delivery up in criminal proceedings
(1) The court before which proceedings are brought against a person for an
offence under section 107 may, if satisfied that at the time of his arrest or
charge -
(a) he had in his possession, custody or control in the course of a
business an infringing copy of a copyright work, or
(b) he had in his possession, custody or control an article specifically
designed or adapted for making copies of a particular copyright work,
knowing or having reason to believe that it had been or was to be used
to make infringing copies,
order that the infringing copy or article be delivered up to the copyright
owner or to such other person as the court may direct.
(2) For this purpose a person shall be treated as charged with an offence -
(a) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, when he is orally charged or
is served with a summons or indictment;
(b) in Scotland, when he is cautioned, charged or served with a
complaint or indictment.
(3) An order may be made by the court of its own motion or on the application
of the prosecutor (or, in Scotland, the Lord Advocate or procurator-fiscal),
and may be made whether or not the person is convicted of the offence,
but shall not be made -
(a) after the end of the period specified in section 113 (period after which
remedy of delivery up not available), or
(b) if it appears to the court unlikely that any order will be made under
section 114 (order as to disposal of infringing copy or other article).
(4) An appeal lies from an order made under this section by a magistrates'
court -
(a) in England and Wales, to the Crown Court, and
(b) in Northern Ireland, to the county court;
and in Scotland, where an order has been made under this section, the
person from whose possession, custody or control the infringing copy or
article has been removed may, without prejudice to any other form of
appeal under any rule of law, appeal against that order in the same
manner as against sentence.
(5) A person to whom an infringing copy or other article is delivered up in
pursuance of an order under this section shall retain it pending the making
of an order, or the decision not to make an order, under section 114.
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(6) 71 Nothing in this section affects the powers of the court under section 143
of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, Part II of the
Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995 or Article 11 of the Criminal Justice
(Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (general provisions as to forfeiture in
criminal proceedings).
10972 Search warrants
(1) Where a justice of the peace (in Scotland, a sheriff or justice of the peace)
is satisfied by information on oath given by a constable (in Scotland, by
evidence on oath) that there are reasonable grounds for believing -
(a) that an offence under section 107(1), (2) or (2A) has been or is about
to be committed in any premises, and
(b) that evidence that such an offence has been or is about to be
committed is in those premises,
he may issue a warrant authorising a constable to enter and search the
premises, using such reasonable force as is necessary.
(2) The power conferred by subsection (1) does not, in England and Wales,
extend to authorising a search for material of the kinds mentioned in
section 9(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (certain classes
of personal or confidential material).
(3) A warrant under this section -
(a) may authorise persons to accompany any constable executing the
warrant, and
(b) remains in force for three months from the date of its issue.
(4) In executing a warrant issued under this section a constable may seize an
article if he reasonably believes that it is evidence that any offence under
section 107(1), (2) or (2A) has been or is about to be committed.
(5) In this section "premises" includes land, buildings, fixed or moveable
structures, vehicles, vessels, aircraft and hovercraft.
110 Offence by body corporate: liability of officers
(1) Where an offence under section 107 committed by a body corporate is
proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a
director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person
purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate is
71 References to the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 and Criminal Justice (Northern
Ireland) Order 1994 inserted by those enactments, and reference to the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland)
Act 1995 inserted by the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland Act) 1995, in place
of original references to earlier legislation.
72 Reference in s.109(1)(a) to ss.107(1) or (2) substituted by the Copyright etc. and Trade Marks
(Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002 (replacing original reference to ss. 107(1)(a), (b), (d)(iv) or (e)).
That Act also added the reference to s.107(2) in s.109(4), and the words “fixed or” before “moveable”
in s.109(5). References to s.107(2A) in ss.109(1)(a) & (4) inserted by SI 2003/2498. s109(3)(b) “28
days” replaced by “three months” under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
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guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished
accordingly.
(2) In relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members
"director" means a member of the body corporate.
Provision for preventing importation of infringing copies
111 Infringing copies may be treated as prohibited goods
(1) The owner of the copyright in a published literary, dramatic or musical work
may give notice in writing to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise -
(a) that he is the owner of the copyright in the work, and
(b) that he requests the Commissioners, for a period specified in the
notice, to treat as prohibited goods printed copies of the work which are
infringing copies.
(2) The period specified in a notice under subsection (1) shall not exceed five
years and shall not extend beyond the period for which copyright is to
subsist.
(3) The owner of the copyright in a sound recording or film may give notice in
writing to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise -
(a) that he is the owner of the copyright in the work,
(b) that infringing copies of the work are expected to arrive in the United
Kingdom at a time and a place specified in the notice, and
(c) that he requests the Commissioners to treat the copies as prohibited
goods.
(3A)73 The Commissioners may treat as prohibited goods only infringing copies of
works which arrive in the United Kingdom -
(a) from outside the European Economic Area, or
(b) from within that Area but not having been entered for free circulation.
(3B) This section does not apply to goods entered, or expected to be entered,
for free circulation, export, re-export or for a suspensive procedure in
respect of which an application may be made under Article 3(1) of Council
Regulation (EC) No. 3295/94 laying down measures to prohibit the release
for free circulation, export, re-export or entry for a suspensive procedure of
counterfeit and pirated goods.
(4) When a notice is in force under this section the importation of goods to
which the notice relates, otherwise than by a person for his private and
domestic use, subject to subsections (3A) and (3B), is prohibited; but a
person is not by reason of the prohibition liable to any penalty other than
forfeiture of the goods.
73 ss111(3A) & (3B), and reference thereto in s.111(4), added by SI 1995/1445.
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112 Power of Commissioners of Customs and Excise to make regulations
(1) The Commissioners of Customs and Excise may make regulations
prescribing the form in which notice is to be given under section 111 and
requiring a person giving notice -
(a) to furnish the Commissioners with such evidence as may be specified
in the regulations, either on giving notice or when the goods are
imported, or at both those times, and
(b) to comply with such other conditions as may be specified in the
regulations.
(2) The regulations may, in particular, require a person giving such a notice -
(a) to pay such fees in respect of the notice as may be specified by the
regulations;
(b) to give such security as may be so specified in respect of any liability
or expense which the Commissioners may incur in consequence of the
notice by reason of the detention of any article or anything done to an
article detained;
(c) to indemnify the Commissioners against any such liability or expense,
whether security has been given or not.
(3) The regulations may make different provision as respects different classes
of case to which they apply and may include such incidental and
supplementary provisions as the Commissioners consider expedient.
(4) Regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument
which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either
House of Parliament.
(5) Section 17 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (general
provisions as to Commissioners' receipts) applies to fees paid in
pursuance of regulations under this section as to receipts under the
enactments relating to customs and excise.
Supplementary
113 Period after which remedy of delivery up not available
(1) An application for an order under section 99 (order for delivery up in civil
proceedings) may not be made after the end of the period of six years from
the date on which the infringing copy or article in question was made,
subject to the following provisions.
(2) If during the whole or any part of that period the copyright owner -
(a) is under a disability, or
(b) is prevented by fraud or concealment from discovering the facts
entitling him to apply for an order,
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an application may be made at any time before the end of the period of six
years from the date on which he ceased to be under a disability or, as the
case may be, could with reasonable diligence have discovered those facts.
(3) In subsection (2) "disability" -
(a) in England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Limitation Act
1980;
(b) in Scotland, means legal disability within the meaning of the
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973;
(c) in Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in the Statute of
Limitations (Northern Ireland) 1958.
(4) An order under section 108 (order for delivery up in criminal proceedings)
shall not, in any case, be made after the end of the period of six years from
the date on which the infringing copy or article in question was made.
114 Order as to disposal of infringing copy or other article
(1) An application may be made to the court for an order that an infringing
copy or other article delivered up in pursuance of an order under section
99 or 108, or seized and detained in pursuance of the right conferred by
section 100, shall be -
(a) forfeited to the copyright owner, or
(b) destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the court may think fit,
or for a decision that no such order should be made.
(2) In considering what order (if any) should be made, the court shall consider
whether other remedies available in an action for infringement of copyright
would be adequate to compensate the copyright owner and to protect his
interests.
(3) Provision shall be made by rules of court as to the service of notice on
persons having an interest in the copy or other articles, and any such
person is entitled -
(a) to appear in proceedings for an order under this section, whether or
not he was served with notice, and
(b) to appeal against any order made, whether or not he appeared;
and an order shall not take effect until the end of the period within which
notice of an appeal may be given or, if before the end of that period notice
of appeal is duly given, until the final determination or abandonment of the
proceedings on the appeal.
(4) Where there is more than one person interested in a copy or other article,
the court shall make such order as it thinks just and may (in particular)
direct that the article be sold, or otherwise dealt with, and the proceeds
divided.
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(5) If the court decides that no order should be made under this section, the
person in whose possession, custody or control the copy or other article
was before being delivered up or seized is entitled to its return.
(6) References in this section to a person having an interest in a copy or other
article include any person in whose favour an order could be made in
respect of it
(a) under this section or under section 204 or 231 of this Act;
(b) under section 24D of the Registered Designs Act 1949;
(c) under section 19 of Trade Marks Act 1994 (including that section as
applied by regulation 4 of the Community Trade Mark Regulations 2006
(SI 2006/1027)); or
(d) under regulation 1C of the Community Design Regulations 2005 (SI
2005/2339).74
114A75 Forfeiture of infringing copies, etc.: England and Wales or Northern
Ireland
(1) In England and Wales or Northern Ireland where there have come into the
possession of any person in connection with the investigation or
prosecution of a relevant offence -
(a) infringing copies of a copyright work, or
(b) articles specifically designed or adapted for making copies of a
particular copyright work,
that person may apply under this section for an order for the forfeiture of
the infringing copies or articles.
(2) For the purposes of this section "relevant offence" means -
(a) an offence under section 107(1), (2) or (2A) (criminal liability for
making or dealing with infringing articles, etc.),
(b) an offence under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (c. 29), or
(c) an offence involving dishonesty or deception.
(3) An application under this section may be made B
(a) where proceedings have been brought in any court for a relevant
offence relating to some or all of the infringing copies or articles, to that
court, or
(b) where no application for the forfeiture of the infringing copies or
articles has been made under paragraph (a), by way of complaint to a
magistrates' court.
74 s.114(6)(a)-(d) inserted by the Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006 SI
2006/1028, which came into force 29 April 2006
75 ss.114A & B inserted by the Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002,
and references to s.107(2A) added in s.114A(2)(a) & 114B(15) by SI 2003/2498.
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(4) On an application under this section, the court shall make an order for the
forfeiture of any infringing copies or articles only if it is satisfied that a
relevant offence has been committed in relation to the infringing copies or
articles.
(5) A court may infer for the purposes of this section that such an offence has
been committed in relation to any infringing copies or articles if it is
satisfied that such an offence has been committed in relation to infringing
copies or articles which are representative of the infringing copies or
articles in question (whether by reason of being of the same design or part
of the same consignment or batch or otherwise).
(6) Any person aggrieved by an order made under this section by a
magistrates' court, or by a decision of such a court not to make such an
order, may appeal against that order or decision -
(a) in England and Wales, to the Crown Court, or
(b) in Northern Ireland, to the county court.
(7) An order under this section may contain such provision as appears to the
court to be appropriate for delaying the coming into force of the order
pending the making and determination of any appeal (including any
application under section 111 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) or
Article 146 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I.
1981/1675 (N.I. 26)) (statement of case)).
(8) Subject to subsection (9), where any infringing copies or articles are
forfeited under this section they shall be destroyed in accordance with such
directions as the court may give.
(9) On making an order under this section the court may direct that the
infringing copies or articles to which the order relates shall (instead of
being destroyed) be forfeited to the owner of the copyright in question or
dealt with in such other way as the court considers appropriate.
114B Forfeiture of infringing copies, etc.: Scotland
(1) In Scotland the court may make an order under this section for the
forfeiture of any B
(a) infringing copies of a copyright work, or
(b) articles specifically designed or adapted for making copies of a
particular copyright work.
(2) An order under this section may be made B
(a) on an application by the procurator-fiscal made in the manner
specified in section 134 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.
46), or
(b) where a person is convicted of a relevant offence, in addition to any
other penalty which the court may impose.
(3) On an application under subsection (2)(a), the court shall make an order
for the forfeiture of any infringing copies or articles only if it is satisfied that
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a relevant offence has been committed in relation to the infringing copies
or articles.
(4) The court may infer for the purposes of this section that such an offence
has been committed in relation to any infringing copies or articles if it is
satisfied that such an offence has been committed in relation to infringing
copies or articles which are representative of the infringing copies or
articles in question (whether by reason of being of the same design or part
of the same consignment or batch or otherwise).
(5) The procurator-fiscal making the application under subsection (2)(a) shall
serve on any person appearing to him to be the owner of, or otherwise to
have an interest in, the infringing copies or articles to which the application
relates a copy of the application, together with a notice giving him the
opportunity to appear at the hearing of the application to show cause why
the infringing copies or articles should not be forfeited.
(6) Service under subsection (5) shall be carried out, and such service may be
proved, in the manner specified for citation of an accused in summary
proceedings under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
(7) Any person upon whom notice is served under subsection (5) and any
other person claiming to be the owner of, or otherwise to have an interest
in, infringing copies or articles to which an application under this section
relates shall be entitled to appear at the hearing of the application to show
cause why the infringing copies or articles should not be forfeited.
(8) The court shall not make an order following an application under
subsection (2)(a) B
(a) if any person on whom notice is served under subsection (5) does not
appear, unless service of the notice on that person is proved, or
(b) if no notice under subsection (5) has been served, unless the court is
satisfied that in the circumstances it was reasonable not to serve such
notice.
(9) Where an order for the forfeiture of any infringing copies or articles is made
following an application under subsection (2)(a), any person who
appeared, or was entitled to appear, to show cause why infringing copies
or articles should not be forfeited may, within 21 days of the making of the
order, appeal to the High Court by Bill of Suspension.
(10) Section 182(5)(a) to (e) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.
46) shall apply to an appeal under subsection (9) as it applies to a stated
case under Part 2 of that Act.
(11) An order following an application under subsection (2)(a) shall not take
effect -
(a) until the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day after the
day on which the order is made, or
(b) if an appeal is made under subsection (9) above within that period,
until the appeal is determined or abandoned.
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(12) An order under subsection (2)(b) shall not take effect B
(a) until the end of the period within which an appeal against the order
could be brought under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, or
(b) if an appeal is made within that period, until the appeal is determined
or abandoned.
(13) Subject to subsection (14), infringing copies or articles forfeited under this
section shall be destroyed in accordance with such directions as the court
may give.
(14) On making an order under this section the court may direct that the
infringing copies or articles to which the order relates shall (instead of
being destroyed) be forfeited to the owner of the copyright in question or
dealt with in such other way as the court considers appropriate.
(15) For the purposes of this section B
"relevant offence" means an offence under section 107(1), (2) or (2A)
(criminal liability for making or dealing with infringing articles, etc.), or
under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (c. 29) or any offence involving
dishonesty or deception; "the court" means -
(a) in relation to an order made on an application under subsection
(2)(a), the sheriff, and
(b) in relation to an order made under subsection (2)(b), the court which
imposed the penalty.
115 Jurisdiction of county court and sheriff court
(1) In England, Wales and Northern Ireland a county court may entertain
proceedings under -
section 99 (order for delivery up of infringing copy or other article),
section 102(5) (order as to exercise of rights by copyright owner where
exclusive licensee has concurrent rights), or
section 114 (order as to disposal of infringing copy or other article),
save that, in Northern Ireland, a county court may entertain such
proceedings only76 where the value of the infringing copies and other
articles in question does not exceed the county court limit for actions in
tort.
(2) In Scotland proceedings for an order under any of those provisions may be
brought in the sheriff court.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction of the
High Court or, in Scotland, the Court of Session.
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CHAPTER VII
COPYRIGHT LICENSING
Licensing schemes and licensing bodies
116 Licensing schemes and licensing bodies
(1) In this Part a "licensing scheme" means a scheme setting out -
(a) the classes of case in which the operator of the scheme, or the
person on whose behalf he acts, is willing to grant copyright licences,
and
(b) the terms on which licences would be granted in those classes of
case;
and for this purpose a "scheme" includes anything in the nature of a
scheme, whether described as a scheme or as a tariff or by any other
name.
(2) In this Chapter a "licensing body" means a society or other organisation
which has as its main object, or one of its main objects, the negotiation or
granting, either as owner or prospective owner of copyright or as agent for
him, of copyright licences, and whose objects include the granting of
licences covering works of more than one author.
(3) In this section "copyright licences" means licences to do, or authorise the
doing of, any of the acts restricted by copyright.
(4) References in this Chapter to licences or licensing schemes covering
works of more than one author do not include licences or schemes
covering only -
(a) a single collective work or collective works of which the authors are
the same, or
(b) works made by, or by employees of or commissioned by, a single
individual, firm, company or group of companies.
For this purpose a group of companies means a holding company and its
subsidiaries, within the meaning of section 736 of the Companies Act
1985.
References and applications with respect to licensing schemes
11777 Licensing schemes to which following sections apply
Sections 118 to 123 (references and applications with respect to licensing
schemes) apply to licensing schemes which are operated by licensing bodies
and cover works of more than one author, so far as they relate to licences for
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-
(a) copying the work,
(b) rental or lending of copies of the work to the public,
(c) performing, showing or playing the work in public, or
(d) communicating the work to the public;
and references in those sections to a licensing scheme shall be construed
accordingly.
118 Reference of proposed licensing scheme to tribunal
(1) The terms of a licensing scheme proposed to be operated by a licensing
body may be referred to the Copyright Tribunal by an organisation claiming
to be representative of persons claiming that they require licences in cases
of a description to which the scheme would apply, either generally or in
relation to any description of case.
(2) The Tribunal shall first decide whether to entertain the reference, and may
decline to do so on the ground that the reference is premature.
(3) If the Tribunal decides to entertain the reference it shall consider the matter
referred and make such order, either confirming or varying the proposed
scheme, either generally or so far as it relates to cases of the description to
which the reference relates, as the Tribunal may determine to be
reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period
as the Tribunal may determine.
119 Reference of licensing scheme to tribunal
(1) If while a licensing scheme is in operation a dispute arises between the
operator of the scheme and -
(a) a person claiming that he requires a licence in a case of a description
to which the scheme applies, or
(b) an organisation claiming to be representative of such persons,
that person or organisation may refer the scheme to the Copyright Tribunal
in so far as it relates to cases of that description.
(2) A scheme which has been referred to the Tribunal under this section shall
remain in operation until proceedings on the reference are concluded.
(3) The Tribunal shall consider the matter in dispute and make such order,
either confirming or varying the scheme so far as it relates to cases of the
description to which the reference relates, as the Tribunal may determine
to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period
as the Tribunal may determine.
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120 Further reference of scheme to tribunal
(1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has on a previous reference of a licensing
scheme under section 118, 119 or 128A78, or under this section, made an
order with respect to the scheme, then, while the order remains in force -
(a) the operator of the scheme,
(b) a person claiming that he requires a licence in a case of the
description to which the order applies, or
(c) an organisation claiming to be representative of such persons, may
refer the scheme again to the Tribunal so far as it relates to cases of that
description.
(2) A licensing scheme shall not, except with the special leave of the Tribunal,
be referred again to the Tribunal in respect of the same description of
cases -
(a) within twelve months from the date of the order on the previous
reference, or
(b) if the order was made so as to be in force for 15 months or less, until
the last three months before the expiry of the order.
(3) A scheme which has been referred to the Tribunal under this section shall
remain in operation until proceedings on the reference are concluded.
(4) The Tribunal shall consider the matter in dispute and make such order,
either confirming, varying or further varying the scheme so far as it relates
to cases of the description to which the reference relates, as the Tribunal
may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period
as the Tribunal may determine.
121 Application for grant of licence in connection with licensing scheme
(1) A person who claims, in a case covered by a licensing scheme, that the
operator of the scheme has refused to grant him or procure the grant to
him of a licence in accordance with the scheme, or has failed to do so
within a reasonable time after being asked, may apply to the Copyright
Tribunal.
(2) A person who claims, in a case excluded from a licensing scheme, that the
operator of the scheme either -
(a) has refused to grant him a licence or procure the grant to him of a
licence, or has failed to do so within a reasonable time of being asked,
and that in the circumstances it is unreasonable that a licence should not
be granted, or
(b) proposes terms for a licence which are unreasonable, may apply to
the Copyright Tribunal.
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(3) A case shall be regarded as excluded from a licensing scheme for the
purposes of subsection (2) if -
(a) the scheme provides for the grant of licences subject to terms
excepting matters from the licence and the case falls within such an
exception, or
(b) the case is so similar to those in which licences are granted under the
scheme that it is unreasonable that it should not be dealt with in the
same way.
(4) If the Tribunal is satisfied that the claim is well-founded, it shall make an
order declaring that, in respect of the matters specified in the order, the
applicant is entitled to a licence on such terms as the Tribunal may
determine to be applicable in accordance with the scheme or, as the case
may be, to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period
as the Tribunal may determine.
122 Application for review of order as to entitlement to licence
(1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has made an order under section 121 that a
person is entitled to a licence under a licensing scheme, the operator of the
scheme or the original applicant may apply to the Tribunal to review its
order.
(2) An application shall not be made, except with the special leave of the
Tribunal -
(a) within twelve months from the date of the order, or of the decision on
a previous application under this section, or
(b) if the order was made so as to be in force for 15 months or less, or as
a result of the decision on a previous application under this section is due
to expire within 15 months of that decision, until the last three months
before the expiry date.
(3) The Tribunal shall on an application for review confirm or vary its order as
the Tribunal may determine to be reasonable having regard to the terms
applicable in accordance with the licensing scheme or, as the case may
be, the circumstances of the case.
123 Effect of order of tribunal as to licensing scheme
(1) A licensing scheme which has been confirmed or varied by the Copyright
Tribunal -
(a) under section 118 (reference of terms of proposed scheme), or
(b) under section 119 or 120 (reference of existing scheme to Tribunal),
shall be in force or, as the case may be, remain in operation, so far as it
relates to the description of case in respect of which the order was made,
so long as the order remains in force.
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(2) While the order is in force a person who in a case of a class to which the
order applies -
(a) pays to the operator of the scheme any charges payable under the
scheme in respect of a licence covering the case in question or, if the
amount cannot be ascertained, gives an undertaking to the operator to
pay them when ascertained, and
(b) complies with the other terms applicable to such a licence under the
scheme,
shall be in the same position as regards infringement of copyright as if he
had at all material times been the holder of a licence granted by the owner
of the copyright in question in accordance with the scheme.
(3) The Tribunal may direct that the order, so far as it varies the amount of
charges payable, has effect from a date before that on which it is made,
but not earlier than the date on which the reference was made or, if later,
on which the scheme came into operation.
If such a direction is made -
(a) any necessary repayments, or further payments, shall be made in
respect of charges already paid, and
(b) the reference in subsection (2)(a) to the charges payable under the
scheme shall be construed as a reference to the charges so payable by
virtue of the order.
No such direction may be made where subsection (4) below applies.
(4) An order of the Tribunal under section 119 or 120 made with respect to a
scheme which is certified for any purpose under section 143 has effect, so
far as it varies the scheme by reducing the charges payable for licences,
from the date on which the reference was made to the Tribunal.
(5) Where the Tribunal has made an order under section 121 (order as to
entitlement to licence under licensing scheme) and the order remains in
force, the person in whose favour the order is made shall if he -
(a) pays to the operator of the scheme any charges payable in
accordance with the order or, if the amount cannot be ascertained, gives
an undertaking to pay the charges when ascertained, and
(b) complies with the other terms specified in the order,
be in the same position as regards infringement of copyright as if he had at
all material times been the holder of a licence granted by the owner of the
copyright in question on the terms specified in the order.
References and applications with respect to licensing by licensing bodies
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12479 Licences to which following sections apply
Sections 125 to 128 (references and applications with respect to licensing by
licensing bodies) apply to licences which are granted by a licensing body
otherwise than in pursuance of a licensing scheme and cover works of more
than one author, so far as they authorise -
(a) copying the work,
(b) rental or lending of copies of the work to the public,
(c) performing, showing or playing the work in public, or
(d) communicating the work to the public;
and references in those sections to a licence shall be construed accordingly.
125 Reference to tribunal of proposed licence
(1) The terms on which a licensing body proposes to grant a licence may be
referred to the Copyright Tribunal by the prospective licensee.
(2) The Tribunal shall first decide whether to entertain the reference, and may
decline to do so on the ground that the reference is premature.
(3) If the Tribunal decides to entertain the reference it shall consider the terms
of the proposed licence and make such order, either confirming or varying
the terms, as it may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period
as the Tribunal may determine.
126 Reference to tribunal of expiring licence
(1) A licensee under a licence which is due to expire, by effluxion of time or as
a result of notice given by the licensing body, may apply to the Copyright
Tribunal on the ground that it is unreasonable in the circumstances that the
licence should cease to be in force.
(2) Such an application may not be made until the last three months before
the licence is due to expire.
(3) A licence in respect of which a reference has been made to the Tribunal
shall remain in operation until proceedings on the reference are concluded.
(4) If the Tribunal finds the application well-founded, it shall make an order
declaring that the licensee shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of the
licence on such terms as the Tribunal may determine to be reasonable in
the circumstances.
(5) An order of the Tribunal under this section may be made so as to be in
force indefinitely or for such period as the Tribunal may determine.
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(1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has made an order under section 125, 126
or 128B (where that order did not relate to a licensing scheme)80, the
licensing body or the person entitled to the benefit of the order may apply
to the Tribunal to review its order.
(2) An application shall not be made, except with the special leave of the
Tribunal -
(a) within twelve months from the date of the order or of the decision on
a previous application under this section, or
(b) if the order was made so as to be in force for 15 months or less, or as
a result of the decision on a previous application under this section is due
to expire within 15 months of that decision, until the last three months
before the expiry date.
(3) The Tribunal shall on an application for review confirm or vary its order as
the Tribunal may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
128 Effect of order of tribunal as to licence
(1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has made an order under section 125 or 126
and the order remains in force, the person entitled to the benefit of the
order shall if he -
(a) pays to the licensing body any charges payable in accordance with
the order or, if the amount cannot be ascertained, gives an undertaking
to pay the charges when ascertained, and
(b) complies with the other terms specified in the order,
be in the same position as regards infringement of copyright as if he had at
all material times been the holder of a licence granted by the owner of the
copyright in question on the terms specified in the order.
(2) The benefit of the order may be assigned -
(a) in the case of an order under section 125, if assignment is not
prohibited under the terms of the Tribunal's order; and
(b) in the case of an order under section 126, if assignment was not
prohibited under the terms of the original licence.
(3) The Tribunal may direct that an order under section 125 or 126, or an order
under section 127 varying such an order, so far as it varies the amount of
charges payable, has effect from a date before that on which it is made,
but not earlier than the date on which the reference or application was
made or, if later, on which the licence was granted or, as the case may be,
was due to expire.
If such a direction is madeC
(a) any necessary repayments, or further payments, shall be made in
respect of charges already paid, and
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(b) the reference in subsection (1)(a) to the charges payable in
accordance with the order shall be construed, where the order is varied
by a later order, as a reference to the charges so payable by virtue of the
later order.
128A81 Notification of licence or licensing scheme for excepted sound
recordings
(1) This section only applies to a proposed licence or licensing scheme that
will authorise the playing in public of excepted sound recordings included
in broadcasts, in circumstances where by reason of the exclusion of
excepted sound recordings from section 72(1), the playing in public of such
recordings would otherwise infringe the copyright in them.
(2) A licensing body must notify the Secretary of State of the details of any
proposed licence or licensing scheme for excepted sound recordings
before it comes into operation.
(3) A licence or licensing scheme, which has been notified under subsection
(2), may not be operated by the licensing body until 28 days have elapsed
since that notification.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), the Secretary of State shall take into account the
matters set out in subsection (6) and then either -
(a) refer the licence or licensing scheme to the Copyright Tribunal for a
determination of whether the licence or licensing scheme is reasonable in
the circumstances, or
(b) notify the licensing body that he does not intend to refer the licence or
licensing scheme to the Tribunal.
(5) If the Secretary of State becomes aware -
(a) that a licensing body has failed to notify him of a licence or licensing
scheme under subsection (2) before it comes into operation; or
(b) that a licence or licensing scheme has been operated within 28 days
of a notification under subsection (2),
subsection (4) does not apply, but the Secretary of State may at any time
refer the licence or licensing scheme to the Tribunal for a determination of
whether the licence or licensing scheme is reasonable in the
circumstances, or may notify the licensing body that he does not intend to
refer it to the Tribunal.
(6) The matters referred to in subsection (4) are -
(a) whether the terms and conditions of the proposed licence or licensing
scheme have taken into account the factors set out in subsection (7);
(b) any written representations received by the Secretary of State;
(c) previous determinations of the Tribunal;
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(d) the availability of other schemes, or the granting of other licences, to
other persons in similar circumstances, and the terms of those schemes
or licences; and
(e) the extent to which the licensing body has consulted any person who
would be affected by the proposed licence or licensing scheme, or
organisations representing such persons, and the steps, if any, it has
taken as a result.
(7) The factors referred to in subsection (6) are -
(a) the extent to which the broadcasts to be shown or played by a
potential licensee in circumstances mentioned in subsection (1) are likely
to include excepted sound recordings;
(b) the size and the nature of the audience that a licence or licensing
scheme would permit to hear the excepted sound recordings;
(c) what commercial benefit a potential licensee is likely to obtain from
playing the excepted sound recordings; and
(d) the extent to which the owners of copyright in the excepted sound
recordings will receive equitable remuneration, from sources other than
the proposed licence or licensing scheme, for the inclusion of their
recordings in the broadcasts to be shown or played in public by a
potential licensee.
(8) A proposed licence or licensing scheme that must be notified to the
Secretary of State under subsection (2) may only be referred to the
Tribunal under section 118 or 125 before such notification takes place.
(9) A proposed licensing scheme that has been notified to the Secretary of
State under subsection (2) may only be referred to the Tribunal under
section 119 after the Secretary of State has notified the licensing body that
he does not intend to refer the licensing scheme to the Tribunal.
(10) If a reference made to the Tribunal under section 118 or 125 is permitted
under subsection (8) then -
(a) the reference shall not be considered premature only because the
licence or licensing scheme has not been notified to the Secretary of
State under subsection (2); and
(b) where the Tribunal decides to entertain the reference, subsection (2)
to (5) shall not apply.
(11) Nothing in this section shall be taken to prejudice any right to make a
reference or application to the Tribunal under sections 120 to 122, 126 or
127.
(12) This section applies to modifications to an existing licence or licensing
scheme as it applies to a proposed licence or licensing scheme.
(13) In this section and in section 128B, any reference to a "licence" means a
licence granted by a licensing body otherwise than in pursuance of a
licensing scheme and which covers works of more than one author.
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128B References to the Tribunal by the Secretary of State under section
128A
(1) The Copyright Tribunal may make appropriate enquiries to establish
whether a licence or licensing scheme referred to it by the Secretary of
State under section 128A(4)(a) or (5) is reasonable in the circumstances.
(2) When considering the matter referred, and after concluding any such
enquiries, the Tribunal shall take into account -
(a) whether the terms and conditions of the proposed licence or licensing
scheme have taken into account the factors set out in section 128A(7);
and
(b) any other factors it considers relevant,
and shall then make an order under subsection (3).
(3) The Tribunal shall make such order B
(a) in the case of a licensing scheme, either confirming or varying the
proposed scheme, either generally or so far as it relates to cases of any
description; or
(b) in the case of a licence, either confirming or varying the proposed
licence,
as the Tribunal may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) The Tribunal may direct that the order, so far as it reduces the amount of
charges payable, has effect from a date before that on which it is made.
If such a direction is made, any necessary repayments to a licensee shall
be made in respect of charges already paid.
(5) The Tribunal may award simple interest on repayments, at such rate and
for such period, ending not later than the date of the order, as it thinks fit.
Factors to be taken into account in certain classes of case
129 General considerations: unreasonable discrimination
In determining what is reasonable on a reference or application under this
Chapter relating to a licensing scheme or licence, the Copyright Tribunal
shall have regard to -
(a) the availability of other schemes, or the granting of other licences, to
other persons in similar circumstances, and
(b) the terms of those schemes or licences,
and shall exercise its powers so as to secure that there is no unreasonable
discrimination between licensees, or prospective licensees, under the
scheme or licence to which the reference or application relates and licensees
under other schemes operated by, or other licences granted by, the same
person.
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130 Licences for reprographic copying
Where a reference or application is made to the Copyright Tribunal under
this Chapter relating to the licensing of reprographic copying of published
literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, or the typographical arrangement
of published editions, the Tribunal shall have regard to -
(a) the extent to which published editions of the works in question are
otherwise available,
(b) the proportion of the work to be copied, and
(c) the nature of the use to which the copies are likely to be put.
131 Licences for educational establishments in respect of works included
in broadcasts
(1) This section applies to references or applications under this Chapter
relating to licences for the recording by or on behalf of educational
establishments of broadcasts which include copyright works, or the making
of copies of such recordings, for educational purposes.
(2) The Copyright Tribunal shall, in considering what charges (if any) should
be paid for a licence, have regard to the extent to which the owners of
copyright in the works included in the broadcast have already received, or
are entitled to receive, payment in respect of their inclusion.
132 Licences to reflect conditions imposed by promoters of events
(1) This section applies to references or applications under this Chapter in
respect of licences relating to sound recordings, films or broadcasts which
include, or are to include, any entertainment or other event.
(2) The Copyright Tribunal shall have regard to any conditions imposed by the
promoters of the entertainment or other event; and, in particular, the
Tribunal shall not hold a refusal or failure to grant a licence to be
unreasonable if it could not have been granted consistently with those
conditions.
(3) Nothing in this section shall require the Tribunal to have regard to any such
conditions in so far as they -
(a) purport to regulate the charges to be imposed in respect of the grant
of licences, or
(b) relate to payments to be made to the promoters of any event in
consideration of the grant of facilities for making the recording, film or
broadcast.
133 Licences to reflect payments in respect of underlying rights
(1) 82 In considering what charges should be paid for a licence -
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(a) on a reference or application under this Chapter relating to licences
for the rental or lending of copies of a work, or
(b) on an application under section 142 (royalty or other sum payable for
lending of certain works),
the Copyright Tribunal shall take into account any reasonable payments
which the owner of the copyright in the work is liable to make in
consequence of the granting of the licence, or of the acts authorised by the
licence, to owners of copyright in works included in that work.
(2) On any reference or application under this Chapter relating to licensing in
respect of the copyright in sound recordings, films or broadcasts, the
Copyright Tribunal shall take into account, in considering what charges
should be paid for a licence, any reasonable payments which the copyright
owner is liable to make in consequence of the granting of the licence, or of
the acts authorised by the licence, in respect of any performance included
in the recording, film or broadcast.
13483 Licences in respect of works included in re-transmissions
(1) Subject to subsection (3A) this section applies to references or applications
under this Chapter relating to licences to include in a broadcast -
(a) literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, or,
(b) sound recordings or films,
where one broadcast ("the first transmission") is, by reception and
immediate re-transmission, to be further broadcast ("the further
transmission").
(2) So far as the further transmission is to the same area as the first
transmission, the Copyright Tribunal shall, in considering what charges (if
any) should be paid for licences for either transmission, have regard to the
extent to which the copyright owner has already received, or is entitled to
receive, payment for the other transmission which adequately remunerates
him in respect of transmissions to that area.
(3) So far as the further transmission is to an area outside that to which the
first transmission was made, the Tribunal shall leave the further
transmission out of account in considering what charges (if any) should be
paid for licences for the first transmission.
(3A) This section does not apply in relation to any application under section 73A
(royalty or other sum payable in pursuance of section 73(4)).
135 Mention of specific matters not to exclude other relevant
considerations
The mention in sections 129 to 134 of specific matters to which the Copyright
83 s.134(3A), and reference thereto in s.134(1), added by the Broadcasting Act 1996. Original s.134(4)
deleted by the Broadcasting Act 1990, and reference thereto in s.134(3) deleted by SI 2003/2498.
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Tribunal is to have regard in certain classes of case does not affect the
Tribunal's general obligation in any case to have regard to all relevant
considerations.
Use as of right of sound recordings in broadcasts84
135A Circumstances in which right available
(1) Section 135C applies to the inclusion in a broadcast of any sound
recordings if -
(a) a licence to include those recordings in the broadcast could be
granted by a licensing body or such a body could procure the grant of a
licence to do so,
(b) the condition in subsection (2) or (3) applies, and
(c) the person including those recordings in the broadcast has complied
with section 135B.
(2) Where the person including the recordings in the broadcast does not hold
a licence to do so, the condition is that the licensing body refuses to grant,
or procure the grant of, such a licence, being a licence -
(a) whose terms as to payment for including the recordings in the
broadcast would be acceptable to him or comply with an order of the
Copyright Tribunal under section 135D relating to such a licence or any
scheme under which it would be granted, and
(b) allowing unlimited needletime or such needletime as he has
demanded.
(3) Where he holds a licence to include the recordings in the broadcast, the
condition is that the terms of the licence limit needletime and the licensing
body refuses to substitute or procure the substitution of terms allowing
unlimited needletime or such needletime as he has demanded, or refuses
to do so on terms that fall within subsection (2)(a).
(4) The references in subsection (2) to refusing to grant, or procure the grant
of, a licence, and in subsection (3) to refusing to substitute or procure the
substitution of terms, include failing to do so within a reasonable time of
being asked.
(5) In the group of sections from this section to section 135G -
“broadcast” does not include any broadcast which is a transmission of the
kind specified in section 6(1A)(b) or (c);85
“needletime” means the time in any period (whether determined as a
number of hours in the period or a proportion of the period, or otherwise) in
which any recordings may be included in a broadcast;
84 ss. 135A-135G added by the Broadcasting Act 1990, and s.135H by the Broadcasting Act 1996.
85 Inserted by SI 2003/2498, which also ceased the original application of ss.135A-H to “cable
programme services” as well as broadcasts.
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“sound recording” does not include a film sound track when accompanying
a film.
(6) In sections 135B to 135G, “terms of payment” means terms as to payment
for including sound recordings in a broadcast.
135B Notice of intention to exercise right
(1) A person intending to avail himself of the right conferred by section 135C
must -
(a) give notice to the licensing body of his intention to exercise the right,
asking the body to propose terms of payment, and
(b) after receiving the proposal or the expiry of a reasonable period, give
reasonable notice to the licensing body of the date on which he proposes
to begin exercising that right, and the terms of payment in accordance
with which he intends to do so.
(2) Where he has a licence to include the recordings in a broadcast, the date
specified in a notice under subsection (1)(b) must not be sooner than the
date of expiry of that licence except in a case falling within section 135A(3).
(3) Before the person intending to avail himself of the right begins to exercise
it, he must -
(a) give reasonable notice to the Copyright Tribunal of his intention to
exercise the right, and of the date on which he proposes to begin to do
so, and
(b) apply to the Tribunal under section 135D to settle the terms of
payment.
135C Conditions for exercise of right
(1) A person who, on or after the date specified in a notice under section
135B(1)(b), includes in a broadcast any sound recordings in circumstances
in which this section applies, and who -
(a) complies with any reasonable condition, notice of which has been
given to him by the licensing body, as to inclusion in the broadcast of
those recordings,
(b) provides that body with such information about their inclusion in the
broadcast as it may reasonably require, and
(c) makes the payments to the licensing body that are required by this
section,
shall be in the same position as regards infringement of copyright as if he
had at all material times been the holder of a licence granted by the owner
of the copyright in question.
(2) Payments are to be made at not less than quarterly intervals in arrears.
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(3) The amount of any payment is that determined in accordance with any
order of the Copyright Tribunal under section 135D or, if no such order has
been made -
(a) in accordance with any proposal for terms of payment made by the
licensing body pursuant to a request under section 135B, or
(b) where no proposal has been so made or the amount determined in
accordance with the proposal so made is unreasonably high, in
accordance with the terms of payment notified to the licensing body
under section 135B(1)(b).
(4) Where this section applies to the inclusion in a broadcast of any sound
recordings, it does so in place of any licence.
135D Applications to settle payments
(1) On an application to settle the terms of payment, the Copyright Tribunal
shall consider the matter and make such order as it may determine to be
reasonable in the circumstances.
(2) An order under subsection (1) has effect from the date the applicant begins
to exercise the right conferred by section 135C and any necessary
repayments, or further payments, shall be made in respect of amounts that
have fallen due.
135E References etc. about conditions, information and other terms
(1) A person exercising the right conferred by section 135C, or who has given
notice to the Copyright Tribunal of his intention to do so, may refer to the
Tribunal -
(a) any question whether any condition as to the inclusion in a broadcast
of sound recordings, notice of which has been given to him by the
licensing body in question, is a reasonable condition, or
(b) any question whether any information is information which the
licensing body can reasonably require him to provide.
(2) On a reference under this section, the Tribunal shall consider the matter
and make such order as it may determine to be reasonable in the
circumstances.
135F Application for review of order
(1) A person exercising the right conferred by section 135C or the licensing
body may apply to the Copyright Tribunal to review any order under
section 135D or 135E.
(2) An application shall not be made, except with the special leave of the
Tribunal -
(a) within twelve months from the date of the order, or of the decision on
a previous application under this section, or
(b) if the order was made so as to be in force for fifteen months or less,
or as a result of a decision on a previous application is due to expire
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within fifteen months of that decision, until the last three months before
the expiry date.
(3) On the application the Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such
order confirming or varying the original order as it may determine to be
reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) An order under this section has effect from the date on which it is made or
such later date as may be specified by the Tribunal.
135G Factors to be taken into account
(1) In determining what is reasonable on an application or reference under
section 135D or 135E, or on reviewing any order under section 135F, the
Copyright Tribunal shall -
(a) have regard to the terms of any orders which it has made in the case
of persons in similar circumstances exercising the right conferred by
section 135C, and
(b) exercise its powers so as to secure that there is no unreasonable
discrimination between persons exercising that right against the same
licensing body.
(2) In settling the terms of payment under section 135D, the Tribunal shall not
be guided by any order it has made under any enactment other than that
section.
(3) Section 134 (factors to be taken into account: retransmissions) applies on
an application or reference under sections 135D to 135F as it applies on
an application or reference relating to a licence.
135H Power to amend sections 135A to 135G
(1) The Secretary of State may by order, subject to such transitional provision
as appears to him to be appropriate, amend sections 135A to 135G so as -
(a) to include in any reference to sound recordings any works of a
description specified in the order; or
(b) to exclude from any reference to a broadcast any broadcast of a
description so specified.
(2) An order shall be made by statutory instrument; and no order shall be
made unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by resolution
of each House of Parliament.
Implied indemnity in schemes or licences for reprographic copying
136 Implied indemnity in certain schemes and licences for reprographic
copying
(1) This section applies to -
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(a) schemes for licensing reprographic copying of published literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic works, or the typographical arrangement of
published editions, and
(b) licences granted by licensing bodies for such copying,
where the scheme or licence does not specify the works to which it applies
with such particularity as to enable licensees to determine whether a work
falls within the scheme or licence by inspection of the scheme or licence
and the work.
(2) There is implied -
(a) in every scheme to which this section applies an undertaking by the
operator of the scheme to indemnify a person granted a licence under
the scheme, and
(b) in every licence to which this section applies an undertaking by the
licensing body to indemnify the licensee,
against any liability incurred by him by reason of his having infringed
copyright by making or authorising the making of reprographic copies of a
work in circumstances within the apparent scope of his licence.
(3) The circumstances of a case are within the apparent scope of a licence if -
(a) it is not apparent from inspection of the licence and the work that it
does not fall within the description of works to which the licence applies;
and
(b) the licence does not expressly provide that it does not extend to
copyright of the description infringed.
(4) In this section "liability" includes liability to pay costs; and this section
applies in relation to costs reasonably incurred by a licensee in connection
with actual or contemplated proceedings against him for infringement of
copyright as it applies to sums which he is liable to pay in respect of such
infringement.
(5) A scheme or licence to which this section applies may contain reasonable
provision -
(a) with respect to the manner in which, and time within which, claims
under the undertaking implied by this section are to be made;
(b) enabling the operator of the scheme or, as the case may be, the
licensing body to take over the conduct of any proceedings affecting the
amount of his liability to indemnify.
Reprographic copying by educational establishments
137 Power to extend coverage of scheme or licence
(1) This section applies to -
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(a) a licensing scheme to which sections 118 to 123 apply (see section
117) and which is operated by a licensing body, or
(b) a licence to which sections 125 to 128 apply (see section 124),
so far as it provides for the grant of licences, or is a licence, authorising the
making by or on behalf of educational establishments for the purposes of
instruction of reprographic copies of published literary, dramatic, musical or
artistic works, or of the typographical arrangement of published editions.
(2) If it appears to the Secretary of State with respect to a scheme or licence
to which this section applies that -
(a) works of a description similar to those covered by the scheme or
licence are unreasonably excluded from it, and
(b) making them subject to the scheme or licence would not conflict with
the normal exploitation of the works or unreasonably prejudice the
legitimate interests of the copyright owners,
he may by order provide that the scheme or licence shall extend to those
works.
(3) Where he proposes to make such an order, the Secretary of State shall
give notice of the proposal to -
(a) the copyright owners,
(b) the licensing body in question, and
(c) such persons or organisations representative of educational
establishments, and such other persons or organisations, as the
Secretary of State thinks fit.
(4) The notice shall inform those persons of their right to make written or oral
representations to the Secretary of State about the proposal within six
months from the date of the notice; and if any of them wishes to make oral
representations, the Secretary of State shall appoint a person to hear the
representations and report to him.
(5) In considering whether to make an order the Secretary of State shall take
into account any representations made to him in accordance with
subsection (4), and such other matters as appear to him to be relevant.
138 Variation or discharge of order extending scheme or licence
(1) The owner of the copyright in a work in respect of which an order is in force
under section 137 may apply to the Secretary of State for the variation or
discharge of the order, stating his reasons for making the application.
(2) The Secretary of State shall not entertain an application made within two
years of the making of the original order, or of the making of an order on a
previous application under this section, unless it appears to him that the
circumstances are exceptional.
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(3) On considering the reasons for the application the Secretary of State may
confirm the order forthwith; if he does not do so, he shall give notice of the
application to -
(a) the licensing body in question, and
(b) such persons or organisations representative of educational
establishments, and such other persons or organisations, as he thinks fit.
(4) The notice shall inform those persons of their right to make written or oral
representations to the Secretary of State about the application within the
period of two months from the date of the notice; and if any of them wishes
to make oral representations, the Secretary of State shall appoint a person
to hear the representations and report to him.
(5) In considering the application the Secretary of State shall take into account
the reasons for the application, any representations made to him in
accordance with subsection (4), and such other matters as appear to him
to be relevant.
(6) The Secretary of State may make such order as he thinks fit confirming or
discharging the order (or, as the case may be, the order as previously
varied), or varying (or further varying) it so as to exclude works from it.
139 Appeals against orders
(1) The owner of the copyright in a work which is the subject of an order under
section 137 (order extending coverage of scheme or licence) may appeal
to the Copyright Tribunal which may confirm or discharge the order, or vary
it so as to exclude works from it, as it thinks fit having regard to the
considerations mentioned in subsection (2) of that section.
(2) Where the Secretary of State has made an order under section 138 (order
confirming, varying or discharging order extending coverage of scheme or
licence) -
(a) the person who applied for the order, or
(b) any person or organisation representative of educational
establishments who was given notice of the application for the order and
made representations in accordance with subsection (4) of that section,
may appeal to the Tribunal which may confirm or discharge the order or
make any other order which the Secretary of State might have made.
(3) An appeal under this section shall be brought within six weeks of the
making of the order or such further period as the Tribunal may allow.
(4) An order under section 137 or 138 shall not come into effect until the end
of the period of six weeks from the making of the order or, if an appeal is
brought before the end of that period, until the appeal proceedings are
disposed of or withdrawn.
(5) If an appeal is brought after the end of that period, any decision of the
Tribunal on the appeal does not affect the validity of anything done in
reliance on the order appealed against before that decision takes effect.
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140 Inquiry whether new scheme or general licence required
(1) The Secretary of State may appoint a person to inquire into the question
whether new provision is required (whether by way of a licensing scheme
or general licence) to authorise the making by or on behalf of educational
establishments for the purposes of instruction of reprographic copies of -
(a) published literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, or
(b) the typographical arrangement of published editions,
of a description which appears to the Secretary of State not to be covered
by an existing licensing scheme or general licence and not to fall within the
power conferred by section 137 (power to extend existing schemes and
licences to similar works).
(2) The procedure to be followed in relation to an inquiry shall be such as may
be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(3) The regulations shall, in particular, provide for notice to be given to -
(a) persons or organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to
represent the owners of copyright in works of that description, and
(b) persons or organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to
represent educational establishments,
and for the making of written or oral representations by such persons; but
without prejudice to the giving of notice to, and the making of
representations by, other persons and organisations.
(4) The person appointed to hold the inquiry shall not recommend the making
of new provision unless he is satisfied -
(a) that it would be of advantage to educational establishments to be
authorised to make reprographic copies of the works in question, and
(b) that making those works subject to a licensing scheme or general
licence would not conflict with the normal exploitation of the works or
unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the copyright owners.
(5) If he does recommend the making of new provision he shall specify any
terms, other than terms as to charges payable, on which authorisation
under the new provision should be available.
(6) Regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
(7) In this section (and section 141) a "general licence" means a licence
granted by a licensing body which covers all works of the description to
which it applies.
141 Statutory licence where recommendation not implemented
(1) The Secretary of State may, within one year of the making of a
recommendation under section 140 by order provide that if, or to the extent
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that, provision has not been made in accordance with the
recommendation, the making by or on behalf of an educational
establishment, for the purposes of instruction, of reprographic copies of the
works to which the recommendation relates shall be treated as licensed by
the owners of the copyright in the works.
(2) For that purpose provision shall be regarded as having been made in
accordance with the recommendation if -
(a) a certified licensing scheme has been established under which a
licence is available to the establishment in question, or
(b) a general licence has been -
(i) granted to or for the benefit of that establishment, or
(ii) referred by or on behalf of that establishment to the Copyright
Tribunal under section 125 (reference of terms of proposed
licence), or
(iii) offered to or for the benefit of that establishment and refused
without such a reference,
and the terms of the scheme or licence accord with the recommendation.
(3) The order shall also provide that any existing licence authorising the
making of such copies (not being a licence granted under a certified
licensing scheme or a general licence) shall cease to have effect to the
extent that it is more restricted or more onerous than the licence provided
for by the order.
(4) The order shall provide for the licence to be free of royalty but, as respects
other matters, subject to any terms specified in the recommendation and to
such other terms as the Secretary of State may think fit.
(5) The order may provide that where a copy which would otherwise be an
infringing copy is made in accordance with the licence provided by the
order but is subsequently dealt with, it shall be treated as an infringing
copy for the purposes of that dealing, and if that dealing infringes copyright
for all subsequent purposes.
In this subsection "dealt with" means sold or let for hire, offered or exposed
for sale or hire, or exhibited in public.
(6) The order shall not come into force until at least six months after it is made.
(7) An order may be varied from time to time, but not so as to include works
other than those to which the recommendation relates or remove any
terms specified in the recommendation, and may be revoked.
(8) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
(9) In this section a "certified licensing scheme" means a licensing scheme
certified for the purposes of this section under section 143.
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Royalty or other sum payable for lending of certain works
14286 Royalty or other sum payable for lending of certain works
(1) An application to settle the royalty or other sum payable in pursuance of
section 66 (lending of copies of certain copyright works) may be made to
the Copyright Tribunal by the copyright owner or the person claiming to be
treated as licensed by him.
(2) The Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order as it may
determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(3) Either party may subsequently apply to the Tribunal to vary the order, and
the Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order confirming or
varying the original order as it may determine to be reasonable in the
circumstances.
(4) An application under subsection (3) shall not, except with the special leave
of the Tribunal, be made within twelve months from the date of the original
order or of the order on a previous application under that subsection.
(5) An order under subsection (3) has effect from the date on which it is made
or such later date as may be specified by the Tribunal.
Certification of licensing schemes
143 Certification of licensing schemes
(1) A person operating or proposing to operate a licensing scheme may apply
to the Secretary of State to certify the scheme for the purposes of -
(a) section 35 (educational recording of broadcasts),
(b) section 60 (abstracts of scientific or technical articles),
(c) 87 section 66 (lending to public of copies of certain works),
(d) section 74 (sub-titled copies of broadcasts for people who are deaf or
hard of hearing), or
(e) section 141 (reprographic copying of published works by educational
establishments).
(2) The Secretary of State shall by order made by statutory instrument certify
the scheme if he is satisfied that it -
(a) enables the works to which it relates to be identified with sufficient
certainty by persons likely to require licences, and
(b) sets out clearly the charges (if any) payable and the other terms on
which licences will be granted.
86 Revised s.142 substituted by SI 1996/2967.
87 Revised s.143(1)(c) substituted by SI 1996/2967 (referring to ‘lending’, rather than ‘rental’ as
originally).
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(3) The scheme shall be scheduled to the order and the certification shall
come into operation for the purposes of section 35, 60, 66, 74 or 141, as
the case may be -
(a) on such date, not less than eight weeks after the order is made, as
may be specified in the order, or
(b) if the scheme is the subject of a reference under section 118
(reference of proposed scheme), any later date on which the order of the
Copyright Tribunal under that section comes into force or the reference is
withdrawn.
(4) A variation of the scheme is not effective unless a corresponding
amendment of the order is made; and the Secretary of State shall make
such an amendment in the case of a variation ordered by the Copyright
Tribunal on a reference under section 118, 119 or 120, and may do so in
any other case if he thinks fit.
(5) The order shall be revoked if the scheme ceases to be operated and may
be revoked if it appears to the Secretary of State that it is no longer being
operated according to its terms.
Powers exercisable in consequence of competition report
144 Powers exercisable in consequence of report of Competition
Commission
(1) 88 Subsection (1A) applies where whatever needs to be remedied,
mitigated or prevented by the Secretary of State, the Office of Fair Trading
or as (the case may be) the Competition Commission under section 12(5)
of the Competition Act 1980 or section 41(2), 55(2), 66(6), 75(2), 83(2),
138(2) 147(2) or 160(2) of, or paragraph 5(2) or 10(2) of Schedule 7 to, the
Enterprise Act 2002 (powers to take remedial action following references to
the Commission in connection with public bodies and certain other
persons, mergers or market investigations) consists of or includes -
(a) conditions in licences granted by the owner of copyright in a work
restricting the use of the work by the licensee or the right of the copyright
owner to grant other licences, or
(b) a refusal of a copyright owner to grant licences on reasonable terms.
(1A) The powers conferred by Schedule 8 to the Enterprise Act 2002 include
power to cancel or modify those conditions and, instead or in addition, to
provide that licences in respect of the copyright shall be available as of
right.
(2) The references to anything permitted by Schedule 8 to the Enterprise Act
2002 in section 12(5A) of the Competition Act 1980 and in sections
75(4)(a), 83(4)(a), 84(2)(a), 89(1), 160(4)(a), 161(3)(a) and (164(1) of, and
88 Reference to “Competition Commission” in section title substituted by the Competition Act 1998
(replacing original reference to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission). Revised ss.144(1)-(2)
substituted, and s.144(3) amended, by the Enterprise Act 2002. See also Annex V.
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paragraphs, 5, 10 and 11 of Schedule 7 to, the Act of 2002 shall be
construed accordingly.
(3) The Secretary of State, the Office of Fair Trading or (as the case may be)
the Competition Commission shall only exercise the powers available by
virtue of this section if he or it is satisfied that to do so does not contravene
any Convention relating to copyright to which the United Kingdom is a
party.
(4) The terms of a licence available by virtue of this section shall, in default of
agreement, be settled by the Copyright Tribunal on an application by the
person requiring the licence; and terms so settled shall authorise the
licensee to do everything in respect of which a licence is so available.
(5) Where the terms of a licence are settled by the Tribunal, the licence has
effect from the date on which the application to the Tribunal was made
Compulsory collective administration of certain rights
144A89 Collective exercise of certain rights in relation to cable re-transmission
(1) This section applies to the right of the owner of copyright in a literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic work, sound recording or film to grant or refuse
authorisation for cable re-transmission of a wireless broadcast from
another EEA90 state in which the work is included.
That right is referred to below as “cable re-transmission right”.
(2) Cable re-transmission right may be exercised against a cable operator only
through a licensing body.
(3) Where a copyright owner has not transferred management of his cable retransmission
right to a licensing body, the licensing body which manages
rights of the same category shall be deemed to be mandated to manage
his right.
Where more than one licensing body manages rights of that category, he
may choose which of them is deemed to be mandated to manage his right.
(4) A copyright owner to whom subsection (3) applies has the same rights and
obligations resulting from any relevant agreement between the cable
operator and the licensing body as have copyright owners who have
transferred management of their cable re-transmission right to that
licensing body.
(5) Any rights to which a copyright owner may be entitled by virtue of
subsection (4) must be claimed within the period of three years beginning
with the date of the cable re-transmission concerned.
89 s.144A added by SI 1996/2967. Word “wireless” inserted in s.144A(1), and revised s.144A(7)
substituted, by SI 2003/2498.
90 The word “member” repealed by SI 2006/1028
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(6) This section does not affect any rights exercisable by the maker of the
broadcast, whether in relation to the broadcast or a work included in it.
(7) In this section -
“cable operator” means a person responsible for cable re-transmission of a
wireless broadcast; and
“cable re-transmission”means the reception and immediate re-transmission
by cable, including the transmission of microwave energy between
terrestrial fixed points, of a wireless broadcast.
CHAPTER VIII
THE COPYRIGHT TRIBUNAL
The Tribunal
145 The Copyright Tribunal.
(1) The Tribunal established under section 23 of the Copyright Act 1956 is
renamed the Copyright Tribunal.
(2) The Tribunal shall consist of a chairman and two deputy chairmen
appointed by the Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Lord
Advocate91, and not less than two or more than eight ordinary members
appointed by the Secretary of State.
(3) 92 A person is not eligible for appointment as chairman or deputy chairman
unless -
(a) he has a 7-year general qualification, within the meaning of section
71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;
(b) he is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 7 years= standing;
(c) he is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the
Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years' standing; or
(d) he has held judicial office.
146 Membership of Tribunal
(1) The members of the Copyright Tribunal shall hold and vacate office in
accordance with their terms of appointment, subject to the following
provisions.
(2) A member of the Tribunal may resign his office by notice in writing to the
Secretary of State or, in the case of the chairman or a deputy chairman, to
the Lord Chancellor.
91 See Annex V.
92 Revised s.145(3) substituted by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.
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(3) The Secretary of State or, in the case of the chairman or a deputy
chairman, the Lord Chancellor may by notice in writing to the member
concerned remove him from office if -
(a) he has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors
or, in Scotland, his estate has been sequestrated or he has executed a
trust deed for his creditors or entered into a composition contract, or
(b) he is incapacitated by physical or mental illness,
or if he is in the opinion of the Secretary of State or, as the case may be,
the Lord Chancellor otherwise unable or unfit to perform his duties as
member.
(3A)93 A person who is the chairman or a deputy chairman of the Tribunal shall
vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of 70 years; but
this subsection is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions
and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to
the age of 75 years).
(4) If a member of the Tribunal is by reason of illness, absence or other
reasonable cause for the time being unable to perform the duties of his
office, either generally or in relation to particular proceedings, a person
may be appointed to discharge his duties for a period not exceeding six
months at one time or, as the case may be, in relation to those
proceedings.
(5) The appointment shall be made -
(a) in the case of the chairman or deputy chairman, by the Lord
Chancellor, who shall appoint a person who would be eligible for
appointment to that office, and
(b) in the case of an ordinary member, by the Secretary of State;
and a person so appointed shall have during the period of his appointment,
or in relation to the proceedings in question, the same powers as the
person in whose place he is appointed.
(6) The Lord Chancellor shall consult the Lord Advocate before exercising his
powers under this section.
147 Financial provisions
(1) There shall be paid to the members of the Copyright Tribunal such
remuneration (whether by way of salaries or fees), and such allowances,
as the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury may determine.
(2) The Secretary of State may appoint such staff for the Tribunal as, with the
approval of the Treasury as to numbers and remuneration, he may
determine.
93 s.146(3A) added by the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993.
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(3) The remuneration and allowances of members of the Tribunal, the
remuneration of any staff and such other expenses of the Tribunal as the
Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury may determine shall
be paid out of money provided by Parliament.
148 Constitution for purposes of proceedings
(1) For the purposes of any proceedings the Copyright Tribunal shall consist of
-
(a) a chairman, who shall be either the chairman or a deputy chairman of
the Tribunal, and
(b) two or more ordinary members.
(2) If the members of the Tribunal dealing with any matter are not unanimous,
the decision shall be taken by majority vote; and if, in such a case, the
votes are equal the chairman shall have a further, casting vote.
(3) Where part of any proceedings before the Tribunal has been heard and
one or more members of the Tribunal are unable to continue, the Tribunal
shall remain duly constituted for the purpose of those proceedings so long
as the number of members is not reduced to less than three.
(4) If the chairman is unable to continue, the chairman of the Tribunal shall -
(a) appoint one of the remaining members to act as chairman, and
(b) appoint a suitably qualified person to attend the proceedings and
advise the members on any questions of law arising.
(5) A person is "suitably qualified" for the purposes of subsection (4)(b) if he is,
or is eligible for appointment as, a deputy chairman of the Tribunal.
Jurisdiction and procedure
14994 Jurisdiction of the Tribunal
The Copyright Tribunal has jurisdiction under this Part to hear and determine
proceedings under -
(za) section 73(determination of royalty or other remuneration to be paid
with respect to re-transmission of broadcast including work);
(zb) section 93C (application to determine amount of equitable
remuneration under section 93B);
(a) section 118, 119, or 120 (reference of licensing scheme);
94 Words “The Copyright Tribunal has jurisdiction under this Part” inserted by SI 1996/2967 (replacing
original wording “The function of the Copyright Tribunal is”). Paragraphs (za) & (zb) added by the
Broadcasting Act 1996 and SI 1996/2967 respectively. Paragraphs (ca)and (cc) added by SI
2003/2498 and the Broadcasting Act 1990 respectively. Words “lending of certain works” inserted in
paragraph (e) by SI 1996/2967 (replacing original wording “rental of sound recording, film or computer
program”). Original paragraphs (g) and (h) deleted by SI 1996/2967.
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(b) section 121 or 122 (application with respect to entitlement to licence
under licensing scheme);
(c) section 125, 126 or 127 (reference or application with respect to
licensing by licensing body);
(ca) section 128B (reference by the Secretary of State under section
128A);
(cc) section 135D or 135E (application or reference with respect to use as
of right of sound recordings in broadcasts);
(d) section 139 (appeal against order as to coverage of licensing scheme
or licence);
(e) section 142 (application to settle royalty or other sum payable for
lending of certain works);
(f) section 144(4) (application to settle terms of copyright licence
available as of right);
150 General power to make rules
(1) The Lord Chancellor may, after consultation with the Lord Advocate95,
make rules for regulating proceedings before the Copyright Tribunal and,
subject to the approval of the Treasury, as to the fees chargeable in
respect of such proceedings.
(2) 96 The rules may apply in relation to the Tribunal, as respects proceedings
in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, any of the provisions of Part I of
the Arbitration Act 1996.
(3) Provision shall be made by the rules -
(a) prohibiting the Tribunal from entertaining a reference under section
118, 119 or 120 by a representative organisation unless the Tribunal is
satisfied that the organisation is reasonably representative of the class of
persons which it claims to represent;
(b) specifying the parties to any proceedings and enabling the Tribunal to
make a party to the proceedings any person or organisation satisfying
the Tribunal that they have a substantial interest in the matter; and
(c) requiring the Tribunal to give the parties to proceedings an
opportunity to state their case, in writing or orally as the rules may
provide.
(4) The rules may make provision for regulating or prescribing any matters
incidental to or consequential upon any appeal from the Tribunal under
section 152 (appeal to the court on point of law).
(5) Rules under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which shall
be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of
Parliament.
95 See Annex V.
96 Revised s.150(2) substituted by the Arbitration Act 1996.
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151 Costs, proof of orders, &c
(1) The Copyright Tribunal may order that the costs of a party to proceedings
before it shall be paid by such other party as the Tribunal may direct; and
the Tribunal may tax or settle the amount of the costs, or direct in what
manner they are to be taxed.
(2) A document purporting to be a copy of an order of the Tribunal and to be
certified by the chairman to be a true copy shall, in any proceedings, be
sufficient evidence of the order unless the contrary is proved.
(3) As respect proceedings in Scotland, the Tribunal has the like powers for
securing the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents,
and with regard to the examination of witnesses on oath, as an arbiter
under a submission.
151A97 Award of interest
(1) Any of the following, namely -
(a) a direction under section 123(3) so far as relating to a licence for
communicating a work to the public;
(b) a direction under section 128(3) so far as so relating;
(c) an order under section 135D(1); and
(d) an order under section 135F confirming or varying an order under
section 135D(1),
may award simple interest at such rate and for such period, beginning not
earlier than the relevant date and ending not later than the date of the
order, as the Copyright Tribunal thinks reasonable in the circumstances.
(2) In this section “the relevant date”means -
(a) in relation to a direction under section 123(3), the date on which the
reference was made;
(b) in relation to a direction under section 128(3), the date on which the
reference or application was made;
(c) in relation to an order under section 135D(1), the date on which the
first payment under section 135C(2) became due; and
(d) in relation to an order under section 135F, the date on which the
application was made.
Appeals
152 Appeal to the court on point of law
97 s.151A added by the Broadcasting Act 1996.
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(1) An appeal lies on any point of law arising from a decision of the Copyright
Tribunal to the High Court or, in the case of proceedings of the Tribunal in
Scotland, to the Court of Session.
(2) Provision shall be made by rules under section 150 limiting the time within
which an appeal may be brought.
(3) Provision may be made by rules under that section -
(a) for suspending, or authorising or requiring the Tribunal to suspend,
the operation of orders of the Tribunal in cases where its decision is
appealed against;
(b) for modifying in relation to an order of the Tribunal whose operation is
suspended the operation of any provision of this Act as to the effect of
the order;
(c) for the publication of notices or the taking of other steps for securing
that persons affected by the suspension of an order of the Tribunal will
be informed of its suspension.
CHAPTER IX
QUALIFICATION FOR AND EXTENT OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
Qualification for copyright protection
153 Qualification for copyright protection
(1) Copyright does not subsist in a work unless the qualification requirements
of this Chapter are satisfied as regards -
(a) the author (see section 154), or
(b) the country in which the work was first published (see section 155), or
(c) in the case of a broadcast, the country from which the broadcast was
made (see section 156).
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to Crown copyright or
Parliamentary copyright (see sections 163 to 166D98) or to copyright
subsisting by virtue of section 168 (copyright of certain international
organisations).
(3) If the qualification requirements of this Chapter, or section 163, 165 or 168,
are once satisfied in respect of a work, copyright does not cease to subsist
by reason of any subsequent event.
15499 Qualification by reference to author
98 Reference to section 166D inserted by Government of Wales Act 2006 (replacing reference to section
166B).
99 Entry in s.154(3) relating to s.12 revised by SI 1995/3297. s.154(5)(c) (cable programmes) deleted
by SI 2003/2408.
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(1) A work qualifies for copyright protection if the author was at the material
time a qualifying person, that is -
(a) a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British
National (Overseas), a British Overseas citizen, a British subject or a
British protected person within the meaning of the British Nationality Act
1981, or
(b) an individual domiciled or resident in the United Kingdom or another
country to which the relevant provisions of this Part extend, or
(c) a body incorporated under the law of a part of the United Kingdom or
of another country to which the relevant provisions of this Part extend.
(2) Where, or so far as, provision is made by Order under section 159
(application of this Part to countries to which it does not extend), a work
also qualifies for copyright protection if at the material time the author was
a citizen or subject of, an individual domiciled or resident in, or a body
incorporated under the law of, a country to which the Order relates.
(3) A work of joint authorship qualifies for copyright protection if at the material
time any of the authors satisfies the requirements of subsection (1) or (2);
but where a work qualifies for copyright protection only under this section,
only those authors who satisfy those requirements shall be taken into
account for the purposes of -
section 11(1) and (2) (first ownership of copyright; entitlement of author or
author's employer),
section 12 (duration of copyright), and section 9(4) (meaning of “unknown
authorship” so far as it applies for the purposes of section 12, and
section 57 (anonymous or pseudonymous works: acts permitted on
assumptions as to expiry of copyright or death of author).
(4) The material time in relation to a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work
is -
(a) in the case of an unpublished work, when the work was made or, if
the making of the work extended over a period, a substantial part of that
period;
(b) in the case of a published work, when the work was first published or,
if the author had died before that time, immediately before his death.
(5) The material time in relation to other descriptions of work is as follows -
(a) in the case of a sound recording or film, when it was made;
(b) in the case of a broadcast, when the broadcast was made;
(c) [(c)]
(d) in the case of the typographical arrangement of a published edition,
when the edition was first published.
155 Qualification by reference to country of first publication
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(1) A literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, a sound recording or film, or
the typographical arrangement of a published edition, qualifies for
copyright protection if it is first published -
(a) in the United Kingdom, or
(b) in another country to which the relevant provisions of this Part
extend.
(2) Where, or so far as, provision is made by Order under section 159
(application of this Part to countries to which it does not extend), such a
work also qualifies for copyright protection if it is first published in a country
to which the Order relates.
For the purposes of this section, publication in one country shall not be
regarded as other than the first publication by reason of simultaneous
publication elsewhere, and for this purpose publication elsewhere within
the previous 30 days shall be treated as simultaneous.
156 Qualification by reference to place of transmission
(1) A broadcast qualifies for copyright protection if it is made from a place in -
(a) the United Kingdom, or
(b) another country to which the relevant provisions of this Part extend.
(2) Where, or so far as, provision is made by Order under section 159
(application of this Part to countries to which it does not extend), a
broadcast also qualifies for copyright protection if it is made from a place in
a country to which the Order relates.
Extent and application of this Part
157 Countries to which this Part extends
(1) This Part extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that this Part shall extend,
subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified in the
Order, to -
(a) any of the Channel Islands,
(b) the Isle of Man, or
(c) any colony.
(3) That power includes power to extend, subject to such exceptions and
modifications as may be specified in the Order, any Order in Council made
under the following provisions of this Chapter.
(4) The legislature of a country to which this Part has been extended may
modify or add to the provisions of this Part, in their operation as part of the
law of that country, as the legislature may consider necessary to adapt the
provisions to the circumstances of that country -
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(a) as regards procedure and remedies, or
(b) as regards works qualifying for copyright protection by virtue of a
connection with that country.
(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as restricting the extent of
paragraph 36 of Schedule 1 (transitional provisions: dependent territories
where the Copyright Act 1956 or the Copyright Act 1911 remains in force)
in relation to the law of a dependent territory to which this Part does not
extend.
158 Countries ceasing to be colonies
(1) The following provisions apply where a country to which this Part has been
extended ceases to be a colony of the United Kingdom.
(2) As from the date on which it ceases to be a colony it shall cease to be
regarded as a country to which this Part extends for the purposes of -
(a) section 160(2)(a) (denial of copyright protection to citizens of
countries not giving adequate protection to British works), and
(b) sections 163 and 165 (Crown and Parliamentary copyright).
(3) But it shall continue to be treated as a country to which this Part extends
for the purposes of sections 154 to 156 (qualification for copyright
protection) until -
(a) an Order in Council is made in respect of that country under section
159 (application of this Part to countries to which it does not extend), or
(b) an Order in Council is made declaring that it shall cease to be so
treated by reason of the fact that the provisions of this Part as part of the
law of that country have been repealed or amended.
(4) A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under subsection
(3)(b) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either
House of Parliament.
159 Application of this Part to countries to which it does not extend
(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for applying in
relation to a country to which this Part does not extend any of the
provisions of this Part specified in the Order, so as to secure that those
provisions -
(a) apply in relation to persons who are citizens or subjects of that
country or are domiciled or resident there, as they apply to persons who
are British citizens or are domiciled or resident in the United Kingdom, or
(b) apply in relation to bodies incorporated under the law of that country
as they apply in relation to bodies incorporated under the law of a part of
the United Kingdom, or
(c) apply in relation to works first published in that country as they apply
in relation to works first published in the United Kingdom, or
(d) apply in relation to broadcasts made from that country as they apply
in relation to broadcasts made from the United Kingdom.
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(2) An Order may make provision for all or any of the matters mentioned in
subsection (1) and may -
(a) apply any provisions of this Part subject to such exceptions and
modifications as are specified in the Order; and
(b) direct that any provisions of this Part apply either generally or in
relation to such classes of works, or other classes of case, as are
specified in the Order.
(3) Except in the case of a Convention country or another member State of the
European Economic Community, Her Majesty shall not make an Order in
Council under this section in relation to a country unless satisfied that
provision has been or will be made under the law of that country, in respect
of the class of works to which the Order relates, giving adequate protection
to the owners of copyright under this Part.
(4) In subsection (3) "Convention country" means a country which is a party to
a Convention relating to copyright to which the United Kingdom is also a
party.
(5) A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under this section
shall he subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
160 Denial of copyright protection to citizens of countries not giving
adequate protection to British works
(1) If it appears to Her Majesty that the law of a country fails to give adequate
protection to British works to which this section applies, or to one or more
classes of such works, Her Majesty may make provision by Order in
Council in accordance with this section restricting the rights conferred by
this Part in relation to works of authors connected with that country.
(2) An Order in Council under this section shall designate the country
concerned and provide that, for the purposes specified in the Order, works
first published after a date specified in the Order shall not be treated as
qualifying for copyright protection by virtue of such publication if at that
time the authors are -
(a) citizens or subjects of that country (not domiciled or resident in the
United Kingdom or another country to which the relevant provisions of
this Part extend), or
(b) bodies incorporated under the law of that country;
and the Order may make such provision for all the purposes of this Part or
for such purposes as are specified in the Order, and either generally or in
relation to such class of cases as are specified in the Order, having regard
to the nature and extent of that failure referred to in subsection (1).
(3) This section applies to literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, sound
recordings and films; and "British works" means works of which the author
was a qualifying person at the material time within the meaning of section
154.
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(4) A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under this section
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
Supplementary
161 Territorial waters and the continental shelf
(1) For the purposes of this Part the territorial waters of the United Kingdom
shall be treated as part of the United Kingdom.
(2) This Part applies to things done in the United Kingdom sector of the
continental shelf on a structure or vessel which is present there for
purposes directly connected with the exploration of the sea bed or subsoil
or the exploitation of their natural resources as it applies to things done in
the United Kingdom.
(3) The United Kingdom sector of the continental shelf means the areas
designated by order under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964.
162 British ships, aircraft and hovercraft
(1) This Part applies to things done on a British ship, aircraft or hovercraft as it
applies to things done in the United Kingdom.
(2) In this section -
"British ship" means a ship which is a British ship for the purposes of the
Merchant Shipping Act 1995100 otherwise than by virtue of registration in a
country outside the United Kingdom; and
"British aircraft" and "British hovercraft" mean an aircraft or hovercraft
registered in the United Kingdom.
CHAPTER X
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
Crown and Parliamentary copyright
163101 Crown copyright
(1) Where a work is made by Her Majesty or by an officer or servant of the
Crown in the course of his duties -
100 Reference to Merchant Shipping Act 1995 inserted by that Act (replacing original wording “Merchant
Shipping Acts (see section 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988)”).
101 s.163(1A) removed by Govt of Wales Act 2006. In s.163(6), word “to” after “section 165" inserted by
the Scotland Act 1998 (replacing original word “and”), and reference to section 166B inserted by the
Northern Ireland Act 1998 (replacing original reference to section 166).
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(a) the work qualifies for copyright protection notwithstanding section
153(1) (ordinary requirement as to qualification for copyright protection),
and
(b) Her Majesty is the first owner of any copyright in the work.
[(1A)]
(2) Copyright in such a work is referred to in this Part as "Crown copyright",
notwithstanding that it may be, or have been, assigned to another person.
(3) Crown copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work continues to
subsist -
(a) until the end of the period of 125 years from the end of the calendar
year in which the work was made, or
(b) if the work is published commercially before the end of the period of
75 years from the end of the calendar year in which it was made, until the
end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which it
was first so published.
(4) In the case of a work of joint authorship where one or more but not all of
the authors are persons falling within subsection (1), this section applies
only in relation to those authors and the copyright subsisting by virtue of
their contribution to the work.
(5) Except as mentioned above, and subject to any express exclusion
elsewhere in this Part, the provisions of this Part apply in relation to Crown
copyright as to other copyright.
(6) This section does not apply to a work if, or to the extent that, Parliamentary
copyright subsists in the work (see sections 165 to 166D102).
164 Copyright in Acts and Measures
(1) 103 Her Majesty is entitled to copyright in every Act of Parliament, Act of the
Scottish Parliament, Measure of the National Assembly for Wales, Act of
the National Assembly for Wales, Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly or
Measure of the General Synod of the Church of England.
(2) The copyright subsists
(a) in the case of an Act or a Measure of the General Synod of the
Church of England, until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of
the calendar year in which Royal Assent was given, and
(b) in the case of a Measure of the National Assembly for Wales, until
the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in
which the Measure was approved by Her Majesty in Council from Royal
Assent.104
102 Reference to s.166D inserted by Government of Wales Act 2006 (replacing reference to s.166B).
103 “Measure of…for Wales” added by the Government of Wales Act 2006
104 s164 (2)(b) modified by the Government of Wales Act 2006
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(3) References in this Part to Crown copyright (except in section 163) include
copyright under this section; and, except as mentioned above, the
provisions of this Part apply in relation to copyright under this section as to
other Crown copyright.
(4) No other copyright, or right in the nature of copyright, subsists in an Act or
Measure.
165105 Parliamentary copyright
(1) Where a work is made by or under the direction or control of the House of
Commons or the House of Lords -
(a) the work qualifies for copyright protection notwithstanding section
153(1) (ordinary requirement as to qualification for copyright protection),
and
(b) the House by whom, or under whose direction or control, the work is
made is the first owner of any copyright in the work, and if the work is
made by or under the direction or control of both Houses, the two Houses
are joint first owners of copyright.
(2) Copyright in such a work is referred to in this Part as "Parliamentary
copyright", notwithstanding that it may be, or have been, assigned to
another person.
(3) Parliamentary copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work
continues to subsist until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of
the calendar year in which the work was made.
(4) For the purposes of this section, works made by or under the direction or
control of the House of Commons or the House of Lords include -
(a) any work made by an officer or employee of that House in the course
of his duties, and
(b) any sound recording, film or live broadcast of the proceedings of that
House;
but a work shall not be regarded as made by or under the direction or
control of either House by reason only of its being commissioned by or on
behalf of that House.
(5) In the case of a work of joint authorship where one or more but not all of
the authors are acting on behalf of, or under the direction or control of, the
House of Commons or the House of Lords, this section applies only in
relation to those authors and the copyright subsisting by virtue of their
contribution to the work.
(6) Except as mentioned above, and subject to any express exclusion
elsewhere in this Part, the provisions of this Part apply in relation to
Parliamentary copyright as to other copyright.
105 See also Annex V and Annex VII.
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(7) The provisions of this section also apply, subject to any exceptions or
modifications specified by Order in Council, to works made by or under the
direction or control of any other legislative body of a country to which this
Part extends; and references in this Part to "Parliamentary copyright" shall
be construed accordingly.
(8) A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under subsection (7)
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
166 Copyright in Parliamentary Bills
(1) Copyright in every Bill introduced into Parliament belongs, in accordance
with the following provisions, to one or both of the Houses of Parliament.
(2) Copyright in a public Bill belongs in the first instance to the House into
which the Bill is introduced, and after the Bill has been carried to the
second House to both Houses jointly, and subsists from the time when the
text of the Bill is handed in to the House in which it is introduced.
(3) Copyright in a private Bill belongs to both Houses jointly and subsists from
the time when a copy of the Bill is first deposited in either House.
(4) Copyright in a personal Bill belongs in the first instance to the House of
Lords, and after the Bill has been carried to the House of Commons to both
Houses jointly, and subsists from the time when it is given a First Reading
in the House of Lords.
(5) Copyright under this section ceases -
(a) on Royal Assent, or
(b) if the Bill does not receive Royal Assent, on the withdrawal or
rejection of the Bill or the end of the Session:
provided that, copyright in a Bill continues to subsist notwithstanding its
rejection in any Session by the House of Lords if, by virtue of the
Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, it remains possible for it to be presented
for Royal Assent in that Session.
(6) References in this Part to Parliamentary copyright (except in section 165)
include copyright under this section; and, except as mentioned above, the
provisions of this Part apply in relation to copyright under this section as to
other Parliamentary copyright.
(7) No other copyright, or right in the nature of copyright, subsists in a Bill after
copyright has once subsisted under this section; but without prejudice to
the subsequent operation of this section in relation to a Bill which, not
having passed in one Session, is reintroduced in a subsequent Session.
166A106 Copyright in Bills of the Scottish Parliament
106 ss.166A & 166B added by the Scotland Act 1998 and Northern Ireland Act 1998 respectively.
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(1) Copyright in every Bill introduced into the Scottish Parliament belongs to
the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
(2) Copyright under this section subsists from the time when the text of the Bill
is handed in to the Parliament for introduction -
(a) until the Bill receives Royal Assent, or
(b) if the Bill does not receive Royal Assent, until it is withdrawn or
rejected or no further parliamentary proceedings may be taken in respect
of it.
(3) References in this Part to Parliamentary copyright (except in section 165)
include copyright under this section; and, except as mentioned above, the
provisions of this Part apply in relation to copyright under this section as to
other Parliamentary copyright.
(4) No other copyright, or right in the nature of copyright, subsists in a Bill after
copyright has once subsisted under this section; but without prejudice to
the subsequent operation of this section in relation to a Bill which, not
having received Royal Assent, is later reintroduced into the Parliament.
166B Copyright in Bills of the Northern Ireland Assembly
(1) Copyright in every Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland Assembly
belongs to the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission.
(2) Copyright under this section subsists from the time when the text of the Bill
is handed in to the Assembly for introduction -
(a) until the Bill receives Royal Assent, or
(b) if the Bill does not receive Royal Assent, until it is withdrawn or
rejected or no further proceedings of the Assembly may be taken in
respect of it.
(3) References in this Part to Parliamentary copyright (except in section 165)
include copyright under this section; and, except as mentioned above, the
provisions of this Part apply in relation to copyright under this section as to
other Parliamentary copyright.
(4) No other copyright, or right in the nature of copyright, subsists in a Bill after
copyright has once subsisted under this section; but without prejudice to
the subsequent operation of this section in relation to a Bill which, not
having received Royal Assent, is later reintroduced into the Assembly.
166C107 Copyright in proposed Measures of the National Assembly for Wales
(1) Copyright in every proposed Assembly Measure introduced into the
National Assembly for Wales belongs to the National Assembly for Wales
Commission.
(2) Copyright under this section subsists from the time when the text of the
proposed Assembly Measure is handed in to the Assembly for introduction-
107 s166C added by the Government of Wales Act 2006
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(a) until the proposed Assembly Measure is approved by Her Majesty in
Council, or
(b) if the proposed Assembly Measure is not approved by Her Majesty in
Council, until it is withdrawn or rejected or no further proceedings of the
Assembly may be taken in respect of it.
(3) References in this Part to Parliamentary copyright (except in section 165)
include copyright under this section; and, except as mentioned above, the
provisions of this Part apply in relation to copyright under this section as to
other Parliamentary copyright.
(4) No other copyright, or right in the nature of copyright, subsists in a
proposed Assembly Measure after copyright has once subsisted under this
section; but without prejudice to the subsequent operation of this section in
relation to a proposed Assembly Measure which, not having been
approved by Her Majesty in Council, is later reintroduced into the
Assembly.
166D108 Copyright in Bills of the National Assembly for Wales
(1) Copyright in every Bill introduced into the National Assembly for Wales
belongs to the National Assembly for Wales Commission.
(2) Copyright under this section subsists from the time when the text of the Bill
is handed in to the Assembly for introduction-
(a) until the Bill receives Royal Assent, or
(b) if the Bill does not receive Royal Assent, until it is withdrawn or
rejected or no further proceedings of the Assembly may be taken in
respect of it.
(3) References in this Part to Parliamentary copyright (except in section 165)
include copyright under this section; and, except as mentioned above, the
provisions of this Part apply in relation to copyright under this section as to
other Parliamentary copyright.
(4) No other copyright, or right in the nature of copyright, subsists in a Bill after
copyright has once subsisted under this section; but without prejudice to
the subsequent operation of this section in relation to a Bill which, not
having received Royal Assent, is later reintroduced into the Assembly.
167 Houses of Parliament: supplementary provisions with respect to
copyright
(1) For the purposes of holding, dealing with and enforcing copyright, and in
connection with all legal proceedings relating to copyright, each House of
Parliament shall be treated as having the legal capacities of a body
corporate, which shall not be affected by a prorogation or dissolution.
(2) The functions of the House of Commons as owner of copyright shall be
exercised by the Speaker on behalf of the House; and if so authorised by
108 s166D added by the Government of Wales Act 2006
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the Speaker, or in case of a vacancy in the office of Speaker, those
functions may be discharged by the Chairman of Ways and Means or a
Deputy Chairman.
(3) For this purpose a person who on the dissolution of Parliament was
Speaker of the House of Commons, Chairman of Ways and Means or a
Deputy Chairman may continue to act until the corresponding appointment
is made in the next Session of Parliament.
(4) The functions of the House of Lords as owner of copyright shall be
exercised by the Clerk of the Parliaments on behalf of the House; and if so
authorised by him, or in case of a vacancy in the office of Clerk of the
Parliaments, those functions may be discharged by the Clerk Assistant or
the Reading Clerk.
(5) Legal proceedings relating to copyright -
(a) shall be brought by or against the House of Commons in the name of
"The Speaker of the House of Commons"; and
(b) shall be brought by or against the House of Lords in the name of
"The Clerk of the Parliaments".
Other miscellaneous provisions
168 Copyright vesting in certain international organisations
(1) Where an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work -
(a) is made by an officer or employee of, or is published by, an
international organisation to which this section applies, and
(b) does not qualify for copyright protection under section 154
(qualification by reference to author) or section 155 (qualification by
reference to country of first publication),
copyright nevertheless subsists in the work by virtue of this section and the
organisation is first owner of that copyright.
(2) The international organisations to which this section applies are those as to
which Her Majesty has by Order in Council declared that it is expedient
that this section should apply.
(3) Copyright of which an international organisation is first owner by virtue of
this section continues to subsist until the end of the period of 50 years from
the end of the calendar year in which the work was made or such longer
period as may be specified by Her Majesty by Order in Council for the
purpose of complying with the international obligations of the United
Kingdom.
(4) An international organisation to which this section applies shall be deemed
to have, and to have had at all material times, the legal capacities of a
body corporate for the purpose of holding, dealing with and enforcing
copyright and in connection with all legal proceedings relating to copyright.
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(5) A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under this section
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
169 Folklore, &c.: anonymous unpublished works
(1) Where in the case of an unpublished literary, dramatic, musical or artistic
work of unknown authorship there is evidence that the author (or, in the
case of a joint work, any of the authors) was a qualifying individual by
connection with a country outside the United Kingdom, it shall be
presumed until the contrary is proved that he was such a qualifying
individual and that copyright accordingly subsists in the work, subject to the
provisions of this Part.
(2) If under the law of that country a body is appointed to protect and enforce
copyright in such works, Her Majesty may by Order in Council designate
that body for the purposes of this section.
(3) A body so designated shall be recognised in the United Kingdom as having
authority to do in place of the copyright owner anything, other than assign
copyright, which it is empowered to do under the law of that country; and it
may, in particular, bring proceedings in its own name.
(4) A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under this section
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
(5) In subsection (1) a "qualifying individual" means an individual who at the
material time (within the meaning of section 154) was a person whose
works qualified under that section for copyright protection.
(6) This section does not apply if there has been an assignment of copyright in
the work by the author of which notice has been given to the designated
body; and nothing in this section affects the validity of an assignment of
copyright made, or licence granted, by the author or a person lawfully
claiming under him.
Transitional provisions and savings
170 Transitional provisions and savings
Schedule 1 contains transitional provisions and savings relating to works
made, and acts or events occurring, before the commencement of this Part,
and otherwise with respect to the operation of the provisions of this Part.
171 Rights and privileges under other enactments or the common law
(1) Nothing in this Part affects -
(a) any right or privilege of any person under any enactment (except
where the enactment is expressly repealed, amended or modified by this
Act);
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(b) any right or privilege of the Crown subsisting otherwise than under an
enactment;
(c) any right or privilege of either House of Parliament;
(d) the right of the Crown or any person deriving title from the Crown to
sell, use or otherwise deal with articles forfeited under the laws relating to
customs and excise;
(e) the operation of any rule of equity relating to breaches of trust or
confidence.
(2) Subject to those savings, no copyright or right in the nature of copyright
shall subsist otherwise than by virtue of this Part or some other enactment
in that behalf.
(3) Nothing in this Part affects any rule of law preventing or restricting the
enforcement of copyright, on grounds of public interest or otherwise.
(4) Nothing in this Part affects any right of action or other remedy, whether civil
or criminal, available otherwise than under this Part in respect of acts
infringing any of the rights conferred by Chapter IV (moral rights).
(5) The savings in subsection (1) have effect subject to section 164(4) and
section 166(7) (copyright in Acts, Measures and Bills: exclusion of other
rights in the nature of copyright).
Interpretation
172 General provisions as to construction
(1) This Part restates and amends the law of copyright, that is, the provisions
of the Copyright Act 1956, as amended.
(2) A provision of this Part which corresponds to a provision of the previous
law shall not be construed as departing from the previous law merely
because of a change of expression.
(3) Decisions under the previous law may be referred to for the purpose of
establishing whether a provision of this Part departs from the previous law,
or otherwise for establishing the true construction of this Part.
172A109 Meaning of EEA and related expressions
(1) In this Part—
"the EEA" means the European Economic Area; and
"EEA state" means a member State, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.110
109 s172A added by SI 1995/3297. Revised title and revised s.172A(1) substituted by SI 1996/2967.
110 s172A(1) further amended by SI 2006/1028
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(2) References in this Part to a person being a national of an EEA state shall
be construed in relation to a body corporate as references to its being
incorporated under the law of an EEA state.111
[(3)]112
173 Construction of references to copyright owner
(1) Where different persons are (whether in consequence of a partial
assignment or otherwise) entitled to different aspects of copyright in a
work, the copyright owner for any purpose of this Part is the person who is
entitled to the aspect of copyright relevant for that purpose.
(2) Where copyright (or any aspect of copyright) is owned by more than one
person jointly, references in this Part to the copyright owner are to all the
owners, so that, in particular, any requirement of the licence of the
copyright owner requires the licence of all of them.
174 Meaning of “educational establishment” and related expressions
(1) The expression "educational establishment" in a provision of this Part
means -
(a) any school, and
(b) any other description of educational establishment specified for the
purposes of this Part, or that provision, by order of the Secretary of State.
(2) The Secretary of State may by order provide that the provisions of this Part
relating to educational establishments shall apply, with such modifications
and adaptations as may be specified in the order, in relation to teachers
who are employed by a local education authority to give instruction
elsewhere to pupils who are unable to attend an educational
establishment.
(3) In subsection (1)(a) "school" -
(a) in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the
Education Act 1996113;
(b) in relation to Scotland, has the same meaning as in the Education
(Scotland) Act 1962, except that it includes an approved school within
the meaning of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968; and
(c) in relation to Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in the
Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.
(4) An order under subsection (1)(b) may specify a description of educational
establishment by reference to the instruments from time to time in force
under any enactment specified in the order.
111 The words "an EEA national" substituted by "a national of an EEA State” under SI 2006/1028
112 s172A(3) repealed by SI 2006/1028
113 Reference to Education Act 1996 inserted by that Act (replacing original reference to Education Act
1944).
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(5) In relation to an educational establishment the expressions "teacher" and
"pupil" in this Part include, respectively, any person who gives and any
person who receives instruction.
(6) References in this Part to anything being done "on behalf of" an
educational establishment are to its being done for the purposes of that
establishment by any person.
(7) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
175 Meaning of publication and commercial publication
(1) In this Part "publication", in relation to a work -
(a) means the issue of copies to the public, and
(b) includes, in the case of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work,
making it available to the public by means of an electronic retrieval
system;
and related expressions shall be construed accordingly.
(2) In this Part "commercial publication", in relation to a literary, dramatic,
musical or artistic work means -
(a) issuing copies of the work to the public at a time when copies made
in advance of the receipt of orders are generally available to the public,
or
(b) making the work available to the public by means of an electronic
retrieval system;
and related expressions shall be construed accordingly.
(3) In the case of a work of architecture in the form of a building, or an artistic
work incorporated in a building, construction of the building shall be treated
as equivalent to publication of the work.
(4) The following do not constitute publication for the purposes of this Part and
references to commercial publication shall be construed accordingly -
(a) in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work -
(i) the performance of the work, or
(ii) the communication to the public of the work (otherwise than
for the purposes of an electronic retrieval system);
(b) in the case of an artistic work -
(i) the exhibition of the work,
(ii) the issue to the public of copies of a graphic work
representing, or of photographs of, a work of architecture in
the form of a building or a model for a building, a sculpture or
a work of artistic craftsmanship,
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(iii) the issue to the public of copies of a film including the work, or
(iv) the communication to the public of the work (otherwise than
for the purposes of an electronic retrieval system);
(c) in the case of a sound recording or film -
(i) the work being played or shown in public, or
(ii) the communication to the public of the work.
(5) References in this Part to publication or commercial publication do not
include publication which is merely colourable and not intended to satisfy
the reasonable requirements of the public.
(6) No account shall be taken for the purposes of this section of any
unauthorised act.
176 Requirement of signature: application in relation to body corporate
(1) The requirement in the following provisions that an instrument be signed by
or on behalf of a person is also satisfied in the case of a body corporate by
the affixing of its seal -
section 78(3)(b) (assertion by licensor of right to identification of author in
case of public exhibition of copy made in pursuance of the licence),
section 90(3) (assignment of copyright),
section 91(1) (assignment of future copyright),
section 92(1) (grant of exclusive licence).
(2) The requirement in the following provisions that an instrument be signed by
a person is satisfied in the case of a body corporate by signature on behalf
of the body or by the affixing of its seal -
section 78(2)(b) (assertion by instrument in writing of right to have author
identified),
section 87(2) (waiver of moral rights).
177 Adaptation of expressions for Scotland
In the application of this Part to Scotland -
"account of profits" means accounting and payment of profits;
"accounts" means count, reckoning and payment;
"assignment" means assignation;
"costs" means expenses;
Adefendant" means defender;
"delivery up" means delivery;
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"estoppel" means personal bar;
"injunction" means interdict;
"interlocutory relief" means interim remedy; and
"plaintiff" means pursuer.
178114 Minor definitions
In this Part -
"article", in the context of an article in a periodical, includes an item of any
description;
"business" includes a trade or profession;
"collective work" means -
(a) a work of joint authorship, or
(b) a work in which there are distinct contributions by different authors or
in which works or parts of works of different authors are incorporated;
"computer-generated", in relation to a work, means that the work is
generated by computer in circumstances such that there is no human
author of the work;
"country" includes any territory;
"the Crown" includes the Crown in right of the Scottish Administration, of
the Welsh Assembly Government115, or of Her Majesty's Government in
Northern Ireland or in any country outside the United Kingdom to which this
Part extends;
"electronic" means actuated by electric, magnetic, electromagnetic,
electro-chemical or electromechanical energy, and "in electronic form"
means in a form usable only by electronic means;
"employed", "employee", "employer" and "employment" refer to
employment under a contract of service or of apprenticeship;
"facsimile copy" includes a copy which is reduced or enlarged in scale;
"international organisation" means an organisation the members of which
include one or more states;
114 Words “the Scottish Administration or of” in the definition of “Crown”, and words “of the Scottish
Parliament” in the definition of “parliamentary proceedings”, inserted by the Scotland Act 1998.
Definitions of “producer”, “public library” and “rental right” added by SI 1996/2967, and definitions of
“private study” and “wireless broadcast” inserted by SI 2003/2498. Words “, but does not ------ fixed
points” in the definition of “wireless telegraphy” added by SI 1996/2967.
115 “of the Welsh Assembly Government” inserted by the Government of Wales Act 2006
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"judicial proceedings" includes proceedings before any court, tribunal or
person having authority to decide any matter affecting a person's legal
rights or liabilities;
"parliamentary proceedings" includes proceedings of the Northern Ireland
Assembly, of the Scottish Parliament or of the European Parliament; and
Assembly proceedings within the meaning of section 1(5) of the
Government of Wales Act 2006116
“private study” does not include any study which is directly or indirectly for
a commercial purpose;
“producer”, in relation to a sound recording or a film, means the person by
whom the arrangements necessary for the making of the sound recording
or film are undertaken;
“public library” means a library administered by or on behalf of -
(a) in England and Wales, a library authority within the meaning of the
Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964;
(b) in Scotland, a statutory library authority within the meaning of the
Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1955;
(c) in Northern Ireland, and Education and Library Board within the
meaning of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;
"rental right" means the right of a copyright owner to authorise or prohibit
the rental of copies of the work (see section 18A);
"reprographic copy" and "reprographic copying" refer to copying by means
of a reprographic process;
"reprographic process" means a process -
(a) for making facsimile copies, or
(b) involving the use of an appliance for making multiple copies,
and includes, in relation to a work held in electronic form, any copying by
electronic means, but does not include the making of a film or sound
recording;
"sufficient acknowledgement" means an acknowledgement identifying the
work in question by its title or other description, and identifying the author
unless -
(a) in the case of a published work, it is published anonymously;
(b) in the case of an unpublished work, it is not possible for a person to
ascertain the identity of the author by reasonable inquiry;
116 “and Assembly proceedings within the meaning of section 1(5) of the Government of Wales Act
2006” inserted by the Government of Wales Act
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"sufficient disclaimer", in relation to an act capable of infringing the right
conferred by section 80 (right to object to derogatory treatment of work),
means a clear and reasonably prominent indication -
(a) given at the time of the act, and
(b) if the author or director is then identified, appearing along with the
identification,
that the work has been subjected to treatment to which the author or
director has not consented;
"telecommunications system" means a system for conveying visual
images, sounds or other information by electronic means;
"typeface" includes an ornamental motif used in printing;
"unauthorised", as regards anything done in relation to a work, means
done otherwise than -
(a) by or with the licence of the copyright owner, or
(b) if copyright does not subsist in the work, by or with the licence of the
author or, in a case where section 11(2) would have applied, the author's
employer or, in either case, persons lawfully claiming under him, or
(c) in pursuance of section 48 (copying, &c. of certain material by the
Crown);
“wireless broadcast” means a broadcast by means of wireless telegraphy;
"wireless telegraphy" means the sending of electromagnetic energy over
paths not provided by a material substance constructed or arranged for
that purpose, but does not include the transmission of microwave energy
between terrestrial fixed points;
"writing" includes any form of notation or code, whether by hand or
otherwise and regardless of the method by which, or medium in or on
which, it is recorded, and "written" shall be construed accordingly.
179117 Index of defined expressions
The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining
expressions used in this Part (other than provisions defining or explaining an
expression used only in the same section) -
accessible copy section 31F(3)
117 s.179 has been amended in consequence of the Broadcasting Act 1990, SI 1992/3233, SI
1995/3297, SI 1996/2967, SI 1997/3032, the Scotland Act 1998, the Northern Ireland Act 1998, the
Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002, and SI 2003/2498.
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account of profits and accounts (in
Scotland)
section 177
acts restricted by copyright section 16(1)
adaptation section 21(3)
approved body section 31B(12)
archivist (in sections 37 to 43) section 37(6)
Article (in a periodical) section 178
Artistic work section 4(1)
assignment (in Scotland) section 177
Author sections 9 and 10(3)
broadcast (and related expressions) section 6
building section 4(2)
business section 178
collective work section 178
commencement (in Schedule 1) paragraph 1(2) of that Schedule
commercial publication section 175
communication to the public section 20
computer-generated section 178
copy and copying section 17
copyright (generally) section 1
copyright (in Schedule 1) paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule
copyright owner sections 101(2) and 173
Copyright Tribunal section 145
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copyright work section 1(2)
Costs (in Scotland) section 177
country section 178
country of origin section 15A
the Crown section 178
Crown copyright sections 163(2) and 164(3)
database section 3A(1)
defendant (in Scotland) section 177
delivery up (in Scotland) section 177
dramatic work section 3(1)
EEA, EEA state and national of an
EEA state 118
section 172A
educational establishment sections 174(1) to 174(4)
electronic and electronic form section 178
employed, employee, employer and
employment
section 178
excepted sound recording section 72(1A)
exclusive licence section 92(1)
existing works (in Schedule 1) paragraph 1(3) of that Schedule
facsimile copy section 178
Film section 5B
Future copyright section 91(2)
118 Wording amended by SI 2006/1028
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general licence (in sections 140 and
141)
section 140(7)
graphic work section 4(2)
infringing copy section 27
injunction (in Scotland) section 177
interlocutory relief (in Scotland) section 177
international organisation section 178
Issue of copies to the public section 18
joint authorship (work of) sections 10(1) and 10(2)
judicial proceedings section 178
lawful user (in section 50A to 50C) section 50A(2)
Lending section 18A(2) to (6)
librarian (in sections 37 to 43) section 37(6)
Licence (in sections 125 to 128) section 124
Licence of copyright owner sections 90(4), 91(3) and 173
licensing body (in Chapter VII) section 116(2)
licensing scheme (generally) section 116(1)
licensing scheme (in sections 118 to
121)
section 117
Literary work section 3(1)
made (in relation to a literary,
dramatic or musical work)
section 3(2)
musical work section 3(1)
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needletime section 135A
the new copyright provisions (in
Schedule 1)
paragraph 1(1) of that Schedule
the 1911 Act (in Schedule 1) paragraph 1(1) of that Schedule
the 1956 Act (in Schedule 1) paragraph 1(1) of that Schedule
on behalf of (in relation to an
educational establishment)
section 174(5)
original (in relation to a database) section 3A(2)
Parliamentary copyright sections 165(2) and 165(7),
166(6), 166A(3), 166B(3)
166C(3) and 166D(3)119
parliamentary proceedings section 178
performance section 19(2)
photograph section 4(2)
plaintiff (in Scotland) section 177
prescribed conditions (in sections 38
to 43)
section 37(1)(b)
prescribed library or archive (in
sections 38 to 43)
section 37(1)(a)
Private study section 178
producer (in relation to a sound
recording or film)
section 178
programme (in the context of
broadcasting)
section 6(3)
119 “166C(3) and 166D(3)” inserted by the Government of Wales Act 2006
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prospective owner (of copyright) section 91(2)
publication and related expressions section 175
Public library section 178
published edition (in the context of
copyright in the typographical
arrangement)
section 8
Pupil section 174(5)
Rental section 18A(2) to (6)
Rental right section 178
reprographic copies and reprographic
copying
section 178
reprographic process section 178
sculpture section 4(2)
Signed section 176
sound recording sections 5A and 135A
sufficient acknowledgement section 178
sufficient disclaimer section 178
teacher section 174(5)
Terms of payment section 135A
telecommunications system section 178
typeface section 178
unauthorised (as regards things done
in relation to a work)
section 178
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unknown (in relation to the author of a
work)
section 9(5)
unknown authorship (work of) section 9(4)
visually impaired person section 31F(9)
wireless broadcast section 178
wireless telegraphy section 178
work (in Schedule 1) paragraph 2(1) of that Schedule
work of more than one author (in
Chapter VII)
section 116(4)
Writing and written section 178
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PART II
RIGHTS IN PERFORMANCES
CHAPTER 1
Introductory
180 Rights conferred on performers and persons having recording rights
(1) Chapter 2 of this part (economic rights) confers rights –
(a) on a performer, by requiring his consent to the exploitation of his
performances (see sections 181 to 184), and
(b) on a person having recording rights in relation to a performance, in
relation to recordings made without his consent or that of the performer
(see sections 185 to 188),
and creates offences in relation to dealing with or using illicit recordings
and certain other related acts (see sections 198 and 201).
(1A) Rights are also conferred on a performer by the following provisions of
Chapter 3 of this Part (moral rights)-
(a) section 205C (right to be identified);
(b) section 205F (right to object to derogatory treatment of performance).
(2) In this Chapter –
"performance" means –
(a) a dramatic performance (which includes dance and mime),
(b) a musical performance,
(c) a reading or recitation of a literary work, or
(d) a performance of a variety act or any similar presentation,
which is, or so far as it is, a live performance given by one or more
individuals; and
"recording", in relation to a performance, means a film or sound recording

(a) made directly from the live performance,
(b) made from a broadcast of the performance, or
(c) made, directly or indirectly, from another recording of the
performance.
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(3) The rights conferred by this Chapter apply in relation to performances
taking place before the commencement of this Chapter; but no act done
before commencement, or in pursuance of arrangements made before
commencement, shall be regarded as infringing those rights.
(4) The rights conferred by this Part are independent of –
(a) any copyright in, or moral rights relating to, any work performed or
any film or sound recording of, or broadcast including, the performance,
and
(b) any other right or obligation arising otherwise than under this Part.
181 Qualifying performances
A performance is a qualifying performance for the purposes of the provisions
of this Part relating to performers' rights if it is given by a qualifying individual
(as defined in section 206) or takes place in a qualifying country (as so
defined).
CHAPTER II
ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Performers’ Rights
182 Consent required for recording, &c. of live performance
(1) A performer's rights are infringed by a person who, without his consent –
(a) makes a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying
performance directly from the live performance,
(b) broadcasts live the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying
performance,
(c) makes a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying
performance directly from a broadcast of the live performance.
(2) [(2)]
(3) In an action for infringement of a performer's rights brought by virtue of this
section damages shall not be awarded against a defendant who shows
that at the time of the infringement he believed on reasonable grounds that
consent had been given.
182A120Consent required for copying of recording
(1) A performer’s rights are infringed by a person who, without his consent,
makes [---] a copy of a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a
qualifying performance.
120 ss.182A-D added by SI 1996/2967. Words “, otherwise than for his private and domestic use,” in
s.182A(1) deleted, and s.182A(1A) added, by SI 2003/2498.
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(1A) In subsection (1), making a copy of a recording includes making a copy
which is transient or is incidental to some other use of the original
recording.
(2) It is immaterial whether the copy is made directly or indirectly.
(3) The right of a performer under this section to authorise or prohibit the
making of such copies is referred to in this Chapter as “reproduction right”.
182B Consent required for issue of copies to public
(1) A performer’s rights are infringed by a person who, without his consent,
issues to the public copies of a recording of the whole or any substantial
part of a qualifying performance.
(2) References in this Part to the issue to the public of copies of a recording
are to –
(a) the act of putting into circulation in the EEA copies not previously put
into circulation in the EEA by or with the consent of the performer, or
(b) the act of putting into circulation outside the EEA copies not
previously put into circulation in the EEA or elsewhere.
(3) References in this Part to the issue to the public of copies of a recording do
not include—
(a) any subsequent distribution, sale, hiring or loan of copies previously
put into circulation (but see section 182C: consent required for rental or
lending), or
(b) any subsequent importation of such copies into the United Kingdom
or another EEA state,
except so far as paragraph (a) of subsection (2) applies to putting into
circulation in the EEA copies previously put into circulation outside the
EEA.
(4) References in this Part to the issue of copies of a recording of a
performance include the issue of the original recording of the live
performance.
(5) The right of a performer under this section to authorise or prohibit the issue
of copies to the public is referred to in this Chapter as “distribution right”.
182C Consent required for rental or lending of copies to public
(1) A performer’s rights are infringed by a person who, without his consent,
rents or lends to the public copies of a recording of the whole or any
substantial part of a qualifying performance.
(2) In this Chapter, subject to the following provisions of this section –
(a) “rental” means making a copy of a recording available for use, on
terms that it will or may be returned, for direct or indirect economic or
commercial advantage, and
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(b) “lending” means making a copy of a recording available for use, on
terms that it will or may be returned, otherwise than for direct or indirect
economic or commercial advantage, through an establishment which is
accessible to the public.
(3) The expressions “rental” and “lending” do not include –
(a) making available for the purpose of public performance, playing or
showing in public or communication to the public;
(b) making available for the purpose of exhibition in public; or
(c) making available for on-the-spot reference use.
(4) The expression “lending” does not include making available between
establishments which are accessible to the public.
(5) Where lending by an establishment accessible to the public gives rise to a
payment the amount of which does not go beyond what is necessary to
cover the operating costs of the establishment, there is no direct or indirect
economic or commercial advantage for the purposes of this section.
(6) References in this Chapter to the rental or lending of copies of a recording
of a performance include the rental or lending of the original recording of
the live performance.
(7) In this Chapter –
“rental right” means the right of a performer under this section to authorise
or prohibit the rental of copies to the public, and
“lending right” means the right of a performer under this section to
authorise or prohibit the lending of copies to the public.
182CA121Consent required for making available to the public
(1) A performer's rights are infringed by a person who, without his consent,
makes available to the public a recording of the whole or any substantial
part of a qualifying performance by electronic transmission in such a way
that members of the public may access the recording from a place and at a
time individually chosen by them.
(2) The right of a performer under this section to authorise or prohibit the
making available to the public of a recording is referred to in this Chapter
as "making available right.”
182D Right to equitable remuneration for exploitation of sound recording
(1) Where a commercially published sound recording of the whole or any
substantial part of a qualifying performance –
(a) is played in public, or
121 Added by SI 2003/2498.
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(b) 122 is communicated to the public otherwise than by its being made
available to the public in the way mentioned in section 182CA(1),
the performer is entitled to equitable remuneration from the owner of the
copyright in the sound recording.
(1A)123 In subsection (1), the reference to publication of a sound recording
includes making it available to the public by electronic transmission in such
a way that members of the public may access it from a place and at a time
individually chosen by them.
(2) The right to equitable remuneration under this section may not be assigned
by the performer except to a collecting society for the purpose of enabling
it to enforce the right on his behalf.
The right is, however, transmissible by testamentary disposition or by
operation of law as personal or moveable property; and it may be assigned
or further transmitted by any person into whose hands it passes.
(3) The amount payable by way of equitable remuneration is as agreed by or
on behalf of the persons by and to whom it is payable, subject to the
following provisions.
(4) In default of agreement as to the amount payable by way of equitable
remuneration, the person by or to whom it is payable may apply to the
Copyright Tribunal to determine the amount payable.
(5) A person to or by whom equitable remuneration is payable may also apply
to the Copyright Tribunal –
(a) to vary any agreement as to the amount payable, or
(b) to vary any previous determination of the Tribunal as to that matter;
but except with the special leave of the Tribunal no such application may
be made within twelve months from the date of a previous determination.
An order made on an application under this subsection has effect from the
date on which it is made or such later date as may be specified by the
Tribunal.
(6) On an application under this section the Tribunal shall consider the matter
and make such order as to the method of calculating and paying equitable
remuneration as it may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances,
taking into account the importance of the contribution of the performer to
the sound recording.
(7) An agreement is of no effect in so far as it purports –
(a) to exclude or restrict the right to equitable remuneration under this
section, or
122 Revised s.182D(1)(b) substituted by SI 2003/2498.
123 s182D (1A) added by SI 2006 No. 18
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(b) to prevent a person questioning the amount of equitable
remuneration or to restrict the powers of the Copyright Tribunal under
this section.
(8) 124In this section "collecting society" means a society or other organisation
which has as its main object, or one of its main objects, the exercise of the
right to equitable remuneration on behalf of more than one performer.
183 Infringement of performer’s rights by use of recording made without
consent
A performer's rights are infringed by a person who, without his consent –
(a) shows or plays in public the whole or any substantial part of a
qualifying performance, or
(b) communicates to the public the whole or any substantial part of a
qualifying performance, by means of a recording which was, and which
that person knows or has reason to believe was, made without the
performer's consent.
184 Infringement of performer’s rights by importing, possessing or dealing
with illicit recording
(1) A performer's rights are infringed by a person who, without his consent –
(a) imports into the United Kingdom otherwise than for his private and
domestic use, or
(b) in the course of a business possesses, sells or lets for hire, offers or
exposes for sale or hire, or distributes, a recording of a qualifying
performance which is, and which that person knows or has reason to
believe is, an illicit recording.
(2) Where in an action for infringement of a performer's rights brought by virtue
of this section a defendant shows that the illicit recording was innocently
acquired by him or a predecessor in title of his, the only remedy available
against him in respect of the infringement is damages not exceeding a
reasonable payment in respect of the act complained of.
(3) In subsection (2) "innocently acquired" means that the person acquiring the
recording did not know and had no reason to believe that it was an illicit
recording.
Rights of person having recording rights
185 Exclusive recording contracts and persons having recording rights
(1) In this Chapter an "exclusive recording contract" means a contract
between a performer and another person under which that person is
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entitled to the exclusion of all other persons (including the performer) to
make recordings of one or more of his performances with a view to their
commercial exploitation.
(2) References in this Chapter to a "person having recording rights", in relation
to a performance, are (subject to subsection (3)) to a person –
(a) who is party to and has the benefit of an exclusive recording contract
to which the performance is subject, or
(b) to whom the benefit of such a contract has been assigned, and who
is a qualifying person.
(3) If a performance is subject to an exclusive recording contract but the
person mentioned in subsection (2) is not a qualifying person, references
in this Chapter to a "person having recording rights" in relation to the
performance are to any person –
(a) who is licensed by such a person to make recordings of the
performance with a view to their commercial exploitation, or
(b) to whom the benefit of such a licence has been assigned, and who is
a qualifying person.
(4) In this section "with a view to commercial exploitation" means with a view
to the recordings being sold or let for hire, or shown or played in public.
186 Consent required for recording of performance subject to exclusive
contract
(1) A person infringes the rights of a person having recording rights in relation
to a performance who, without his consent or that of the performer, makes
a recording of the whole or any substantial part of the performance [---]125.
(2) In an action for infringement of those rights brought by virtue of this section
damages shall not be awarded against a defendant who shows that at the
time of the infringement he believed on reasonable grounds that consent
had been given.
187 Infringement of recording rights by use of recording made without
consent
(1) A person infringes the rights of a person having recording rights in relation
to a performance who, without his consent or, in the case of a qualifying
performance, that of the performer –
(a) shows or plays in public the whole or any substantial part of the
performance, or
(b) communicates to the public the whole or any substantial part of the
performance,
by means of a recording which was, and which that person knows or has
reason to believe was, made without the appropriate consent.
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(2) The reference in subsection (1) to "the appropriate consent" is to the
consent of –
(a) the performer, or
(b) the person who at the time the consent was given had recording
rights in relation to the performance (or, if there was more than one such
person, of all of them).
188 Infringement of recording rights by importing, possessing or dealing
with illicit recording
(1) A person infringes the rights of a person having recording rights in relation
to a performance who, without his consent or, in the case of a qualifying
performance, that of the performer –
(a) imports into the United Kingdom otherwise than for his private and
domestic use, or
(b) in the course of a business possesses, sells or lets for hire, offers or
exposes for sale or hire, or distributes, a recording of the performance
which is, and which that person knows or has reason to believe is, an
illicit recording.
(2) Where in an action for infringement of those rights brought by virtue of this
section a defendant shows that the illicit recording was innocently acquired
by him or a predecessor in title of his, the only remedy available against
him in respect of the infringement is damages not exceeding a reasonable
payment in respect of the act complained of.
(3) In subsection (2) "innocently acquired" means that the person acquiring the
recording did not know and had no reason to believe that it was an illicit
recording.
Exceptions to rights conferred
189 Acts permitted notwithstanding rights conferred by this Chapter
The provisions of Schedule 2 specify acts which may be done
notwithstanding the rights conferred by this Chapter, being acts which
correspond broadly to certain of those specified in Chapter III of Part I (acts
permitted notwithstanding copyright).
190126 Power of tribunal to give consent on behalf of performer in certain
cases
(1) The Copyright Tribunal may, on the application of a person wishing to
make a copy of a recording of a performance, give consent in a case
where the identity or whereabouts of the person entitled to the reproduction
right cannot be ascertained by reasonable inquiry.
126 Revised s.190(1) substituted, references in s.190(2) & 6 to “the person entitled to the reproduction
right” inserted (replacing original words “the performer”), and s.190(4) deleted, by SI 1996/2967.
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(2) Consent given by the Tribunal has effect as consent of the person entitled
to the reproduction right for the purposes of –
(a) the provisions of this Chapter relating to performers' rights, and
(b) section 198(3)(a) (criminal liability: sufficient consent in relation to
qualifying performances), and may be given subject to any conditions
specified in the Tribunal's order.
(3) The Tribunal shall not give consent under subsection (1)(a) except after
the service or publication of such notices as may be required by rules
made under section 150 (general procedural rules) or as the Tribunal may
in any particular case direct.
(4) [(4)]
(5) In any case the Tribunal shall take into account the following factors –
(a) whether the original recording was made with the performer's
consent and is lawfully in the possession or control of the person
proposing to make the further recording;
(b) whether the making of the further recording is consistent with the
obligations of the parties to the arrangements under which, or is
otherwise consistent with the purposes for which, the original recording
was made.
(6) Where the Tribunal gives consent under this section it shall, in default of
agreement between the applicant and the person entitled to the
reproduction right, make such order as it thinks fit as to the payment to be
made to that person in consideration of consent being given.
Duration of rights
191127 Duration of rights
(1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the duration of the
rights conferred by this Chapter.
(2) The rights conferred by this Chapter in relation to a performance expire –
(a) at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year
in which the performance takes place, or
(b) if during that period a recording of the performance is released, 50
years from the end of the calendar year in which it is released, subject as
follows.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) a recording is “released” when it is first
published, played or shown in public or communicated to the public; but in
determining whether a recording has been released no account shall be
taken of any unauthorised act.
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(4) Where a performer is not a national of an EEA state, the duration of rights
conferred by this Chapter in relation to his performance is that to which the
performance is entitled in the country of which he is a national, provided
that does not exceed the period which would apply under subsections (2)
and (3).
(5) If or to the extent that the application of subsection (4) would be at
variance with an international obligation to which the United Kingdom
became subject prior to 29th October 1993, the duration of the rights
conferred by this 128Chapter shall be as specified in subsections (2) and
(3).
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191A Performers’ property rights
(1) The following rights conferred by this Chapter on a performer –
reproduction right (section 182A),
distribution right (section 182B),
rental right and lending right (section 182C),
making available right (section 182CA),
are property rights (“performer’s property rights”).
(2) References in this Chapter to the consent of the performer shall be
construed in relation to performer’s property rights as references to the
consent of the rights owner.
(3) Where different persons are (whether in consequence of a partial
assignment or otherwise) entitled to different aspects of a performer’s
property rights in relation to a performance, the rights owner for any
purpose of this Chapter is the person who is entitled to the aspect of those
rights relevant for that purpose.
(4) Where a performer’s property rights (or any aspect of them) is owned by
more than one person jointly, references in this Chapter to the rights owner
are to all the owners, so that, in particular, any requirement of the licence
of the rights owner requires the licence of all of them.
191B Assignment and licences
(1) A performer’s property rights are transmissible by assignment, by
testamentary disposition or by operation of law, as personal or moveable
property.
128 Word ‘Chapter’ replaced ‘part’ by SI 2006 No. 18
129 ss.191A-J & 191K-M added by SI 1996/2967. Reference to “making available right” in s.191A(1)
added by SI 2003/2498.
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(2) An assignment or other transmission of a performer’s property rights may
be partial, that is, limited so as to apply –
(a) to one or more, but not all, of the things requiring the consent of the
rights owner;
(b) to part, but not the whole, of the period for which the rights are to
subsist.
(3) An assignment of a performer’s property rights is not effective unless it is in
writing signed by or on behalf of the assignor.
(4) A licence granted by the owner of a performer’s property rights is binding
on every successor in title to his interest in the rights, except a purchaser
in good faith for valuable consideration and without notice (actual or
constructive) of the licence or a person deriving title from such a
purchaser; and references in this Chapter to doing anything with, or
without, the licence of the rights owner shall be construed accordingly.
191C Prospective ownership of a performer’s property rights
(1) This section applies where by an agreement made in relation to a future
recording of a performance, and signed by or on behalf of the performer,
the performer purports to assign his performer’s property rights (wholly or
partially) to another person.
(2) If on the rights coming into existence the assignee or another person
claiming under him would be entitled as against all other persons to require
the rights to be vested in him, they shall vest in the assignee or his
successor in title by virtue of this subsection.
(3) A licence granted by a prospective owner of a performer’s property rights is
binding on every successor in title to his interest (or prospective interest) in
the rights, except a purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and
without notice (actual or constructive) of the licence or a person deriving
title from such a purchaser. References in this Chapter to doing anything
with, or without, the licence of the rights owner shall be construed
accordingly.
(4) In subsection (3) “prospective owner” in relation to a performer’s property
rights means a person who is prospectively entitled to those rights by virtue
of such an agreement as is mentioned in subsection (1).
191D Exclusive licences
(1) In this Chapter an "exclusive licence" means a licence in writing signed by
or on behalf of the owner of a performer’s property rights authorising the
licensee to the exclusion of all other persons, including the person granting
the licence, to do anything requiring the consent of the rights owner.
(2) The licensee under an exclusive licence has the same rights against a
successor in title who is bound by the licence as he has against the person
granting the licence.
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191E Performer’s property right to pass under will with unpublished original
recording
Where under a bequest (whether general or specific) a person is entitled
beneficially or otherwise to any material thing containing an original
recording of a performance which was not published before the death of the
testator, the bequest shall, unless a contrary intention is indicated in the
testator's will or a codicil to it, be construed as including any performer’s
rights in relation to the recording to which the testator was entitled
immediately before his death.
191F Presumption of transfer of rental right in case of film production
agreement
(1) Where an agreement concerning film production is concluded between a
performer and a film producer, the performer shall be presumed, unless
the agreement provides to the contrary, to have transferred to the film
producer any rental right in relation to the film arising from the inclusion of
a recording of his performance in the film.
(2) Where this section applies, the absence of signature by or on behalf of the
performer does not exclude the operation of section 191C (effect of
purported assignment of future rights).
(3) The reference in subsection (1) to an agreement concluded between a
performer and a film producer includes any agreement having effect
between those persons, whether made by them directly or through
intermediaries.
(4) Section 191G (right to equitable remuneration on transfer of rental right)
applies where there is a presumed transfer by virtue of this section as in
the case of an actual transfer.
191G Right to equitable remuneration where rental right transferred
(1) Where a performer has transferred his rental right concerning a sound
recording or a film to the producer of the sound recording or film, he retains
the right to equitable remuneration for the rental.
The reference above to the transfer of rental right by one person to another
includes any arrangement having that effect, whether made by them
directly or through intermediaries.
(2) The right to equitable remuneration under this section may not be assigned
by the performer except to a collecting society for the purpose of enabling
it to enforce the right on his behalf.
The right is, however, transmissible by testamentary disposition or by
operation of law as personal or moveable property; and it may be assigned
or further transmitted by any person into whose hands it passes.
(3) Equitable remuneration under this section is payable by the person for the
time being entitled to the rental right, that is, the person to whom the right
was transferred or any successor in title of his.
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(4) The amount payable by way of equitable remuneration is as agreed by or
on behalf of the persons by and to whom it is payable, subject to section
191H (reference of amount to Copyright Tribunal).
(5) An agreement is of no effect in so far as it purports to exclude or restrict
the right to equitable remuneration under this section.
(6) In this section a “collecting society” means a society or other organisation
which has as its main object, or one of its main objects, the exercise of the
right to equitable remuneration on behalf of more than one performer.
191H Equitable remuneration: reference of amount to Copyright Tribunal
(1) In default of agreement as to the amount payable by way of equitable
remuneration under section 191G, the person by or to whom it is payable
may apply to the Copyright Tribunal to determine the amount payable.
(2) A person to or by whom equitable remuneration is payable may also apply
to the Copyright Tribunal –
(a) to vary any agreement as to the amount payable, or
(b) to vary any previous determination of the Tribunal as to that matter;
but except with the special leave of the Tribunal no such application may
be made within twelve months from the date of a previous determination.
An order made on an application under this subsection has effect from the
date on which it is made or such later date as may be specified by the
Tribunal.
(3) On an application under this section the Tribunal shall consider the matter
and make such order as to the method of calculating and paying equitable
remuneration as it may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances,
taking into account the importance of the contribution of the performer to
the film or sound recording.
(4) Remuneration shall not be considered inequitable merely because it was
paid by way of a single payment or at the time of the transfer of the rental
right.
(5) An agreement is of no effect in so far as it purports to prevent a person
questioning the amount of equitable remuneration or to restrict the powers
of the Copyright Tribunal under this section.
191I Infringement actionable by rights owner
(1) An infringement of a performer’s property rights is actionable by the rights
owner.
(2) In an action for infringement of a performer’s property rights all such relief
by way of damages, injunctions, accounts or otherwise is available to the
plaintiff as is available in respect of the infringement of any other property
right.
(3) This section has effect subject to the following provisions of this Chapter.
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191J Provisions as to damages in infringement action
(1) Where in an action for infringement of a performer’s property rights it is
shown that at the time of the infringement the defendant did not know, and
had no reason to believe, that the rights subsisted in the recording to which
the action relates, the plaintiff is not entitled to damages against him, but
without prejudice to any other remedy.
(2) The court may in an action for infringement of a performer’s property rights
having regard to all the circumstances, and in particular to –
(a) the flagrancy of the infringement, and
(b) any benefit accruing to the defendant by reason of the infringement,
award such additional damages as the justice of the case may require.
191JA130 Injunctions against service providers
(1) The High Court (in Scotland, the Court of Session) shall have power to
grant an injunction against a service provider, where that service provider
has actual knowledge of another person using their service to infringe a
performer's property right.
(2) In determining whether a service provider has actual knowledge for the
purpose of this section, a court shall take into account all matters which
appear to it in the particular circumstances to be relevant and, amongst
other things, shall have regard to –
(a) whether a service provider has received a notice through a means of
contact made available in accordance with regulation 6(1)(c) of the
Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/2013);
and
(b) the extent to which any notice includes –
(i) the full name and address of the sender of the notice;
(ii) details of the infringement in question.
(3) In this section "service provider" has the meaning given to it by regulation 2
of the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002.
(4) Section 177 applies in respect of this section as it applies in respect of Part
1.
191K Undertaking to take licence of right in infringement proceedings
(1) If in proceedings for infringement of a performer’s property rights in respect
of which a licence is available as of right under paragraph 17 of Schedule
2A (powers exercisable in consequence of competition report) the
defendant undertakes to take a licence on such terms as may be agreed or
in default of agreement, settled by the Copyright Tribunal under that
paragraph –
(a) no injunction shall be granted against him,
130 Added by SI 2003/2498.
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(b) no order for delivery up shall be made under section 195, and
(c) the amount recoverable against him by way of damages or on an
account of profits shall not exceed double the amount which would have
been payable by him as licensee if such a licence on those terms had
been granted before the earliest infringement.
(2) An undertaking may be given at any time before final order in the
proceedings, without any admission of liability.
(3) Nothing in this section affects the remedies available in respect of an
infringement committed before licences of right were available.
191L Rights and remedies for exclusive licensee
(1) An exclusive licensee has, except against the owner of a performer’s
property rights, the same rights and remedies in respect of matters
occurring after the grant of the licence as if the licence had been an
assignment.
(2) His rights and remedies are concurrent with those of the rights owner; and
references in the relevant provisions of this Chapter to the rights owner
shall be construed accordingly.
(3) In an action brought by an exclusive licensee by virtue of this section a
defendant may avail himself of any defence which would have been
available to him if the action had been brought by the rights owner.
191M Exercise of concurrent rights
(1) Where an action for infringement of a performer’s property rights brought
by the rights owner or an exclusive licensee relates (wholly or partly) to an
infringement in respect of which they have concurrent rights of action, the
rights owner or, as the case may be, the exclusive licensee may not,
without the leave of the court, proceed with the action unless the other is
either joined as plaintiff or added as a defendant.
(2) A rights owner or exclusive licensee who is added as a defendant in
pursuance of subsection (1) is not liable for any costs in the action unless
he takes part in the proceedings.
(3) The above provisions do not affect the granting of interlocutory relief on an
application by the rights owner or exclusive licensee alone.
(4) Where an action for infringement of a performer’s property rights is brought
which relates (wholly or partly) to an infringement in respect of which the
rights owner and an exclusive licensee have or had concurrent rights of
action –
(a) the court shall in assessing damages take into account –
(i) the terms of the licence, and
(ii) any pecuniary remedy already awarded or available to either
of them in respect of the infringement;
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(b) no account of profits shall be directed if an award of damages has
been made, or an account of profits has been directed, in favour of the
other of them in respect of the infringement; and
(c) the court shall if an account of profits is directed apportion the profits
between them as the court considers just, subject to any agreement
between them; and these provisions apply whether or not the rights
owner and the exclusive licensee are both parties to the action.
(5) The owner of a performer’s property rights shall notify any exclusive
licensee having concurrent rights before applying for an order under
section 195 (order for delivery up) or exercising the right conferred by
section 196 (right of seizure); and the court may on the application of the
licensee make such order under section 195 or, as the case may be,
prohibiting or permitting the exercise by the rights owner of the right
conferred by section 196, as it thinks fit having regard to the terms of the
licence.
Non-property rights
192A131 Performers’ non-property rights
(1) The rights conferred on a performer by –
section 182 (consent required for recording, &c. of live performance),
section 183 (infringement of performer’s rights by use of recording made
without consent), and
section 184 (infringement of performer’s rights by importing, possessing or
dealing with illicit recording),
are not assignable or transmissible, except to the following extent. They
are referred to in this Chapter as “performer’s non-property rights”.
(2) On the death of a person entitled to any such right –
(a) the right passes to such person as he may by testamentary
disposition specifically direct, and
(b) if or to the extent that there is no such direction, the right is
exercisable by his personal representatives.
(3) References in this Chapter to the performer, in the context of the person
having any such right, shall be construed as references to the person for
the time being entitled to exercise those rights.
(4) Where by virtue of subsection (2)(a) a right becomes exercisable by more
than one person, it is exercisable by each of them independently of the
other or others.
131 s.192 replaced by ss.192A & 192B, SI 1996/2967.
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(5) Any damages recovered by personal representatives by virtue of this
section in respect of an infringement after a person's death shall devolve
as part of his estate as if the right of action had subsisted and been vested
in him immediately before his death.
192B Transmissibility of rights of person having recording rights
(1) The rights conferred by this Chapter on a person having recording rights
are not assignable or transmissible.
(2) This does not affect section 185(2)(b) or (3)(b), so far as those provisions
confer rights under this Chapter on a person to whom the benefit of a
contract or licence is assigned.
193132 Consent
(1) Consent for the purposes of this Chapter by a person having a performer’s
non-property rights, or by a person having recording rights, may be given
in relation to a specific performance, a specified description of
performances or performances generally, and may relate to past or future
performances.
(2) A person having recording rights in a performance is bound by any consent
given by a person through whom he derives his rights under the exclusive
recording contract or licence in question, in the same way as if the consent
had been given by him.
(3) Where a performer’s non-property right passes to another person, any
consent binding on the person previously entitled binds the person to
whom the right passes in the same way as if the consent had been given
by him.
194133 Infringement actionable as breach of statutory duty
An infringement of –
(a) a performer’s non-property rights, or
(b) any right conferred by this Chapter on a person having recording
rights, is actionable by the person entitled to the right as a breach of
statutory duty.
Delivery up or seizure of illicit recordings
195 Order for delivery up
(1) Where a person has in his possession, custody or control in the course of
a business an illicit recording of a performance, a person having
performer's rights or recording rights in relation to the performance under
132 Words “by a person ----- recording rights,” in s.193(1) added by SI 1996/2967, and reference in
s.191(3) to “a performer’s non-property right” substituted by that SI (replacing original reference to “a
right conferred by this Part”).
133 Paragraphs (a) & (b) substituted by SI 1996/2967 (in place of original reference to “any of the rights
conferred by this Part”).
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this Chapter may apply to the court for an order that the recording be
delivered up to him or to such other person as the court may direct.
(2) An application shall not be made after the end of the period specified in
section 203; and no order shall be made unless the court also makes, or it
appears to the court that there are grounds for making, an order under
section 204 (order as to disposal of illicit recording).
(3) A person to whom a recording is delivered up in pursuance of an order
under this section shall, if an order under section 204 is not made, retain it
pending the making of an order, or the decision not to make an order,
under that section.
(4) Nothing in this section affects any other power of the court.
196 Right to seize illicit recordings
(1) An illicit recording of a performance which is found exposed or otherwise
immediately available for sale or hire, and in respect of which a person
would be entitled to apply for an order under section 195, may be seized
and detained by him or a person authorised by him.
The right to seize and detain is exercisable subject to the following
conditions and is subject to any decision of the court under section 204
(order as to disposal of illicit recording).
(2) Before anything is seized under this section notice of the time and place of
the proposed seizure must be given to a local police station.
(3) A person may for the purpose of exercising the right conferred by this
section enter premises to which the public have access but may not seize
anything in the possession, custody or control of a person at a permanent
or regular place of business of his and may not use any force.
(4) At the time when anything is seized under this section there shall be left at
the place where it was seized a notice in the prescribed form containing
the prescribed particulars as to the person by whom or on whose authority
the seizure is made and the grounds on which it is made.
(5) In this section –
"premises" includes land, buildings, fixed or moveable structures, vehicles,
vessels, aircraft and hovercraft; and
"prescribed" means prescribed by order of the Secretary of State.
(6) An order of the Secretary of State under this section shall be made by
statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a
resolution of either House of Parliament.
197 Meaning of “illicit recording”
(1) In this Chapter "illicit recording", in relation to a performance, shall be
construed in accordance with this section.
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(2) For the purposes of a performer's rights, a recording of the whole or any
substantial part of a performance of his is an illicit recording if it is made,
otherwise than for private purposes, without his consent.
(3) For the purposes of the rights of a person having recording rights, a
recording of the whole or any substantial part of a performance subject to
the exclusive recording contract is an illicit recording if it is made, otherwise
than for private purposes, without his consent or that of the performer.
(4) For the purposes of sections 198 and 199 (offences and orders for delivery
up in criminal proceedings), a recording is an illicit recording if it is an illicit
recording for the purposes mentioned in subsection (2) or subsection (3).
(5) 134 In this Chapter "illicit recording" includes a recording falling to be treated
as an illicit recording by virtue of any of the following provisions of
Schedule 2 –
paragraph 4(3) (recordings made for purposes of instruction or
examination),
paragraph 6(2) (recordings made by educational establishments for
educational purposes),
paragraph 12(2) (recordings of performance in electronic form retained on
transfer of principal recording),
paragraph 16(3) (recordings made for purposes of broadcast),
paragraph 17A(2) (recording for the purposes of time-shifting), or
paragraph 17B(2) (photographs of broadcasts),
but otherwise does not include a recording made in accordance with any of
the provisions of that Schedule.
(6) It is immaterial for the purposes of this section where the recording was
made.
197A135 Presumptions relevant to recordings of performances
(1) In proceedings brought by virtue of this Part with respect to the rights in a
performance, where copies of a recording of the performance as issued to
the public bear a statement that a named person was the performer, the
statement shall be admissible as evidence of the fact stated and shall be
presumed to be correct until the contrary is proved.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to proceedings for an offence under section
198 (criminal liability for making etc. illicit recordings); but without prejudice
to its application in proceedings for an order under section 199 (order for
delivery up in criminal proceedings).
134 References to paragraphs 17A & 17B of Sch. 2 added by SI 2003/2498.
135 s197A inserted by SI 2006/1028
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Offences
198136 Criminal liability for making, dealing with or using illicit recordings
(1) A person commits an offence who without sufficient consent –
(a) makes for sale or hire, or
(b) imports into the United Kingdom otherwise than for his private and
domestic use, or
(c) possesses in the course of a business with a view to committing any
act infringing the rights conferred by this Chapter, or
(d) in the course of a business –
(i) sells or lets for hire, or
(ii) offers or exposes for sale or hire, or
(iii) distributes, a recording which is, and which he knows or has
reason to believe is, an illicit recording.
(1A) A person who infringes a performer's making available right –
(a) in the course of a business, or
(b) otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to
affect prejudicially the owner of the making available right, commits an
offence if he knows or has reason to believe that, by doing so, he is
infringing the making available right in the recording.
(2) A person commits an offence who causes a recording of a performance
made without sufficient consent to be –
(a) shown or played in public, or
(b) communicated to the public, thereby infringing any of the rights
conferred by this Chapter, if he knows or has reason to believe that those
rights are thereby infringed.
(3) In subsections (1) and (2) "sufficient consent" means –
(a) in the case of a qualifying performance, the consent of the performer,
and
(b) in the case of a non-qualifying performance subject to an exclusive
recording contract –
(i) for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) (making of recording),
the consent of the performer or the person having recording
rights, and
(ii) for the purposes of subsection (1)(b), (c) and (d) and
subsection (2)) (dealing with or using recording), the consent
of the person having recording rights.
136 ss.198(1A) & (5A) added by SI 2003/2498. Maximum sentence set by s.198(5)(b) increased from
the original two years to ten by the Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act
2002.
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The references in this subsection to the person having recording rights are
to the person having those rights at the time the consent is given or, if
there is more than one such person, to all of them.
(4) No offence is committed under subsection (1) or (2) by the commission of
an act which by virtue of any provision of Schedule 2 may be done without
infringing the rights conferred by this Chapter.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1)(a), (b) or (d)(iii) is liable

(a) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six
months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not
exceeding ten years, or both.
(5A) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1A) is liable –
(a) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
three months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not
exceeding two years, or both.
(6) A person guilty of any other offence under this section is liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both.
198A137 Enforcement by local weights and measures authority
(1) It is the duty of every local weights and measures authority to enforce
within their area the provisions of section 198.
(2) The following provisions of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 apply in
relation to the enforcement of that section by such an authority as in
relation to enforcement of that Act –
section 27 (power to make test purchases),
section 28 (power to enter premises and inspect and seize goods and
documents),
section 29 (obstruction of authorised officers), and
section 33 (compensation for loss, &c. of goods seized).
(3) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to the enforcement of
section 198 in Northern Ireland, but it is the duty of the Department of
Economic Development to enforce that section in Northern Ireland.
For that purpose the provisions of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968
specified in subsection (2) apply as if for references to a local weights and
137 s198A added by Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2007
which came into force on 6 April 2007.
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measures authority and any officer of such an authority there were
substituted references to that Department and any of its officers.
(4) Any enactment which authorises the disclosure of information for the
purpose of facilitating the enforcement of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968
shall apply as if section 198 were contained in that Act and as if the
functions of any person in relation to the enforcement of that section were
functions under that Act.
(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising a local weights
and measures authority to bring proceedings in Scotland for an offence.
199 Order for delivery up in criminal proceedings
(1) The court before which proceedings are brought against a person for an
offence under section 198 may, if satisfied that at the time of his arrest or
charge he had in his possession, custody or control in the course of a
business an illicit recording of a performance, order that it be delivered up
to a person having performers' rights or recording rights in relation to the
performance or to such other person as the court may direct.
(2) For this purpose a person shall be treated as charged with an offence –
(a) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, when he is orally charged or
is served with a summons or indictment;
(b) in Scotland, when he is cautioned, charged or served with a
complaint or indictment.
(3) An order may be made by the court of its own motion or on the application
of the prosecutor (or, in Scotland, the Lord Advocate or procurator-fiscal),
and may be made whether or not the person is convicted of the offence,
but shall not be made –
(a) after the end of the period specified in section 203 (period after which
remedy of delivery up not available), or
(b) if it appears to the court unlikely that any order will be made under
section 204 (order as to disposal of illicit recording).
(4) An appeal lies from an order made under this section by a magistrates'
court –
(a) in England and Wales, to the Crown Court, and
(b) in Northern Ireland, to the county court;
and in Scotland, where an order has been made under this section, the
person from whose possession, custody or control the illicit recording has
been removed may, without prejudice to any other form of appeal under
any rule of law, appeal against that order in the same manner as against
sentence.
(5) A person to whom an illicit recording is delivered up in pursuance of an
order under this section shall retain it pending the making of an order, or
the decision not to make an order, under section 204.
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(6) 138 Nothing in this section affects the powers of the court under section 143
of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, Part II of the
Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995 or Article 11 of the Criminal Justice
(Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (general provisions as to forfeiture in
criminal proceedings).
200139 Search warrants
(1) Where a justice of the peace (in Scotland, a sheriff or justice of the peace)
is satisfied by information on oath given by a constable (in Scotland, by
evidence on oath) that there are reasonable grounds for believing –
(a) that an offence under section 198(1) or (1A) (offences of making,
importing, possessing, selling etc. or distributing illicit recordings) has
been or is about to be committed in any premises, and
(b) that evidence that such an offence has been or is about to be
committed is in those premises,
he may issue a warrant authorising a constable to enter and search the
premises, using such reasonable force as is necessary.
(2) The power conferred by subsection (1) does not, in England and Wales,
extend to authorising a search for material of the kinds mentioned in
section 9(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (certain classes
of personal or confidential material).
(3) A warrant under subsection (1) –
(a) may authorise persons to accompany any constable executing the
warrant, and
(b) remains in force for three months from the date of its issue.
(3A) In executing a warrant issued under subsection (1) a constable may seize
an article if he reasonably believes that it is evidence that any offence
under section 198(1) or (1A) has been or is about to be committed.
(4) In this section "premises" includes land, buildings, fixed or moveable
structures, vehicles, vessels, aircraft and hovercraft.
201 False representation of authority to give consent
(1) It is an offence for a person to represent falsely that he is authorised by
any person to give consent for the purposes of this Chapter in relation to a
138 References to the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 and Criminal Justice (Northern
Ireland) Order 1994 inserted by those enactments, and reference to the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland)
Act 1995 inserted by the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland Act), in place of
original references to earlier legislation.
139 Reference in s.200(1)(a) to s.198(1) substituted by the Copyright etc. and Trade Marks (Offences
and Enforcement) Act 2002 (replacing original reference to ss. 198(1)(a), (b) or (d)(iii)). Words
“possessing, selling etc.” in s.200(1)(a), and s.200(3A), added by that Act. References to s.198(1A)
in ss.200(1)(a) & (3A) added by SI 2003/2498. s200(3)(b) “28 days” replaced by “three months”
under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
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performance, unless he believes on reasonable grounds that he is so
authorised.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary
conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine
not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both.
202 Offence by body corporate: liability of officers
(1) Where an offence under this Chapter committed by a body corporate is
proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a
director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person
purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate is
guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished
accordingly.
(2) In relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members
"director" means a member of the body corporate.
Supplementary provisions with respect to delivery up and seizure
203 Period after which remedy of delivery up not available
(1) An application for an order under section 195 (order for delivery up in civil
proceedings) may not be made after the end of the period of six years from
the date on which the illicit recording in question was made, subject to the
following provisions.
(2) If during the whole or any part of that period a person entitled to apply for
an order –
(a) is under a disability, or
(b) is prevented by fraud or concealment from discovering the facts
entitling him to apply, an application may be made by him at any time
before the end of the period of six years from the date on which he
ceased to be under a disability or, as the case may be, could with
reasonable diligence have discovered those facts.
(3) In subsection (2) "disability" –
(a) in England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Limitation Act
1980;
(b) in Scotland, means legal disability within the meaning of the
Prescription and Limitations (Scotland) Act 1973;
(c) in Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in the Statute of
Limitation (Northern Ireland) 1958.
(4) An order under section 199 (order for delivery up in criminal proceedings)
shall not, in any case, be made after the end of the period of six years from
the date on which the illicit recording in question was made.
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204 Order as to disposal of illicit recording
(1) An application may be made to the court for an order that an illicit
recording of a performance delivered up in pursuance of an order under
section 195 or 199, or seized and detained in pursuance of the right
conferred by section 196, shall be –
(a) forfeited to such person having performer's rights or recording rights
in relation to the performance as the court may direct, or
(b) destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the court may think fit,
or for a decision that no such order should be made.
(2) In considering what order (if any) should be made, the court shall consider
whether other remedies available in an action for infringement of the rights
conferred by this Chapter would be adequate to compensate the person or
persons entitled to the rights and to protect their interests.
(3) Provision shall be made by rules of court as to the service of notice on
persons having an interest in the recording, and any such person is entitled

(a) to appear in proceedings for an order under this section, whether or
not he was served with notice, and
(b) to appeal against any order made, whether or not he appeared; and
an order shall not take effect until the end of the period within which
notice of an appeal may be given or, if before the end of that period
notice of appeal is duly given, until the final determination or
abandonment of the proceedings on the appeal.
(4) Where there is more than one person interested in a recording, the court
shall make such order as it thinks just and may (in particular) direct that the
recording be sold, or otherwise dealt with, and the proceeds divided.
(5) If the court decides that no order should be made under this section, the
person in whose possession, custody or control the recording was before
being delivered up or seized is entitled to its return.
(6) References in this section to a person having an interest in a recording
include any person in whose favour an order could be made in respect of
the recording
(a) under this section or under section 114 or 231 of this Act;
(b) under section 24D of the Registered Designs Act 1949;
(c) under section 19 of Trade Marks Act 1994 (including that section as
applied by regulation 4 of the Community Trade Mark Regulations 2006
(SI 2006/1027)); or
(d) under regulation 1C of the Community Design Regulations 2005 (SI
2005/2339).140
140 s204(6)(a)-(d) added by 2006/1028
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204A141 Forfeiture of illicit recordings: England and Wales or Northern Ireland
(1) In England and Wales or Northern Ireland where illicit recordings of a
performance have come into the possession of any person in connection
with the investigation or prosecution of a relevant offence, that person may
apply under this section for an order for the forfeiture of the illicit
recordings.
(2) For the purposes of this section "relevant offence" means –
(a) an offence under section 198(1) or (1A) (criminal liability for making
or dealing with illicit recordings),
(b) an offence under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (c. 29), or
(c) an offence involving dishonesty or deception.
(3) An application under this section may be made –
(a) where proceedings have been brought in any court for a relevant
offence relating to some or all of the illicit recordings, to that court, or
(b) where no application for the forfeiture of the illicit recordings has been
made under paragraph (a), by way of complaint to a magistrates' court.
(4) On an application under this section, the court shall make an order for the
forfeiture of any illicit recordings only if it is satisfied that a relevant offence
has been committed in relation to the illicit recordings.
(5) A court may infer for the purposes of this section that such an offence has
been committed in relation to any illicit recordings if it is satisfied that such
an offence has been committed in relation to illicit recordings which are
representative of the illicit recordings in question (whether by reason of
being part of the same consignment or batch or otherwise).
(6) Any person aggrieved by an order made under this section by a
magistrates' court, or by a decision of such a court not to make such an
order, may appeal against that order or decision –
(a) in England and Wales, to the Crown Court, or
(b) in Northern Ireland, to the county court.
(7) An order under this section may contain such provision as appears to the
court to be appropriate for delaying the coming into force of the order
pending the making and determination of any appeal (including any
application under section 111 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) or
Article 146 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I.
1987/1675 (N.I. 26)) (statement of case)).
141 ss204A & 204B added by the Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act
2002. References to s.198(1A) in ss. 204A(2)(a) & 204B(15) added by SI 2003/2498.
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(8) Subject to subsection (9), where any illicit recordings are forfeited under
this section they shall be destroyed in accordance with such directions as
the court may give.
(9) On making an order under this section the court may direct that the illicit
recordings to which the order relates shall (instead of being destroyed) be
forfeited to the person having the performers' rights or recording rights in
question or dealt with in such other way as the court considers appropriate.
204B Forfeiture: Scotland
(1) In Scotland the court may make an order under this section for the
forfeiture of any illicit recordings.
(2) An order under this section may be made –
(a) on an application by the procurator-fiscal made in the manner
specified in section 134 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.
46), or
(b) where a person is convicted of a relevant offence, in addition to any
other penalty which the court may impose.
(3) On an application under subsection (2)(a), the court shall make an order
for the forfeiture of any illicit recordings only if it is satisfied that a relevant
offence has been committed in relation to the illicit recordings.
(4) The court may infer for the purposes of this section that such an offence
has been committed in relation to any illicit recordings if it is satisfied that
such an offence has been committed in relation to illicit recordings which
are representative of the illicit recordings in question (whether by reason of
being part of the same consignment or batch or otherwise).
(5) The procurator-fiscal making the application under subsection (2)(a) shall
serve on any person appearing to him to be the owner of, or otherwise to
have an interest in, the illicit recordings to which the application relates a
copy of the application, together with a notice giving him the opportunity to
appear at the hearing of the application to show cause why the illicit
recordings should not be forfeited.
(6) Service under subsection (5) shall be carried out, and such service may be
proved, in the manner specified for citation of an accused in summary
proceedings under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
(7) Any person upon whom notice is served under subsection (5) and any
other person claiming to be the owner of, or otherwise to have an interest
in, illicit recordings to which an application under this section relates shall
be entitled to appear at the hearing of the application to show cause why
the illicit recordings should not be forfeited.
(8) The court shall not make an order following an application under
subsection (2)(a) –
(a) if any person on whom notice is served under subsection (5) does not
appear, unless service of the notice on that person is proved, or
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(b) if no notice under subsection (5) has been served, unless the court is
satisfied that in the circumstances it was reasonable not to serve such
notice.
(9) Where an order for the forfeiture of any illicit recordings is made following
an application under subsection (2)(a), any person who appeared, or was
entitled to appear, to show cause why the illicit recordings should not be
forfeited may, within 21 days of the making of the order, appeal to the High
Court by Bill of Suspension.
(10) Section 182(5)(a) to (e) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
shall apply to an appeal under subsection (9) as it applies to a stated case
under Part 2 of that Act.
(11) An order following an application under subsection (2)(a) shall not take
effect –
(a) until the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day after the
day on which the order is made, or
(b) if an appeal is made under subsection (9) above within that period,
until the appeal is determined or abandoned.
(12) An order under subsection (2)(b) shall not take effect –
(a) until the end of the period within which an appeal against the order
could be brought under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.
46), or
(b) if an appeal is made within that period, until the appeal is determined
or abandoned.
(13) Subject to subsection (14), illicit recordings forfeited under this section
shall be destroyed in accordance with such directions as the court may
give.
(14) On making an order under this section the court may direct that the illicit
recordings to which the order relates shall (instead of being destroyed) be
forfeited to the person having the performers' rights or recording rights in
question or dealt with in such other way as the court considers appropriate.
(15) For the purposes of this section –
"relevant offence" means an offence under section 198(1) or (1A) (criminal
liability for making or dealing with illicit recordings), or under the Trade
Descriptions Act 1968 (c. 29) or any offence involving dishonesty or
deception;
"the court" means –
(a) in relation to an order made on an application under subsection
(2)(a), the sheriff, and
(b) in relation to an order made under subsection (2)(b), the court which
imposed the penalty.
205 Jurisdiction of county court and sheriff court
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(1) In England, Wales and Northern Ireland a county court may entertain
proceedings under –
section 195 (order for delivery up of illicit recording), or
section 204 (order as to disposal of illicit recording),
save that, in Northern Ireland, a county court may entertain such
proceedings only142 where the value of the illicit recordings in question
does not exceed the county court limit for actions in tort.
(2) In Scotland proceedings for an order under either of those provisions may
be brought in the sheriff court.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction of the
High Court or, in Scotland, the Court of Session.
Licensing of performers’ property rights
205A143Licensing of performers’ property rights
The provisions of Schedule 2A have effect with respect to the licensing of
performers’ property rights.
Jurisdiction of Copyright Tribunal
205B Jurisdiction of Copyright Tribunal
(1) The Copyright Tribunal has jurisdiction under this Chapter to hear and
determine proceedings under –
(a) section 182D (amount of equitable remuneration for exploitation of
commercial sound recording);
(b) section 190 (application to give consent on behalf of owner of
reproduction right);
(c) section 191H (amount of equitable remuneration on transfer of rental
right);
(cc) paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 (determination of royalty or other
remuneration to be paid with respect to re-transmission of broadcast
including performance or recording);
(d) paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2A (reference of licensing scheme);
(e) paragraph 6 or 7 of that Schedule (application with respect to licence
under licensing scheme);
(f) paragraph 10, 11 or 12 of that Schedule (reference or application with
respect to licensing by licensing body);
142 Words “save that ---- only” added by SI 1991/724.
143 ss205A & 205B added by SI 1996/2967. s.205B(1)(cc) added by the Broadcasting Act 1996.
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(g) paragraph 15 of that Schedule (application to settle royalty for certain
lending);
(h) paragraph 17 of that Schedule (application to settle terms of licence
available as of right).
(2) The provisions of Chapter VIII of Part I (general provisions relating to the
Copyright Tribunal) apply in relation to the Tribunal when exercising any
jurisdiction under this Chapter.
(3) Provision shall be made by rules under section 150 prohibiting the Tribunal
from entertaining a reference under paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2A
(reference of licensing scheme) by a representative organisation unless
the Tribunal is satisfied that the organisation is reasonably representative
of the class of persons which it claims to represent.
CHAPTER III
MORAL RIGHTS
Right to be identified as performer
205C Right to be identified as performer
(1) Whenever a person—
(a) produces or puts on a qualifying performance that is given in public,
(b) broadcasts live a qualifying performance,
(c) communicates to the public a sound recording of a qualifying
performance, or
(d) issues to the public copies of such a recording, the performer has the
right to be identified as such.
(2) The right of the performer under this section is—
(a) in the case of a performance that is given in public, to be identified in
any programme accompanying the performance or in some other manner
likely to bring his identity to the notice of a person seeing or hearing the
performance,
(b) in the case of a performance that is broadcast, to be identified in a
manner likely to bring his identity to the notice of a person seeing or
hearing the broadcast,
(c) in the case of a sound recording that is communicated to the public,
to be identified in a manner likely to bring his identity to the notice of a
person hearing the communication,
(d) in the case of a sound recording that is issued to the public, to be
identified in or on each copy or, if that is not appropriate, in some other
manner likely to bring his identity to the notice of a person acquiring a
copy,
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or (in any of the above cases) to be identified in such other manner as may
be agreed between the performer and the person mentioned in subsection
(1).
(3) The right conferred by this section in relation to a performance given by a
group (or so much of a performance as is given by a group) is not infringed
-
(a) in a case falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (2), or
(b) in a case falling within paragraph (d) of that subsection in which it is
not reasonably practicable for each member of the group to be identified,
if the group itself is identified as specified in subsection (2).
(4) In this section "group" means two or more performers who have a
particular name by which they may be identified collectively.
(5) If the assertion under section 205D specifies a pseudonym, initials or some
other particular form of identification, that form shall be used; otherwise
any reasonable form of identification may be used.
(6) This section has effect subject to section 205E (exceptions to right).
205D Requirement that right be asserted
(1) A person does not infringe the right conferred by section 205C (right to be
identified as performer) by doing any of the acts mentioned in that section
unless the right has been asserted in accordance with the following
provisions so as to bind him in relation to that act.
(2) The right may be asserted generally, or in relation to any specified act or
description of acts—
(a) by instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of the performer, or
(b) on an assignment of a performer's property rights, by including in the
instrument effecting the assignment a statement that the performer
asserts in relation to the performance his right to be identified.
(3) The persons bound by an assertion of the right under subsection (2) are—
(a) in the case of an assertion under subsection (2)(a), anyone to whose
notice the assertion is brought;
(b) in the case of an assertion under subsection (2)(b), the assignee and
anyone claiming through him, whether or not he has notice of the
assertion.
(4) In an action for infringement of the right the court shall, in considering
remedies, take into account any delay in asserting the right.
205E Exceptions to right
(1) The right conferred by section 205C (right to be identified as performer) is
subject to the following exceptions.
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(2) The right does not apply where it is not reasonably practicable to identify
the performer (or, where identification of a group is permitted by virtue of
section 205C(3), the group).
(3) The right does not apply in relation to any performance given for the
purposes of reporting current events.
(4) The right does not apply in relation to any performance given for the
purposes of advertising any goods or services.
(5) The right is not infringed by an act which by virtue of any of the following
provisions of Schedule 2 would not infringe any of the rights conferred by
Chapter 2—
(a) paragraph 2(1A) (news reporting);
(b) paragraph 3 (incidental inclusion of a performance or recording);
(c) paragraph 4(2) (things done for the purposes of examination);
(d) paragraph 8 (parliamentary and judicial proceedings);
(e) paragraph 9 (Royal Commissions and statutory inquiries).
Right to object to derogatory treatment
205F Right to object to derogatory treatment of performance
(1) The performer of a qualifying performance has a right which is infringed
if—
(a) the performance is broadcast live, or
(b) by means of a sound recording the performance is played in public or
communicated to the public, with any distortion, mutilation or other
modification that is prejudicial to the reputation of the performer.
(2) This section has effect subject to section 205G (exceptions to right).
205G Exceptions to right
(1) The right conferred by section 205F (right to object to derogatory treatment
of performance) is subject to the following exceptions.
(2) The right does not apply in relation to any performance given for the
purposes of reporting current events.
(3) The right is not infringed by modifications made to a performance which
are consistent with normal editorial or production practice.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), the right is not infringed by anything done for the
purpose of—
(a) avoiding the commission of an offence,
(b) complying with a duty imposed by or under an enactment, or
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(c) in the case of the British Broadcasting Corporation, avoiding the
inclusion in a programme broadcast by them of anything which offends
against good taste or decency or which is likely to encourage or incite
crime or lead to disorder or to be offensive to public feeling.
(5) Where—
(a) the performer is identified in a manner likely to bring his identity to the
notice of a person seeing or hearing the performance as modified by the
act in question; or
(b) he has previously been identified in or on copies of a sound recording
issued to the public,
subsection (4) applies only if there is sufficient disclaimer.
(6) In subsection (5) "sufficient disclaimer", in relation to an act capable of
infringing the right, means a clear and reasonably prominent indication—
(a) given in a manner likely to bring it to the notice of a person seeing or
hearing the performance as modified by the act in question, and
(b) if the performer is identified at the time of the act, appearing along
with the identification, that the modifications were made without the
performer's consent.
205H Infringement of right by possessing or dealing with infringing article
(1) The right conferred by section 205F (right to object to derogatory treatment
of performance) is also infringed by a person who—
(a) possesses in the course of business, or
(b) sells or lets for hire, or offers or exposes for sale or hire, or
(c) distributes,
an article which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe is, an
infringing article.
(2) An "infringing article" means a sound recording of a qualifying performance
with any distortion, mutilation or other modification that is prejudicial to the
reputation of the performer.
Supplementary
205I Duration of rights
(1) A performer's rights under this Chapter in relation to a performance subsist
so long as that performer's rights under Chapter 2 subsist in relation to the
performance.
(2) In subsection (1) "performer's rights" includes rights of a performer that are
vested in a successor of his.
205J Consent and waiver of rights
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(1) It is not an infringement of the rights conferred by this Chapter to do any
act to which consent has been given by or on behalf of the person entitled
to the right.
(2) Any of those rights may be waived by instrument in writing signed by or on
behalf of the person giving up the right.
(3) A waiver—
(a) may relate to a specific performance, to performances of a specified
description or to performances generally, and may relate to existing or
future performances, and
(b) may be conditional or unconditional and may be expressed to be
subject to revocation,
and if made in favour of the owner or prospective owner of a performer's
property rights in the performance or performances to which it relates, it
shall be presumed to extend to his licensees and successors in title unless
a contrary intention is expressed.
(4) Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as excluding the operation of
the general law of contract or estoppel in relation to an informal waiver or
other transaction in relation to either of the rights conferred by this Chapter.
205K Application of provisions to parts of performances
(1) The right conferred by section 205C (right to be identified as performer)
applies in relation to the whole or any substantial part of a performance.
(2) The right conferred by section 205F (right to object to derogatory treatment
of performance) applies in relation to the whole or any part of a
performance.
205L Moral rights not assignable
The rights conferred by this Chapter are not assignable.
205M Transmission of moral rights on death
(1) On the death of a person entitled to a right conferred by this Chapter—
(a) the right passes to such person as he may by testamentary
disposition specifically direct,
(b) if there is no such direction but the performer's property rights in
respect of the performance in question form part of his estate, the right
passes to the person to whom the property rights pass,
(c) if or to the extent that the right does not pass under paragraph (a) or
(b) it is exercisable by his personal representatives.
(2) Where a performer's property rights pass in part to one person and in part
to another, as for example where a bequest is limited so as to apply—
(a) to one or more, but not all, of the things to which the owner has the
right to consent, or
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(b) to part, but not the whole, of the period for which the rights subsist,
any right which by virtue of subsection (1) passes with the performer's
property rights is correspondingly divided.
(3) Where by virtue of subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b) a right becomes exercisable
by more than one person—
(a) it is, in the case of the right conferred by section 205F (right to object
to derogatory treatment of performance), a right exercisable by each of
them and is satisfied in relation to any of them if he consents to the
treatment or act in question, and
(b) any waiver of the right in accordance with section 205J by one of
them does not affect the rights of the others.
(4) A consent or waiver previously given or made binds any person to whom a
right passes by virtue of subsection (1).
(5) Any damages recovered by personal representatives by virtue of this
section in respect of an infringement after a person's death shall devolve
as part of his estate as if the right of action had subsisted and been vested
in him immediately before his death.
205N Remedies for infringement of moral rights
(1) An infringement of a right conferred by this Chapter is actionable as a
breach of statutory duty owed to the person entitled to the right.
(2) Where—
(a) there is an infringement of a right conferred by this Chapter,
(b) a person falsely claiming to act on behalf of a performer consented to
the relevant conduct or purported to waive the right, and
(c) there would have been no infringement if he had been so acting,
that person shall be liable, jointly and severally with any person liable in
respect of the infringement by virtue of subsection (1), as if he himself had
infringed the right.
(3) Where proceedings for infringement of the right conferred on a performer
by this Chapter, it shall be a defence to prove—
(a) that a person claiming to act on behalf of the performer consented to
the defendant's conduct or purported to waive the right, and
(b) that the defendant reasonably believed that the person was acting on
behalf of the performer.
(4) In proceedings for infringement of the right conferred by section 205F the
court may, if it thinks it an adequate remedy in the circumstances, grant an
injunction on terms prohibiting the doing of any act unless a disclaimer is
made, in such terms and in such manner as may be approved by the court,
dissociating the performer from the broadcast or sound recording of the
performance.
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CHAPTER IV
QUALIFICATION FOR PROTECTION EXTENT AND INTERPRETATION
206 Qualifying countries, individuals and persons
(1) In this Part –
"qualifying country" means –
(a) the United Kingdom,
(b) another member State of the European Economic Community, or
(c) to the extent that an Order under section 208 so provides, a country
designated under that section as enjoying reciprocal protection;
"qualifying individual" means a citizen or subject of, or an individual
resident in, a qualifying country; and
"qualifying person" means a qualifying individual or a body corporate or
other body having legal personality which –
(a) is formed under the law of a part of the United Kingdom or another
qualifying country, and
(b) has in any qualifying country a place of business at which substantial
business activity is carried on.
(2) The reference in the definition of "qualifying individual" to a person's being
a citizen or subject of a qualifying country shall be construed –
(a) in relation to the United Kingdom, as a reference to his being a British
citizen, and
(b) in relation to a colony of the United Kingdom, as a reference to his
being a British Dependent Territories' citizen by connection with that
colony.
(3) In determining for the purpose of the definition of "qualifying person"
whether substantial business activity is carried on at a place of business in
any country, no account shall be taken of dealings in goods which are at all
material times outside that country.
207 Countries to which this Part extends
This Part extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
208 Countries enjoying reciprocal protection
(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council designate as enjoying reciprocal
protection under this Part –
(a) a Convention country, or
(b) a country as to which Her Majesty is satisfied that provision has been
or will be made under its law giving adequate protection for British
performances.
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(2) A "Convention country" means a country which is a party to a Convention
relating to performers' rights to which the United Kingdom is also a party.
(3) A "British performance" means a performance –
(a) given by an individual who is a British citizen or resident in the United
Kingdom, or
(b) taking place in the United Kingdom.
(4) If the law of that country provides adequate protection only for certain
descriptions of performance, an Order under subsection (1)(b) designating
that country shall contain provision limiting to a corresponding extent the
protection afforded by this Part in relation to performances connected with
that country.
(5) The power conferred by subsection (1)(b) is exercisable in relation to any
of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any colony of the United
Kingdom, as in relation to a foreign country.
(6) A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under this section
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
209 Territorial waters and the Continental shelf
(1) For the purposes of this Part the territorial waters of the United Kingdom
shall be treated as part of the United Kingdom.
(2) This Part applies to things done in the United Kingdom sector of the
continental shelf on a structure or vessel which is present there for
purposes directly connected with the exploration of the sea bed or subsoil
or the exploitation of their natural resources as it applies to things done in
the United Kingdom.
(3) The United Kingdom sector of the continental shelf means the areas
designated by order under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964.
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(1) This Part applies to things done on a British ship, aircraft or hovercraft as it
applies to things done in the United Kingdom.
(2) In this section –
"British ship" means a ship which is a British ship for the purposes of the
Merchant Shipping Act 1995144 otherwise than by virtue of registration in a
country outside the United Kingdom; and
"British aircraft" and "British hovercraft" mean an aircraft or hovercraft
registered in the United Kingdom.
144 Reference to Merchant Shipping Act 1995 inserted by that Act (replacing original wording “Merchant
Shipping Acts (see section 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988)”).
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210A145 Requirement of signature: application in relation to body corporate
(1) The requirement in the following provisions that an instrument be signed by
or on behalf of a person is also satisfied in the case of a body corporate by
the affixing of its seal—
section 191B(3) (assignment of performer's property rights);
section 191C(1) (assignment of future performer's property rights);
section 191D(1) (grant of exclusive licence).
(2) The requirement in the following provisions that an instrument be signed by
a person is also satisfied in the case of a body corporate by signature on
behalf of the body or by the affixing of its seal—
section 205D(2)(a) (assertion of performer's moral rights);
section 205J(2) (waiver of performer's moral rights).
Interpretation
211146 Expressions having same meaning as in copyright provisions
(1) The following expressions have the same meaning in this Part as in Part I
(copyright) –
assignment (in Scotland)
broadcast,
business,
communication to the public,
country,
defendant (in Scotland),
delivery up (in Scotland),
EEA state
film,
injunction (in Scotland),
literary work,
published,
145 s210A added by SI 2006 No.18
146 Reference in s.211(1) to “EEA national” added by SI 1995/3297, and references to “communication
to the public”, “injunction (in Scotland)” and “wireless broadcast” added by SI 2003/2498. Need to add
in refs to additional words here, or alternatively follow the less precise wording of footnote 78.
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signed
sound recording,
the EEA147 and
wireless broadcast.
(2) The provisions of:
(a) section 5B(2) and (3) (supplementary provisions relating to films),
and
(b) section 6(3) to (5A) and section 19(4) (supplementary provisions
relating to broadcasting),
apply for the purposes of this Part, and in relation to an infringement of the
rights conferred by this Part, as they apply for the purposes of Part 1 and in
relation to an infringement of copyright.
212148 Index of defined expressions
The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining
expressions used in this Chapter (other than provisions defining or
explaining an expression used only in the same section) –
149assignment (in Scotland) section 211(1) (and section177)
broadcast (and related expressions) section 211 (and section 6)
Business section 211(1) (and section 178)
communication to the public section 211(1) (and section 20)
Consent of performer (in relation to
performer’s property rights)
section 191A(2)
Country section 211(1) (and section 178)
defendant (in Scotland) section 211(1) (and section 177)
Delivery up (in Scotland) section 211(1) (and section 177)
distribution right section 182B(5)
the EEA and EEA state150 section 211(1) (and section 172A)
Exclusive recording contract section 185(1)
147 Inserted by SI 2006/1028
148 s.212 has been amended in consequence of SI 1995/3297, SI 1996/2967 and SI 2003/2498.
(Instead of including separate footnotes for assignment, group, issue to the public, signed and
wireless broadcast (the latter two which were missed anyway) it would be better to simply amend this
footnote, by adding an appropriate reference to SI 2006, etc.
149 Assignment (in Scotland) section 211(1) (and section177) added by SI 2006 No. 18
150 amended by SI 2006/1028
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Film section 211(1) (and section 5B)
151Group section 205C(4)
illicit recording section 197
Injunction (in Scotland) section 211(1) (and section 177)
152issue to the public section182B
Lending right section 182C(7)
literary work section 211(1) (and section 3(1))
Making available right section 182CA
performance section 180(2)
performer’s non-property rights section 192A(1)
performer’s property rights section 191A(1)
Published section 211(1) (and section 175)
Qualifying country section 206(1)
Qualifying individual section 206(1) and (2)
Qualifying performance section 181
Qualifying person section 206(1) and (3)
Recording (of a performance) section 180(2)
Recording rights (person having) section 185(2) and (3)
rental right section 182C(7)
reproduction right section 182A(3)
rights owner (in relation to performer’s
property rights)
section 191A(3) and (4)
Signed section211(1) (and section 176)
Sound recording section 211(1) (and section 5A)
wireless broadcast section211(1) (and section 178)
151 group section 205C(4) inserted by SI 2006/18
152 issue to the public section182B by inserted SI 2006/18
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PART VII
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
Circumvention of protection measures 153
296 Circumvention of technical devices applied to computer programs
(1) This section applies where –
(a) a technical device has been applied to a computer program; and
(b) a person (A) knowing or having reason to believe that it will be used
to make infringing copies -
(i) manufactures for sale or hire, imports, distributes, sells or lets
for hire, offers or exposes for sale or hire, advertises for sale
or hire or has in his possession for commercial purposes any
means the sole intended purpose of which is to facilitate the
unauthorised removal or circumvention of the technical
device; or
(ii) publishes information intended to enable or assist persons to
remove or circumvent the technical device.
(2) The following persons have the same rights against A as a copyright owner
has in respect of an infringement of copyright –
(a) a person –
(i) issuing to the public copies of, or
(ii) communicating to the public,
the computer program to which the technical device has been applied;
(b) the copyright owner or his exclusive licensee, if he is not the person
specified in paragraph (a);
(c) the owner or exclusive licensee of any intellectual property right in the
technical device applied to the computer program.
(3) The rights conferred by subsection (2) are concurrent, and sections 101(3)
and 102(1) to (4) apply, in proceedings under this section, in relation to
persons with concurrent rights as they apply, in proceedings mentioned in
those provisions, in relation to a copyright owner and exclusive licensee
with concurrent rights.
(4) Further, the persons in subsection (2) have the same rights under section
99 or 100 (delivery up or seizure of certain articles) in relation to any such
means as is referred to in subsection (1) which a person has in his
possession, custody or control with the intention that it should be used to
facilitate the unauthorised removal or circumvention of any technical device
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which has been applied to a computer program, as a copyright owner has
in relation to an infringing copy.
(5) The rights conferred by subsection (4) are concurrent, and section 102(5)
shall apply, as respects anything done under section 99 or 100 by virtue of
subsection (4), in relation to persons with concurrent rights as it applies, as
respects anything done under section 99 or 100, in relation to a copyright
owner and exclusive licensee with concurrent rights.
(6) In this section references to a technical device in relation to a computer
program are to any device intended to prevent or restrict acts that are not
authorised by the copyright owner of that computer program and are
restricted by copyright.
(7) The following provisions apply in relation to proceedings under this section
as in relation to proceedings under Part 1 (copyright) -
(a) sections 104 to 106 of this Act (presumptions as to certain matters
relating to copyright); and
(b) section 72 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, section 15 of the Law
Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 and section 94A
of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (withdrawal of privilege
against self-incrimination in certain proceedings relating to intellectual
property); and section 114 of this Act applies, with the necessary
modifications, in relation to the disposal of anything delivered up or
seized by virtue of subsection (4).
(8) Expressions used in this section which are defined for the purposes of Part
1 of this Act (copyright) have the same meaning as in that Part.
296ZA Circumvention of technological measures
(1) This section applies where –
(a) effective technological measures have been applied to a copyright
work other than a computer program; and
(b) a person (B) does anything which circumvents those measures
knowing, or with reasonable grounds to know, that he is pursuing that
objective.
(2) This section does not apply where a person, for the purposes of research
into cryptography, does anything which circumvents effective technological
measures unless in so doing, or in issuing information derived from that
research, he affects prejudicially the rights of the copyright owner.
(3) The following persons have the same rights against B as a copyright owner
has in respect of an infringement of copyright –
(a) a person –
(i) issuing to the public copies of, or
(ii) communicating to the public,
the work to which effective technological measures have been applied; and
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(b) the copyright owner or his exclusive licensee, if he is not the person
specified in paragraph (a).
(4) The rights conferred by subsection (3) are concurrent, and sections 101(3)
and 102(1) to (4) apply, in proceedings under this section, in relation to
persons with concurrent rights as they apply, in proceedings mentioned in
those provisions, in relation to a copyright owner and exclusive licensee
with concurrent rights.
(5) The following provisions apply in relation to proceedings under this section
as in relation to proceedings under Part 1 (copyright) –
(a) sections 104 to 106 of this Act (presumptions as to certain matters
relating to copyright); and
(b) section 72 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, section 15 of the Law
Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 and section 94A
of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (withdrawal of privilege
against self-incrimination in certain proceedings relating to intellectual
property).
(6) Subsections (1) to (4) and (5)(b) and any other provision of this Act as it
has effect for the purposes of those subsections apply, with any necessary
adaptations, to rights in performances, publication right and database right.
(7) The provisions of regulation 22 (presumptions relevant to database right)
of the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/3032)
apply in proceedings brought by virtue of this section in relation to
database right.
296ZB Devices and services designed to circumvent technological measures
(1) A person commits an offence if he –
(a) manufactures for sale or hire, or
(b) imports otherwise than for his private and domestic use, or
(c) in the course of a business –
(i) sells or lets for hire, or
(ii) offers or exposes for sale or hire, or
(iii) advertises for sale or hire, or
(iv) possesses, or
(v) distributes, or
(d) distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an
extent as to affect prejudicially the copyright owner,
any device, product or component which is primarily designed, produced,
or adapted for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of
effective technological measures.
(2) A person commits an offence if he provides, promotes, advertises or
markets –
(a) in the course of a business, or
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(b) otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to
affect prejudicially the copyright owner,
a service the purpose of which is to enable or facilitate the circumvention of
effective technological measures.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not make unlawful anything done by, or on
behalf of, law enforcement agencies or any of the intelligence services –
(a) in the interests of national security; or
(b) for the purpose of the prevention or detection of crime, the
investigation of an offence, or the conduct of a prosecution,
and in this subsection "intelligence services" has the meaning given in
section 81 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable –
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
three months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not
exceeding two years, or both.
(5) It is a defence to any prosecution for an offence under this section for the
defendant to prove that he did not know, and had no reasonable ground for
believing, that –
(a) the device, product or component; or
(b) the service,
enabled or facilitated the circumvention of effective technological
measures.
296ZC Devices and services designed to circumvent technological measures:
search warrants and forfeiture
(1) The provisions of sections 297B (search warrants), 297C (forfeiture of
unauthorised decoders: England and Wales or Northern Ireland) and 297D
(forfeiture of unauthorised decoders: Scotland) apply to offences under
section 296ZB with the following modifications.
(2) In section 297B the reference to an offence under section 297A(1) shall be
construed as a reference to an offence under section 296ZB(1) or (2).
(3) In sections 297C(2)(a) and 297D(15) the references to an offence under
section 297A(1) shall be construed as a reference to an offence under
section 296ZB(1).
(4) In sections 297C and 297D references to unauthorised decoders shall be
construed as references to devices, products or components for the
purpose of circumventing effective technological measures.
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296ZD Rights and remedies in respect of devices and services designed to
circumvent technological measures
(1) This section applies where –
(a) effective technological measures have been applied to a copyright
work other than a computer program; and
(b) a person (C) manufactures, imports, distributes, sells or lets for hire,
offers or exposes for sale or hire, advertises for sale or hire, or has in his
possession for commercial purposes any device, product or component,
or provides services which –
(i) are promoted, advertised or marketed for the purpose of the
circumvention of, or
(ii) have only a limited commercially significant purpose or use
other than to circumvent, or
(iii) are primarily designed, produced, adapted or performed for
the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of,
those measures.
(2) The following persons have the same rights against C as a copyright
owner has in respect of an infringement of copyright –
(a) a person –
(i) issuing to the public copies of, or
(ii) communicating to the public,
the work to which effective technological measures have been applied;
(b) the copyright owner or his exclusive licensee, if he is not the person
specified in paragraph (a); and
(c) the owner or exclusive licensee of any intellectual property right in the
effective technological measures applied to the work.
(3) The rights conferred by subsection (2) are concurrent, and sections 101(3)
and 102(1) to (4) apply, in proceedings under this section, in relation to
persons with concurrent rights as they apply, in proceedings mentioned in
those provisions, in relation to a copyright owner and exclusive licensee
with concurrent rights.
(4) Further, the persons in subsection (2) have the same rights under section
99 or 100 (delivery up or seizure of certain articles) in relation to any such
device, product or component which a person has in his possession,
custody or control with the intention that it should be used to circumvent
effective technological measures, as a copyright owner has in relation to
any infringing copy.
(5) The rights conferred by subsection (4) are concurrent, and section 102(5)
shall apply, as respects anything done under section 99 or 100 by virtue of
subsection (4), in relation to persons with concurrent rights as it applies, as
respects anything done under section 99 or 100, in relation to a copyright
owner and exclusive licensee with concurrent rights.
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(6) The following provisions apply in relation to proceedings under this section
as in relation to proceedings under Part 1 (copyright) -
(a) sections 104 to 106 of this Act (presumptions as to certain matters
relating to copyright); and
(b) section 72 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, section 15 of the Law
Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 and section 94A
of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (withdrawal of privilege
against self-incrimination in certain proceedings relating to intellectual
property);
and section 114 of this Act applies, with the necessary modifications, in
relation to the disposal of anything delivered up or seized by virtue of
subsection (4).
(7) In section 97(1) (innocent infringement of copyright) as it applies to
proceedings for infringement of the rights conferred by this section, the
reference to the defendant not knowing or having reason to believe that
copyright subsisted in the work shall be construed as a reference to his not
knowing or having reason to believe that his acts enabled or facilitated an
infringement of copyright.
(8) Subsections (1) to (5), (6)(b) and (7) and any other provision of this Act as
it has effect for the purposes of those subsections apply, with any
necessary adaptations, to rights in performances, publication right and
database right.
(9) The provisions of regulation 22 (presumptions relevant to database right)
of the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/3032)
apply in proceedings brought by virtue of this section in relation to
database right.
296ZE Remedy where effective technological measures prevent permitted acts
(1) In this section –
"permitted act" means an act which may be done in relation to copyright
works, notwithstanding the subsistence of copyright, by virtue of a
provision of this Act listed in Part 1 of Schedule 5A;
"voluntary measure or agreement" means –
(a) any measure taken voluntarily by a copyright owner, his exclusive
licensee or a person issuing copies of, or communicating to the public, a
work other than a computer program, or
(b) any agreement between a copyright owner, his exclusive licensee or
a person issuing copies of, or communicating to the public, a work other
than a computer program and another party,
the effect of which is to enable a person to carry out a permitted act.
(2) Where the application of any effective technological measure to a copyright
work other than a computer program prevents a person from carrying out a
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permitted act in relation to that work then that person or a person being a
representative of a class of persons prevented from carrying out a
permitted act may issue a notice of complaint to the Secretary of State.
(3) Following receipt of a notice of complaint, the Secretary of State may give
to the owner of that copyright work or an exclusive licensee such directions
as appear to the Secretary of State to be requisite or expedient for the
purpose of –
(a) establishing whether any voluntary measure or agreement relevant to
the copyright work the subject of the complaint subsists; or
(b) (where it is established there is no subsisting voluntary measure or
agreement) ensuring that the owner or exclusive licensee of that
copyright work makes available to the complainant the means of carrying
out the permitted act the subject of the complaint to the extent necessary
to so benefit from that permitted act.
(4) The Secretary of State may also give directions –
(a) as to the form and manner in which a notice of complaint in
subsection (2) may be delivered to him;
(b) as to the form and manner in which evidence of any voluntary
measure or agreement may be delivered to him; and
(c) generally as to the procedure to be followed in relation to a complaint
made under this section;
and shall publish directions given under this subsection in such manner as
in his opinion will secure adequate publicity for them.
(5) It shall be the duty of any person to whom a direction is given under
subsection (3)(a) or (b) to give effect to that direction.
(6) The obligation to comply with a direction given under subsection (3)(b) is a
duty owed to the complainant or, where the complaint is made by a
representative of a class of persons, to that representative and to each
person in the class represented; and a breach of the duty is actionable
accordingly (subject to the defences and other incidents applying to actions
for breach of statutory duty).
(7) Any direction under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent
direction under this section.
(8) Any direction given under this section shall be in writing.
(9) This section does not apply to copyright works made available to the public
on agreed contractual terms in such a way that members of the public may
access them from a place and at a time individually chosen by them.
(10) This section applies only where a complainant has lawful access to the
protected copyright work, or where the complainant is a representative of a
class of persons, where the class of persons have lawful access to the
work.
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(11) Subsections (1) to (10) apply with any necessary adaptations to –
(a) rights in performances, and in this context the expression "permitted
act" refers to an act that may be done by virtue of a provision of this Act
listed in Part 2 of Schedule 5A;
(b) database right, and in this context the expression "permitted act"
refers to an act that may be done by virtue of a provision of this Act listed
in Part 3 of Schedule 5A; and
(c) publication right.
296ZF Interpretation of sections 296ZA to 296ZE
(1) In sections 296ZA to 296ZE, "technological measures" are any technology,
device or component which is designed, in the normal course of its
operation, to protect a copyright work other than a computer program.
(2) Such measures are "effective" if the use of the work is controlled by the
copyright owner through –
(a) an access control or protection process such as encryption,
scrambling or other transformation of the work, or
(b) a copy control mechanism,
which achieves the intended protection.
(3) In this section, the reference to –
(a) protection of a work is to the prevention or restriction of acts that are
not authorised by the copyright owner of that work and are restricted by
copyright; and
(b) use of a work does not extend to any use of the work that is outside
the scope of the acts restricted by copyright.
(4) Expressions used in sections 296ZA to 296ZE which are defined for the
purposes of Part 1 of this Act (copyright) have the same meaning as in that
Part.
Rights management information
296ZG Electronic rights management information
(1) This section applies where a person (D), knowingly and without authority,
removes or alters electronic rights management information which –
(a) is associated with a copy of a copyright work, or
(b) appears in connection with the communication to the public of a
copyright work, and
where D knows, or has reason to believe, that by so doing he is inducing,
enabling, facilitating or concealing an infringement of copyright.
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(2) This section also applies where a person (E), knowingly and without
authority, distributes, imports for distribution or communicates to the public
copies of a copyright work from which electronic rights management
information –
(a) associated with the copies, or
(b) appearing in connection with the communication to the public of the
work,
has been removed or altered without authority and where E knows, or has
reason to believe, that by so doing he is inducing, enabling, facilitating or
concealing an infringement of copyright.
(3) A person issuing to the public copies of, or communicating, the work to the
public, has the same rights against D and E as a copyright owner has in
respect of an infringement of copyright.
(4) The copyright owner or his exclusive licensee, if he is not the person
issuing to the public copies of, or communicating, the work to the public,
also has the same rights against D and E as he has in respect of an
infringement of copyright.
(5) The rights conferred by subsections (3) and (4) are concurrent, and
sections 101(3) and 102(1) to (4) apply, in proceedings under this section,
in relation to persons with concurrent rights as they apply, in proceedings
mentioned in those provisions, in relation to a copyright owner and
exclusive licensee with concurrent rights.
(6) The following provisions apply in relation to proceedings under this section
as in relation to proceedings under Part 1 (copyright) –
(a) sections 104 to 106 of this Act (presumptions as to certain matters
relating to copyright); and
(b) section 72 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, section 15 of the Law
Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 and section 94A
of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (withdrawal of privilege
against self-incrimination in certain proceedings relating to intellectual
property).
(7) In this section –
(a) expressions which are defined for the purposes of Part 1 of this Act
(copyright) have the same meaning as in that Part; and
(b) "rights management information" means any information provided by
the copyright owner or the holder of any right under copyright which
identifies the work, the author, the copyright owner or the holder of any
intellectual property rights, or information about the terms and conditions
of use of the work, and any numbers or codes that represent such
information.
(8) Subsections (1) to (5) and (6)(b), and any other provision of this Act as it
has effect for the purposes of those subsections, apply, with any necessary
adaptations, to rights in performances, publication right and database right.
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(9) The provisions of regulation 22 (presumptions relevant to database right)
of the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/3032)
apply in proceedings brought by virtue of this section in relation to
database right.
Computer programs
296A154 Avoidance of certain terms
(1) Where a person has the use of a computer program under an agreement,
any term or condition in the agreement shall be void in so far as it purports
to prohibit or restrict –
(a) the making of any back up copy of the program which it is necessary
for him to have for the purposes of the agreed use;
(b) where the conditions in section 50B(2) are met, the decompiling of
the program; or
(c) the observing, studying or testing of the functioning of the program in
accordance with section 50BA.
(2) In this section, decompile, in relation to a computer program, has the same
meaning as in section 50B.
Databases
296B155 Avoidance of certain terms relating to databases
Where under an agreement a person has a right to use a database or part of
a database, any term or condition in the agreement shall be void in so far as
it purports to prohibit or restrict the performance of any act which would but
for section 50D infringe the copyright in the database.
Fraudulent reception of transmissions
297 Offence of fraudulently receiving programmes
(1) A person who dishonestly receives a programme included in a
broadcasting service provided from a place in the United Kingdom with
intent to avoid payment of any charge applicable to the reception of the
programme commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a
fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(2) Where an offence under this section committed by a body corporate is
proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a
director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person
purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate is
154 s.296A added by SI 1992/3233, and revised s.296A(1)(c) substituted by SI 2003/2498.
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guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished
accordingly.
In relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members
"director" means a member of the body corporate.
297A156 Unauthorised decoders
(1) A person commits an offence if he –
(a) makes, imports, distributes, sells or lets for hire or offers or exposes
for sale or hire any unauthorised decoder;
(b) has in his possession for commercial purposes any unauthorised
decoder;
(c) instals, maintains or replaces for commercial purposes any
unauthorised decoder; or
(d) advertises any unauthorised decoder for sale or hire or otherwise
promotes any unauthorised decoder by means of commercial
communications.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable –
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six
months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
ten years, or to a fine, or to both.
(3) It is a defence to any prosecution for an offence under this section for the
defendant to prove that he did not know, and had no reasonable ground for
believing, that the decoder was an unauthorised decoder.
(4) In this section –
"apparatus" includes any device, component or electronic data (including
software);
"conditional access technology" means any technical measure or
arrangement whereby access to encrypted transmissions in an intelligible
form is made conditional on prior individual authorisation;
"decoder" means any apparatus which is designed or adapted to enable
(whether on its own or with any other apparatus) an encrypted
transmission to be decoded;
"encrypted" includes subjected to scrambling or the operation of
cryptographic envelopes, electronic locks, passwords or any other
analogous application;
156 Revised s.297A substituted by SI 2000/1175 (replacing that originally added by the Broadcasting
Act 1990 and amended by the Broadcasting Act 1996). Revised s.297A(2)(a) substituted, and
penalty in s.297A(2)(b) increased from two years to ten, by the Copyright etc. and Trade Marks
(Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002.
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"transmission" means –
(a) any programme included in a broadcasting service which is provided
from a place in the United Kingdom or any other member State; or
(b) an information society service (within the meaning of Directive
98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22nd June
1998, as amended by Directive 98/48/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 20th July 1998) which is provided from a place in
the United Kingdom or any other member State; and
"unauthorised", in relation to a decoder, means that the decoder is
designed or adapted to enable an encrypted transmission, or any service
of which it forms part, to be accessed in an intelligible form without
payment of the fee (however imposed) which the person making the
transmission, or on whose behalf it is made, charges for accessing the
transmission or service (whether by the circumvention of any conditional
access technology related to the transmission or service or by any other
means).
297B157 Search warrants
(1) Where a justice of the peace (in Scotland, a sheriff or justice of the peace)
is satisfied by information on oath given by a constable (in Scotland, by
evidence on oath) that there are reasonable grounds for believing –
(a) that an offence under section 297A(1) has been or is about to be
committed in any premises, and
(b) that evidence that such an offence has been or is about to be
committed is in those premises,
he may issue a warrant authorising a constable to enter and search the
premises, using such reasonable force as is necessary.
(2) The power conferred by subsection (1) does not, in England and Wales,
extend to authorising a search for material of the kinds mentioned in
section 9(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (certain
classes of personal or confidential material).
(3) A warrant under subsection (1) –
(a) may authorise persons to accompany any constable executing the
warrant, and
(b) remains in force for three months from the date of its issue.
(4) In executing a warrant issued under subsection (1) a constable may seize
an article if he reasonably believes that it is evidence that any offence
under section 297A(1) has been or is about to be committed.
157 ss.297B-D added by the Copyright etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002.
s.297B(3)(b) “28 days” replaced by “three months” under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act
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(5) In this section "premises" includes land, buildings, fixed or moveable
structures, vehicles, vessels, aircraft and hovercraft.
297C Forfeiture of unauthorised decoders: England and Wales or Northern
Ireland
(1) In England and Wales or Northern Ireland where unauthorised decoders
have come into the possession of any person in connection with the
investigation or prosecution of a relevant offence, that person may apply
under this section for an order for the forfeiture of the unauthorised
decoders.
(2) For the purposes of this section "relevant offence" means –
(a) an offence under section 297A(1) (criminal liability for making,
importing, etc. unauthorised decoders),
(b) an offence under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968, or
(c) an offence involving dishonesty or deception.
(3) An application under this section may be made –
(a) where proceedings have been brought in any court for a relevant
offence relating to some or all of the unauthorised decoders, to that
court, or
(b) where no application for the forfeiture of the unauthorised decoders
has been made under paragraph (a), by way of complaint to a
magistrates' court.
(4) On an application under this section, the court shall make an order for the
forfeiture of any unauthorised decoders only if it is satisfied that a relevant
offence has been committed in relation to the unauthorised decoders.
(5) A court may infer for the purposes of this section that such an offence has
been committed in relation to any unauthorised decoders if it is satisfied
that such an offence has been committed in relation to unauthorised
decoders which are representative of the unauthorised decoders in
question (whether by reason of being of the same design or part of the
same consignment or batch or otherwise).
(6) Any person aggrieved by an order made under this section by a
magistrates' court, or by a decision of such a court not to make such an
order, may appeal against that order or decision –
(a) in England and Wales, to the Crown Court, or
(b) in Northern Ireland, to the county court.
(7) An order under this section may contain such provision as appears to the
court to be appropriate for delaying the coming into force of the order
pending the making and determination of any appeal (including any
application under section 111 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) or
Article 146 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I.
1981/1675 (N.I. 26)) (statement of case)).
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(8) Subject to subsection (9), where any unauthorised decoders are forfeited
under this section they shall be destroyed in accordance with such
directions as the court may give.
(9) On making an order under this section the court may direct that the
unauthorised decoders to which the order relates shall (instead of being
destroyed) be forfeited to a person who has rights or remedies under
section 298 in relation to the unauthorised decoders in question, or dealt
with in such other way as the court considers appropriate.
297D Forfeiture of unauthorised decoders: Scotland
(1) In Scotland the court may make an order under this section for the
forfeiture of unauthorised decoders.
(2) An order under this section may be made –
(a) on an application by the procurator-fiscal made in the manner
specified in section 134 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.
46), or
(b) where a person is convicted of a relevant offence, in addition to any
other penalty which the court may impose.
(3) On an application under subsection (2)(a), the court shall make an order
for the forfeiture of any unauthorised decoders only if it is satisfied that a
relevant offence has been committed in relation to the unauthorised
decoders.
(4) The court may infer for the purposes of this section that such an offence
has been committed in relation to any unauthorised decoders if it is
satisfied that such an offence has been committed in relation to
unauthorised decoders which are representative of the unauthorised
decoders in question (whether by reason of being of the same design or
part of the same consignment or batch or otherwise).
(5) The procurator-fiscal making the application under subsection (2)(a) shall
serve on any person appearing to him to be the owner of, or otherwise to
have an interest in, the unauthorised decoders to which the application
relates a copy of the application, together with a notice giving him the
opportunity to appear at the hearing of the application to show cause why
the unauthorised decoders should not be forfeited.
(6) Service under subsection (5) shall be carried out, and such service may be
proved, in the manner specified for citation of an accused in summary
proceedings under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46).
(7) Any person upon whom notice is served under subsection (5) and any
other person claiming to be the owner of, or otherwise to have an interest
in, unauthorised decoders to which an application under this section
relates shall be entitled to appear at the hearing of the application to show
cause why the unauthorised decoders should not be forfeited.
(8) The court shall not make an order following an application under
subsection (2)(a) –
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(a) if any person on whom notice is served under subsection (5) does not
appear, unless service of the notice on that person is proved, or
(b) if no notice under subsection (5) has been served, unless the court is
satisfied that in the circumstances it was reasonable not to serve such
notice.
(9) Where an order for the forfeiture of any unauthorised decoders is made
following an application under subsection (2)(a), any person who
appeared, or was entitled to appear, to show cause why the unauthorised
decoders should not be forfeited may, within 21 days of the making of the
order, appeal to the High Court by Bill of Suspension.
(10) Section 182(5)(a) to (e) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
shall apply to an appeal under subsection (9) as it applies to a stated case
under Part 2 of that Act.
(11) An order following an application under subsection (2)(a) shall not take
effect –
(a) until the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day after the
day on which the order is made, or
(b) if an appeal is made under subsection (9) above within that period,
until the appeal is determined or abandoned.
(12) An order under subsection (2)(b) shall not take effect –
(a) until the end of the period within which an appeal against the order
could be brought under the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.
46), or
(b) if an appeal is made within that period, until the appeal is determined
or abandoned.
(13) Subject to subsection (14), where any unauthorised decoders are forfeited
under this section they shall be destroyed in accordance with such
directions as the court may give.
(14) On making an order under this section the court may direct that the
unauthorised decoders to which the order relates shall (instead of being
destroyed) be forfeited to a person who has rights or remedies under
section 298 in relation to the unauthorised decoders in question, or dealt
with in such other way as the court considers appropriate.
(15) For the purposes of this section –
“relevant offence" means an offence under section 297A(1) (criminal
liability for making, importing, etc. unauthorised decoders), or under the
Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (c. 29) or any offence involving dishonesty or
deception;
"the court" means –
(a) in relation to an order made on an application under subsection
(2)(a), the sheriff, and
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(b) in relation to an order made under subsection (2)(b), the court which
imposed the penalty.
298158 Rights and remedies in respect of apparatus, &c. for unauthorised
reception of transmissions
(1) A person who –
(a) makes charges for the reception of programmes included in a
broadcasting service provided from a place in the United Kingdom or
any other member State,
(b) sends encrypted transmissions of any other description from a place
in the United Kingdom or any other member State, or
(c) provides conditional access services from a place in the United
Kingdom or any other member State,
is entitled to the following rights and remedies.
(2) He has the same rights and remedies against a person –
(a) who –
(i) makes, imports, distributes, sells or lets for hire, offers or
exposes for sale or hire, or advertises for sale or hire,
(ii) has in his possession for commercial purposes, or
(iii) instals, maintains or replaces for commercial purposes,
any apparatus designed or adapted to enable or assist persons to access
the programmes or other transmissions or circumvent conditional access
technology related to the programmes or other transmissions when they
are not entitled to do so, or
(b) who publishes or otherwise promotes by means of commercial
communications any information which is calculated to enable or assist
persons to access the programmes or other transmissions or circumvent
conditional access technology related to the programmes or other
transmissions when they are not entitled to do so,
as a copyright owner has in respect of an infringement of copyright.
(3) Further, he has the same rights under section 99 or 100 (delivery up or
seizure of certain articles) in relation to any such apparatus as a copyright
owner has in relation to an infringing copy.
(4) Section 72 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, section 15 of the Law Reform
(Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 and section 94A of the
Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (withdrawal of privilege against selfincrimination
in certain proceedings relating to intellectual property) apply
to proceedings under this section as to proceedings under Part I of this Act
(copyright).
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(5) In section 97(1) (innocent infringement of copyright) as it applies to
proceedings for infringement of the rights conferred by this section, the
reference to the defendant not knowing or having reason to believe that
copyright subsisted in the work shall be construed as a reference to his not
knowing or having reason to believe that his acts infringed the rights
conferred by this section.
(6) Section 114 applies, with the necessary modifications, in relation to the
disposal of anything delivered up or seized by virtue of subsection (3)
above.
(7) In this section "apparatus", "conditional access technology" and
"encrypted" have the same meanings as in section 297A, "transmission"
includes transmissions as defined in that section and "conditional access
services" means services comprising the provision of conditional access
technology.
299159 Supplementary provisions as to fraudulent reception
(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council –
(a) provide that section 297 applies in relation to programmes included in
services provided from a country or territory outside the United Kingdom,
and
(b) provide that section 298 applies in relation to such programmes and
to encrypted transmissions sent from such a country or territory.
(2) [(2)]
(3) A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under subsection (1)
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House
of Parliament.
(4) Where sections 297 and 298 apply in relation to a broadcasting service,
they also apply to any service run for the person providing that service, or
a person providing programmes for that service, which consists wholly or
mainly in the sending by means of a telecommunications system of sounds
or visual images, or both.
(5) In sections 297, 297A and 298, and this section, "programme" and
"broadcasting", and related expressions, have the same meaning as in
Part I (copyright).
[300 - relates to trade marks]
Provisions for the benefit of the Hospital for Sick Children
301 Provisions for the benefit of the Hospital for Sick Children
The provisions of Schedule 6 have effect for conferring on trustees for the
159 s.299(2) deleted, and reference in s.299(5) to s.297A added, by the Broadcasting Act 1990.
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benefit of the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, a
right to a royalty in respect of the public performance, commercial publication
or communication to the public of the play "Peter Pan" by Sir James Matthew
Barrie, or of any adaptation of that work, notwithstanding that copyright in the
work expired on 31st December 1987.
Financial assistance for certain international bodies
302 Financial assistance for certain international bodies
(1) The Secretary of State may give financial assistance, in the form of grants,
loans or guarantees to –
(a) any international organisation having functions relating to trade marks
or other intellectual property, or
(b) any Community institution or other body established under any of the
Community Treaties having any such functions,
with a view to the establishment or maintenance by that organisation,
institution or body of premises in the United Kingdom.
(2) Any expenditure of the Secretary of State under this section shall be
defrayed out of money provided by Parliament; and any sums received by
the Secretary of State in consequence of this section shall be paid into the
Consolidated Fund.
General
303 Consequential amendments and repeals
(1) The enactments specified in Schedule 7 are amended in accordance with
that Schedule, the amendments being consequential on the provisions of
this Act.
(2) The enactments specified in Schedule 8 are repealed to the extent
specified.
304 Extent
(1) Provision as to the extent of Part I (copyright), Part II (rights in
performances) and Part III (design right) is to be found in sections 157, 207
and 255 respectively; the extent of the other provisions of this Act is as
follows.
(2) Part IV to Part VII extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern
Ireland, except that –
(a) sections 287 to 292 (patents county courts) extend to England and
Wales only,
(b) the proper law of the trust created by Schedule 6 (provisions for the
benefit of the Hospital for Sick Children) is the law of England and Wales,
and
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(c) the amendments and repeals in Schedules 7 and 8 have the same
extent as the enactments amended or repealed.
(3) The following provisions extend to the Isle of Man subject to any
modifications contained in an Order made by Her Majesty in Council –
(a) sections 293 and 294 (patents: licences of right), and
(b) paragraphs 24 and 29 of Schedule 5 (patents: effect of filing
international application for patent and power to extend time limits).
(4) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the following provisions
extend to the Isle of Man, with such exceptions and modifications as may
be specified in the Order –
(a) Part IV (registered designs),
(b) Part V (patent agents),
(c) the provisions of Schedule 5 (patents: miscellaneous amendments)
not mentioned in subsection (3) above,
(d) sections 297 to 299 (fraudulent reception of transmissions), and
(e) section 300 (fraudulent application or use of trade mark).
(5) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that sections 297 to 299
(fraudulent reception of transmissions) extend to any of the Channel
Islands, with such exceptions and modifications as may be specified in the
Order.
(6) Any power conferred by this Act to make provision by Order in Council for
or in connection with the extent of provisions of this Act to a country
outside the United Kingdom includes power to extend to that country,
subject to any modifications specified in the Order, any provision of this Act
which amends or repeals an enactment extending to that country.
305 Commencement
(1) The following provisions of this Act come into force on Royal Assent –
paragraphs 24 and 29 of Schedule 5 (patents: effect of filing international
application for patent and power to extend time limits);
section 301 and Schedule 6 (provisions for the benefit of the Hospital for
Sick Children).
(2) Sections 293 and 294 (licences of right) come into force at the end of the
period of two months beginning with the passing of this Act.
(3) The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the
Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and
different days may be appointed for different provisions and different
purposes.
306 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
SCHEDULES
Section 170 SCHEDULE 1
COPYRIGHT: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS 160
Introductory
1 (1) In this Schedule -
"the 1911 Act" means the Copyright Act 1911,
"the 1956 Act" means the Copyright Act 1956, and
"the new copyright provisions" means the provisions of this Act relating to copyright,
that is, Part I (including this Schedule) and Schedules 3, 7 and 8 so far as they make
amendments or repeals consequential on the provisions of Part I.
(2) References in this Schedule to "commencement", without more, are to the date on
which the new copyright provisions come into force.
(3) References in this Schedule to "existing works" are to works made before
commencement; and for this purpose a work of which the making extended over a period
shall be taken to have been made when its making was completed.
2 (1) In relation to the 1956 Act, references in this Schedule to a work include any work or
other subject-matter within the meaning of that Act.
(2) In relation to the 1911 Act -
(a) references in this Schedule to copyright include the right conferred by section 24 of
that Act in substitution for a right subsisting immediately before the commencement of
that Act;
(b) references in this Schedule to copyright in a sound recording are to the copyright
under that Act in records embodying the recording; and
(c) references in this Schedule to copyright in a film are to any copyright under that Act
in the film (so far as it constituted a dramatic work for the purposes of that Act) or in
photographs forming part of the film.
General principles: continuity of the law
3 The new copyright provisions apply in relation to things existing at commencement as
they apply in relation to things coming into existence after commencement, subject to
any express provision to the contrary.
4 (1) The provisions of this paragraph have effect for securing the continuity of the law so
far as the new copyright provisions re-enact (with or without modification) earlier
provisions.
(2) A reference in an enactment, instrument or other document to copyright, or to a work
or other subject-matter in which copyright subsists, which apart from this Act would be
construed as referring to copyright under the 1956 Act shall be construed, so far as may
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be required for continuing its effect, as being, or as the case may require, including, a
reference to copyright under this Act or to works in which copyright subsists under this
Act.
(3) Anything done (including subordinate legislation made), or having effect as done,
under or for the purposes of a provision repealed by this Act has effect as if done under
or for the purposes of the corresponding provision of the new copyright provisions.
(4) References (expressed or implied) in this Act or any other enactment, instrument or
document to any of the new copyright provisions shall, so far as the context permits, be
construed as including, in relation to times, circumstances and purposes before
commencement, a reference to corresponding earlier provisions.
(5) A reference (express or implied) in an enactment, instrument or other document to a
provision repealed by this Act shall be construed, so far as may be required for
continuing its effect, as a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.
(6) The provisions of this paragraph have effect subject to any specific transitional
provision or saving and to any express amendment made by this Act.
subsistence of copyright
5 (1) Copyright subsists in an existing work after commencement only if copyright
subsisted in it immediately before commencement.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not prevent an existing work qualifying for copyright
protection after commencement -
(a) under section 155 (qualification by virtue of first publication), or
(b) by virtue of an Order under section 159 (application of Part I to countries to which it
does not extend).
6 (1) Copyright shall not subsist by virtue of this Act in an artistic work made before 1st
June 1957 which at the time when the work was made constituted a design capable of
registration under the Registered Designs Act 1949 or under the enactments repealed by
that Act, and was used, or intended to be used, as a model or pattern to be multiplied by
an industrial process.
(2) For this purpose a design shall be deemed to be used as a model or pattern to be
multiplied by any industrial process -
(a) when the design is reproduced or is intended to be reproduced on more than 50
single articles, unless all the articles in which the design is reproduced or is intended to
be reproduced together form only a single set of articles as defined in section 44(1) of
the Registered Designs Act 1949, or
(b) when the design is to be applied to -
(i) printed paper hangings,
(ii) carpets, floor cloths or oil cloths, manufactured or sold in lengths or pieces,
(iii) textile piece goods, or textile goods manufactured or sold in lengths or pieces, or
(iv) lace, not made by hand.
7 (1) No copyright subsists in a film, as such, made before 1st June 1957.
(2) Where a film made before that date was an original dramatic work within the
meaning of the 1911 Act, the new copyright provisions have effect in relation to the film
as if it was an original dramatic work within the meaning of Part I.
(3) The new copyright provisions have effect in relation to photographs forming part of a
film made before 1st June 1957 as they have effect in relation to photographs not
forming part of a film.
8 (1) A film sound-track to which section 13(9) of the 1956 Act applied before
commencement (film to be taken to include sounds in associated soundtrack) shall be
treated for the purposes of the new copyright provisions not as part of the film, but as a
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sound recording.
(2) However -
(a) copyright subsists in the sound recording only if copyright subsisted in the film
immediately before commencement, and it continues to subsist until copyright in the
film expires;
(b) the author and first owner of copyright in the film shall be treated as having been
author and first owner of the copyright in the sound recording; and
(c) anything done before commencement under or in relation to the copyright in the
film continues to have effect in relation to the sound recording as in relation to the film.
9161 No copyright subsists in -
(a) a wireless broadcast made before 1st June 1957, or
(b) a broadcast by cable made before 1st January 1985;
and any such broadcast shall be disregarded for the purposes of section 14(5) (duration
of copyright in repeats).
Authorship of work
10 The question who was the author of an existing work shall be determined in accordance
with the new copyright provisions for the purposes of the rights conferred by Chapter IV
of Part I (moral rights), and for all other purposes shall be determined in accordance with
the law in force at the time the work was made.
First ownership of copyright
11 (1) The question who was first owner of copyright in an existing work shall be
determined in accordance with the law in force at the time the work was made.
(2) Where before commencement a person commissioned the making of a work in
circumstances falling within -
(a) section 4(3) of the 1956 Act or paragraph (a) of the proviso to section 5(1) of the
1911 Act (photographs, portraits and engravings), or
(b) the proviso to section 12(4) of the 1956 Act (sound recordings),
those provisions apply to determine first ownership of copyright in any work made in
pursuance of the commission after commencement.
Duration of copyright in existing works
12 (1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the duration of copyright in
existing works.
The question which provision applies to a work shall be determined by reference to the
facts immediately before commencement; and expressions used in this paragraph which
were defined for the purposes of the 1956 Act have the same meaning as in that Act.
(2) Copyright in the following descriptions of work continues to subsist until the date on
which it would have expired under the 1956 Act -
(a) literary, dramatic or musical works in relation to which the period of 50 years
mentioned in the proviso to section 2(3) of the 1956 Act (duration of copyright in works
made available to the public after the death of the author) has begun to run;
(b) engravings in relation to which the period of 50 years mentioned in the proviso to
section 3(4) of the 1956 Act (duration of copyright in works published after the death of
the author) has begun to run;
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(c) published photographs and photographs taken before 1st June 1957;
(d) published sound recordings and sound recordings made before 1st June 1957;
(e) published films and films falling within section 13(3)(a) of the 1956 Act (films
registered under former enactments relating to registration of films).
(3) Copyright in anonymous or pseudonymous literary, dramatic, musical or artistic
works (other than photographs) continues to subsist -
(a) if the work is published, until the date on which it would have expired in
accordance with the 1956 Act, and
(b)162 if the work is unpublished, until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of
the calendar year in which the new copyright provisions come into force or, if during
that period the work is first made available to the public within the meaning of section
12(3) (duration of copyright in works of unknown authorship), the date on which
copyright expires in accordance with that provision;
unless, in any case, the identity of the author becomes known before that date, in which
case section 12(2) applies (general rule: life of the author plus 70 years).
(4) Copyright in the following descriptions of work continues to subsist until the end of
the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the new copyright
provisions come into
force -
(a) literary, dramatic and musical works of which the author has died and in relation to
which none of the acts mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) of the proviso to section 2(3)
of the 1956 Act has been done;
(b) unpublished engravings of which the author has died;
(c) unpublished photographs taken on or after 1st June 1957.
(5) Copyright in the following descriptions of work continues to subsist until the end of
the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the new copyright
provisions come into
force -
(a) unpublished sound recordings made on or after 1st June 1957;
(b) films not falling within sub-paragraph (2)(e) above,
unless the recording or film is published before the end of that period in which case
copyright in it shall continue until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the
calendar year in which the
recording or film is published.
(6) Copyright in any other description of existing work continues to subsist until the date
on which copyright in that description of work expires in accordance with sections 12 to
15 of this Act.
(7) The above provisions do not apply to works subject to Crown or Parliamentary
copyright (see paragraphs 41 to 43 below).
Perpetual copyright under the Copyright Act 1775
13 (1) The rights conferred on universities and colleges by the Copyright Act 1775 shall
continue to subsist until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar
year in which the new copyright provisions come into force and shall then expire.
(2) The provisions of the following Chapters of Part I -
Chapter III (acts permitted in relation to copyright works),
Chapter VI (remedies for infringement),
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Chapter VII (provisions with respect to copyright licensing), and
Chapter VIII (the Copyright Tribunal),
apply in relation to those rights as they apply in relation to copyright under this Act.
Acts infringing copyright
14 (1) The provisions of Chapter II and III of Part I as to the acts constituting an infringement
of copyright apply only in relation to acts done after commencement; the provisions of
the 1956 Act continue to apply in relation to acts done before commencement.
(2) So much of section 18(2) as extends the restricted act of issuing copies to the public
to include the rental to the public of copies of sound recordings, films or computer
programs does not apply in relation to a copy of a sound recording, film or computer
program acquired by any person before commencement for the purpose of renting it to
the public.
(3) For the purposes of section 27 (meaning of "infringing copy") the question whether
the making of an article constituted an infringement of copyright, or would have done if
the article had been made in the United Kingdom, shall be determined -
(a) in relation to an article made on or after 1st June 1957 and before commencement,
by reference to the 1956 Act, and
(b) in relation to an article made before 1st June 1957, by reference to the 1911 Act.
(4) For the purposes of the application of sections 31(2), 51(2) and 62(3) (subsequent
exploitation of things whose making was, by virtue of an earlier provision of the section,
not an infringement of copyright) to things made before commencement, it shall be
assumed that the new copyright provisions were in force at all material times.
(5) Section 55 (articles for producing material in a particular typeface) applies where
articles have been marketed as mentioned in subsection 55(1) before commencement
with the substitution for the period mentioned in subsection 55(3) of the period of 25
years from the end of the calendar year in which the new copyright provisions come into
force.
(6) Section 56 (transfer of copies, adaptations, &c. of work in electronic form) does not
apply in relation to a copy purchased before commencement.
(7) In Section 65 (reconstruction of buildings) the reference to the owner of the copyright
in the drawings or plans is, in relation to buildings constructed before commencement, to
the person who at the time of the construction was the owner of the copyright in the
drawings or plans under the 1956 Act, the 1911 Act or any enactment repealed by the
1911 Act.
15 (1) Section 57 (anonymous or pseudonymous works: acts permitted on assumptions as
to expiry of copyright or death of author) has effect in relation to existing works subject to
the following provisions.
(2) Subsection 57(1)(b)(i) (assumption as to expiry of copyright) does not apply in
relation to -
(a) photographs, or
(b) the rights mentioned in paragraph 13 above (rights conferred by the Copyright Act
1775).
[(3)]163
16 The following provisions of section 7 of the 1956 Act continue to apply in relation to
existing
works -
(a) subsection (6) (copying of unpublished works from manuscript or copy in library,
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museum or other institution);
(b) subsection (7) (publication of work containing material to which subsection (6)
applies), except paragraph (a) (duty to give notice of intended publication);
(c) subsection (8) (subsequent broadcasting, performance, &c. of material published in
accordance with subsection (7));
and subsection (9)(d) (illustrations) continues to apply for the purposes of those
provisions.
17 Where in the case of a dramatic or musical work made before 1st July 1912, the right
conferred by the 1911 Act did not include the sole right to perform the work in public, the
acts restricted by the copyright shall be treated as not including -
(a) performing the work in public,
(b) communicating the work to the public, or
(c) doing any of the above in relation to an adaptation of the work;
and where the right conferred by the 1911 Act consisted only of the sole right to perform
the work in public, the acts restricted by the copyright shall be treated as consisting only
of those acts.
18 Where a work made before 1st July 1912 consists of an essay, article or portion forming
part of and first published in a review, magazine or other periodical or work of a like
nature, the copyright is subject to any right of publishing the essay, article, or portion in a
separate form to which the author was entitled at the commencement of the 1911 Act, or
would if that Act had not been passed, have become entitled under section 18 of the
Copyright Act 1842.
Designs
19 (1) Section 51 (exclusion of copyright protection in relation to works recorded or
embodied in design document or models) does not apply for ten years after
commencement in relation to a design recorded or embodied in a design document or
model before commencement.
(2) During those ten years the following provisions of Part III (design right) apply to any
relevant copyright as in relation to design right -
(a) sections 237 to 239 (availability of licences of right), and
(b) section 247 and 248 (application to comptroller to settle terms of licence of right).
(3) In section 237 as it applies by virtue of this paragraph, for the reference in
subsection (1) to the last five years of the design right term there shall be substituted a
reference to the last five years of the period of ten years referred to in sub-paragraph (1)
above, or to so much of those last five years during which copyright subsists.
(4) In section 239 as it applies by virtue of this paragraph, for the reference in
subsection (1)(b) to section 230 there shall be substituted a reference to section 99.
(5) Where a licence of right is available by virtue of this paragraph, a person to whom a
licence was granted before commencement may apply to the comptroller for an order
adjusting the terms of that licence.
(6) The provisions of sections 249 and 250 (appeals and rules) apply in relation to
proceedings brought under or by virtue of this paragraph as to proceedings under Part
III.
(7) A licence granted by virtue of this paragraph shall relate only to acts which would be
permitted by section 51 if the design document or model had been made after
commencement.
(8) Section 100 (right to seize infringing copies, &c.) does not apply during the period of
ten years referred to in sub-paragraph (1) in relation to anything to which it would not
apply if the design in question had been first recorded or embodied in a design document
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or model after commencement.
(9) Nothing in this paragraph affects the operation of any rule of law preventing or
restricting the enforcement of copyright in relation to a design.
20 (1) Where section 10 of the 1956 Act (effect of industrial application of design
corresponding to artistic work) applied in relation to an artistic work at any time before
commencement, section 52(2) of this Act applies with the substitution for the period of 25
years mentioned there of the relevant period of 15 years as defined in section 10(3) of
the 1956 Act.
(2) Except as provided in sub-paragraph (1), section 52 applies only where articles are
marketed as mentioned in subsection 52(1)(b) after commencement.
Abolition of statutory recording licence
21 Section 8 of the 1956 Act (statutory licence to copy records sold by retail), continues to
apply where notice under subsection (1)(b) of that section was given before the repeal of
that section by this Act, but only in respect of the making of records -
(a) within one year of the repeal coming into force, and
(b) up to the number stated in the notice as intended to be sold.
Moral rights
22 (1) No act done before commencement is actionable by virtue of any provision of
Chapter IV of Part I (moral rights).
(2) Section 43 of the 1956 Act (false attribution of authorship) continues to apply in
relation to acts done before commencement.
23 (1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the rights conferred by -
(a) section 77 (right to be identified as author or director), and
(b) section 80 (right to object to derogatory treatment of work).
(2) The rights do not apply -
(a) in relation to a literary, dramatic, musical and artistic work of which the author died
before commencement; or
(b) in relation to a film made before commencement.
(3) The rights in relation to an existing literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work do not
apply -
(a) where copyright first vested in the author, to anything which by virtue of an
assignment of copyright made or licence granted before commencement may be done
without infringing copyright;
(b) where copyright first vested in a person other than the author, to anything done by
or with the licence of the copyright owner.
(4) The rights do not apply to anything done in relation to a record made in pursuance of
section 8 of the 1956 Act (statutory recording licence).
24 The right conferred by section 85 (right to privacy of certain photographs and films) does
not apply to photographs taken or films made before commencement.
Assignments and licences
25 (1) Any document made or event occurring before commencement which had any
operation -
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(a) affecting the ownership of the copyright in an existing work, or
(b) creating, transferring or terminating an interest, right or licence in respect of the
copyright in an existing work,
has the corresponding operation in relation to copyright in the work under this Act.
(2) Expressions used in such a document shall be construed in accordance with their
effect immediately before commencement.
26 (1) Section 91(1) of this Act (assignment of future copyright: statutory vesting of legal
interest on copyright coming into existence) does not apply in relation to an agreement
made before 1st June 1957.
(2) The repeal by this Act of section 37(2) of the 1956 Act (assignment of future
copyright: devolution of right where assignee dies before copyright comes into existence)
does not affect the operation of that provision in relation to an agreement made before
commencement.
27 (1) Where the author of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work was the first owner
of the copyright in it, no assignment of the copyright and no grant of any interest in it,
made by him (otherwise than by will) after the passing of the 1911 Act and before 1st
June 1957, shall be operative to vest in the assignee or grantee any rights with respect
to the copyright in the work beyond the expiration of 25 years from the death of the
author.
(2) The reversionary interest in the copyright expectant on the termination of that period
may after
commencement be assigned by the author during his life but in the absence of any
assignment shall, on his death, devolve on his legal personal representatives as part of
his estate.
(3) Nothing in this paragraph affects -
(a) an assignment of the reversionary interest by a person to whom it has been
assigned,
(b) an assignment of the reversionary interest after the death of the author by his
personal representatives or any person becoming entitled to it, or
(c) any assignment of the copyright after the reversionary interest has fallen in.
(4) Nothing in this paragraph applies to the assignment of the copyright in a collective
work or a licence to publish a work or part of a work as part of a collective work.
(5) In sub-paragraph (4) "collective work" means -
(a) any encyclopaedia, dictionary, yearbook, or similar work;
(b) a newspaper, review, magazine, or similar periodical; and
(c) any work written in distinct parts by different authors, or in which works or parts of
works of different authors are incorporated.
28 (1) This paragraph applies where copyright subsists in a literary, dramatic, musical or
artistic work made before 1st July 1912 in relation to which the author, before the
commencement of the 1911 Act, made such an assignment or grant as was mentioned
in paragraph (a) of the proviso to section 24(1) of that Act (assignment or grant of
copyright or performing right for full term of the right under the previous law).
(2) If before commencement any event has occurred or notice has been given which by
virtue of paragraph 38 of Schedule 7 to the 1956 Act had any operation in relation to
copyright in the work under that Act, the event or notice has the corresponding operation
in relation to copyright under this Act.
(3) Any right which immediately before commencement would by virtue of paragraph
38(3) of that Schedule have been exercisable in relation to the work, or copyright in it, is
exercisable in relation to the work or copyright in it under this Act.
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(4) If in accordance with paragraph 38(4) of that Schedule copyright would, on a date
after the commencement of the 1956 Act, have reverted to the author or his personal
representatives and that date falls after the commencement of the new copyright
provisions -
(a) the copyright in the work shall revert to the author or his personal representatives,
as the case may be, and
(b) any interest of any other person in the copyright which subsists on that date by
virtue of any document made before the commencement of the 1911 Act shall
thereupon determine.
29 Section 92(2) of this Act (rights of exclusive licensee against successors in title of person
granting licence) does not apply in relation to an exclusive licence granted before
commencement.
Bequests
30 (1) Section 93 of this Act (copyright to pass under will with original document or other
material thing embodying unpublished work) -
(a) does not apply where the testator died before 1st June 1957, and
(b) where the testator died on or after that date and before commencement, applies
only in relation to an original document embodying a work.
(2) In the case of an author who died before 1st June 1957, the ownership after his death
of a manuscript of his, where such ownership has been acquired under a testamentary
disposition made by him and the manuscript is of a work which has not been published
or performed in public, is prima facie proof of the copyright being with the owner of the
manuscript.
Remedies for infringement
31 (1) Section 96 and 97 of this Act (remedies for infringement) apply only in relation to an
infringement of copyright committed after commencement; section 17 of the 1956 Act
continues to apply in relation to infringements committed before commencement.
(2) Sections 99 and 100 of this Act (delivery up or seizure of infringing copies, &c.) apply
to infringing copies and other articles made before or after commencement; section 18 of
the 1956 Act, and section 7 of the 1911 Act, (conversion damages, &c.), do not apply
after commencement except for the purposes of proceedings begun before
commencement.
(3) Sections 101 to 102 of this Act (rights and remedies of exclusive licensee) apply
where sections 96 to 100 of this Act apply; section 19 of the 1956 Act continues to apply
where section 17 or section 18 of that Act applies.
(4) Sections 104 to 106 of this Act (presumptions) apply only in proceedings brought by
virtue of this Act; section 20 of the 1956 Act continues to apply in proceedings brought by
virtue of that Act.
32 Sections 101 and 102 of this Act (rights and remedies of exclusive licensee) do not apply
to a licence granted before 1st June 1957.
33 (1) The provisions of section 107 of this Act (criminal liability for making or dealing with
infringing articles, &c.) apply only in relation to acts done after commencement; section
21 of the 1956 Act (penalties and summary proceedings in respect of dealings which
infringe copyright) continues to apply in relation to acts done before commencement.
(2) Section 109 of this Act (search warrants) applies in relation to offences committed
before commencement in relation to which section 21A or section 21B of the 1956 Act
applied; sections 21A and 21B continue to apply in relation to warrants issued before
commencement.
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Copyright Tribunal: proceedings pending on commencement
34 (1) The Lord Chancellor may, after consultation with the Lord Advocate, by rules make
such provision as he considers necessary or expedient with respect to proceedings
pending under Part IV of the 1956 Act immediately before commencement.
(2) Rules under this paragraph shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be
subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Qualification for copyright protection
35 Every work in which copyright subsisted under the 1956 Act immediately before
commencement shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of Part I of this Act as to
qualification for copyright protection.
Dependent territories
36 (1) The 1911 Act shall remain in force as part of the law of any dependent territory in
which it was in force immediately before commencement until -
(a) the new copyright provisions come into force in that territory by virtue of an Order
under section 157 of this Act (power to extend new copyright provisions), or
(b) in the case of any of the Channel Islands, the Act is repealed by Order under
sub-paragraph (3) below.
(2) An Order in Council in force immediately before commencement which extends to
any dependent territory any provisions of the 1956 Act shall remain in force as part of the
law of that territory until -
(a) the new copyright provisions come into force in that territory by virtue of an Order
under section 157 of this Act (power to extend new copyright provisions), or
(b) in the case of the Isle of Man, the Order is revoked by Order under sub-paragraph
(3) below;
and while it remains in force such an Order may be varied under the provisions of the
1956 Act under which it was made.
(3) If it appears to Her Majesty that provision with respect to copyright has been made in
the law of any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man otherwise than by extending the
provisions of Part I of this Act, Her Majesty may by Order in Council repeal the 1911 Act
as it has effect as part of the law of that territory or, as the case may be, revoke the
Order extending the 1956 Act there.
(4) A dependent territory in which the 1911 or 1956 Act remains in force shall be treated,
in the law of the countries to which Part I extends, as a country to which that Part
extends; and those countries shall be treated in the law of such a territory as countries to
which the 1911 Act or, as the case may be, the 1956 Act extends.
(5) If a country in which the 1911 or 1956 Act is in force ceases to be a colony of the
United Kingdom, section 158 of this Act (consequences of country ceasing to be colony)
applies with the substitution for the reference in subsection 158(3)(b) to the provisions of
Part I of this Act of a reference to the provisions of the 1911 or 1956 Act, as the case
may be.
(6) In this paragraph "dependent territory" means any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of
Man or any colony.
37 (1) This paragraph applies to a country which immediately before commencement was
not a dependent territory within the meaning of paragraph 36 above but -
(a) was a country to which the 1956 Act extended, or
(b) was treated as such a country by virtue of paragraph 39(2) of Schedule 7 to that
Act (countries to which the 1911 Act extended or was treated as extending);
and Her Majesty may by Order in Council conclusively declare for the purposes of this
paragraph whether a country was such a country or was so treated.
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(2) A country to which this paragraph applies shall be treated as a country to which Part
I extends for the purposes of sections 154 to 156 (qualification for copyright protection)
until -
(a) an Order in Council is made in respect of that country under section 159
(application of Part I to countries to which it does not extend), or
(b) an Order in Council is made declaring that it shall cease to be so treated by reason
of the fact that the provisions of the 1956 Act or, as the case may be, the 1911 Act,
which extended there as part of the law of that country have been repealed or
amended.
(3) A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under this paragraph shall be
subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Territorial waters and the continental shelf
38 Section 161 of this Act (application of Part I to things done in territorial waters or the
United Kingdom sector of the continental shelf) does not apply in relation to anything
done before commencement.
British ships, aircraft and hovercraft
39 Section 162 (British ships, aircraft and hovercraft) does not apply in relation to anything
done before commencement.
Crown copyright
40 (1) Section 163 of this Act (general provisions as to Crown copyright) applies to an
existing work
if -
(a) section 39 of the 1956 Act applied to the work immediately before commencement,
and
(b) the work is not one to which section 164, 165 or 166 applies (copyright in Acts,
Measures and Bills and Parliamentary copyright: see paragraphs 42 and 43 below).
(2) Section 163(1)(b) (first ownership of copyright) has effect subject to any agreement
entered into before commencement under section 39(6) of the 1956 Act.
41 (1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the duration of copyright in
existing works to which section 163 (Crown copyright) applies.
The question which provision applies to a work shall be determined by reference to the
facts immediately before commencement; and expressions used in this paragraph which
were defined for the purposes of the 1956 Act have the same meaning as in that Act.
(2) Copyright in the following descriptions of work continues to subsist until the date on
which it would have expired in accordance with the 1956 Act -
(a) published literary, dramatic or musical works;
(b) artistic works other than engravings or photographs;
(c) published engravings;
(d) published photographs and photographs taken before 1st June 1957;
(e) published sound recordings and sound recordings made before 1st June 1957,
(f) published films and films falling within section 13(3)(a) of the 1956 Act (films
registered under former enactments relating to registration of films).
(3) Copyright in unpublished literary, dramatic or musical works continues to subsist until
-
(a) the date on which copyright expires in accordance with section 163(3), or
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(b) the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the
new copyright provisions come into force,
whichever is the later.
(4) Copyright in the following descriptions of work continues to subsist until the end of
the period
of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the new copyright provisions
come into
force -
(a) unpublished engravings;
(b) unpublished photographs taken on or after 1st June 1957.
(5) Copyright in a film or sound recording not falling within sub-paragraph (2) above
continues to subsist until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar
year in which the new copyright provisions come into force, unless the film or recording
is published before the end of that period, in which case copyright expires 50 years from
the end of the calendar year in which it is published.
42 (1) Section 164 (copyright in Acts and Measures) applies to existing Acts of Parliament
and Measures of the General Synod of the Church of England.
(2) References in that section to Measures of the General Synod of the Church of
England include Church Assembly Measures.
Parliamentary copyright
43 (1) Section 165 of this Act (general provisions as to Parliamentary copyright) applies to
existing unpublished literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, but does not otherwise
apply to existing works.
(2) Section 166 (copyright in Parliamentary Bills) does not apply -
(a) to a public Bill which was introduced into Parliament and published before
commencement,
(b) to a private Bill of which a copy was deposited in either House before
commencement, or
(c) to a personal Bill which was given a First Reading in the House of Lords before
commencement.
Copyright vesting in certain international organisations
44 (1) Any work in which immediately before commencement copyright subsisted by virtue
of section 33 of the 1956 Act shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of section
168(1); but otherwise section 168 does not apply to works made or, as the case may be,
published before commencement.
(2) Copyright in any such work which is unpublished continues to subsist until the date
on which it would have expired in accordance with the 1956 Act, or the end of the period
of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the new copyright provisions
come into force, whichever is the earlier.
Meaning of "publication"
45 Section 175(3) (construction of building treated as equivalent to publication) applies only
where the construction of the building began after commencement.
Meaning of "unauthorised"
46 For the purposes of the application of the definition in section 178 (minor definitions) of
the expression "unauthorised" in relation to things done before commencement -
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(a) paragraph (a) applies in relation to things done before 1st June 1957 as if the
reference to the licence of the copyright owner were a reference to his consent or
acquiescence;
(b) paragraph (b) applies with the substitution for the words from "or, in a case" to the
end of the words "or any person lawfully claiming under him"; and
(c) paragraph (c) shall be disregarded.
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Section 189 SCHEDULE 2
RIGHTS IN PERFORMANCES: PERMITTED ACTS
Introductory
1 (1) The provisions of this Schedule specify acts which may be done in relation to a
performance or recording notwithstanding the rights conferred by Part II; they relate only
to the question of infringement of those rights and do not affect any other right or
obligation restricting the doing of any of the specified acts.
(2) No inference shall be drawn from the description of any act which may by virtue of
this Schedule be done without infringing the rights conferred by Part II as to the scope of
those rights.
(3) The provisions of this Schedule are to be construed independently of each other, so
that the fact that an act does not fall within one provision does not mean that it is not
covered by another provision.
Making of temporary copies 164
1A The rights conferred by Part 2 are not infringed by the making of a temporary copy of a
recording of a performance which is transient or incidental, which is an integral and
essential part of a technological process and the sole purpose of which is to enable -
(a) a transmission of the recording in a network between third parties by an
intermediary; or
(b) a lawful use of the recording;
and which has no independent economic significance.
Criticism, reviews and news reporting
2165 (1) Fair dealing with a performance or recording for the purpose of criticism or review, of
that or another performance or recording, or of a work, does not infringe any of the rights
conferred by Part II provided that the performance or recording has been made available
to the public.
(1A) Fair dealing with a performance or recording for the purpose of reporting current
events does not infringe any of the rights conferred by Part II.
(2) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 30.
Incidental inclusion of performance or recording
3 (1) The rights conferred by Part II are not infringed by the incidental inclusion of a
performance or recording in a sound recording, film or broadcast.
(2) Nor are those rights infringed by anything done in relation to copies of, or the
playing, showing or communication to the public of, anything whose making was, by
virtue of sub-paragraph (1), not an infringement of those rights.
(3) A performance or recording so far as it consists of music, or words spoken or sung
with music, shall not be regarded as incidentally included in a sound recording or
broadcast if it is deliberately included.
(4) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 31.
Things done for purposes of instruction or examination
164 Para. 1A added by SI 2003/2498. See also Annex IV as regards the liability of intermediaries.
165 Revised paras. 2(1) & (1A), substituted by SI 2003/2498.
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4166 (1) The rights conferred by Part II are not infringed by the copying of a recording of a
performance in the course of instruction, or of preparation for instruction, in the making of
films or film sound-tracks, provided the copying is done by a person giving or receiving
instruction and the instruction is for a non-commercial purpose.
(2) The rights conferred by Part II are not infringed -
(a) by the copying of a recording of a performance for the purposes of setting or
answering the questions in an examination, or
(b) by anything done for the purposes of an examination by way of communicating the
questions to the candidates.
(3) Where a recording which would otherwise be an illicit recording is made in
accordance with this paragraph but is subsequently dealt with, it shall be treated as an
illicit recording for the purposes of that dealing, and if that dealing infringes any right
conferred by Part II for all subsequent purposes.
For this purpose "dealt with" means -
(a) sold or let for hire, offered or exposed for sale or hire; or
(b) communicated t the public, unless that communication, by virtue of sub-paragraph
(2)(b), is not an infringement of the rights conferred by Part II.
(4) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 32.
Playing or showing sound recording, film or broadcast at educational establishment
5 (1) The playing or showing of a sound recording, film or broadcast at an educational
establishment for the purposes of instruction before an audience consisting of teachers
and pupils at the establishment and other persons directly connected with the activities
of the establishment is not a playing or showing of a performance in public for the
purposes of infringement of the rights conferred by Part II.
(2) A person is not for this purpose directly connected with the activities of the
educational establishment simply because he is the parent of a pupil at the
establishment.
(3) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 34 and
any provision made under section 174(2) with respect to the application of that section
also applies for the purposes of this paragraph.
Recording of broadcasts by educational establishments 167
6 (1) A recording of a broadcast, or a copy of such a recording, may be made by or on
behalf of an educational establishment for the educational purposes of that
establishment without thereby infringing any of the rights conferred by Part II in relation
to any performance or recording included in it, provided that the educational purposes
are non-commercial.
(1A) The rights conferred by Part II are not infringed where a recording of a broadcast or
a copy of such a recording, whose making was by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) not an
infringement of such rights, is communicated to the public by a person situated within the
premises of an educational establishment provided that the communication cannot be
received by any person situated outside the premises of that establishment.
(1B) This paragraph does not apply if or to the extent that there is a licensing scheme
certified for the purposes of this paragraph under paragraph 16 of Schedule 2A providing
for the grant of licences.
(2) Where a recording which would otherwise be an illicit recording is made in
166 Words after “receiving instruction” in para. 4(1) added, and revised definition of “dealt with” in
para. 4(3) substituted, by SI 2003/2498.
167 Words in para. 6(1) after “included in it”, paras. 6(1A) & (1B), and words in para. 6(2) after
“exposed for sale or hire”, added by SI 2003/2498.
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accordance with this paragraph but is subsequently dealt with, it shall be treated as an
illicit recording for the purposes of that dealing, and if that dealing infringes any right
conferred by Part II for all subsequent purposes.
For this purpose "dealt with" means sold or let for hire, offered or exposed for sale or
hire, or communicated from within the premises of an educational establishment to any
person situated outside those premises.
(3) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 35 and any
provision made under section 174(2) with respect to the application of that section also
applies for the purposes of this paragraph.
Lending of copies by educational establishments 168
6A (1) The rights conferred by Part II are not infringed by the lending of copies of a
recording of a performance by an educational establishment.
(2) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 36A; and
any provision with respect to the application of that section made under section
174(2)(instruction given elsewhere than an educational establishment) applies also for
the purposes of this paragraph.
Lending of copies by libraries or archives
6B (1) The rights conferred by Part II are not infringed by the lending of copies of a
recording of a performance by a prescribed library or archive (other than a public library)
which is not conducted for profit.
(2) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 40A(2);
and any provision under section 37 prescribing libraries or archives for the purposes of
that section applies also for the purposes of this paragraph.
Copy of work required to be made as condition of export
7 (1) If an article of cultural or historical importance or interest cannot lawfully be exported
from the United Kingdom unless a copy of it is made and deposited in an appropriate
library or archive, it is not an infringement of any right conferred by Part II to make that
copy.
(2) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 44.
Parliamentary and judicial proceedings
8 (1) The rights conferred by Part II are not infringed by anything done for the purposes of
parliamentary or judicial proceedings or for the purpose of reporting such proceedings.
(2) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 45.
Royal Commissions and statutory inquiries
9 (1) The rights conferred by Part II are not infringed by anything done for the purposes of
the proceedings of a Royal Commission or statutory inquiry or for the purpose of
reporting any such proceedings held in public.
(2) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 46.
Public records
10 (1) Material which is comprised in public records within the meaning of the Public
Records Act 1958, the Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937 or the Public Records Act
168 Paras. 6A & 6B added by SI 1996/2967.
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(Northern Ireland) 1923, or in Welsh public records (as defined in the Government of
Wales Act 2006),169 which are open to public inspection in pursuance of that Act, may be
copied, and a copy may be supplied to any person, by or with the authority of any officer
appointed under that Act, without infringing any right conferred by Part II.
(2) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 49.
Acts done under statutory authority
11 (1) Where the doing of a particular act is specifically authorised by an Act of Parliament,
whenever passed, then, unless the Act provides otherwise, the doing of that act does not
infringe the rights conferred by Part II.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) applies in relation to an enactment contained in Northern Ireland
legislation as it applies to an Act of Parliament.
(3) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as excluding any defence of statutory
authority otherwise available under or by virtue of any enactment.
(4) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 50.
Transfer of copies of works in electronic form
12 (1) This paragraph applies where a recording of a performance in electronic form has
been purchased on terms which, expressly or impliedly or by virtue of any rule of law,
allow the purchaser to make further recordings in connection with his use of the
recording.
(2) If there are no express terms -
(a) prohibiting the transfer of the recording by the purchaser, imposing obligations
which continue after a transfer, prohibiting the assignment of any consent or
terminating any consent on a transfer, or
(b) providing for the terms on which a transferee may do the things which the
purchaser was permitted to do,
anything which the purchaser was allowed to do may also be done by a transferee
without infringement of the rights conferred by this Part, but any recording made by the
purchaser which is not also transferred shall be treated as an illicit recording for all
purposes after the transfer.
(3) The same applies where the original purchased recording is no longer usable and
what is transferred is a further copy used in its place.
(4) The above provisions also apply on a subsequent transfer, with the substitution for
references in sub-paragraph (2) to the purchaser of references to the subsequent
transferor.
(5) This paragraph does not apply in relation to a recording purchased before the
commencement of Part II.
(6) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 56.
Use of recordings of spoken works in certain cases
13 (1) Where a recording of the reading or recitation of a literary work is made for the
purpose -
(a) of reporting current events, or
(b) of communicating to the public the whole or part of the reading or recitation,
it is not an infringement of the rights conferred by Part II to use the recording (or to copy
the recording and use the copy) for that purpose, provided the following conditions are
met.
169 Words A, or in Welsh ---- Act 2006),@ added by the Government of Wales Act 2006.
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(2) The conditions are that -
(a) the recording is a direct recording of the reading or recitation and is not taken from
a previous recording or from a broadcast;
(b) the making of the recording was not prohibited by or on behalf of the person giving
the reading or recitation;
(c) the use made of the recording is not of a kind prohibited by or on behalf of that
person before the recording was made; and
(d) the use is by or with the authority of a person who is lawfully in possession of the
recording.
(3) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 58.
Recordings of folksongs
14 (1) A recording of a performance of a song may be made for the purpose of including it
in an archive maintained by a designated body without infringing any of the rights
conferred by Part II, provided the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) below are met.
(2) The conditions are that -
(a) the words are unpublished and of unknown authorship at the time the recording is
made,
(b) the making of the recording does not infringe any copyright, and
(c) its making is not prohibited by any performer.
(3) Copies of a recording made in reliance on sub-paragraph (1) and included in an
archive maintained by a designated body may, if the prescribed conditions are met, be
made and supplied by the archivist without infringing any of the rights conferred by Part
II.
(4) In this paragraph -
"designated body" means a body designated for the purposes of section 61, and
"the prescribed conditions" means the conditions prescribed for the purposes of
subsection (3) of that section;
and other expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in that section.
Lending of certain recordings170
14A (1) The Secretary of State may by order provide that in such cases as may be specified
in the order
the lending to the public of copies of films or sound recordings shall be treated as
licensed by the performer subject only to the payment of such reasonable royalty or
other payment as may be agreed or determined in default of agreement by the Copyright
Tribunal.
(2) No such order shall apply if, or to the extent that, there is a licensing scheme
certified for the purposes of this paragraph under paragraph 16 of Schedule 2A providing
for the grant of licences.
(3) An order may make different provision for different cases and may specify cases by
reference to any factor relating to the work, the copies lent, the lender or the
circumstances of the lending.
(4) An order shall be made by statutory instrument; and no order shall be made unless a
draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of
Parliament.
(5) Nothing in this section affects any liability under section 184(1)(b) (secondary
170 Para. 14A added by SI 1996/2967.
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infringement: possessing or dealing with illicit recording) in respect of the lending of illicit
recordings.
(6) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 66.
Playing of sound recordings for purposes of club, society, &c
15 (1) It is not an infringement of any right conferred by Part II to play a sound recording as
part of the activities of, or for the benefit of, a club, society or other organisation if the
following conditions are met.
(2)171 The conditions are -
(a) that the organisation is not established or conducted for profit and its main objects
are charitable or are otherwise concerned with the advancement of religion, education
or social welfare,
(b) that the sound recording is played by a person who is acting primarily and directly
for the benefit of the organisation and who is not acting with a view to gain,
(c) that the proceeds of any charge for admission to the place where the recording is to
be heard are applied solely for the purposes of the organisation, and
(d) that the proceeds from any goods or services sold by, or on behalf of, the
organisation -
(i) in the place where the sound recording is heard, and
(ii) on the occasion when the sound recording is played,
are applied solely for the purposes of the organisation.
(3) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 67.
Incidental recording for purposes of broadcast
16 (1) A person who proposes to broadcast a recording of a performance in circumstances
not infringing the rights conferred by Part II shall be treated as having consent for the
purposes of that Part for the making of a further recording for the purposes of the
broadcast.
(2) That consent is subject to the condition that the further recording -
(a) shall not be used for any other purpose, and
(b) shall be destroyed within 28 days of being first used for broadcasting the
performance.
(3) A recording made in accordance with this paragraph shall be treated as an illicit
recording -
(a) for the purposes of any use in breach of the condition mentioned in sub-paragraph
(2)(a), and
(b) for all purposes after that condition or the condition mentioned in sub-paragraph
(2)(b) is broken.
(4) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 68.
Recordings for purposes of supervision and control of broadcasts and other services
17 (1) The rights conferred by Part II are not infringed by the making or use by the British
Broadcasting Corporation, for the purpose of maintaining supervision and control over
programmes broadcast by them, of recordings of those programmes.
(2)172 The rights conferred by Part II are not infringed by anything done in pursuance of -
171 New paras. 15(2)(b) & (d) added, and original para. 15(2)(b) restated as para. 15(2)(c), by SI
2003/2498.
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(a) section 167(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1990, section 115(4) or (6) or 117 of the
Broadcasting Act 1996 or paragraph 20 of Schedule 12 to the Communications Act
2003;
(b) a condition which, by virtue of section 334(1) of the Communications Act 2003, is
included in a licence granted under Part I or III of that Act or Part I or II of the
Broadcasting Act 1996;
(c) a direction given under section 109(2) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (power of
OFCOM to require production of recordings etc);
(d) section 334(3) of the Communications Act 2003.
(3) The rights conferred by Part II are not infringed by the use by OFCOM in connection
with the performance of any of their functions under the Broadcasting Act 1990, the
Broadcasting Act 1996 or the Communications Act 2003 of -
(a) any recording, script or transcript which is provided to them under or by virtue of
any provision of those Acts; or
(b) any existing material which is transferred to them by a scheme made under section
30 of the Communications Act 2003.
(4) In subsection (3), ‘existing material’ means -
(a) any recording, script or transcript which was provided to the Independent
Television Commission or the Radio Authority under or by virtue of any provision of the
Broadcasting Act 1990 or the Broadcasting Act 1996; and
(b) any recording or transcript which was provided to the Broadcasting Standards
Commission under section 115(4) or (6) or 116(5) of the Broadcasting Act 1996.
Recording for the purposes of time-shifting 173
17A (1) The making in domestic premises for private and domestic use of a recording of a
broadcast
solely for the purpose of enabling it to be viewed or listened to at a more convenient time
does not infringe any right conferred by Part II in relation to a performance or recording
included in the broadcast.
(2) Where a recording which would otherwise be an illicit recording is made in
accordance with this paragraph but is subsequently dealt with -
(a) it shall be treated as an illicit recording for the purposes of that dealing; and
(b) if that dealing infringes any right conferred by Part II, it shall be treated as an illicit
recording for all subsequent purposes.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2), "dealt with" means sold or let for hire, offered or exposed for
sale or hire or communicated to the public.
(4) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 70.
Photographs of broadcasts
17B (1) The making in domestic premises for private and domestic use of a photograph of
the whole or
any part of an image forming part of a broadcast, or a copy of such a photograph, does
not infringe any right conferred by Part II in relation to a performance or recording
included in the broadcast.
(2) Where a recording which would otherwise be an illicit recording is made in
accordance with this paragraph but is subsequently dealt with -
172 Paras. 17(2)(a)-(c) & (3) amended, and paras. 17(2)(d) & (4) added, by the Communications
Act 2003.
173 Paras. 17A & 17B added by SI 2003/2498.
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(a) it shall be treated as an illicit recording for the purposes of that dealing; and
(b) if that dealing infringes any right conferred by Part II, it shall be treated as an illicit
recording for all subsequent purposes.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2), "dealt with" means sold or let for hire, offered or exposed for
sale or hire or communicated to the public.
(4) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 71.
Free public showing or playing of broadcast 174
18 (1) The showing or playing in public of a broadcast to an audience who have not paid for
admission to the place where the broadcast is to be seen or heard does not infringe any
right conferred by Part II in relation to a performance or recording included in -
(a) the broadcast, or
(b) any sound recording (except so far as it is an excepted sound recording) or film
which is played or shown in public by reception of the broadcast.
(1A) The showing or playing in public of a broadcast to an audience who have not paid
for admission to the place where the broadcast is to be seen or heard does not infringe
any right conferred by Part II in relation to a performance or recording included in any
excepted sound recording which is played in public by reception of the broadcast, if the
playing or showing of that broadcast in public -
(a) forms part of the activities of an organisation that is not established or conducted
for profit; or
(b) is necessary for the purposes of -
(i) repairing equipment for the reception of broadcasts;
(ii) demonstrating that a repair to such equipment has been carried out; or
(iii) demonstrating such equipment which is being sold or let for hire or offered or
exposed for sale or hire.
(2) The audience shall be treated as having paid for admission to a place -
(a) if they have paid for admission to a place of which that place forms part; or
(b) if goods or services are supplied at that place (or a place of which it forms part) -
(i) at prices which are substantially attributable to the facilities afforded for seeing or
hearing the broadcast, or
(ii) at prices exceeding those usually charged there and which are partly attributable
to those facilities.
(3) The following shall not be regarded as having paid for admission to a place -
(a) persons admitted as residents or inmates of the place;
(b) persons admitted as members of a club or society where the payment is only for
membership of the club or society and the provision of facilities for seeing or hearing
broadcasts is only incidental to the main purposes of the club or society.
(4) Where the making of the broadcast was an infringement of the rights conferred by
Part II in relation to a performance or recording, the fact that it was heard or seen in
public by the reception of the broadcast shall be taken into account in assessing the
damages for that infringement.
(5) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 72.
Reception and re-transmission of wireless broadcast by cable 175
174 Words in brackets after “sound recording” in para. 18(1)(b), and para. 18(1A), added by SI
2003/2498
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19 (1) This paragraph applies where a wireless broadcast made from a place in the United
Kingdom is received and immediately re-transmitted by cable.
(2) The rights conferred by Part II in relation to a performance or recording included in
the broadcast are not infringed if and to the extent that the broadcast is made for
reception in the area in which it is re-transmitted by cable; but where the making of the
broadcast was an infringement of those rights, the fact that the broadcast was retransmitted
by cable shall be taken into account in assessing the damages for that
infringement.
(3) Where -
(a) the re-transmission by cable is in pursuance of a relevant requirement, but
(b) to any extent, the area in which the re-transmission by cable takes place ("the
cable area") falls outside the area for reception in which the broadcast is made ("the
broadcast area"),
the re-transmission by cable (to the extent that it is provided for so much of the cable
area as falls outside the broadcast area) of any performance or recording included in the
broadcast shall, subject to sub-paragraph (4), be treated as licensed by the owner of the
rights conferred by Part II in relation to the performance or recording, subject only to the
payment to him by the person making the broadcast of such reasonable royalty or other
payment in respect of the re-transmission by cable of the broadcast as may be agreed or
determined in default of agreement by the Copyright Tribunal.
(4) Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply if, or to the extent that, the re-transmission of the
performance or recording by cable is (apart from that sub-paragraph) licensed by the
owner of the rights conferred by Part II in relation to the performance or recording.
(5) The Secretary of State may by order -
(a) provide that in specified cases sub-paragraph (2) is to apply in relation to
broadcasts of a specified description which are not made as mentioned in that subparagraph,
or
(b) exclude the application of that sub-paragraph in relation to broadcasts of a
specified description made as mentioned in that sub-paragraph.
(6) Where the Secretary of State exercises the power conferred by sub-paragraph (5)(b)
in relation to broadcasts of any description, the order may also provide for sub-paragraph
(3) to apply, subject to such modifications as may be specified in the order, in relation to
broadcasts of that description.
(7) An order under this paragraph may contain such transitional provision as appears to
the Secretary of State to be appropriate.
(8) An order under this paragraph shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be
subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(9) Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 73.
19A (1) An application to settle the royalty or other sum payable in pursuance of subparagraph
(3) of
paragraph 19 may be made to the Copyright Tribunal by the owner of the rights
conferred by Part II or the person making the broadcast.
(2) The Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order as it may determine to
be reasonable in the circumstances.
(3) Either party may subsequently apply to the Tribunal to vary the order, and the
Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order confirming or varying the original
order as it may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) An application under sub-paragraph (3) shall not, except with the special leave of the
Tribunal, be made within twelve months from the date of the original order or of the order
175 Revised para. 19 substituted, and para. 19A added by the Broadcasting Act 1996. Paras.
19(1)-(4) further amended by SI 2003/2498.
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on a previous application under that sub-paragraph.
(5) An order under sub-paragraph (3) has effect from the date on which it is made or
such later date as may be specified by the Tribunal.
Provision of sub-titled copies of broadcast 176
20 (1) A designated body may, for the purpose of providing people who are deaf or hard of
hearing, or physically or mentally handicapped in other ways, with copies which are
sub-titled or otherwise modified for their special needs, make recordings of broadcasts
and copies of such recordings, and issue or lend copies to the public, without infringing
any right conferred by Part II in relation to a performance or recording included in the
broadcast.
(1A) This paragraph does not apply if, or to the extent that, there is a licensing scheme
certified for the purposes of this paragraph under paragraph 16 of Schedule 2A providing
for the grant of licences.
(2) In this paragraph "designated body" means a body designated for the purposes of
section 74 and other expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in
that section.
Recording of broadcast for archival purposes
21 (1) A recording of a broadcast of a designated class, or a copy of such a recording, may
be made for the purpose of being placed in an archive maintained by a designated body
without thereby infringing any right conferred by Part II in relation to a performance or
recording included in the broadcast.
(2) In this paragraph "designated class" and "designated body" means a class or body
designated for the purposes of section 75 and other expressions used in this paragraph
have the same meaning as in that section.
176 Words “and copies ---- public” in para. 20(1), and para. 20(1A), added by SI 2003/2498.
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Section 205A SCHEDULE 2A177
LICENSING OF PERFORMERS= PROPERTY RIGHTS
Licensing schemes and licensing bodies
1 (1) In Part II a "licensing scheme" means a scheme setting out -
(a) the classes of case in which the operator of the scheme, or the person on whose
behalf he acts, is willing to grant performers= property right licences, and
(b) the terms on which licences would be granted in those classes of case;
and for this purpose a "scheme" includes anything in the nature of a scheme, whether
described as a scheme or as a tariff or by any other name.
(2) In Part II a "licensing body" means a society or other organisation which has as its
main object, or one of its main objects, the negotiation or granting, whether as owner or
prospective owner of a performer=s property rights or as agent for him, of performers=
property right licences, and whose objects include the granting of licences covering the
performances of more than one performer.
(3) In this paragraph "performers= property right licences" means licences to do, or
authorise the doing of, any of the things for which consent is required under section
182A, 182B, 182C or 182CA178.
(4) References in this Part to licences or licensing schemes covering the performances
of more than one performer do not include licences or schemes covering only -
(a) performances recorded in a single recording,
(b) performances recorded in more than one recording where -
(i) the performers giving the performances are the same, or
(ii) the recordings are made by, or by employees of or commissioned by, a single
individual, firm, company or group of companies.
For this purpose a group of companies means a holding company and its subsidiaries
within the meaning of section 736 of the Companies Act 1985.
References and applications with respect to licensing schemes
2 Paragraphs 3 to 8 (references and applications with respect to licensing schemes) apply
to licensing schemes operated by licensing bodies in relation to a performer=s property
rights which cover the performances of more than one performer, so far as they relate to
licences for -
(a) copying a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying
performance,
(aa) making such a recording available to the public in the way mentioned in section
182CA(1), or
(b) renting or lending copies of a recording to the public;
and in those paragraphs “licensing scheme” means a licensing scheme of any of those
descriptions.
Reference of proposed licensing scheme to tribunal
3 (1) The terms of a licensing scheme proposed to be operated by a licensing body may
177 Schedule 2A added by SI 1996/2967.
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be referred to the Copyright Tribunal by an organisation claiming to be representative of
persons claiming that they require licences in cases of a description to which the scheme
would apply, either generally or in relation to any description of case.
(2) The Tribunal shall first decide whether to entertain the reference, and may decline to
do so on the ground that the reference is premature.
(3) If the Tribunal decides to entertain the reference it shall consider the matter referred
and make such order, either confirming or varying the proposed scheme, either generally
or so far as it relates to cases of the description to which the reference relates, as the
Tribunal may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the
Tribunal may determine.
Reference of licensing scheme to tribunal
4 (1) If while a licensing scheme is in operation a dispute arises between the operator of
the scheme and -
(a) a person claiming that he requires a licence in a case of a description to which the
scheme applies, or
(b) an organisation claiming to be representative of such persons,
that person or organisation may refer the scheme to the Copyright Tribunal in so far as it
relates to cases of that description.
(2) A scheme which has been referred to the Tribunal under this paragraph shall remain
in operation until proceedings on the reference are concluded.
(3) The Tribunal shall consider the matter in dispute and make such order, either
confirming or varying the scheme so far as it relates to cases of the description to which
the reference relates, as the Tribunal may determine to be reasonable in the
circumstances.
(4) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the
Tribunal may determine.
Further reference of scheme to tribunal
5 (1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has on a previous reference of a licensing scheme
under paragraph 3 or 4, or under this paragraph, made an order with respect to the
scheme, then, while the order remains in force -
(a) the operator of the scheme,
(b) a person claiming that he requires a licence in a case of the description to which
the order applies, or
(c) an organisation claiming to be representative of such persons,
may refer the scheme again to the Tribunal so far as it relates to cases of that
description.
(2) A licensing scheme shall not, except with the special leave of the Tribunal, be
referred again to the Tribunal in respect of the same description of cases -
(a) within twelve months from the date of the order on the previous reference, or
(b) if the order was made so as to be in force for 15 months or less, until the last three
months before the expiry of the order.
(3) A scheme which has been referred to the Tribunal under this paragraph shall remain
in operation until proceedings on the reference are concluded.
(4) The Tribunal shall consider the matter in dispute and make such order, either
confirming, varying or further varying the scheme so far as it relates to cases of the
description to which the reference relates, as the Tribunal may determine to be
reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the
Tribunal may determine.
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Application for grant of licence in connection with licensing scheme
6 (1) A person who claims, in a case covered by a licensing scheme, that the operator of
the scheme has refused to grant him or procure the grant to him of a licence in
accordance with the scheme, or has failed to do so within a reasonable time after being
asked, may apply to the Copyright Tribunal.
(2) A person who claims, in a case excluded from a licensing scheme, that the operator
of the scheme either -
(a) has refused to grant him a licence or procure the grant to him of a licence, or has
failed to do so within a reasonable time of being asked, and that in the circumstances it
is unreasonable that a licence should not be granted, or
(b) proposes terms for a licence which are unreasonable,
may apply to the Copyright Tribunal.
(3) A case shall be regarded as excluded from a licensing scheme for the purposes of
sub-paragraph (2) if -
(a) the scheme provides for the grant of licences subject to terms excepting matters
from the licence and the case falls within such an exception, or
(b) the case is so similar to those in which licences are granted under the scheme that
it is unreasonable that it should not be dealt with in the same way.
(4) If the Tribunal is satisfied that the claim is well-founded, it shall make an order
declaring that, in respect of the matters specified in the order, the applicant is entitled to
a licence on such terms as the Tribunal may determine to be applicable in accordance
with the scheme or, as the case may be, to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the
Tribunal may determine.
Application for review of order as to entitlement to licence
7 (1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has made an order under paragraph 6 that a person is
entitled to a licence under a licensing scheme, the operator of the scheme or the original
applicant may apply to the Tribunal to review its order.
(2) An application shall not be made, except with the special leave of the Tribunal -
(a) within twelve months from the date of the order, or of the decision on a previous
application under this paragraph, or
(b) if the order was made so as to be in force for 15 months or less, or as a result of
the decision on a previous application under this paragraph is due to expire within 15
months of that decision, until the last three months before the expiry date.
(3) The Tribunal shall on an application for review confirm or vary its order as the
Tribunal may determine to be reasonable having regard to the terms applicable in
accordance with the licensing scheme or, as the case may be, the circumstances of the
case.
Effect of order of tribunal as to licensing scheme
8 (1) A licensing scheme which has been confirmed or varied by the Copyright Tribunal -
(a) under paragraph 3 (reference of terms of proposed scheme), or
(b) under paragraph 4 or 5 (reference of existing scheme to Tribunal),
shall be in force or, as the case may be, remain in operation, so far as it relates to the
description of case in respect of which the order was made, so long as the order remains
in force.
(2) While the order is in force a person who in a case of a class to which the order
applies -
(a) pays to the operator of the scheme any charges payable under the scheme in
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respect of a licence covering the case in question or, if the amount cannot be
ascertained, gives an undertaking to the operator to pay them when ascertained, and
(b) complies with the other terms applicable to such a licence under the scheme,
shall be in the same position as regards infringement of performers= property rights as if
he had at all material times been the holder of a licence granted by the rights owner in
question in accordance with the scheme.
(3) The Tribunal may direct that the order, so far as it varies the amount of charges
payable, has effect from a date before that on which it is made, but not earlier than the
date on which the reference was made or, if later, on which the scheme came into
operation.
If such a direction is made -
(a) any necessary repayments, or further payments, shall be made in respect of
charges already paid, and
(b) the reference in sub-paragraph (2)(a) to the charges payable under the scheme
shall be construed as a reference to the charges so payable by virtue of the order.
No such direction may be made where sub-paragraph (4) below applies.
(4) An order of the Tribunal under paragraph 4 or 5 made with respect to a scheme
which is certified for any purpose under paragraph 16 has effect, so far as it varies the
scheme by reducing the charges payable for licences, from the date on which the
reference was made to the Tribunal.
(5) Where the Tribunal has made an order under paragraph 6 (order as to entitlement to
licence under licensing scheme) and the order remains in force, the person in whose
favour the order is made shall if he -
(a) pays to the operator of the scheme any charges payable in accordance with the
order or, if the amount cannot be ascertained, gives an undertaking to pay the charges
when ascertained, and
(b) complies with the other terms specified in the order,
be in the same position as regards infringement of performers= property rights as if he
had at all material times been the holder of a licence granted by the rights owner in
question on the terms specified in the order.
References and applications with respect to licensing by licensing bodies
9 Paragraphs 10 to 13 (references and applications with respect to licensing by licensing
bodies) apply to licences relating to a performer=s property rights which cover the
performance of more than one performer granted by a licensing body otherwise than in
pursuance of a licensing scheme, so far as the licences authorise -
(a) copying a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying
performance,
(aa)179 making such a recording available to the public in the way mentioned in section
182CA(1), or
(b) renting or lending copies of a recording to the public,
and references in those paragraphs to a licence shall be construed accordingly.
Reference to tribunal of proposed licence
10 (1) The terms on which a licensing body proposes to grant a licence may be referred to
the Copyright Tribunal by the prospective licensee.
(2) The Tribunal shall first decide whether to entertain the reference, and may decline to
do so on the ground that the reference is premature.
(3) If the Tribunal decides to entertain the reference it shall consider the terms of the
179 Added by SI 2003/2498.
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proposed licence and make such order, either confirming or varying the terms, as it may
determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the
Tribunal may determine.
Reference to tribunal of expiring licence
11 (1) A licensee under a licence which is due to expire, by effluxion of time or as a result
of notice given by the licensing body, may apply to the Copyright Tribunal on the ground
that it is unreasonable in the circumstances that the licence should cease to be in force.
(2) Such an application may not be made until the last three months before the licence
is due to expire.
(3) A licence in respect of which a reference has been made to the Tribunal shall remain
in operation until proceedings on the reference are concluded.
(4) If the Tribunal finds the application well-founded, it shall make an order declaring that
the licensee shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of the licence on such terms as
the Tribunal may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) An order of the Tribunal under this section may be made so as to be in force
indefinitely or for such period as the Tribunal may determine.
Application for review of order as to licence
12 (1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has made an order under paragraph 10 or 11, the
licensing body or the person entitled to the benefit of the order may apply to the Tribunal
to review its order.
(2) An application shall not be made, except with the special leave of the Tribunal -
(a) within twelve months from the date of the order or of the decision on a previous
application under this paragraph, or
(b) if the order was made so as to be in force for 15 months or less, or as a result of
the decision on a previous application under this paragraph is due to expire within 15
months of that decision, until the last three months before the expiry date.
(3) The Tribunal shall on an application for review confirm or vary its order as the
Tribunal may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
Effect of order of tribunal as to licence
13 (1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has made an order under paragraph 10 or 11 and the
order remains in force, the person entitled to the benefit of the order shall if he -
(a) pays to the licensing body any charges payable in accordance with the order or, if
the amount cannot be ascertained, gives an undertaking to pay the charges when
ascertained, and
(b) complies with the other terms specified in the order,
be in the same position as regards infringement of performers= property rights as if he
had at all material times been the holder of a licence granted by the rights owner in
question on the terms specified in the order.
(2) The benefit of the order may be assigned -
(a) in the case of an order under paragraph 10, if assignment is not prohibited under
the terms of the Tribunal's order; and
(b) in the case of an order under paragraph 11, if assignment was not prohibited under
the terms of the original licence.
(3) The Tribunal may direct that an order under paragraph 10 or 11, or an order under
paragraph 12 varying such an order, so far as it varies the amount of charges payable,
has effect from a date before that on which it is made, but not earlier than the date on
which the reference or application was made or, if later, on which the licence was
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granted or, as the case may be, was due to expire.
If such a direction is made -
(a) any necessary repayments, or further payments, shall be made in respect of
charges already paid, and
(b) the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to the charges payable in accordance with
the order shall be construed, where the order is varied by a later order, as a reference
to the charges so payable by virtue of the later order.
General considerations: unreasonable discrimination
14 (1) In determining what is reasonable on a reference or application under this Schedule
relating to a licensing scheme or licence, the Copyright Tribunal shall have regard to -
(a) the availability of other schemes, or the granting of other licences, to other persons
in similar circumstances, and
(b) the terms of those schemes or licences,
and shall exercise its powers so as to secure that there is no unreasonable
discrimination between licensees, or prospective licensees, under the scheme or licence
to which the reference or application relates and licensees under other schemes
operated by, or other licences granted by, the same person.
(2) This does not affect the Tribunal=s general obligation in any case to have regard to
all relevant circumstances.
Application to settle royalty or other sum payable for lending
15 (1) An application to settle the royalty or other sum payable in pursuance of paragraph
14A of Schedule 2 (lending of certain recordings) may be made to the Copyright Tribunal
by the owner of a performer=s property rights or the person claiming to be treated as
licensed by him.
(2) The Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order as it may determine to
be reasonable in the circumstances.
(3) Either party may subsequently apply to the Tribunal to vary the order, and the
Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order confirming or varying the original
order as it may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) An application under sub-paragraph (3) shall not, except with the special leave of
the Tribunal, be made within twelve months from the date of the original order or of the
order on a previous application under that sub-paragraph.
(5) An order under sub-paragraph (3) has effect from the date on which it is made or
such later date as may be specified by the Tribunal.
Certification of licensing schemes
16 (1) A person operating or proposing to operate a licensing scheme may apply to the
Secretary of State to certify the scheme for the purposes of paragraph 6, 14A or 20 of
Schedule 2 (recording of broadcasts by educational establishments, lending of certain
recordings, provision of sub-titled copies of broadcast).180
(2) The Secretary of State shall by order made by statutory instrument certify the
scheme if he is satisfied that it -
(a) enables the works to which it relates to be identified with sufficient certainty by
persons likely to require licences, and
(b) sets out clearly the charges (if any) payable and the other terms on which licences
will be granted.
180 References to paras. 6 & 20 of Sch. 2 added by SI 2003/2498.
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(3) The scheme shall be scheduled to the order and the certification shall come into
operation for the purposes of the relevant paragraph of Schedule 2 -
(a) on such date, not less than eight weeks after the order is made, as may be
specified in the order, or
(b) if the scheme is the subject of a reference under paragraph 3 (reference of
proposed scheme), any later date on which the order of the Copyright Tribunal under
that section comes into force or the reference is withdrawn.
(4) A variation of the scheme is not effective unless a corresponding amendment of the
order is made; and the Secretary of State shall make such an amendment in the case of
a variation ordered by the Copyright Tribunal on a reference under paragraph 3, 4 or 5,
and may do so in any other case if he thinks fit.
(5) The order shall be revoked if the scheme ceases to be operated and may be
revoked if it appears to the Secretary of State that it is no longer being operated
according to its terms.
Powers exercisable in consequence of competition report
17 (1)181 Sub-paragraph (1A) applies where whatever needs to be remedied, mitigated or
prevented by the Secretary of State, the Competition Commission or (as the case may
be) the Office of Fair Trading under section 12(5) of the Competition Act 1980 or section
41(2), 55(2), 66(6), 75(2), 83(2), 138(2), 147(2) or 160(2) of, or paragraph 5(2) or 10(2)
of Schedule 7 to, the Enterprise Act 2002 (powers to take remedial action following
references to the Commission in connection with public bodies and certain other
persons, mergers or market investigations etc.) consists of or includes -
(a) conditions in licences granted by the owner of a performer's property rights
restricting the use to which a recording may be put by the licensee or the right of the
owner to grant other licenses, or
(b) a refusal of an owner of a performer's property rights to grant licences on
reasonable terms.
(1A) The powers conferred by Schedule 8 to the Enterprise Act 2002 include power to
cancel or modify those conditions and, instead or in addition, to provide that licences in
respect of the performer's property rights shall be available as of right.
(2) The references to anything permitted by Schedule 8 to the Enterprise Act 2002 in
section 12(5A) of the Competition Act 1980 and in sections 75(4)(a), 83(4)(a), 84(2)(a),
89(1), 160(4)(a), 161(3)(a) and 164(1) of, and paragraphs 5, 10 and 11 of Schedule 7 to,
the Act of 2002 shall be construed accordingly.
(3) The Secretary of State, the Competition Commission or (as the case may be) the
Office of Fair Trading shall only exercise the powers available by virtue of this paragraph
if he or it is satisfied that to do so does not contravene any Convention relating to
performers= rights to which the United Kingdom is a party.
(4) The terms of a licence available by virtue of this paragraph shall, in default of
agreement, be settled by the Copyright Tribunal on an application by a person requiring
the licence; and terms so settled shall authorise the licensee to do everything in respect
of which a licence is so available.
(5) Where the terms of a licence are settled by the Tribunal, the licence has effect from
the date on which the application to the Tribunal was made.
181 Revised paras. 17 (1)-(2) substituted, and para. 17(3) amended, by the Enterprise Act 2002.
See also Annex V.
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Section 296ZE SCHEDULE 5A 182
PERMITTED ACTS TO WHICH SECTION 296ZE APPLIES
PART 1
Copyright exceptions
section 29 (research and private study)
section 31A (making a single accessible copy for personal use)
section 31B (multiple copies for visually impaired persons)
section 31C (intermediate copies and records)
section 32(1), (2) and (3) (things done for purposes of instruction or examination)
section 35 (recording by educational establishments of broadcasts)
section 36 (reprographic copying by educational establishments of passages from
published works)
section 38 (copying by librarians: articles in periodicals)
section 39 (copying by librarians: parts of published works)
section 41 (copying by librarians: supply of copies to other libraries)
section 42 (copying by librarians or archivists: replacement copies of works)
section 43 (copying by librarians or archivists: certain unpublished works)
section 44 (copy of work required to be made as condition of export)
section 45 (Parliamentary and judicial proceedings)
section 46 (Royal Commissions and statutory inquiries)
section 47 (material open to public inspection or on official register)
section 48 (material communicated to the Crown in the course of public business)
section 49 (public records)
section 50 (acts done under statutory authority)
section 61 (recordings of folksongs)
section 68 (incidental recording for purposes of broadcast)
section 69 (recording for purposes of supervision and control of broadcasts)
section 70 (recording for purposes of time-shifting)
section 71 (photographs of broadcasts)
section 74 (provision of sub-titled copies of broadcast)
section 75 (recording for archival purposes)
PART 2
Rights in performances exceptions
paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 (things done for purposes of instruction or examination)
paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 (recording of broadcasts by educational establishments)
paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 (copy of work required to be made as condition of export)
182 Inserted by SI 2003/2498.
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paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 (Parliamentary and judicial proceedings)
paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 (Royal Commissions and statutory inquiries)
paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 (public records)
paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 (acts done under statutory authority)
paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 (recordings of folksongs)
paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 (incidental recording for purposes of broadcast)
paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 (recordings for purposes of supervision and control of
broadcasts)
paragraph 17A of Schedule 2 (recording for the purposes of time-shifting)
paragraph 17B of Schedule 2 (photographs of broadcasts)
paragraph 20 of Schedule 2 (provision of sub-titled copies of broadcast)
paragraph 21 of Schedule 2 (recording of broadcast for archival purposes)
PART 3
Database right exceptions
regulation 20 of and Schedule 1 to the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations
1997 (S.I. 1997/3032)
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Section 301 SCHEDULE 6
PROVISIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
Interpretation
1 (1) In this Schedule -
"the Hospital" means The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London,
"the trustees" means the special trustees appointed for the Hospital under the National
Health Service Act 1977; and
"the work" means the play "Peter Pan" by Sir James Matthew Barrie.
(2) Expressions used in this Schedule which are defined for the purposes of Part I of this
Act (copyright) have the same meaning as in that Part.
Entitlement to royalty
2 (1) The trustees are entitled, subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, to a
royalty in respect of any public performance, commercial publication or communication to
the public of the whole or any substantial part of the work or an adaptation of it.
(2) Where the trustees are or would be entitled to a royalty, another form of remuneration
may be agreed.
Exceptions
3 No royalty is payable in respect of -
(a) anything which immediately before copyright in the work expired on 31st December
1987 could lawfully have been done without the licence, or further licence, of the
trustees as copyright owners; or
(b) anything which if copyright still subsisted in the work could, by virtue of any
provision of Chapter III of Part I of this Act (acts permitted notwithstanding copyright),
be done without infringing copyright.
Saving
4 No royalty is payable in respect of anything done in pursuance of arrangements made
before the passing of this Act.
Procedure for determining amount payable
5 (1) In default of agreement application may be made to the Copyright Tribunal which
shall consider the matter and make such order regarding the royalty or other
remuneration to be paid as it may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(2) Application may subsequently be made to the Tribunal to vary its order, and the
Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order confirming or varying the original
order as it may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(3) An application for variation shall not, except with the special leave of the Tribunal, be
made within twelve months from the date of the original order or of the order on a
previous application for variation.
(4) A variation order has effect from the date on which it is made or such later date as
may be specified by the Tribunal.
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(5)183 The provisions of Chapter VIII of Part I (general provisions relating to the Copyright
Tribunal) apply in relation to the Tribunal when exercising any jurisdiction under this
paragraph.
Sums received to be held on trust
6 The sums received by the trustees by virtue of this Schedule, after deduction of any
relevant expenses, shall be held by them on trust for the purposes of the Hospital.
Right only for the benefit of the Hospital
7 (1) The right of the trustees under this Schedule may not be assigned and shall cease if
the trustees purport to assign or charge it.
(2) The right may not be the subject of an order under section 92 of the National Health
Service Act 1977 (transfers of trust property by order of the Secretary of State) and shall
cease if the Hospital ceases to have a separate identity or ceases to have purposes
which include the care of sick children.
(3) Any power of Her Majesty, the court (within the meaning of the Charities Act 1993184)
or any other person to alter the trusts of a charity is not exercisable in relation to the trust
created by this Schedule.
183 Para. 5(5) added by SI 1996/2967.
184 Reference to Charities Act 1993 inserted by that Act (replacing original reference to Charities Act
1960).
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Section 303(1) SCHEDULE 7 185
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS: GENERAL
Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1955 (c. 27)
6. In section 4 of the Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1955 (extension of lending power
of public libraries), make the existing provision subsection (1) and after it addC
"(2) The provisions of Part I of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
(copyright) relating to the rental of copies of sound recordings, films and computer
programs apply to any lending by a statutory library authority of copies of such
works, whether or not a charge is made for that facility.".
London County, Council (General Powers) Act 1958 (c. xxi)
7. In section 36 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1958 (power as to
libraries: provision and repair of things other than books) for subsection (5) substituteC
"(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorising an infringement of
copyright.".
Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 (c. 75)
8. In section 8 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 (restrictions on charges
for library facilities), after subsection (5) addC
"(6) The provisions of Part I of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
(copyright) relating to the rental of copies of sound recordings, films and computer
programs apply to any lending by a library authority of copies of such works,
whether or not a charge is made for that facility.".
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
16. In Part II of Schedule I to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (bodies
of which all members are disqualified), at the appropriate place insert "The Copyright
Tribunal".
Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
17. In Part 11 of Schedule I to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975
(bodies of which all members are disqualified), at the appropriate place insert "The
Copyright Tribunal".
Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I.1986/594 (N.I.3)
34. In Article 77 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (charges
for library services), after paragraph (2) addC
"(3) The provisions of Part I of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
(copyright) relating to the rental of copies of sound recordings, films and computer
185 Selected provisions only reproduced. Paras. 6, 8 & 34 were repealed by SI 1996/2967. Other
provisions in Sch. 7 have also been repealed, eg the following (by the legislation indicated):
para. 14 (Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992), para. 26 (Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992),
para. 27 (Communications Act 2003) paras. 29 & 30 (Broadcasting Act 1990), para. 31
(Companies Act 1989) and para. 35 (Companies (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990, SI
1990/1504).
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programs apply to any lending by a board of copies of such works, whether or not a
charge is made for that facility.".
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Section 303(2) SCHEDULE 8 186
REPEALS
Chapter Short title Extent of repeal
1956 c. 74. Copyright Act 1956. The whole Act.
1958 c. 44. Dramatic and Musical
Performers' Protection
Act 1958.
The whole Act.
1963 c. 53. Performers' Protection Act
1963.
The whole Act.
1968 c. 68. Design Copyright Act 1968. The whole Act.
1971 c. 4. Copyright (Amendment) Act
1971.
The whole Act.
1972 c. 32. Performers' Protection Act
1972.
The whole Act.
1982 c. 35. Copyright Act 1956
(Amendment) Act 1982.
The whole Act.
1983 c. 42. Copyright (Amendment) Act
1983.
The whole Act.
1985 c. 41. Copyright (Computer
Soft-ware) Amendment Act
1985.
The whole Act.
186 Selected provisions only reproduced, for other provisions see 1988 Act as enacted.
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THE COPYRIGHT (COMPUTER PROGRAMS)
REGULATIONS 1992 (SI 1992 NO. 3233)187
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS
(Regulation 12)
Computer programs created before 1st January 1993
12.-(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments of the Copyright, Designs and Patents
Act 1988 made by these Regulations apply in relation to computer programs created before
1st January 1993 as they apply to computer programs created on or after that date.
(2) Nothing in these Regulations affects any agreement or any term or condition of an
agreement where the agreement, term or condition is entered into before 1st January 1993.
187 Commencement date 1st January 1993.
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THE DURATION OF COPYRIGHT AND RIGHTS IN
PERFORMANCES REGULATIONS 1995 (SI 1995 NO. 3297)188
PART III
SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
189
(Regulations 12 to 36)
Introductory
Introductory
12.C(1) References in this Part to “commencement”, without more, are to the date on
which these Regulations come into force.
(2) In this PartC
“the 1988 Act” means the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;
“the 1988 provisions” means the provisions of that Act as they stood immediately
before commencement (including the provisions of Schedule 1 to that Act continuing
the effect of earlier enactments); and
“the new provisions” means the provisions of that Act as amended by these
Regulations.
(3) Expressions used in this Part which are defined for the purposes of Part I or II of the
1988 Act, in particular references to the copyright owner, have the same meaning as in that
Part.
Films not protected as such
13. In relation to a film in which copyright does not or did not subsist as such but which
is or was protectedC
(a) as an original dramatic work, or
(b) by virtue of the protection of the photographs forming part of the film,
references in the new provisions, and in this Part, to copyright in a film are to any copyright
in the film as an original dramatic work or, as the case may be, in photographs forming part
of the film.
Copyright
Copyright: interpretation
14.C(1) In the provisions of this Part relating to copyrightC
(a) “existing, in relation to a work, means made before commencement; and
(b) “existing copyright work” means a work in which copyright subsisted immediately
before commencement.
(2) For the purposes of those provisions a work of which the making extended over a
period shall be taken to have been made when its making was completed.
(3) References in those provisions to “moral rights” are to the rights conferred by Chapter
188 Commencement date 1st January 1996
189 See also Regulation 19 of SI 1996/2967, page 187.
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IV of Part I of the 1988 Act.
Duration of copyright: general saving
15.C(1) Copyright in an existing copyright work shall continue to subsist until the date on
which it would have expired under the 1988 provisions if that date is later than the date on
which copyright would expire under the new provisions.
(2) Where paragraph (1) has effect, section 57 of the 1988 Act (anonymous or
pseudonymous works: acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright or death of
author) applies as it applied immediately before commencement (that is, without the
amendments made by Regulation 5(2)190 ).
Duration of copyright: application of new provisions
16. The new provisions relating to duration of copyright applyC
(a) to copyright works made after commencement;
(b) to existing works which first qualify for copyright protection after commencement;
(c) to existing copyright works, subject to Regulation 15 (general saving for any longer
period applicable under 1988 provisions); and
(d) to existing works in which copyright expired before 31st December 1995 but which
were on 1st July 1995 protected in another EEA state under legislation relating to
copyright or related rights.
Extended and revived copyright
17.C In the following provisions of this PartC
“extended copyright” means any copyright which subsists by virtue of the new
provisions after the date on which it would have expired under the 1988 provisions;
and
“revived copyright” means any copyright which subsists by virtue of the new provisions
after having expired under the 1988 provisions or any earlier enactment relating to
copyright.
Ownership of extended copyright
18.C(1) The person who is the owner of the copyright in a work immediately before
commencement is as from commencement the owner of any extended copyright in the work,
subject as follows.
(2) If he is entitled to copyright for a period less than the whole of the copyright period
under the 1988 provisions, any extended copyright is part of the reversionary interest
expectant on the termination of that period.
Ownership of revived copyright
19.C(1) The person who was the owner of the copyright in a work immediately before it
expired (the “former copyright owner”) is as from commencement the owner of any revived
copyright in the work, subject as follows.
(2) If the former copyright owner has died before commencement, or in the case of a
legal person has ceased to exist before commencement, the revived copyright shall vestC
(a) in the case of a film, in the principal director of the film or his personal
representatives,
(b) in any other case, in the author of the work or his personal representatives.
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(3) Where revived copyright vests in personal representatives by virtue of paragraph (2),
it shall be held by them for the benefit of the person who would have been entitled to it had it
been vested in the principal director or author immediately before his death and had
devolved as part of his estate.
Prospective ownership of extended or revived copyright
20.C(1) Where by an agreement made before commencement in relation to extended or
revived copyright, and signed by or on behalf of the prospective owner of the copyright, the
prospective owner purports to assign the extended or revived copyright (wholly or partially)
to another person, then if, on commencement the assignee or another person claiming under
him would be entitled as against all other persons to require the copyright to be vested in
him, the copyright shall vest in the assignee or his successor in title by virtue of this
paragraph.
(2) A licence granted by a prospective owner of extended or revived copyright is binding
on every successor in title to his interest (or prospective interest) in the right, except a
purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and without notice (actual or constructive)
of the licence or a person deriving title from such a purchaser; and references in Part I of the
1988 Act to doing anything with, or without, the licence of the copyright owner shall be
construed accordingly.
(3) In paragraph (2) “prospective owner” includes a person who is prospectively entitled
to extended or revived copyright by virtue of such an agreement as is mentioned in
paragraph (1).
Extended copyright: existing licences, agreement, &c.
21.C(1) Any copyright licence, any term or condition of an agreement relating to the
exploitation of a copyright work, or any waiver or assertion of moral rights, whichC
(a) subsists immediately before commencement in relation to an existing copyright work,
and
(b) is not to expire before the end of the copyright period under the 1998 provisions,
shall continue to have effect during the period of any extended copyright, subject to any
agreement to the contrary.
(2) Any copyright licence, or term or condition relating to the exploitation of a copyright
work, imposed by order of the Copyright Tribunal whichC
(a) subsists immediately before commencement in relation to an existing copyright
work, and
(b) is not to expire before the end of the copyright period under the 1988 provisions,
shall continue to have effect during the period of any extended copyright, subject to any
further order of the Tribunal.
Revived copyright: exercise of moral rights
22.C(1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the exercise of moral rights in
relation to a work in which there is revived copyright.
(2) Any waiver or assertion of moral rights which subsisted immediately before the expiry
of copyright shall continue to have effect during the period of revived copyright.
(3) Moral rights are exercisable after commencement by the author of a work or, as the
case may be, the director of a film in which revived copyright subsists, as with any other
copyright work.
(4) Where the author or director died before commencementC
(a) the rights conferred byC
section 77 (right to identification as author or director),
section 80 (right to object to derogatory treatment of work), or
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section 85 (right to privacy of certain photographs and films),
are exercisable after commencement by his personal representatives, and
(b) any infringement after commencement of the right conferred by section 84 (false
attribution) is actionable by his personal representatives.
(5) Any damages recovered by personal representatives by virtue of this Regulation in
respect of an infringement after a person=s death shall devolve as part of his estate as if the
right of action had subsisted and been vested in him immediately before his death.
(6) Nothing in these Regulations shall be construed as causing a moral right to be
exercisable if, or to the extent that, the right was excluded by virtue of paragraph 23 or 24 of
Schedule 1 on the commencement of the 1988 Act or would have been so excluded if
copyright had not previously expired.
Revived copyright: saving for acts of exploitation when work in public domain, &c.
23.C(1) No act done before commencement shall be regarded as infringing revived
copyright in a work.
(2) It is not an infringement of revived copyright in a workC
(a) to do anything after commencement in pursuance of arrangements made before 1st
January 1995 at a time when copyright did not subsist in the work,
(b) to issue to the public after commencement copies of the work made before 1st July
1995 at a time when copyright did not subsist in the work.
(3) It is not an infringement of revived copyright in a work to do anything after
commencement in relation to a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or a film made
before commencement, or made in pursuance of arrangements made before
commencement, which contains a copy of that work or is an adaptation of that work ifC
(a) the copy or adaptation was made before 1st July 1995 at a time when copyright did
not subsist in the work in which revived copyright subsists, or
(b) the copy or adaptation was made in pursuance of arrangements made before 1st
July 1995 at a time when copyright did not subsist in the work in which revived
copyright subsists.
(4) It is not an infringement of revived copyright in a work to do after commencement
anything which is a restricted act in relation to the work if the act is done at a time when, or is
done in pursuance of arrangements made at a time when, the name and address of a
person entitled to authorise the act cannot by reasonable inquiry be ascertained.
(5) In this Regulation “arrangements” means arrangements for the exploitation of the
work in question.
(6) It is not an infringement of any moral right to do anything which by virtue of this
Regulation is not an infringement of copyright.
Revived copyright: use as of right subject to reasonable royalty
24.C(1) In the case of a work in which revived copyright subsists any acts restricted by the
copyright shall be treated as licensed by the copyright owner, subject only to the payment of
such reasonable royalty or other remuneration as may be agreed or determined in default of
agreement by the Copyright Tribunal.
(2) A person intending to avail himself of the right conferred by this Regulation must give
reasonable notice of his intention to the copyright owner, stating when he intends to begin to
do the acts.
(3) If he does not give such notice, his acts shall not be treated as licensed.
(4) If he does give such notice, his acts shall be treated as licensed and a reasonable
royalty or other remuneration shall be payable in respect of them despite the fact that its
amount is not agreed or determined until later.
(5) This Regulation does not apply if or to the extent that a licence to do the acts could
be granted by a licensing body (within the meaning of section 116(2) of the 1988 Act),
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whether or not under a licensing scheme.
(6) No royalty or other remuneration is payable by virtue of this Regulation in respect of
anything for which a royalty or other remuneration is payable under Schedule 6 to the 1988
Act.
Revived copyright: application to Copyright Tribunal
25.C(1) An application to settle the royalty other remuneration payable in pursuance of
Regulation 24 may be made to the Copyright Tribunal by the copyright owner or the person
claiming to be treated as licensed by him.
(2) The Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order as it may determine to
be reasonable in the circumstances.
(3) Either party may subsequently apply to the Tribunal to vary the order, and the
Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order confirming or varying the original
order as it may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) An application under paragraph (3) shall not, except with the special leave of the
Tribunal, be made within twelve months from the date of the original order or of the order on
a previous application under that paragraph.
(5) An order under paragraph (3) has effect from the date on which it is made or such
later date as may be specified by the Tribunal.
Film sound tracks: application of new provisions
26.C(1) The new provisions relating to the treatment of film sound tracks191 apply to
existing sound tracks as from commencement.
(2) The owner of any copyright in a film has as from commencement corresponding
rights as copyright owner in any existing sound track treated as part of the film; but without
prejudice to any rights of the owner of the copyright in the sound track as a sound recording.
(3) Anything done before commencement under or in relation to the copyright in the
sound recording continues to have effect and shall have effect, so far as concerns the sound
track, in relation to the film as in relation to the sound recording.
(4) It is not an infringement of the copyright in the film (or of any moral right in the film) to
do anything after commencement in pursuance of arrangements for the exploitation of the
sound recording made before commencement.
Rights in performances
Rights in performances: interpretation
27.C(1) In the provisions of this Part relating to rights in performancesC
(a) Aexisting, in relation to a performance, means given before commencement; and
(b) “existing protected performance” means a performance in relation to which rights
under Part II of the 1988 Act (rights in performances) subsisted immediately before
commencement.
(2) References in this Part to performers= rights are to the rights given by section
180(1)(a) of the 1988 Act and reference to recording rights are to the rights given by section
180(1)(b) of that Act.
Duration of rights in performances: general saving
28. Any rights under Part II of the 1988 Act in an existing protected performance shall
continue to subsist until the date on which they would have expired under the 1988
provisions if that date is later than
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the date on which the rights would expire under the new provisions.
Duration of rights in performances: application of new provisions
29. The new provisions relating to the duration of rights under Part II of the 1988 Act
applyC
(a) to performances taking place after commencement;
(b) to existing performances which first qualify for protection under Part II of the 1988
Act after commencement;
(c) to existing protected performances, subject to Regulation 28 (general saving for any
longer period applicable under 1988 provisions); and
(d) to existing performancesC
(i) in which rights under Part II of the 1988 Act expired after the commencement of
that Part and before 31st December 1995, or
(ii) which were protected by earlier enactments relating to the protection of
performers and in which rights under that Part did not arise by reason only that the
performance was given at a date such that the rights would have ceased to subsist
before the commencement of that Part,
but which were on 1st July 1995 protected in another EEA state under legislation
relating to copyright or related rights.
Extended and revived performance rights
30. In the following provisions of this PartC
“extended performance rights” means rights under Part II of the 1988 Act which subsist
by virtue of the new provisions after the date on which they would have expired under
the 1988 provisions; and
“revived performance rights” means rights which under Part II of the 1988 Act subsist
by virtue of the new provisionsC
(a) after having expired under the 1988 provisions, or
(b) in relation to a performance which was protected by earlier enactments relating
to the protection of performers and in which rights under that Part did not arise by
reason only that the performance was given at a date such that the rights would
have ceased to subsist before the commencement of that Part.
References in the following provisions of this Part to “revived pre-1988 rights” are to revived
performance rights within paragraph (b) of the above definition.
Entitlement to extended or revived performance rights
31.C(1) Any extended performance rights are exercisable as from commencement by
the person who was entitled to exercise those rights immediately before commencement,
that isC
(a) in the case of performer=s rights, the performer or (if he has died) the person
entitled to by virtue of section 192(2) of the 1988 Act to exercise those rights;
(b) in the case of recording rights, the person who was within the meaning of section
185 of the 1988 Act the person having those rights.
(2) Any revived performance rights are exercisable as from commencementC
(a) in the case of rights which expired after commencement of the 1988 Act, by the
person who was entitled to exercise those rights immediately before they expired;
(b) in the case of revived pre-1988 performers’ rights, by the performer or his personal
representatives;
(c) in the case of revived pre-1988 recording rights, by the person who would have
been the person having those rights immediately before the commencement of the
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1988 Act or, if earlier, immediately before the death of the performer, applying the
provisions of section 185 of that Act to the circumstances then obtaining.
(3) Any remuneration or damages received by a person=s personal representatives by
virtue of a right conferred on them by paragraph (1) or (2) shall devolve as part of that
person=s estate as if the right had subsisted and been vested in him immediately before his
death.
Extended performance rights: existing consents, agreement, &c.
32. Any consent, or any term or condition of an agreement, relating to the exploitation of
an existing protected performance whichC
(a) subsists immediately before commencement, and
(b) is not to expire before the end of the period for which rights under Part II of the
1998 Act subsist in relation to that performance,
shall continue to subsist during the period of any extended performance rights, subject to
any agreement to the contrary.
Revived performance rights: savings for acts of exploitation when performance in
public domain, &c.
33.C(1) No act done before commencement shall be regarded as infringing revived
performance rights in a performance.
(2) It is not an infringement of revived performance rights in a performanceC
(a) to do anything after commencement in pursuance of arrangements made before 1st
January 1995 at a time when the performance was not protected, or
(b) to issue to the public after commencement a recording of a performance made
before 1st July 1995 at a time when the performance was not protected.
(3) It is not an infringement of revived performance rights in a performance to do
anything after commencement in relation to a sound recording or film made before
commencement, or made in pursuance of arrangements made before commencement,
which contains a recording of the performance ifC
(a) the recording of the performance was made before 1st July 1995 at a time when
the performance was not protected, or
(b) the recording of the performance was made in pursuance of arrangements made
before 1st July 1995 at a time when the performance was not protected.
(4) It is not an infringement of revived performance rights in a performance to do after
commencement anything at a time when, or in pursuance of arrangements made at a time
when, the name and address of a person entitled to authorise the act cannot by reasonable
inquiry be ascertained.
(5) In this Regulation “arrangements” means arrangements for the exploitation of the
performance in question.
(6) References in this Regulation to a performance being protected areC
(a) in relation to the period after commencement of the 1988 Act, to rights under Part II
of that Act subsisting in relation to the performance, and
(b) in relation to earlier periods, to the consent of the performer being required under
earlier enactments relating to the protection of performers.
Revived performance rights: use as of right subject to reasonable remuneration
34.C(1) In the case of a performance in which revived performance rights subsist any
acts which require the consent of any person under Part II of the 1988 Act (the “rights
owner”) shall be treated as having that consent, subject only to the payment of such
reasonable remuneration as may be agreed or determined in default of agreement by the
Copyright Tribunal.
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(2) A person intending to avail himself of the right conferred by this Regulation must give
reasonable notice of his intention to the rights owner, stating when he intends to begin to do
the acts.
(3) If he does not give such notice, his acts shall not be treated as having consent.
(4) If he does give such notice, his acts shall be treated as having consent and
reasonable remuneration shall be payable in respect of them despite the fact that its amount
is not agreed or determined until later.
Revived performance rights: application to Copyright Tribunal
35.C(1) An application to settle the remuneration payable in pursuance of Regulation 34
may be made to the Copyright Tribunal by the rights owner or the person claiming to be
treated as having his consent.
(2) The Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order as it may determine to
be reasonable in the circumstances.
(3) Either party may subsequently apply to the Tribunal to vary the order, and the
Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order confirming or varying the original
order as it may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) An application under paragraph (3) shall not, except with the special leave of the
Tribunal, be made within twelve months from the date of the original order or of the order on
a previous application
under that paragraph.
(5) An order under paragraph (3) has effect from the date on which it is made or such
later date as may be specified by the Tribunal.
Supplementary
Construction of references to EEA states
36.C(1) For the purpose of the new provisions relating to the term of copyright protection
applicable to a work of which the country of origin is not an EEA state and of which the
author is not a national of an EEA stateC
(a) a work first published before 1st July 1995 shall be treated as published in an EEA
state if it was on that date regarded under the law of the United Kingdom or another
EEA state as having been published in that state;
(b) an unpublished film made before 1st July 1995 shall be treated as originating in an
EEA state if it was on that date regarded under the law of the United Kingdom or
another EEA state as a film whose maker had his headquarters in, or was domiciled or
resident in, that state; and
(c) the author of a work made before 1st July 1995 shall be treated as an EEA national
if he was on that date regarded under the law of the United Kingdom or another EEA
state as a national of that state.
The references above to the law of another EEA state are to the law of that state having
effect for the purposes of rights corresponding to those provided for in Part I of the 1988 Act.
(2) For the purposes of the new provisions relating to the term of protection applicable to
a performance where the performer is not a national of an EEA state, the performer of a
performance given before 1st July 1995 shall be treated as an EEA national if he was on that
date regarded under the law of the United Kingdom or another EEA state as a national of
that state.
The reference above to the law of another EEA state is to the law of that state having effect
for the purposes of rights corresponding to those provided for in Part II of the 1988 Act.
(3) In this Regulation “another EEA state” means an EEA state other than the United
Kingdom.
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REGULATIONS 1996 (SI 1996 NO. 2967)192
CLARIFICATION OF TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
RELATING TO PRE-1989 PHOTOGRAPHS
(Regulation 19)
19. Any question arising, in relation to photographs which were existing works within the
meaning of Schedule 1, as to who is to be regarded as the author for the purposes ofC
(a) regulations 15 and 16 of the Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances
Regulations 1995 (duration of copyright: application of new provisions subject to
general saving), or
(b) regulation 19(2)(b) of those regulations (ownership of revived copyright),
is to be determined in accordance with section 9 as in force on the commencement of those
regulations (and not, by virtue of paragraph 10 of Schedule 1, in accordance with the law in
force at the time when the work was made).
PART III
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS
(Regulations 25 to 36)
General provisions
Introductory
25.C(1) In this PartC
“commencement” means the commencement of these Regulations; and
“existing”, in relation to a work or performance, means made or given before
commencement.
(2) For the purposes of this Part a work of which the making extended over a period shall
be taken to have been made when its making was completed.
(3) In this Part a “new right” means a right arising by virtue of these Regulations, in
relation to a copyright work or a qualifying performance, to authorise or prohibit an act.
The expression does not includeC
(a) a right corresponding to a right which existed immediately before commencement,
or
(b) a right to remuneration arising by virtue of these Regulations.
(4) Expressions used in this Part have the same meaning in relation to copyright as they
have in Part I of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, and in relation to
performances as in Part II of that Act.
General rules
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26.C(1) Subject to anything in regulations 28 to 36 (special transitional provisions and
savings), these Regulations apply to copyright works made, and to performances given,
before or after commencement.
(2) No act done before commencement shall be regarded as an infringement of any new
right, or as giving rise to any right to remuneration arising by virtue of these Regulations.
Saving for certain existing agreements
27.C(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided, nothing in these Regulations affects an
agreement made before 19th November 1992.
(2) No act done in pursuance of any such agreement after commencement shall be
regarded as an infringement of any new right.
Special provisions
Broadcasts
28. The provisions ofC
regulation 5 (place where broadcast treated as made) and
regulation 6 (safeguards in relation to certain satellite broadcasts),
have effect in relation to broadcasts made after commencement.
Satellite broadcasting: international co-production agreements
29.C(1) This regulation applies to an agreement concluded before 1st January 1995C
(a) between two or more co-producers of a film, one of whom is a national of an EEA
state, and
(b) the provisions of which grant to the parties exclusive rights to exploit all
communication to the public of the film in separate geographical areas.
(2) Where such an agreement giving such exclusive exploitation rights in relation to the
United Kingdom does not expressly or by implication address satellite broadcasting from the
United Kingdom, the person to whom those exclusive rights have been granted shall not
make any such broadcast without the consent of any other party to the agreement whose
language-related exploitation rights would be adversely affected by that broadcast.
New rights: exercise of rights in relation to performances
30.C(1) Any new right conferred by these Regulations in relation to a qualifying
performance is exercisable as from commencement by the performer or (if he has died) by
the person who immediately before commencement was entitled by virtue of section 192(2)
to exercise the rights conferred on the performer by Part II in relation to that performance.
(2) Any remuneration or damages received by a person=s personal representatives by
virtue of a right conferred on them by paragraph (1) shall devolve as part of that person=s
estate as if the right had subsisted and been vested in him immediately before his death.
New rights: effect of pre-commencement authorisation of copying
31. Where before commencementC
(a) the owner or prospective owner of copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or
artistic work has authorised a person to make a copy of the work, or
(b) the owner or prospective owner of performer=s rights in a performance has
authorised a person to make a copy of a recording of the performance,
any new right in relation to that copy shall vest on commencement in the person so
authorised, subject to any agreement to the contrary.
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New rights: effect of pre-commencement film production agreement
32.C(1) Sections 93A and 191F (presumption of transfer of rental right in case of
production agreement) apply in relation to an agreement concluded before commencement.
As section 93A so applies, the restriction in subsection (3) of that section shall be
omitted (exclusion of presumption in relation to screenplay, dialogue or music specifically
created for the film).
(2) Sections 93B and 191G (right to equitable remuneration where rental right
transferred) have effect accordingly, but subject to regulation 33 (right to equitable
remuneration applicable to rental after 1st April 1997).
Right to equitable remuneration applicable to rental after 1st April 1997
33. No right to equitable remuneration under section 93B or 191G (right to equitable
remuneration where rental right transferred) arisesC
(a) in respect of any rental of a sound recording or film before 1st April 1997, or
(b) in respect of any rental after that date of a sound recording or film made in
pursuance of an agreement entered into before 1st July 1994, unless the author or
performer (or a successor in title of his) has before 1st January 1997 notified the person
by whom the remuneration would be payable that he intends to exercise that right.
Savings for existing stocks
34.C(1) Any new right in relation to a copyright work does not apply to a copy of the work
acquired by a person before commencement for the purpose of renting or lending it to the
public.
(2) Any new right in relation to a qualifying performance does not apply to a copy of a
recording of the performance acquired by a person before commencement for the purpose of
renting or lending it to the public.
Lending of copies by libraries or archives
35. Until the making of regulations under section 37 of the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988 for the purposes of section 40A(2) of that Act (lending of copies by libraries
or archives), the reference in section 40A(2) (and in paragraph 6B of Schedule 2) to a
prescribed library or archive shall be construed as a reference to any library or archive in the
United Kingdom prescribed by paragraphs 2 to 6 of Part A of Schedule 1 to the Copyright
(Librarians and Archivists) (Copying of Copyright Material) Regulations 1989.
Authorship of films
36.C(1) Regulation 18 (authorship of films) applies as from commencement in relation to
films made on or after 1st July 1994.
(2) It is not an infringement of any right which the principal director has by virtue of these
Regulations to do anything after commencement in pursuance of arrangements for the
exploitation of the film made before 19th November 1992.
This does not affect any right of his to equitable remuneration under section 93B.
See page 206 for the savings and transitional provisions of the Copyright and
Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 (SI 1997 No. 3032).
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REGULATIONS 2003 (SI 2003 NO. 2498) 193
PART 3
SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
(Regulations 30 to 40)
General provisions
Introductory
30.C(1) In this Part -
"commencement" means the date upon which these regulations come into force;
"extended copyright" means any copyright in sound recordings which subsists by virtue
of section 13A of the 1988 Act (as amended by regulation 29) after the date on which it
would have expired under the 1988 provisions;
"prospective owner" includes a person who is prospectively entitled to extended
copyright in a sound recording by virtue of such an agreement as is mentioned in
regulation 37(1);
"the 1988 Act" means the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; and
"the 1988 provisions" means the provisions of the 1988 Act as they stood immediately
before commencement (including the provisions of Schedule 1 to that Act continuing
the effect of earlier enactments).
(2) Expressions used in this Part which are defined for the purposes of Part 1 or 2 of the
1988 Act have the same meaning as in that Part.
General rules
31.C(1) Subject to regulation 32, these Regulations apply toC
(a) copyright works made,
(b) performances given,
(c) databases, in which database right vests, made, and
(d) works, in which publication right vests, first published,
before or after commencement.
(2) No act done before commencement shall be regarded as an infringement of any new
or extended right arising by virtue of these Regulations.
Savings for certain existing agreements
32.C(1) Nothing in these Regulations affects any agreement made before 22nd
December 2002.
(2) No act done after commencement, in pursuance of an agreement made before 22nd
December 2002, shall be regarded as an infringement of any new or extended right arising
by virtue of these Regulations.
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Special provisions
Permitted acts
33. The provisions of Chapter 3 of Part 1 (acts permitted in relation to copyright works)
and Schedule 2 (rights in performances: permitted acts) in the 1988 provisions shall continue
to apply to anything done after commencement in completion of an act begun before
commencement which was permitted by those provisions.
Performers' rights: making available to the public
34.C(1) Those parts of section 182D in the 1988 provisions which confer a right to
equitable remuneration in relation to the making available to the public in the way mentioned
in section 182CA(1) (regulation 7) of a commercially published sound recording shall cease
to apply on commencement.
(2) Any assignment made before commencement under the provisions of section
182D(2) shall, on commencement, cease to apply insofar as it relates to the new making
available to the public right conferred by section 182CA (regulation 7).
Exercise of rights in relation to performances
35.C (1) The new right conferred by section 182CA (consent required for making available to
the public) (in regulation 7) is exercisable as from commencement by the performer or (if he
has died) by the person who immediately before commencement was entitled by virtue of
section 192A(2) to exercise the rights conferred on the performer by Part 2 in relation to that
performance.
(2) Any damages received by a person's personal representatives by virtue of the right
conferred by paragraph (1) shall devolve as part of that person's estate as if the right had
subsisted and been vested in him immediately before his death.
Ownership of extended copyright in sound recordings
36. The person who is the owner of the copyright in a sound recording immediately
before commencement is as from commencement the owner of any extended copyright in
that sound recording.
Prospective ownership of extended copyright in sound recordings
37.C(1) Where by an agreement made before commencement in relation to extended
copyright in a sound recording, and signed by or on behalf of the prospective owner of the
copyright, the prospective owner purports to assign the extended copyright (wholly or
partially) to another person, then, if on commencement the assignee or another person
claiming under him would be entitled as against all other persons to require the copyright to
be vested in him, the copyright shall vest in the assignee or his successor in title by virtue of
this paragraph.
(2) A licence granted by a prospective owner of extended copyright in a sound recording
is binding on every successor in title to his interest (or prospective interest) in the right,
except a purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and without notice (actual or
constructive) of the licence or a person deriving title from such a purchaser; and references
in Part 1 of the 1988 Act to doing anything with, or without, the licence of the copyright owner
shall be construed accordingly.
Extended copyright in sound recordings: existing licences, agreements, etc.
38.C(1) Any copyright licence or any term or condition of an agreement relating to the
exploitation of a sound recording whichC
(a) subsists immediately before commencement in relation to an existing sound
recording, and
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(b) is not to expire before the end of the copyright period under the 1988 provisions,
shall continue to have effect during the period of any extended copyright in that sound
recording, subject to any agreement to the contrary.
(2) Any copyright licence, or term or condition relating to the exploitation of a sound
recording, imposed by order of the Copyright Tribunal which C
(a) subsists immediately before commencement in relation to an existing sound
recording, and
(b) is not to expire before the end of the copyright period under the 1988 provisions,
shall continue to have effect during the period of any extended copyright, subject to any
further order of the Tribunal.
Duration of copyright in sound recordings: general saving
39. Copyright in an existing sound recording shall continue to subsist until the date it
would have expired under Regulation 15 of the Duration of Copyright and Rights in
Performances Regulations 1995 (SI 1995/3297) if that date is later than the date on which
copyright would expire under the provisions of section 13A of the 1988 Act as amended by
regulation 29.
Sanctions and remedies
40.C(1) Section 296 in the 1988 provisions (devices designed to circumvent
copy-protection) shall continue to apply to acts done in relation to computer programs or
other works prior to commencement.
(2) Section 296 as substituted by regulation 24(1) (circumvention of technical devices
applied to computer programs), and sections 296ZA (circumvention of technological
measures) and 296ZD (rights and remedies in respect of devices designed to circumvent
technological measures), introduced by regulation 24(1), shall apply to acts done in relation
to computer programs or other works on or after commencement.
(3) Sections 107(2A), 198(1A) and 296ZB(1) and (2) (offences) do not have effect in
relation to any act committed before commencement.
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COPYRIGHT, ETC. AND TRADE MARKS
(OFFENCES AND ENFORCEMENT) ACT 2002
1 Penalties for criminal offences
[Subsections (1)-(4), which are not reproduced, increased the maximum term of
imprisonment possible under ss.107(4)(b), 198(5)(b) & 297A(2)(b) from two years to ten,
and added a possible six month term of imprisonment to s.297A(2)(a).]
(5) This section does not have effect in relation to any offence committed before
the commencement of this section.
7 Short title, commencement and extent 194
(1) This Act may be cited as the Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences
and Enforcement) Act 2002.
(2) This Act (apart from this section) shall come into force on such day as the
Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and
different days may be appointed for different purposes.
(3) An order under subsection (2) may contain transitional provisions and
savings relating to the provisions being brought into force by the order.
(4) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
(5) Section 6 and this section also extend to the Isle of Man.
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194 The Act as a whole was brought into force on 20th November 2002 by SI 2002/2749, which made
no further transitional provisions or savings.
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COPYRIGHT (VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS) ACT
2002
8 Short title, commencement and extent 195
(1) This Act may be cited as the Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act
2002.
(2) This Act (apart from this section) comes into force on such day as the
Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and
different days may be appointed for different provisions or for different
purposes.
(3) An order under subsection (2) may contain transitional provisions and
savings relating to the provisions being brought into force by the order.
(4) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
195 The Act as a whole was brought into force on 31st October 2003 by SI 2003/2499, immediately after
the commencement on the same day of the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003, SI
2003/2498. (There were no transitional provisions or savings in SI 2003/2499.)
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Publication
Right
Introduced by Regulations 16 & 17 of the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996, SI
1996/2967, as free-standing legislation not incorporated into the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988.
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PUBLICATION RIGHT (SI 1996/2967)
16 Publication right
(1) A person who after the expiry of copyright protection, publishes for the first
time a previously unpublished work has, in accordance with the following
provisions, a property right (“publication right”) equivalent to copyright.
(2) For this purpose publication includes any making available196 to the public,
in particular -
(a) the issue of copies to the public;
(b) making the work available by means of an electronic retrieval system;
(c) the rental or lending of copies of the work to the public;
(d) the performance, exhibition or showing of the work in public; or
(e) 197communicating the work to the public.
(3) No account shall be taken for this purpose of any unauthorised act.
In relation to a time when there is no copyright in the work, an
unauthorised act means an act done without the consent of the owner of
the physical medium in which the work is embodied or on which it is
recorded.
(4) A work qualifies for publication right protection only if -
(a) first publication is in the European Economic Area, and
(b) the publisher of the work is at the time of first publication a national of
an EEA state.
Where two or more persons jointly publish the work, it is sufficient for the
purposes of paragraph (b) if any of them is a national of an EEA state.
(5) No publication right arises from the publication of a work in which Crown
copyright or Parliamentary copyright subsisted.
(6) Publication right expires at the end of the period of 25 years from the end
of the calendar year in which the work was first published.
(7) In this regulation a “work” means a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic
work or a film.
(8) Expressions used in this regulation (other than “publication”) have the
same meaning as in Part I.
196 Words “making available” substituted by the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003, SI
2003/2498, in place of original word “communication”.
197 Revised 16(2)(e) substituted by SI 2003/2498 (replacing original “broadcasting the work or including
it in a cable programme service”).
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17 Application of copyright provisions to publication right
(1) The substantive provisions of Part I relating to copyright (but not moral
rights in copyright works), that is, the relevant provisions of -
Chapter II (rights of copyright owner),
Chapter III (acts permitted in relation to copyright works),
Chapter V (dealings with rights in copyright works),
Chapter VI (remedies for infringement), and
Chapter VII (copyright licensing),
apply in relation to publication right as in relation to copyright, subject to
the following exceptions and modifications.
(2) The following provisions do not apply -
(a) in Chapter III (acts permitted in relation to copyright works), sections
57, 64, 66A and 67;
(b) in Chapter VI (remedies for infringement), sections 104 to 106;
(c) in Chapter VII (copyright licensing), section 116(4).
(3) The following provisions have effect with the modifications indicated -
(a) in section 107(4) and (5) (offences of making or dealing in infringing
articles, &c.), the maximum punishment on summary conviction is
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not
exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both;
(b) in sections 116(2), 117 and 124 for “works of more than one author”
substitute “works of more than one publisher”.
(4) The other relevant provisions of Part I, that is -
in Chapter I, provisions defining expressions used generally in Part I,
Chapter VIII (the Copyright Tribunal),
in Chapter IX -
section 161 (territorial waters and the continental shelf), and
section 162 (British ships, aircraft and hovercraft), and
in Chapter X -
section 171(1) and (3) (savings for other rules of law, &c.), and
section 172 to 179 (general interpretation provisions),
apply, with any necessary adaptations, for the purposes of supplementing
the substantive provisions of that Part as applied by this regulation.
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(5) Except where the context otherwise requires, any other enactment relating
to copyright (whether passed or made before or after these regulations)
applies in relation to publication right as in relation to copyright.
In this paragraph “enactment” includes an enactment contained in
subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978.
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Database
Right
Introduced by Part III (Regulations 12-25) of the Copyright and Rights in Databases
Regulations 1997, SI 1997/3032, as free-standing legislation not incorporated into the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Subsequently amended by the : -
Scotland Act (Consequential Modifications) (No. 1) Order 1999, SI 1999/1042
Enterprise Act 2002 (Consequential and Supplemental Provisions) Order, SI
2003/1398
Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003
Copyright and Rights in Databases (Amendment) Regulations 2003, SI 2003/2501
(SI 2003/2501 extended database right protection to Isle of Man databases.)
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DATABASE RIGHT (SI 1997/3032, PART III)
12 Interpretation
(1) In this Part198 -
"database" has the meaning given by section 3A(1) of the 1988 Act;
"extraction", in relation to any contents of a database, means the
permanent or temporary transfer of those contents to another medium by
any means or in any form;
"insubstantial", in relation to part of the contents of a database, shall be
construed subject to Regulation 16(2);
"investment" includes any investment, whether of financial, human or
technical resources;
"jointly", in relation to the making of a database, shall be construed in
accordance with Regulation 14(6);
"lawful user", in relation to a database, means any person who (whether
under a licence to do any of the acts restricted by any database right in the
database or otherwise) has a right to use the database;
"maker", in relation to a database, shall be construed in accordance with
Regulation 14;
"re-utilisation", in relation to any contents of a database, means making
those contents available to the public by any means;
"substantial", in relation to any investment, extraction or re-utilisation,
means substantial in terms of quantity or quality or a combination of both.
(2) The making of a copy of a database available for use, on terms that it will
or may be returned, otherwise than for direct or indirect economic or
commercial advantage, through an establishment which is accessible to
the public shall not be taken for the purposes of this Part to constitute
extraction or re-utilisation of the contents of the database.
(3) Where the making of a copy of a database available through an
establishment which is accessible to the public gives rise to a payment the
amount of which does not go beyond what is necessary to cover the costs
of the establishment, there is no direct or indirect economic or commercial
advantage for the purposes of paragraph (2).
(4) Paragraph (2) does not apply to the making of a copy of a database
available for on-the-spot reference use.
198 “part” here and elsewhere in the regulations means Part III of the 1997 Regulations.
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(5) 199 Where a copy of a database has been sold within the EEA or the Isle of
Man by, or with the consent of, the owner of the database right in the
database, the further sale within the EEA or the Isle of Man of that copy
shall not be taken for the purposes of this Part to constitute extraction or
re-utilisation of the contents of the database.
13 Database right
(1) A property right ("database right") subsists, in accordance with this Part, in
a database if there has been a substantial investment in obtaining,
verifying or presenting the contents of the database.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) it is immaterial whether or not the
database or any of its contents is a copyright work, within the meaning of
Part I of the 1988 Act.
(3) This Regulation has effect subject to Regulation 18.
14 The maker of a database
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), the person who takes the initiative in
obtaining, verifying or presenting the contents of a database and assumes
the risk of investing in that obtaining, verification or presentation shall be
regarded as the maker of, and as having made, the database.
(2) Where a database is made by an employee in the course of his
employment, his employer shall be regarded as the maker of the database,
subject to any agreement to the contrary.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), where a database is made by Her Majesty or by
an officer or servant of the Crown in the course of his duties, Her Majesty
shall be regarded as the maker of the database.
(4) Where a database is made by or under the direction or control of the
House of Commons or the House of Lords -
(a) the House by whom, or under whose direction or control, the
database is made shall be regarded as the maker of the database, and
(b) if the database is made by or under the direction or control of both
Houses, the two Houses shall be regarded as the joint makers of the
database.
(4A)200 Where a database is made by or under the direction or control of the Scottish
Parliament, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body shall be regarded as the
maker of the database.
(5) For the purposes of this Part a database is made jointly if two or more
persons acting together in collaboration take the initiative in obtaining,
verifying or presenting the contents of the database and assume the risk of
investing in that obtaining, verification or presentation.
199 References to the Isle of Man added by SI 2003/2501.
200 Added by SI 1999/1042.
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(6) References in this Part to the maker of a database shall, except as
otherwise provided, be construed, in relation to a database which is made
jointly, as references to all the makers of the database.
15 First ownership of database right
The maker of a database is the first owner of database right in it.
16 Acts infringing database right
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, a person infringes database right in a
database if, without the consent of the owner of the right, he extracts or reutilises
all or a substantial part of the contents of the database.
(2) For the purposes of this Part, the repeated and systematic extraction or reutilisation
of insubstantial parts of the contents of a database may amount
to the extraction or re-utilisation of a substantial part of those contents.
17 Term of protection
(1) Database right in a database expires at the end of the period of fifteen
years from the end of the calendar year in which the making of the
database was completed.
(2) Where a database is made available to the public before the end of the
period referred to in paragraph (1), database right in the database shall
expire fifteen years from the end of the calendar year in which the
database was first made available to the public.
(3) Any substantial change to the contents of a database, including a
substantial change resulting from the accumulation of successive
additions, deletions or alterations, which would result in the database being
considered to be a substantial new investment shall qualify the database
resulting from that investment for its own term of protection.
(4) This Regulation has effect subject to Regulation 30.201
18202 Qualification for database right
(1) Database right does not subsist in a database unless, at the material time,
its maker, or if it was made jointly, one or more of its makers, was -
(a) an individual who was a national of an EEA state or habitually
resident within the EEA,
(b) a body which was incorporated under the law of an EEA state and
which, at that time, satisfied one of the conditions in paragraph (2),
(c) a partnership or other unincorporated body which was formed under
the law of an EEA state and which, at that time, satisfied the condition in
paragraph (2)(a),
201 See page 206.
202 18(1)(d)-(f) and 18(2A) added by SI 2003/2501.
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(d) an individual who was habitually resident within the Isle of Man,
(e) a body which was incorporated under the law of the Isle of Man and
which, at that time, satisfied one of the conditions in paragraph (2A), or
(f) a partnership or other unincorporated body which was formed under
the law of the Isle of Man and which, at that time, satisfied the condition
in paragraph (2A)(a).
(2) The conditions mentioned in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) are -
(a) that the body has its central administration or principal place of
business within the EEA, or
(b) that the body has its registered office within the EEA and the body's
operations are linked on an ongoing basis with the economy of an EEA
state.
(2A) The conditions mentioned in paragraphs (1)(e) and (f) are -
(a) that the body has its central administration or principal place of
business within the Isle of Man, or
(b) that the body has its registered office within the Isle of Man and the
body's operations are linked on an ongoing basis with the economy of
the Isle of Man.
(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply in any case falling within Regulation 14(4).
(4) In this Regulation -
(a) "EEA" and "EEA state" have the meaning given by section 172A of
the 1988 Act;
(b) "the material time" means the time when the database was made, or
if the making extended over a period, a substantial part of that period.
19 Avoidance of certain terms affecting lawful users
(1) A lawful user of a database which has been made available to the public in
any manner shall be entitled to extract or re-utilise insubstantial parts of the
contents of the database for any purpose.
(2) Where under an agreement a person has a right to use a database, or part
of a database, which has been made available to the public in any manner,
any term or condition in the agreement shall be void in so far as it purports
to prevent that person from extracting or re-utilising insubstantial parts of
the contents of the database, or of that part of the database, for any
purpose.
20 Exceptions to database right
(1) Database right in a database which has been made available to the public
in any manner is not infringed by fair dealing with a substantial part of its
contents if -
(a) that part is extracted from the database by a person who is apart
from this paragraph a lawful user of the database,
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(b) it is extracted for the purpose of illustration for teaching or research
and not for any commercial purpose, and
(c) the source is indicated.
(2) The provisions of Schedule 1 specify other acts which may be done in
relation to a database notwithstanding the existence of database right.
20A203 Exceptions to database right: deposit libraries
(1) Database right in a database is not infringed by the copying of a work from
the internet by a deposit library or person acting on its behalf if B
(a) the work is of a description prescribed by regulations under section
10(5) of the 2003 Act,
(b) its publication on the internet, or a person publishing it there, is
connected with the United Kingdom in a manner so prescribed, and
(c) the copying is done in accordance with any conditions so prescribed.
(2) Database right in a database is not infringed by the doing of anything in
relation to relevant material permitted to be done under regulations under
section 7 of the 2003 Act.
(3) Regulations under section 44A(3) of the 1988 Act exclude the application
of paragraph (2) in relation to prescribed activities in relation to relevant
material as (and to the extent that) they exclude the application of section
44A(2) of that Act in relation to those activities.
(4) In this Regulation -
(a) "the 2003 Act" means the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003;
(b) "deposit library" and "relevant material" have the same meaning as in
section 7 of the 2003 Act.
21 Acts permitted on assumption as to expiry of database right
(1) Database right in a database is not infringed by the extraction or reutilisation
of a substantial part of the contents of the database at a time
when, or in pursuance of arrangements made at a time when -
(a) it is not possible by reasonable inquiry to ascertain the identity of the
maker, and
(b) it is reasonable to assume that database right has expired.
(2) In the case of a database alleged to have been made jointly, paragraph (1)
applies in relation to each person alleged to be one of the makers.
22 Presumptions relevant to database right
(1) The following presumptions apply in proceedings brought by virtue of this
Part of these Regulations with respect to a database.
203 Added by the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003. See also Annex III.
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(2) Where a name purporting to be that of the maker appeared on copies of
the database as published, or on the database when it was made, the
person whose name appeared shall be presumed, until the contrary is
proved -
(a) to be the maker of the database, and
(b) to have made it in circumstances not falling within Regulation 14(2) to
(4).
(3) Where copies of the database as published bear a label or a mark stating -
(a) that a named person was the maker of the database, or
(b) that the database was first published in a specified year,
the label or mark shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated and
shall be presumed to be correct until the contrary is proved.
(4) In the case of a database alleged to have been made jointly, paragraphs
(2) and (3), so far as is applicable, apply in relation to each person alleged
to be one of the makers.
23 Application of copyright provisions to database right
The following provisions of the 1988 Act apply in relation to database right
and databases in which that right subsists as they apply in relation to
copyright and copyright works—
sections 90 to 93 (dealing with rights in copyright works)
sections 96 to 102 (rights and remedies of copyright owner and exclusive
licensee)
sections 113 and 114 (supplementary provisions relating to delivery up)
section 115 (jurisdiction of county court and sheriff court)204.
24 Licensing of database right
The provisions of Schedule 2 have effect with respect to the licensing of
database right.
25 Database right: jurisdiction of Copyright Tribunal
(1) The Copyright Tribunal has jurisdiction under this Part to hear and
determine proceedings under the following provisions of Schedule 2 -
(a) paragraph 3, 4 or 5 (reference of licensing scheme);
204 Reg 23 amended by SI 2006/1028
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(b) paragraph 6 or 7 (application with respect to licence under licensing
scheme);
(c) paragraph 10, 11 or 12 (reference or application with respect to
licence by licensing body).
(2) The provisions of Chapter VIII of Part I of the 1988 Act (general provisions
relating to the Copyright Tribunal) apply in relation to the Tribunal when
exercising any jurisdiction under this Part.
(3) Provision shall be made by rules under section 150 of the 1988 Act
prohibiting the Tribunal from entertaining a reference under paragraph 3, 4
or 5 of Schedule 2 (reference of licensing scheme) by a representative
organisation unless the Tribunal is satisfied that the organisation is
reasonably representative of the class of persons which it claims to
represent.
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SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 20(2)
EXCEPTIONS TO DATABASE RIGHT FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Parliamentary and judicial proceedings
1 Database right in a database is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of
parliamentary or judicial proceedings or for the purposes of reporting such proceedings.
Royal Commissions and statutory inquiries
2 (1) Database right in a database is not infringed by anything done for -
(a) the purposes of the proceedings of a Royal Commission or statutory inquiry, or
(b) the purpose of reporting any such proceedings held in public.
(2) Database right in a database is not infringed by the issue to the public of copies of
the report of a Royal Commission or statutory inquiry containing the contents of the
database.
(3) In this paragraph "Royal Commission" and "statutory inquiry" have the same meaning
as in section 46 of the 1988 Act.
Material open to public inspection or on official register
3 (1) Where the contents of a database are open to public inspection pursuant to a statutory
requirement, or are on a statutory register, database right in the database is not infringed
by the extraction of all or a substantial part of the contents containing factual information
of any description, by or with the authority of the appropriate person, for a purpose which
does not involve re-utilisation of all or a substantial part of the contents.
(2) Where the contents of a database are open to public inspection pursuant to a
statutory requirement, database right in the database is not infringed by the extraction or
re-utilisation of all or a substantial part of the contents, by or with the authority of the
appropriate person, for the purpose of enabling the contents to be inspected at a more
convenient time or place or otherwise facilitating the exercise of any right for the purpose
of which the requirement is imposed.
(3) Where the contents of a database which is open to public inspection pursuant to a
statutory requirement, or which is on a statutory register, contain information about
matters of general scientific, technical, commercial or economic interest, database right
in the database is not infringed by the extraction or re-utilisation of all or a substantial
part of the contents, by or with the authority of the appropriate person, for the purpose of
disseminating that information.
(4) In this paragraph -
"appropriate person" means the person required to make the contents of the database
open to public inspection or, as the case may be, the person maintaining the register;
"statutory register" means a register maintained in pursuance of a statutory
requirement; and
"statutory requirement" means a requirement imposed by provision made by or under
an enactment.
Material communicated to the Crown in the course of public business
4 (1) This paragraph applies where the contents of a database have in the course of public
business been communicated to the Crown for any purpose, by or with the licence of the
owner of the database right and a document or other material thing recording or
embodying the contents of the database is owned by or in the custody or control of the
Crown.
(2) The Crown may, for the purpose for which the contents of the database were
communicated to it, or any related purpose which could reasonably have been
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anticipated by the owner of the database right in the database, extract or re-utilise all or
a substantial part of the contents without infringing database right in the database.
(3) The Crown may not re-utilise the contents of a database by virtue of this paragraph if
the contents have previously been published otherwise than by virtue of this paragraph.
(4) In sub-paragraph (1) "public business" includes any activity carried on by the Crown.
(5) This paragraph has effect subject to any agreement to the contrary between the
Crown and the owner of the database right in the database.
Public records
5 The contents of a database which are comprised in public records within the meaning of
the Public Records Act 1958, the Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937 or the Public
Records Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 which are open to public inspection in pursuance of
that Act, may be re-utilised by or with the authority of any officer appointed under that
Act, without infringement of database right in the database.
Acts done under statutory authority
6 (1) Where the doing of a particular act is specifically authorised by an Act of Parliament,
whenever passed, then, unless the Act provides otherwise, the doing of that act does not
infringe database right in a database.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) applies in relation to an enactment contained in Northern Ireland
legislation as it applies in relation to an Act of Parliament.
(3) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as excluding any defence of statutory
authority otherwise available under or by virtue of any enactment.
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SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 24.
LICENSING OF DATABASE RIGHT
Licensing scheme and licensing bodies
1 (1) In this Schedule a "licensing scheme" means a scheme setting out -
(a) the classes of case in which the operator of the scheme, or the person on whose
behalf he acts, is willing to grant database right licences, and
(b) the terms on which licences would be granted in those classes of case;
and for this purpose a "scheme" includes anything in the nature of a scheme, whether
described as a scheme or as a tariff or by any other name.
(2) In this Schedule a "licensing body" means a society or other organisation which has
as its main object, or one of its main objects, the negotiating or granting, whether as
owner or prospective owner of a database right or as agent for him, of database right
licences, and whose objects include the granting of licences covering the databases of
more than one maker.
(3) In this paragraph "database right licences" means licences to do, or authorise the
doing of, any of the things for which consent is required under Regulation 16.
2 Paragraphs 3 to 8 apply to licensing schemes which are operated by licensing bodies and
cover databases of more than one maker so far as they relate to licences for extracting
or re-utilising all or a substantial part of the contents of a database; and references in
those paragraphs to a licensing scheme shall be construed accordingly.
Reference of proposed licensing scheme to tribunal
3 (1) The terms of a licensing scheme proposed to be operated by a licensing body may be
referred to the Copyright Tribunal by an organisation claiming to be representative of
persons claiming that they require licences in cases of a description to which the scheme
would apply, either generally or in relation to any description of case.
(2) The Tribunal shall first decide whether to entertain the reference, and may decline to
do so on the ground that the reference is premature.
(3) If the Tribunal decides to entertain the reference it shall consider the matter referred
and make such order, either confirming or varying the proposed scheme, either generally
or so far as it relates to cases of the description to which the reference relates, as the
Tribunal may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the
Tribunal may determine.
Reference of licensing scheme to tribunal
4 (1) If while a licensing scheme is in operation a dispute arises between the operator of the
scheme and -
(a) a person claiming that he requires a licence in a case of a description to which the
scheme applies, or
(b) an organisation claiming to be representative of such persons,
that person or organisation may refer the scheme to the Copyright Tribunal in so far as it
relates to cases of that description.
(2) A scheme which has been referred to the Tribunal under this paragraph shall remain
in operation until proceedings on the reference are concluded.
(3) The Tribunal shall consider the matter in dispute and make such order, either
confirming or varying the scheme so far as it relates to cases of the description to which
the reference relates, as the Tribunal may determine to be reasonable in the
circumstances.
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(4) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the
Tribunal may determine.
Further reference of scheme to tribunal
5 (1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has on a previous reference of a licensing scheme under
paragraph 3 or 4, or under this paragraph, made an order with respect to the scheme,
then, while the order remains in force -
(a) the operator of the scheme,
(b) a person claiming that he requires a licence in a case of the description to which
the order applies, or
(c) an organisation claiming to be representative of such persons,
may refer the scheme again to the Tribunal so far as it relates to cases of that
description.
(2) A licensing scheme shall not, except with the special leave of the Tribunal, be
referred again to the Tribunal in respect of the same description of cases -
(a) within twelve months from the date of the order on the previous reference, or
(b) if the order was made so as to be in force for 15 months or less, until the last three
months before the expiry of the order.
(3) A scheme which has been referred to the Tribunal under this section shall remain in
operation until proceedings on the reference are concluded.
(4) The Tribunal shall consider the matter in dispute and make such order, either
confirming, varying or further varying the scheme so far as it relates to cases of the
description to which the reference relates, as the Tribunal may determine to be
reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the
Tribunal may determine.
Application for grant of licence in connection with licensing scheme
6 (1) A person who claims, in a case covered by a licensing scheme, that the operator of the
scheme has refused to grant him or procure the grant to him of a licence in accordance
with the scheme, or has failed to do so within a reasonable time after being asked, may
apply to the Copyright Tribunal.
(2) A person who claims, in a case excluded from a licensing scheme, that the operator
of the scheme either -
(a) has refused to grant him a licence or procure the grant to him of a licence, or has
failed to do so within a reasonable time of being asked, and that in the circumstances it
is unreasonable that a licence should not be granted, or
(b) proposes terms for a licence which are unreasonable,
may apply to the Copyright Tribunal.
(3) A case shall be regarded as excluded from a licensing scheme for the purposes of
sub-paragraph (2) if -
(a) the scheme provides for the grant of licences subject to terms excepting matters
from the licence and the case falls within such an exception, or
(b) the case is so similar to those in which licences are granted under the scheme that
it is unreasonable that it should not be dealt with in the same way.
(4) If the Tribunal is satisfied that the claim is well-founded, it shall make an order
declaring that, in respect of the matters specified in the order, the applicant is entitled to
a licence on such terms as the Tribunal may determine to be applicable in accordance
with the scheme or, as the case may be, to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the
Tribunal may determine.
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Application for review of order as to entitlement to licence
7 (1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has made an order under paragraph 6 that a person is
entitled to a licence under a licensing scheme, the operator of the scheme or the original
applicant may apply to the Tribunal to review its order.
(2) An application shall not be made, except with the special leave of the Tribunal -
(a) within twelve months from the date of the order, or of the decision on a previous
application under this section, or
(b) if the order was made so as to be in force for 15 months or less, or as a result of
the decision on a previous application under this section is due to expire within 15
months of that decision, until the last three months before the expiry date.
(3) The Tribunal shall on an application for review confirm or vary its order as the
Tribunal may determine to be reasonable having regard to the terms applicable in
accordance with the licensing scheme or, as the case may be, the circumstances of the
case.
Effect of order of tribunal as to licensing scheme
8 (1) A licensing scheme which has been confirmed or varied by the Copyright Tribunal -
(a) under paragraph 3 (reference of terms of proposed scheme), or
(b) under paragraph 4 or 5 (reference of existing scheme to Tribunal),
shall be in force or, as the case may be, remain in operation, so far as it relates to the
description of case in respect of which the order was made, so long as the order remains
in force.
(2) While the order is in force a person who in a case of a class to which the order
applies -
(a) pays to the operator of the scheme any charges payable under the scheme in
respect of a licence covering the case in question or, if the amount cannot be
ascertained, gives an undertaking to the operator to pay them when ascertained, and
(b) complies with the other terms applicable to such a licence under the scheme,
shall be in the same position as regards infringement of database right as if he had at all
material times been the holder of a licence granted by the owner of the database right in
question in accordance with the scheme.
(3) The Tribunal may direct that the order, so far as it varies the amount of charges
payable, has effect from a date before that on which it is made, but not earlier than the
date on which the reference was made or, if later, on which the scheme came into
operation.
If such a direction is made -
(a) any necessary repayments, or further payments, shall be made in respect of
charges already paid, and
(b) the reference in sub-paragraph (2)(a) to the charges payable under the scheme
shall be construed as a reference to the charges so payable by virtue of the order.
No such direction may be made where sub-paragraph (4) below applies.
(4) Where the Tribunal has made an order under paragraph 6 (order as to entitlement to
licence under licensing scheme) and the order remains in force, the person in whose
favour the order is made shall if he -
(a) pays to the operator of the scheme any charges payable in accordance with the
order or, if the amount cannot be ascertained, gives an undertaking to pay the charges
when ascertained, and
(b) complies with the other terms specified in the order,
be in the same position as regards infringement of database right as if he had at all
material times been the holder of a licence granted by the owner of the database right in
question on the terms specified in the order.
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References and applications with respect to licences by licensing bodies
9 Paragraphs 10 to 13 (references and applications with respect to licensing by licensing
bodies) apply to licences relating to database right which cover databases of more than
one maker granted by a licensing body otherwise than in pursuance of a licensing
scheme, so far as the licences authorise extracting or re-utilising all or a substantial part
of the contents of a database; and references in those paragraphs to a licence shall be
construed accordingly.
Reference to tribunal of proposed licence
10 (1) The terms on which a licensing body proposes to grant a licence may be referred to
the Copyright Tribunal by the prospective licensee.
(2) The Tribunal shall first decide whether to entertain the reference, and may decline to
do so on the ground that the reference is premature.
(3) If the Tribunal decides to entertain the reference it shall consider the terms of the
proposed licence and make such order, either confirming or varying the terms, as it may
determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) The order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the
Tribunal may determine.
Reference to tribunal of expiring licence
11 (1) A licensee under a licence which is due to expire, by effluxion of time or as a result of
notice given by the licensing body, may apply to the Copyright Tribunal on the ground
that it is unreasonable in the circumstances that the licence should cease to be in force.
(2) Such an application may not be made until the last three months before the licence is
due to expire.
(3) A licence in respect of which a reference has been made to the Tribunal shall remain
in operation until proceedings on the reference are concluded.
(4) If the Tribunal finds the application well-founded, it shall make an order declaring that
the licensee shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of the licence on such terms as
the Tribunal may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) An order of the Tribunal under this section may be made so as to be in force
indefinitely or for such period as the Tribunal may determine.
Application for review of order as to licence
12 (1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has made an order under paragraph 10 or 11, the
licensing body or the person entitled to the benefit of the order may apply to the Tribunal
to review its order.
(2) An application shall not be made, except with the special leave of the Tribunal -
(a) within twelve months from the date of the order or of the decision on a previous
application under this paragraph, or
(b) if the order was made so as to be in force for 15 months or less, or as a result of
the decision on a previous application under this section is due to expire within 15
months of that decision, until the last three months before the expiry date.
(3) The Tribunal shall on an application for review confirm or vary its order as the
Tribunal may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
Effect of order of tribunal as to licence
13 (1) Where the Copyright Tribunal has made an order under paragraph 10 or 11 and the
order remains in force, the person entitled to the benefit of the order shall if heC
(a) pays to the licensing body any charges payable in accordance with the order or, if
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the amount cannot be ascertained, gives an undertaking to pay the charges when
ascertained, and
(b) complies with the other terms specified in the order,
be in the same position as regards infringement of database right as if he had at all
material times been the holder of a licence granted by the owner of the database right in
question on the terms specified in the order.
(2) The benefit of the order may be assigned -
(a) in the case of an order under paragraph 10, if assignment is not prohibited under
the terms of the Tribunal's order; and
(b) in the case of an order under paragraph 11, if assignment was not prohibited under
the terms of the original licence.
(3) The Tribunal may direct that an order under paragraph 10 or 11, or an order under
paragraph 12 varying such an order, so far as it varies the amount of charges payable,
has effect from a date before that on which it is made, but not earlier than the date on
which the reference or application was made or, if later, on which the licence was
granted or, as the case may be, was due to expire.
If such a direction is made -
(a) any necessary repayments, or further payments, shall be made in respect of
charges already paid, and
(b) the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to the charges payable in accordance with
the order shall be construed, where the order is varied by a later order, as a reference
to the charges so payable by virtue of the later order.
General considerations: unreasonable discrimination
14 In determining what is reasonable on a reference or application under this Schedule
relating to a licensing scheme or licence, the Copyright Tribunal shall have regard to -
(a) the availability of other schemes, or the granting of other licences, to other persons
in similar circumstances, and
(b) the terms of those schemes or licences,
and shall exercise its powers so as to secure that there is no unreasonable
discrimination between licensees, or prospective licensees, under the scheme or licence
to which the reference or application relates and licensees under other schemes
operated by, or other licences granted by, the same person.
Powers exercisable in consequence of competition report
15205 (1) Sub-paragraph (1A) applies where whatever needs to be remedied, mitigated or
prevented by
the Secretary of State, the Office of Fair Trading or (as the case may be) the Competition
Commission under section 12(5) of the Competition Act 1980 or section 41(2), 55(2),
66(6), 75(2), 83(2), 138(2), 147(2) or 160(2) of, or paragraph 5(2) or 10(2) of Schedule 7
to, the Enterprise Act 2002 (powers to take remedial action following references to the
Commission in connection with public bodies and certain other persons, mergers or
market investigations) or article 12(7) of, or paragraph 5(2) or 10(2) of Schedule 2 to, the
Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003 (power to take
remedial action following references to the Commission in connection with European
mergers) consists of or includes -
(a) conditions in licences granted by the owner of database right in a database
restricting the use of the database by the licensee or the right of the owner of the
database right to grant other licences; or
(b) a refusal of an owner of database right to grant licences on reasonable terms.
205 Revised paras. 15(1) & (2) substituted, and para. 15(1A) added, by SI 2003/1398.
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(1A) The powers conferred by Schedule 8 to the Enterprise Act 2002 include power to
cancel or modify those conditions and, instead or in addition, to provide that licences in
respect of the database right shall be available as of right.
(2) The references to anything permitted by Schedule 8 to the Enterprise Act 2002 in
section 12(5A) of the Competition Act 1980 and in sections 75(4)(a), 83(4)(a), 84(2)(a),
89(1), 160(4)(a), 161(3)(a) and 164(1) of, and paragraphs 5, 10 and 11 of Schedule 7 to,
the Act of 2002 and paragraphs 5, 10 and 11 of Schedule 2 to the Enterprise Act 2002
(Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003 shall be construed accordingly.
(3) The terms of a licence available by virtue of this paragraph shall, in default of
agreement, be settled by the Copyright Tribunal on an application by the person
requiring the licence; and terms so settled shall authorise the licensee to do everything in
respect of which a licence is so available.
(4) Where the terms of a licence are settled by the Tribunal, the licence has effect from
the date on which the application to the Tribunal was made.
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THE COPYRIGHT AND RIGHTS IN DATABASES
REGULATIONS 1997 (SI 1997/3032)206
PART IV
SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
207
(Regulations 26 to 30)
Introductory
26. Expressions used in this Part which are defined for the purposes of Part I of the 1988
Act have the same meaning as in that Part.
General rule
27. Subject to Regulations 28 and 29, these Regulations apply to databases made before
or after 1st January 1998.
General savings
28.C(1) Nothing in these Regulations affects any agreement made before 1st January
1998.
(2) Nothing in these Regulations affects any agreement made after 31st December 1997
and before 1st November 2003 in so far as the effect would only arise as a result of the
amendment of these Regulations by the Copyright and Rights in Databases (Amendment)
Regulations 2003.
(3) No act done in respect of any database, in which database right subsists by virtue of
the maker of the database (or one or more of its makers) falling within one of the provisions
contained in Regulations 14(4) and 18(1)(a), (b) and (c),C
(a) before 1st January 1998, or
(b) after 31st December 1997, in pursuance of an agreement made before 1st January
1998,
shall be regarded as an infringement of database right in the database.
(4) No act done in respect of any database, in which database right subsists by virtue of its
maker (or one or more of its makers) falling within one of the provisions contained in
Regulation 18(1)(d), (e) and (f),C
(a) before 1st November 2003, or
(b) after 31st October 2003, in pursuance of an agreement made before 1st November
2003,
shall be regarded as an infringement of database right in the database.
Saving for copyright in certain existing databases
206 Commencement date 1st January 1998.
207 As amended by SI 2003/2501 (commencement date 1st November 2003).
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29.C(1) Where a databaseC
(a) was created on or before 27th March 1996, and
(b) is a copyright work immediately before 1st January 1998,
copyright shall continue to subsist in the database for the remainder of its copyright term.
(2) In this Regulation "copyright term" means the period of the duration of copyright under
section 12 of the 1988 Act (duration of copyright in literary, dramatic, musical or artistic
works).
Database right: term applicable to certain existing databases
30. WhereC
(a) the making of any database is completed on or after 1st January 1983, and before
1st January 1998, and
(b) either -
(i) the database is a database in which database right subsists by virtue of the
maker of the database (or one or more of its makers) falling within one of the
provisions contained in Regulations 14(4) and 18(1)(a), (b) and (c) and database
right begins to subsist in the database on 1st January 1998, or
(ii) the database is a database in which database right subsists by virtue of its maker
(or one or more of its makers) falling within one of the provisions contained in
Regulation 18(1)(d), (e) and (f) and database right begins to subsist in the database
on 1st November 2003,
then database right shall subsist in the database for a period of fifteen years beginning with
1st
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THE COPYRIGHT (THE PERFORMERS, MORAL
RIGHTS ETC.) REGULATIONS 2006 (SI 2006 NO.18)208
Transitional provision
(Regulation 8)
The rights conferred by Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents
Act 1988 (as inserted by these Regulations) do not apply in relation to any
performance that took place before these Regulations come into force.
208 Commencement date 1st February 2007
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ANNEXES
302
ANNEX I
BROADCASTING ACT 1990
SECTION 176 AND SCHEDULE 17
176 Duty to provide advance information about programmes
(1) A person providing a programme service to which this section applies must
make available in accordance with this section information relating to the
programmes to be included in the service to any person (referred to in this
section and Schedule 17 to this Act as “the publisher”) wishing to publish in
the United Kingdom any such information.
(2) The duty imposed by subsection (1) is to make available information as to
the titles of the programmes which are to be, or may be, included in the
service on any date, and the time of their inclusion, to any publisher who
has asked the person providing the programme service to make such
information available to him and reasonably requires it.
(3) Information to be made available to a publisher under this section is to be
made available as soon after it has been prepared as is reasonably
practicable but, in any event -
(a) not later than when it is made available to any other publisher, and
(b) in the case of information in respect of all the programmes to be
included in the service in any period of seven days, not later than the
beginning of the preceding period of fourteen days, or such other number
of days as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State by order.
(4) An order under subsection (3) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance
of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(5) The duty imposed by subsection (1) is not satisfied by providing the
information on terms, other than terms as to copyright, prohibiting or
restricting publication in the United Kingdom by the publisher.
(6) Schedule 17 applies to any information or future information which the
person providing a programme service to which this section applies is or
may be required to make available under this section.
(7) For the purposes of this section and that Schedule, the following table
shows the programme services to which the section and Schedule apply
and the persons who provide them or are to be treated as providing them.
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Programme service Provider of service
Services other than services under the Act
Television and national radio services
provided by the BBC for reception in the
United Kingdom
The BBC
Services under the Act 209
Television programme services subject
to regulation by OFCOM
The public television services of the
Welsh Authority (within the meaning of
Part 2 of Schedule 12 to the
Communications Act 2003)
Any national service (see section
126(1)) subject to regulation by OFCOM,
any simulcast radio service (within the
meaning of Part II of the Broadcasting
Act 1996), and any national digital sound
programme service (within the meaning
of that Part of that Act) subject to
regulation by OFCOM
The person licensed to provide the
service
The Authority
The person licensed to provide the
service
Services provided during interim period only
Television broadcasting services
provided by the Independent Television
Commission in accordance with
Schedule 11, other than Channel 4
Channel 4, as so provided
The programme contractor
The body corporate referred to in section
12(2) of the Broadcasting Act 1981
(8) This section does not require any information to be given about any
advertisement.
209 As amended by the Broadcasting Act 1996 and subsequently by the Communications Act 2003.
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SCHEDULE 17
INFORMATION ABOUT PROGRAMMES: COPYRIGHT
PART I
COPYRIGHT LICENSING
1 (1) This paragraph applies where the person providing a programme service has
assigned to another the copyright in works containing information to which this Schedule
applies.
(2) The person providing the programme service, not the assignee, is to be treated as
the owner of the copyright for the purposes of licensing any act restricted by the
copyright done on or after the day on which this paragraph comes into force.
(3) Where the assignment by the person providing the programme service occurred
before 29th September 1989 then, in relation to any act restricted by the copyright so
assigned -
(a) sub-paragraph (2) does not have effect, and
(b) references below in this Schedule to the person providing the programme service
are to the assignee.
PART II
USE OF INFORMATION AS OF RIGHT
Circumstances in which right available
2 (1) Paragraph 4 applies to any act restricted by the copyright in works containing
information to which this Schedule applies done by the publisher if -
(a) a licence to do the act could be granted by the person providing the programme
service but no such licence is held by the publisher,
(b) the person providing the programme service refuses to grant to the publisher a
licence to do the act, being a licence of such duration, and of which the terms as to
payment for doing the act are such, as would be acceptable to the publisher, and
(c) the publisher has complied with paragraph 3.
(2) The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to refusing to grant a licence includes failing to do
so within a reasonable time of being asked.
(3) References below in this Schedule to the terms of payment are to the terms as to
payment for doing any act restricted by the copyright in works containing information to
which this Schedule applies.
Notice of intention to exercise right
3 (1) A publisher intending to avail himself of the right conferred by paragraph 4 must -
(a) give notice of his intention to the person providing the programme service, asking
that person to propose terms of payment, and
(b) after receiving the proposal or the expiry of a reasonable time, give reasonable
notice to the person providing the programme service of the date on which he
proposes to begin exercising the right and the terms of payment in accordance with
which he intends to do so.
(2) Before exercising the right the publisher mustC
(a) give reasonable notice to the Copyright Tribunal of his intention to exercise the right
and of the date on which he proposes to begin to do so, and
(b) apply to the Tribunal under paragraph 5 to settle the terms of payment.
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Conditions for exercise of right
4 (1) Where the publisher, on or after the date specified in a notice under paragraph
3(1)(b), does any act in circumstances in which this paragraph applies, he shall, if he
makes the payments required by this paragraph, be in the same position as regards
infringement of copyright as if he had at all material times been the holder of a licence to
do so granted by the person providing the programme service.
(2) Payments are to be made at not less than quarterly intervals in arrears.
(3) The amount of any payment is that determined in accordance with any order of the
Copyright Tribunal under paragraph 5 or, if no such order has been madeC
(a) in accordance with any proposal for terms of payment made by the person
providing the programme service pursuant to a request under paragraph 3(1)(a), or
(b) where no proposal has been so made or the amount determined in accordance with
the proposal so made appears to the publisher to be unreasonably high, in accordance
with the terms of payment notified under paragraph 3(1)(b).
Applications to settle payments
5 (1) On an application to settle the terms of payment, the Copyright Tribunal shall
consider the matter and make such order as it may determine to be reasonable in the
circumstances.
(2) An order under sub-paragraph (1) has effect from the date the applicant begins to
exercise the right conferred by paragraph 4 and any necessary repayments, or further
payments, shall be made in respect of amounts that have fallen due.
Application for review of order
6 (1) A person exercising the right conferred by paragraph 4, or the person providing the
programme service, may apply to the Tribunal to review any order under paragraph 5.
(2) An application under sub-paragraph (1) shall not be made, except with the special
leave of the TribunalC
(a) within twelve months from the date of the order, or of the decision on a previous
application under this paragraph, or
(b) if the order was made so as to be in force for fifteen months or less, or as a result of
a decision on a previous application is due to expire within fifteen months of that
decision, until the last three months before the expiry date.
(3) On the application the Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order
confirming or varying the original order as it may determine to be reasonable in the
circumstances.
(4) An order under this paragraph has effect from the date on which it is made or such
later date as may be specified by the Tribunal.
PART III
SUPPLEMENTARY
7 (1) This Schedule and the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 shall have effect as
if the Schedule were included in Chapter III of Part I of that Act, and that Act shall have
effect as if proceedings under this Schedule were listed in section 149 of that Act
(jurisdiction of the Copyright Tribunal).
(2) References in this Schedule to anything done by the publisher include anything done
on his behalf.
(3) References in this Schedule to works include future works, and references to the
copyright in works include future copyright.
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ANNEX II
BROADCASTING ACT 1996
SECTION 137
137210 Avoidance of certain terms relating to use for purpose of news
reporting of visual images from broadcast
(1) Any provision in an agreement is void in so far as it purports to prohibit or
restrict relevant dealing with a broadcast in any circumstances where by
virtue of section 30(2) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (fair
dealing for the purpose of reporting current events) copyright in the
broadcast is not infringed.
(2) In subsection (1) -
(a) "relevant dealing", in relation to a broadcast, means dealing by
communicating to the public any visual images taken from that
broadcast, and
(b) "broadcast" and "communicating to the public" have the same
meaning as in Part I of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
210 As amended by SI 2003/2498.
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ANNEX III
LEGAL DEPOSIT LIBRARIES ACT 2003
Duty to deposit
1 Deposit of publications
(1) A person who publishes in the United Kingdom a work to which this Act applies must at
his own expense deliver a copy of it to an address specified (generally or in a particular
case) by any deposit library entitled to delivery under this section.
(2) If a deposit library other than the authority controlling the Library of Trinity College,
Dublin has not specified an address, the copy is to be delivered to the library.
(3) In the case of a work published in print, this Act applies to B
(a) a book (including a pamphlet, magazine or newspaper),
(b) a sheet of letterpress or music,
(c) a map, plan, chart or table, and
(d) a part of any such work;
but that is subject to any prescribed exception.
(4) In the case of a work published in a medium other than print, this Act applies to a work
of a prescribed description.
(5) A prescribed description may not include works consisting only of -
(a) a sound recording or film or both, or
(b) such material and other material which is merely incidental to it.
(6) Subject to section 6(2)(h), the obligation under subsection (1) is to deliver a copy of the
work in the medium in which it is published.
(7) In this section, "address" means an address in the United Kingdom or an electronic
address.
2 New and alternative editions
(1) This Act does not apply to a work which is substantially the same as one already
published in the same medium in the United Kingdom.
(2) Where substantially the same work is published in the United Kingdom in more than
one
medium -
(a) section 1(1) applies only in relation to its publication in one of those media, and
(b) that medium is to be determined in accordance with regulations made by the
Secretary of State.
(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to circumstances in
which works are or are not to be regarded for the purposes of this section as
substantially the same.
3 Enforcement
(1) This section applies where a person (in this section, "the publisher") who is required by
or under this Act to deliver anything to an address specified by a deposit library, or to a
deposit library, has failed to comply with that obligation.
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(2) The library may, in accordance with rules of court, apply to the county court (or, in
Scotland, to the sheriff) for an order requiring the publisher to comply with the
obligation.
(3) If on an application under subsection (2) it appears that -
(a) the publisher is unable to comply with the obligation, or
(b) for any other reason, it is not appropriate to make an order under that subsection,
the court or sheriff may instead make an order requiring the publisher to pay to the
library an amount which is not more than the cost of making good the failure to comply.
Printed publications
4 Printed publications: the British Library
(1) The British Library Board is entitled to delivery under section 1 of a copy of every work
published
in print.
(2) The copy must be delivered within one month beginning with the day of publication.
(3) The copy is to be of the same quality as the best copies which, at the time of delivery,
have been produced for publication in the United Kingdom.
(4) The Board must give a receipt in writing (whether sent by electronic or other means).
5 Printed publications: other libraries
(1) Each deposit library other than the British Library Board is entitled to delivery under
section 1 of a copy of any work published in print which it requests.
(2) A request under this section must be in writing (whether sent by electronic or other
means).
(3) A request -
(a) may be made before publication, and
(b) in particular, may relate to all future numbers or parts of an encyclopaedia,
newspaper, magazine or other work.
(4) No request may be made after the end of 12 months beginning with the day of
publication.
(5) The copy must be delivered within one month beginning with B
(a) the day of publication, or
(b) if later, the day on which the request is received.
(6) The copy is to be of the same quality as the largest number of copies which, at the
time of delivery, have been produced for publication in the United Kingdom.
Non-print publications
6 Regulations: deposit of non-print publications
(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations supplementing sections 1 and 2 as they
apply to works published in media other than print.
(2) Regulations under this section may in particular -
(a) make provision about the time at which or the circumstances in which any deposit
library becomes or ceases to be entitled to delivery under section 1;
(b) require the person mentioned in section 1(1) to deliver, with the copy of the work,
a copy of any computer program and any information necessary in order to access
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the work, and a copy of any manual and other material that accompanies the work
and is made available to the public;
(c) require delivery within a time prescribed by reference to publication or another
event;
(d) permit or require delivery by electronic means;
(e) where a work is produced for publication in copies of differing quality, specify the
quality of copies to be delivered;
(f) where a work is published or made available to the public in different formats,
provide for the format in which any copy is to be delivered to be determined in
accordance with requirements specified (generally or in a particular case) by the
deposit libraries or any of them;
(g) make provision as to the circumstances in which works published on line are or
are not to be treated as published in the United Kingdom;
(h) specify the medium in which a copy of a work published on line is to be delivered.
7 Restrictions on activities in relation to non-print publications
(1) Subject to subsection (3), a relevant person may not do any of the activities listed in
subsection (2) in relation to relevant material.
(2) The activities are -
(a) using the material (whether or not such use necessarily involves the making of a
temporary copy of it);
(b) copying the material (other than by making a temporary copy where this is
necessary for the purpose of using the material);
(c) in the case of relevant material comprising or containing a computer program or
database, adapting it;
(d) lending the material to a third party (other than lending by a deposit library to a
reader for use by the reader on library premises controlled by the library);
(e) transferring the material to a third party;
(f) disposing of the material.
(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision permitting relevant persons
to do any of the activities listed in subsection (2) in relation to relevant material, subject
to such conditions as may be prescribed.
(4) Regulations under this section may in particular make provision about -
(a) the purposes for which relevant material may be used or copied;
(b) the time at which or the circumstances in which readers may first use relevant
material;
(c) the description of readers who may use relevant material;
(d) the limitations on the number of readers who may use relevant material at any one
time (whether by limiting the number of terminals in a deposit library from which
readers may at any one time access an electronic publication or otherwise).
(5) In this section -
(a) "reader" means a person who, for the purposes of research or study and with the
permission of a deposit library, is on library premises controlled by it;
(b) "relevant material" means -
(i) a copy delivered under section 1 of a work published in a medium other than
print;
(ii) a copy delivered pursuant to regulations under section 6 of a computer
program or material within section 6(2)(b);
(iii) a copy of a work to which section 10(6) applies;
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(iv) a copy (at any remove) of anything within any of sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii);
(c) "relevant person" means -
(i) a deposit library or person acting on its behalf;
(ii) a reader;
(d) references to a deposit library include references to the Faculty of Advocates.
(6) A contravention of this section is actionable at the suit of a person who suffers loss as
a result of the contravention, subject to the defences and other incidents applying to
actions for breach of statutory duty.
[8 This section introduced s.44A into the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (see
page 29) and regulation 20A into the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations
1997, SI 1997/3032 (see page 198).]
Exemption from liability
9 Exemption from liability: deposit of publications etc.
(1) The delivery by a person, pursuant to section 1, of a copy of a work is to be taken -
(a) not to breach any contract relating to any part of the work to which that person is a
party, and
(b) not to infringe copyright, publication right or database right in relation to any part of
the work or any patent.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to the delivery, pursuant to regulations under section 6, of a
copy of a computer program or material within section 6(2)(b) as it applies to the
delivery of a copy of a work pursuant to section 1.
10 Exemption from liability: activities in relation to publications
(1) A deposit library, or a person acting on its behalf, is not liable in damages, or subject to
any criminal liability, for defamation arising out of the doing by a relevant person of an
activity listed in section 7(2) in relation to a copy of a work delivered under section 1.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the liability of a deposit library where -
(a) it knows, or in the case of liability in damages it knows of facts or circumstances
from which it ought to know, that the copy contains a defamatory statement, and
(b) it has had a reasonable opportunity since obtaining that knowledge to prevent the
doing of the activity in relation to the copy.
(3) Where, pursuant to section 1, a person (in this section, "the publisher") has delivered a
copy of a work to an address specified by a deposit library, the publisher is not liable in
damages, or subject to any criminal liability, for defamation arising out of the doing by a
relevant person of an activity listed in section 7(2) in relation to the copy.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply where -
(a) the publisher knows, or in the case of liability in damages the publisher knows of
facts or circumstances from which it ought to know, that the copy contains a
defamatory statement, and
(b) it has had a reasonable opportunity since obtaining that knowledge to inform the
library of the matter, facts or circumstances known to it and has not done so.
(5) Where a work is published on the internet, subsection (6) applies to a copy of the work
if -
(a) the work is of a description prescribed by regulations under this subsection,
(b) the publication of the work on the internet, or a person publishing it there, is
connected with the United Kingdom in a manner so prescribed, and
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(c) the copy was made by a deposit library or person acting on its behalf copying the
work from the internet in accordance with any conditions so prescribed.
(6) Where this subsection applies to a copy of a work -
(a) no person other than the library is liable in damages, or subject to any criminal
liability, for defamation arising out of the doing by a relevant person of an activity
listed in section 7(2) in relation to the copy, and
(b) subsections (1) and (2) apply in relation to the doing of an activity in relation to the
copy as they apply in relation to the doing of the activity in relation to a copy of a
work delivered under section 1.
(7) In this section -
(a) "relevant person" has the same meaning as in section 7;
(b) references to activities listed in section 7(2) are references to those activities
whether or not done in relation to relevant material (as defined in section 7);
(c) references to a deposit library include references to the Faculty of Advocates.
(8) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for this section, as it applies in
relation to liability in damages and criminal liability for defamation, to apply in relation to
liability (including criminal liability) of any description prescribed in the regulations,
subject to such modifications as may be prescribed.
(9) Where this section applies to the doing of an activity in relation to a copy of a work it
also applies to the doing of the activity in relation to a copy (at any remove) of that
copy.
(10) Nothing in this section imposes liability on any person.
Regulations
11 Regulations: general
(1) Any power under this Act to make regulations-
(a) includes power to make different provision for different purposes, including in
particular different media, descriptions of work, deposit libraries or areas, and
(b) as well as being exercisable in relation to all cases to which it extends, may be
exercised in relation to those cases subject to specified exceptions, or in relation
to a particular case or class of cases.
(2) Regulations under this Act may not be made unless the Secretary of State has
consulted -
(a) the deposit libraries, and
(b) the publishers appearing to the Secretary of State to be likely to be affected.
(3) Regulations under section 1(4) or 6 may not be made so as to apply to works
published before the regulations are made.
(4) Regulations under section 1(4), 2 or 6 may not be made unless the Secretary of State
considers that the costs likely to be incurred as a result of the regulations by persons
who publish works to which the regulations relate are not disproportionate to the
benefit to the public arising from the delivery of copies of such works.
(5) Regulations under section 1(4), 2, 6, 7 or 10(5) may not be made unless the Secretary
of State considers that the regulations do not unreasonably prejudice the interests of
persons who publish
works to which the regulations relate.
(6) Any power to make regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument,
and no such regulations may be made unless a draft of the instrument containing them
has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
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(1) Regulations under this Act may not be made without the consent of the Scottish
Ministers if they would -
(a) remove an entitlement conferred by or under this Act on the authority controlling
the National Library of Scotland, or
(b) confer an entitlement that is not conferred on that authority on any other deposit
library.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply where the entitlement is to delivery of copies of
electronic publications and -
(a) in the case of legal publications, the Faculty of Advocates, or
(b) in any other case, the authority controlling the National Library of Scotland,
is provided with a means of accessing those publications electronically.
(3) Where subsection (1) does not apply, regulations under this Act that would affect the
authority controlling the National Library of Scotland may not be made unless the
Secretary of State has consulted the Scottish Ministers.
(4) Regulations under this Act may not be made without the consent of the National
Assembly for Wales if they would -
(a) remove an entitlement conferred by or under this Act on the authority controlling
the National Library of Wales, or
(b) confer an entitlement that is not conferred on that authority on any other deposit
library;
but this does not apply where the entitlement is to delivery of copies of electronic
publications and that authority is provided with a means of accessing those
publications electronically.
(5) Where subsection (4) does not apply, regulations under this Act that would affect the
authority controlling the National Library of Wales may not be made unless the
Secretary of State has consulted the National Assembly for Wales.
13 Regulations: Trinity College, Dublin
(1) Regulations under this Act which confer an entitlement on the authority controlling the
Library of Trinity College, Dublin may not be made unless the Secretary of State is
satisfied, in relation to relevant material delivered pursuant to such an entitlement -
(a) that as regards the restriction by section 7 (having regard to any regulations made
under that section) of activities in relation to relevant material, the restriction of
those activities under the laws of Ireland is not substantially less,
(b) that as regards the protection under the laws of any part of the United Kingdom of
copyright, publication right, database right and patents in relation to relevant
material, the protection under the laws of Ireland of corresponding rights is not
substantially less, and
(c) that as regards the protection from liability under subsections (3) and (4) of section
10 (or those subsections as applied by regulations under that section), the
protection under the laws of Ireland in relation to corresponding liability is not
substantially less.
(2) In this section "relevant material" has the same meaning as in section 7.
General
14 Interpretation
In this Act -
"the 1988 Act" means the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48);
"database right" has the meaning given by regulation 13(1) of the Copyright and Rights
in Databases Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/3032);
"deposit library" means any of the British Library Board and the authorities controlling -
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(a) the National Library of Scotland,
(b) the National Library of Wales,
(c) the Bodleian Library, Oxford,
(d) the University Library, Cambridge,
(e) the Library of Trinity College, Dublin;
"electronic publication" means an on line or off line publication including any publication
in electronic form (within the meaning given by section 178 of the 1988 Act);
"film" has the meaning given by section 5B of the 1988 Act;
"medium" means any medium of publication, including in particular any form of on line or
off line publication;
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;
"publication", in relation to a work -
(a) means the issue of copies of the work to the public, and
(b) includes making the work available to the public by means of an electronic
retrieval system;
and related expressions are to be interpreted accordingly;
"publication right" has the meaning given by regulation 16(1) of the Copyright and
Related Rights Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2967);
"sound recording" has the meaning given by section 5A of the 1988 Act.
[15 Consequential amendments, repeals and revocation
Not relevant]
16 Commencement and extent
(1) The preceding provisions of this Act, except so far as they confer power to make
regulations, come into force in accordance with provision made by the Secretary of
State by order made by statutory instrument.
(2) Different provision may be made for different purposes.
(3) An order under subsection (1) may not be made unless the Secretary of State has
consulted the Scottish Ministers and the National Assembly for Wales.
(4) This Act does not apply to works published before the commencement of section 1.
(5) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
17 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003.
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ANNEX IV
THE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (EC DIRECTIVE)
REGULATIONS 2002, SI 2002/2013
[Selected provisions only reproduced]
Interpretation
2.C(1) In these Regulations and in the ScheduleC
"enforcement action" means any form of enforcement action including, in particular B
(a) in relation to any legal requirement imposed by or under any enactment, any
action taken with a view to or in connection with imposing any sanction (whether
criminal or otherwise) for failure to observe or comply with it; and
(b) in relation to a permission or authorisation, anything done with a view to removing
or restricting that permission or authorisation;
"enforcement authority" does not include courts but, subject to that, means any person
who is authorised, whether by or under an enactment or otherwise, to take enforcement
action;
"information society services" (which is summarised in recital 17 of the Directive as
covering "any service normally provided for remuneration, at a distance, by means of
electronic equipment for the processing (including digital compression) and storage of
data, and at the individual request of a recipient of a service") has the meaning set out in
Article 2(a) of the Directive, (which refers to Article 1(2) of Directive 98/34/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for
the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations, as
amended by Directive 98/48/EC of 20 July 1998);211
"service provider" means any person providing an information society service;
[Part only of Regulation 2(1) is reproduced.]
General information to be provided by a person providing an information society
service
6.C(1) A person providing an information society service shall make available to the recipient
of the service and any relevant enforcement authority, in a form and manner which is easily,
directly and permanently accessible, the following information -
(a) the name of the service provider;
(b) the geographic address at which the service provider is established;
(c) the details of the service provider, including his electronic mail address, which make
it possible to contact him rapidly and communicate with him in a direct and effective
manner;
[Part only of Regulation 6(1) is reproduced.]
211 The wording in brackets relating to recital 17 of ‘the Directive’ (ie 2000/31/EC) in fact indicates
essentially what is meant by an 'information society service’.
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Mere conduit
17.C(1) Where an information society service is provided which consists of the transmission
in a communication network of information provided by a recipient of the service or the
provision of access to a communication network, the service provider (if he otherwise would)
shall not be liable for damages or for any other pecuniary remedy or for any criminal sanction
as a result of that transmission where the service provider -
(a) did not initiate the transmission;
(b) did not select the receiver of the transmission; and
(c) did not select or modify the information contained in the transmission.
(2) The acts of transmission and of provision of access referred to in paragraph (1) include
the automatic, intermediate and transient storage of the information transmitted where:
(a) this takes place for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission in the
communication network, and
(b) the information is not stored for any period longer than is reasonably necessary for
the transmission.
Caching
18. Where an information society service is provided which consists of the transmission in a
communication network of information provided by a recipient of the service, the service
provider (if he otherwise would) shall not be liable for damages or for any other pecuniary
remedy or for any criminal sanction as a result of that transmission where -
(a) the information is the subject of automatic, intermediate and temporary storage where
that storage is for the sole purpose of making more efficient onward transmission of the
information to other recipients of the service upon their request, and
(b) the service provider -
(i) does not modify the information;
(ii) complies with conditions on access to the information;
(iii) complies with any rules regarding the updating of the information, specified in a
manner widely recognised and used by industry;
(iv) does not interfere with the lawful use of technology, widely recognised and used
by industry, to obtain data on the use of the information; and
(v) acts expeditiously to remove or to disable access to the information he has stored
upon obtaining actual knowledge of the fact that the information at the initial source of
the transmission has been removed from the network, or access to it has been
disabled, or that a court or an administrative authority has ordered such removal or
disablement.
Hosting
19. Where an information society service is provided which consists of the storage of
information provided by a recipient of the service, the service provider (if he otherwise would)
shall not be liable for damages or for any other pecuniary remedy or for any criminal sanction
as a result of that storage
where B
(a) the service provider -
(i) does not have actual knowledge of unlawful activity or information and, where a
claim for damages is made, is not aware of facts or circumstances from which it would
have been apparent to the service provider that the activity or information was
unlawful; or
(ii) upon obtaining such knowledge or awareness, acts expeditiously to remove or to
disable access to the information, and
(b) the recipient of the service was not acting under the authority or the control of the
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service provider.
Protection of rights
20.C(1) Nothing in regulations 17, 18 and 19 shall C
(a) prevent a person agreeing different contractual terms; or
(b) affect the rights of any party to apply to a court for relief to prevent or stop
infringement of any rights.
(2) Any power of an administrative authority to prevent or stop infringement of any rights
shall continue to apply notwithstanding regulations 17, 18 and 19.
Defence in Criminal Proceedings: burden of proof
21.C(1) This regulation applies where a service provider charged with an offence in criminal
proceedings arising out of any transmission, provision of access or storage falling within
regulation 17, 18 or 19 relies on a defence under any of regulations 17, 18 and 19.
(2) Where evidence is adduced which is sufficient to raise an issue with respect to that
defence, the court or jury shall assume that the defence is satisfied unless the prosecution
proves beyond reasonable doubt that it is not.
Notice for the purposes of actual knowledge
22. In determining whether a service provider has actual knowledge for the purposes of
regulations 18(b)(v) and 19(a)(i), a court shall take into account all matters which appear to it
in the particular circumstances to be relevant and, among other things, shall have regard to -
(a) whether a service provider has received a notice through a means of contact made
available in accordance with regulation 6(1)(c), and
(b) the extent to which any notice includes -
(i) the full name and address of the sender of the notice;
(ii) details of the location of the information in question; and
(iii) details of the unlawful nature of the activity or information in question.
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ANNEX V
STANDING OR INTERPRETATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF THE COPYRIGHT, DESIGNS AND PATENTS ACT 1988
Section 144 and paragraph 17 of Schedule 2A
The Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003 (SI
2003/1592) provides that:
AIn section 144 of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 (powers exercisable in
consequence of report of Competition Commission) B
(a) the reference in subsection (1) to -
(i) section 66(6) of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a
reference to article 12(7) of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate
Interests) Order 2003; and
(ii) paragraph 5(2) or 10(2) of Schedule 7 to the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have
effect as if it included a reference to paragraph 5(2) or 10(2) of Schedule 2 to
the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003; and
(b) the reference in subsection (2) to paragraphs 5, 10 and 11 of Schedule 7 to the
Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to paragraphs 5,
10 and 11 of Schedule 2 to the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate
Interests) Order 2003.”
Equivalent provision is made in relation to paragraph 17 of Schedule 2A.
Sections 145(2) and 150(1)
The functions of the Lord Advocate under these sections have been transferred
to Scottish Ministers by virtue of the following Orders:
The Transfer of Functions (Lord Advocate and Secretary of State) Order 1999 (SI
1999/678),
The Scotland Act 1998 (Functions Exercisable in or as Regards Scotland) Order 1999
(SI 1999/1748), and
The Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 1999
(SI 1999/ 1750)
In essence, SI 1999/678 transferred the functions of the Lord Advocate under
ss.145(2) and 150(1) to the Secretary of State, SI 1999/1748 designated the
Secretary of State=s functions under these sections as being exercisable in or as
regards Scotland, and SI 1999/ 1750 transferred the so designated functions (of
being consulted by the Lord Chancellor) to Scottish Ministers.
However, no action appears to have been taken in respect of the similar
provision in section 146(6) concerning the Lord Advocate.
Section 165
Interpretation in relation to the Scottish Parliament
The Parliamentary Copyright (Scottish Parliament) Order 1999 (SI 1999/676)
provides as follows (“the Act” meaning the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
1998):
“Modification of section 165 of the Act
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2. In the application of section 165 (parliamentary copyright) of the Act to works made by
or under the direction or control of the Scottish Parliament, it shall be read as if -
(a) references to "the House of Commons or the House of Lords", "that House” or
"either House" were references to "the Scottish Parliament";
(b) for subsection (1)(b) there were substituted -
"(b) the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is the first owner of any copyright in
the work.";
(c) the reference in subsection (4)(a) to "employee" were a reference to Amember
of the staff"; and
(d) in subsection (4) -
"officer" meant the Presiding Officer and any deputy, elected under section 19
of the Scotland Act 1998;
"proceedings" included proceedings of any committee or sub-committee; and
"staff" had the same meaning as "staff of the Parliament" in the Scotland Act
1998.”
Interpretation in relation to the Northern Ireland Assembly
The Parliamentary Copyright (Northern Ireland Assembly) Order 1999 (SI
1999/3146) provides as follows (“the Act” meaning the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988):
“Modification of section 165 of the Act
2. In the application of section 165 (parliamentary copyright) of the Act to works made by
or under the direction or control of the Northern Ireland Assembly, it shall be read as if -
(a) references to "the House of Commons or the House of Lords", "that House” or
"either House" were references to "the Northern Ireland Assembly”;
(b) for subsection (1)(b) there were substituted -
"(b) the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission is the first owner of any copyright in
the work";
(c) the reference in subsection (4)(a) to "employee" were a reference to Amember
of the staff"; and
(d) in subsection (4) -
"officer" meant the Presiding Officer and any deputy, elected under section 39
of the Northern Ireland Act 1998;
"proceedings" included proceedings of any committee or sub-committee; and
Astaff" had the same meaning as "staff of the Assembly" in the Northern Ireland
Act 1998.”
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ANNEX VI
REPEALED OR SUPERSEDED PROVISIONS OF THE
COPYRIGHT, DESIGNS AND PATENTS ACT 1988
s.5 (sound recordings and films)
[Replaced by ss.5A & 5B, SI 1995/3297]
5.C(1) In this PartC
"sound recording" meansC
(a) a recording of sounds, from which the sounds may be reproduced, or
(b) a recording of the whole or any part of a literary, dramatic or musical work, from
which sounds reproducing the work or part may be produced,
regardless of the medium on which the recording is made or the method by which the
sounds are reproduced or produced; and
"film" means a recording on any medium from which a moving image may by any means
be produced.
(2) Copyright does not subsist in a sound recording or film which is, or to the extent that it
is, a copy taken from a previous sound recording or film.
s.6 (broadcasts)
[ss.6(1) & 6(4) replaced by revised text, SI 2003/2498 & SI 1996/2967
respectively]
6.C(1) In this Part a "broadcast" means a transmission by wireless telegraphy of visual
images, sounds or other information whichC
(a) is capable of being lawfully received by members of the public, or
(b) is transmitted for presentation to members of the public;
and references to broadcasting shall be construed accordingly.
(4) For the purposes of this Part the place from which a broadcast is made is, in the case of
a satellite transmission, the place from which the signals carrying the broadcast are
transmitted to the satellite.
s.7 (cable programmes)
[Repealed by SI 2003/2498]
7.C(1) In this PartC
"cable programme" means any item included in a cable programme service; and
"cable programme service" means a service which consists wholly or mainly in sending
visual images, sounds or other information by means of a telecommunications system,
otherwise than by wireless telegraphy, for receptionC
(a) at two or more places (whether for simultaneous reception or at different times in
response to requests by different users), or
(b) for presentation to members of the public,
and which is not, or so far as it is not, excepted by or under the following provisions of
this section.
(2) The following are excepted from the definition of "cable programme service”C
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(a) a service or part of a service of which it is an essential feature that while visual
images, sounds or other information are being conveyed by the person providing the
service there will or may be sent from each place of reception, by means of the same
system or (as the case may be) the same part of it, information (other than signals sent
for the operation or control of the service) for reception by the person providing the
service or other persons receiving it;
(b) a service run for the purposes of a business whereC
(i) no person except the person carrying on the business is concerned in the
control of the apparatus comprised in the system,
(ii) the visual images, sounds or other information are conveyed by the system
solely for purposes internal to the running of the business and not by way of rendering
a service or providing amenities for others, and
(iii) the system is not connected to any other telecommunications system;
(c) a service run by a single individual whereC
(i) all the apparatus comprised in the system is under his control,
(ii) the visual images, sounds or other information conveyed by the system are
conveyed solely for domestic purposes of his, and
(iii) the system is not connected to any other telecommunications system;
(d) services whereC
(i) all the apparatus comprised in the system is situated in, or connects, premises
which are in single occupation, and
(ii) the system is not connected to any other telecommunications system,
other than services operated as part of the amenities provided for residents or inmates of
premises run as a business;
(e) services which are, or to the extent that they are, run for persons providing
broadcasting or cable programme services or providing programmes for such services.
(3) The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (2) so as to add or remove
exceptions, subject to such transitional provision as appears to him to be appropriate.
(4) An order shall be made by statutory instrument; and no order shall be made unless a
draft of it has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
(5) References in this Part to the inclusion of a cable programme or work in a cable
programme service are to its transmission as part of the service; and references to the
person including it are to the person providing the service.
(6) Copyright does not subsist in a cable programmeC
(a) if it is included in a cable programme service by reception and immediate
re-transmission of a broadcast, or
(b) if it infringes, or to the extent that it infringes, the copyright in another cable
programme or in a broadcast.
s.9 (authorship of work)
[s.9(2)(a) replaced by ss.9(2)(aa) & (ab) SI 1996/2967. s.9(2)(c) deleted by SI
2003/2498]
(2) That person* shall be taken to beC
(a) in the case of a sound recording or film, the person by whom the arrangements
necessary for the making of the recording or film are undertaken;
(c) in the case of a cable programme, the person providing the cable programme
service in which the programme is included;
[* ie the author]
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s.12 (duration of copyright in literary &c works)
[Replaced by revised version, SI 1995/3297]
12.C(1) Copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work expires at the end of the
period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author dies, subject to the
following provisions of this section.
(2) If the work is of unknown authorship, copyright expires at the end of the period of 50
years from the end of the calendar year in which it is first made available to the public; and
subsection (1) does not apply if the identity of the author becomes known after the end of
that period.
For this purpose making available to the public includesC
(a) in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical workC
(i) performance in public, or
(ii) being broadcast or included in a cable programme service;
(b) in the case of an artistic workC
(i) exhibition in public,
(ii) a film including the work being shown in public, or
(iii) being included in a broadcast or cable programme service;
but in determining generally for the purposes of this subsection whether a work has been
made available to the public no account shall be taken of any unauthorised act.
(3) If the work is computer-generated neither of the above provisions applies and copyright
expires at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the
work was made.
(4) In relation to a work of joint authorshipC
(a) the reference in subsection (1) to the death of the author shall be construedC
(i) if the identity of all the authors is known, as a reference to the death of the last of
them to die, and
(ii) if the identity of one or more of the authors is known and the identity of one or more
others is not, as a reference to the death of the last of the authors whose identity is
known; and
(b) the reference in subsection (2) to the identity of the author becoming known shall be
construed as a reference to the identity of any of the authors becoming known.
(5) This section does not apply to Crown copyright or Parliamentary copyright (see section
163 to section 166) or to copyright which subsists by virtue of section 168 (copyright of
certain international organisations).
s.13 (duration of copyright in sound recordings and films)
[Replaced by ss.13A & 13B, SI 1995/3297]
13.C(1) Copyright in a sound recording or film expiresC
(a) at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is
made, or
(b) if it is released before the end of that period, 50 years from the end of the calendar
year in which it is released.
(2) A sound recording or film is "released" whenC
(a) it is first published, broadcast or included in a cable programme service, or
(b) in the case of a film or film sound-track, the film is first shown in public;
but in determining whether a work has been released no account shall be taken of any
unauthorised act.
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s.14 (duration of copyright in broadcasts and cable programmes)
[Replaced by revised version, SI 1995/3297]
14.C(1) Copyright in a broadcast or cable programme expires at the end of the period of 50
years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast was made or the programme
was included in a cable programme service.
(2) Copyright in a repeat broadcast or cable programme expires at the same time as the
copyright in the original broadcast or cable programme; and accordingly no copyright arises
in respect of a repeat broadcast or cable programme which is broadcast or included in a
cable programme service after the expiry of the copyright in the original broadcast or cable
programme.
(3) A repeat broadcast or cable programme means one which is a repeat either of a
broadcast previously made or of a cable programme previously included in a cable
programme service.
s.16 (acts restricted by copyright in a work)
[s.16(1)(d) replaced by revised version, SI 2003/2498]
(d) to broadcast the work or include it in a cable programme service (see section
20);
s.18 (infringement by issue of copies to the public)
[s.18(2) amended as shown, and s.18(3) added, by SI 1992/3233 (subsequently
replaced by revised versions, SI 1996/2967)]
(2) References in this Part to the issue to the public of copies of a work except where the
work is a computer program are to the act of putting into circulation copies not previously put
into circulation, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and not toC
(a) any subsequent distribution, sale, hiring or loan of those copies, or
(b) any subsequent importation of those copies into the United Kingdom;
except that in relation to sound recordings and films and computer programs the restricted
act of issuing copies to the public includes any rental of copies to the public.
(3) References in this Part to the issue to the public of copies of a work where the work is a
computer program are to the act of putting into circulation copies of that program not
previously put into circulation in the United Kingdom or any other member State, by or with
the consent of the copyright owner, and
not toC
(a) any subsequent, distribution, sale hiring or loan of those copies, or
(b) any subsequent importation of those copies into the United Kingdom,
except that the restricted act of issuing copies to the public includes any rental of copies to
the public.
s.20 (infringement by broadcasting or inclusion in a cable programme service)
[Replaced by revised version, SI 2003/2498]
20. The broadcasting of the work or its inclusion in a cable programme service is an act
restricted by the copyright inC
(a) a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work,
(b) a sound recording or film, or
(c) a broadcast or cable programme.
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s.27 (meaning of “infringing copy”)
[s.27(3A), added by SI 1992/3233 (subsequently repealed by SI 1996/2967)]
(3A) A copy of a computer program which has previously been sold in any other member
State, by or with the consent of the copyright owner, is not an infringing copy for the
purposes of subsection (3).
s.29 (research and private study)
[s.29(1), amended as indicated by SI 1997/3032 (subsequently replaced by
revised text, SI 2003/2498). ss.29(1A) & (5) added by SI 1997/3032 (and
repealed by SI 2003/2498).]
29.C(1) Fair dealing with a literary work, other than a database, or a dramatic, musical or
artistic work for the purposes of research or private study does not infringe any copyright in
the work or, in the case of a published edition, in the typographical arrangement.
(1A) Fair dealing with a database for the purposes of research or private study does not
infringe any copyright in the database provided that the source is indicated.
(5) The doing of anything in relation to a database for the purposes of research for a
commercial purpose is not fair dealing with the database.
s.32 (things done for purposes of instruction or examination)
[ss.32(1) & (2) replaced by revised versions, SI 2003/2498]
32.C(1) Copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is not infringed by its being
copied in the course of instruction or of preparation for instruction, provided the copyingC
(a) is done by a person giving or receiving instruction, and
(b) is not by means of a reprographic process.
(2) Copyright in a sound recording, film, broadcast or cable programme is not infringed by
its being copied by making a film or film sound-track in the course of instruction, or of
preparation for instruction, in the making of films or film sound-tracks, provided the copying is
done by a person giving or receiving instruction.
s.38(2)(a) (copying by librarians, prescribed conditions)
[Replaced by revised version SI 2003/2498]
(2) The prescribed conditions shall include the followingC
(a) that copies are supplied only to persons satisfying the librarian that they require
them for purposes of research or private study, and will not use them for any other
purpose;
[The original form of ss.39(2)(a), 43(3)(a) & 61(4)(a), also replaced by revised
versions by SI 2003/2498, was similar]
s.66 (rental of sound recordings, films and computer programs)
[Replaced by revised s.66, SI 1996/2967]
66.C(1) The Secretary of State may by order provide that in such cases as may be
specified in the order the rental to the public of copies of sound recordings, films or computer
programs shall be treated as
licensed by the copyright owner subject only to the payment of such reasonable royalty or
other payment as may be agreed or determined in default of agreement by the Copyright
Tribunal.
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(2) No such order shall apply if, or to the extent that, there is a licensing scheme certified
for the purposes of this section under section 143 providing for the grant of licences.
(3) An order may make different provision for different cases and may specify cases by
reference to any factor relating to the work, the copies rented, the renter or the
circumstances of the rental.
(4) An order shall be made by statutory instrument; and no order shall be made unless a
draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
(5) Copyright in a computer program is not infringed by the rental of copies to the public
after the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which copies of it
were first issued to the public in electronic form.
(6) Nothing in this section affects any liability under section 23 (secondary infringement) in
respect of the rental of infringing copies.
s.71 (photographs of television broadcasts or cable programmes)
[Replaced by revised version, SI 2003/2498]
71. The making for private and domestic use of a photograph of the whole or any part of an
image forming part of a television broadcast or cable programme, or a copy of such a
photograph, does not infringe any copyright in the broadcast or cable programme or in any
film included in it.
s.72 (free public showing or playing of broadcast or cable programme)
[s.72(1) replaced by revised version, SI 2003/2498]
72.C(1) The showing or playing in public of a broadcast or cable programme to an audience
who have not paid for admission to the place where the broadcast or programme is to be
seen or heard does not infringe any copyright inC
(a) the broadcast or cable programme, or
(b) any sound recording or film included in it.
s.73 (cable retransmission of broadcasts)
[Amended as indicated by the Broadcasting Act 1990]
73.C(1) This section applies where a broadcast made from a place in the United Kingdom is,
by reception and immediate re-transmission, included in a cable programme service.
(2) The copyright in the broadcast is not infringedC
(a) if the inclusion is in pursuance of a requirement imposed under section 13(1)
inclusion in cable service of certain programmes), or
(b) if and to the extent that the broadcast is made for reception in the area in which the
cable programme service is provided and is not a satellite transmission or an encrypted
transmission.
(3) The copyright in any work included in the broadcast is not infringedC
(a) if the inclusion is in pursuance of a requirement imposed under section 13(1) of the
Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (duty of Cable Authority to secure inclusion in cable
service of certain programmes), or
(b) if and to the extent that the broadcast is made for reception in the area in which the
cable programme service is provided;
but where the making of the broadcast was an infringement of the copyright in the work, the
fact that the broadcast was re-transmitted as a programme in a cable programme service
shall be taken into account in assessing the damages for that infringement.
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[As amended by the Broadcasting Act 1996 (subsequently further amended by
the Communications Act 2003 and SI 2003/2498)]
73.C(1) This section applies where a broadcast made from a place in the United Kingdom is,
by reception and immediate re-transmission, included in a cable programme service.
(2) The copyright in the broadcast is not infringedC
(a) if the inclusion is in pursuance of a relevant requirement, or
(b) if and to the extent that the broadcast is made for reception in the area in which the
cable programme service is provided and forms part of a qualifying service.
(3) The copyright in any work included in the broadcast is not infringed if and to the extent
that the broadcast is made for reception in the area in which the cable programme service is
provided; but where the making of the broadcast was an infringement of the copyright in the
work, the fact that the broadcast was re-transmitted as a programme in a cable programme
service shall be taken into account in assessing the damages for that infringement.
(4) WhereC
(a) the inclusion is in pursuance of a relevant requirement, but
(b) to any extent, the area in which the cable programme service is provided (“the cable
area”) falls outside the area for reception in which the broadcast is made (“the broadcast
area”),
the inclusion in the cable programme service (to the extent that it is provided for so much of
the cable area as falls outside the broadcast area) of any work included in the broadcast
shall, subject to subsection (5), be treated as licensed by the owner of the copyright in the
work, subject only to the payment to him by the person making the broadcast of such
reasonable royalty or other payment in respect of the inclusion of the broadcast in the cable
programme service as may be agreed or determined in default of agreement by the
Copyright Tribunal.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if, or to the extent that, the inclusion of the work in the
cable programme service is (apart from that subsection) licensed by the owner of the
copyright in the work.
(6) In this section “qualifying service” means, subject to subsection (8), any of the following
servicesC
(a) a regional or national Channel 3 service,
(b) Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C,
(c) the teletext service referred to in section 49(2) of the Broadcasting Act 1990,
(d) the service referred to in section 57(1A)(a) of that Act (power of S4C to provide digital
service), and
(e) the television broadcasting services and teletext service of the British Broadcasting
Corporation;
and expressions used in this subsection have the same meaning as in Part I of the
Broadcasting Act 1990.
(7) In this section “relevant requirement” means a requirement imposed underC
(a) section 78A of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (inclusion of certain services in local
delivery services provided by digital means), or
(b) paragraph 4 of Part III of Schedule 12 to that Act (inclusion of certain services in
diffusion services originally licensed under the Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984).
(8) The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (6) so as to add any service to,
or remove any service from, the definition of “qualifying service”.
(9) The Secretary of State may also by orderC
(a) provide that in specified cases subsection (3) is to apply in relation to broadcasts of a
specified description which are not made as mentioned in that subsection, or
(b) exclude the application of that subsection in relation to broadcasts of a specified
description made as mentioned in that subsection.
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(10) Where the Secretary of State exercises the power conferred by subsection (9)(b) in
relation to broadcasts of any description, the order may also provide for subsection (4) to
apply, subject to such modifications as may be specified in the order, in relation to
broadcasts of that description.
(11) An order under this section may contain such transitional provision as appears to the
Secretary of State to be appropriate.
(12) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be
subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
s.117 (licensing schemes to which ss.118-123 apply)
[Amended as indicated by SI 1995/3297 (s.117 as a whole subsequently
replaced by revised version, SI 1996/2967]
117.CSections 118 to 123 (references and applications with respect to licensing schemes)
apply toC
(a) licensing schemes operated by licensing bodies in relation to the copyright in literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic works or films (or film sound-tracks when accompanying a
film) which cover works of more than one author, so far as they relate to licences forC
(i) copying the work,
(ii) performing, playing or showing the work in public, or
(iii) broadcasting the work or including it in a cable programme service;
(b) all licensing schemes in relation to the copyright in sound recordings (other than film
sound-tracks when accompanying a film), broadcasts or cable programmes, or the
typographical arrangement of published editions; and
(c) all licensing schemes in relation to the copyright in sound recordings, films or
computer programs so far as they relate to licences for the rental of copies to the public;
and in those sections "licensing scheme" means a licensing scheme of any of those
descriptions.
[s.124 was similarly amended by SI 1995/3297 and then SI 1996/2967]
s.133 (licences to reflect payments in respect of underlying rights)
[s.133(1) replaced by revised version, SI 1996/2967]
133.C(1) In considering what charges should be paid for a licenceC
(a) on a reference or application under this Chapter relating to licences for the rental to
the public of copies of sound recordings, films or computer programs, or
(b) on an application under section 142 (settlement of royalty or other sum payable for
deemed licence),
the Copyright Tribunal shall take into account any reasonable payments which the owner of
the copyright in the sound recording, film or computer program is liable to make in
consequence of the granting of the licence, or of the acts authorised by the licence, to
owners of copyright in works included in that work.
s.134 (licences in respect of works included in re-transmissions)
[s.134(4) repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1990]
(4) If the Tribunal is satisfied that requirements imposed under section 13(1) of the Cable
and Broadcasting Act 1984 (duty of Cable Authority to secure inclusion of certain broadcasts
in cable programme services) will result in the further transmission being to areas part of
which fall outside the area to which the first transmission is made, the Tribunal shall exercise
its powers so as to secure that the charges payable for licences for the first transmission
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adequately reflect that fact.
s.142 (royalty payable for rental of sound recording, film or computer program)
[Replaced by revised version, SI 1996/2967]
142.C(1) An application to settle the royalty or other sum payable in pursuance of section 66
(rental of sound recordings, films and computer programs) may be made to the Copyright
Tribunal by the copyright owner or the person claiming to be treated as licensed by him.
(2) The Tribunal shall consider the matter and make such order as it may determine to be
reasonable in the circumstances.
(3) Either party may subsequently apply to the Tribunal to vary the order, and the Tribunal
shall consider the matter and make such order confirming or varying the original order as it
may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) An application under subsection (3) shall not, except with the special leave of the
Tribunal, be made within twelve months from the date of the original order or of the order on
a previous application under that subsection.
(5) An order under subsection (3) has effect from the date on which it is made or such later
date as may be specified by the Tribunal.
s.144 (powers exercisable in consequence of report of Monopolies & Mergers
Commission)
[ss.144(1) & (2), amended as indicated by SI 1999/506 and SI 2000/311
(ss.144(1)-(3) subsequently replaced by revised versions, Enterprise Act 2002).]
144.C(1) Where the matters specified in a report of the Monopolies and Mergers
Competition Commission as being those which in the Commission's opinion operate, may be
expected to operate or have operated against the public interest include-
(a) conditions in licences granted by the owner of copyright in a work restricting the use
of the work by the licensee or the right of the copyright owner to grant other licences, or
(b) a refusal of a copyright owner to grant licences on reasonable terms,
the powers conferred by Part I of Schedule 8 to the Fair Trading Act 1973 (powers
exercisable for purpose of remedying or preventing adverse effects specified in report of
Commission) include power to cancel or modify those conditions and, instead or in addition,
to provide that licences in respect of the copyright shall be available as of right.
(2) The references in sections 56(2) and 73(2) of that Act, and sections 10(2)(b) and 12(5)
of the Competition Act 1980, to the powers specified in that Part of that Schedule shall be
construed accordingly.
(3) A Minister shall only exercise the powers available by virtue of this section if he is
satisfied that to do so does not contravene any Convention relating to copyright to which the
United Kingdom is a party.
s.145 (the Copyright Tribunal), subsection (3)
[s.145(3) replaced by revised version, Courts and Legal Services Act 1990]
(3) A person is not eligible for appointment as chairman or deputy chairman unless he is a
barrister, advocate or solicitor of not less than seven years' standing or has held judicial
office.
s.149 (jurisdiction of the Tribunal)
[Opening wording revised, and ss.149(g) & (h) deleted, by SI 1996/2967]
149. The function of the Copyright Tribunal is to hear and determine proceedings underC)
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(g) section 190 (application to give consent for purposes of Part II on behalf of performer);
(h) Paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 (determination of royalty or other remuneration to be paid to
trustees for the Hospital for Sick Children).
s.150 (general power to make rules (for Tribunal)), subsection (2)
[Replaced by revised version, Arbitration Act 1996]
(2) The rules may apply in relation to the TribunalC
(a) as respects proceedings in England and Wales, any of the provisions of the
Arbitration Act 1950;
(b) as respects proceedings in Northern Ireland, any of the provisions of the Arbitration
Act (Northern Ireland) 1937;
and any provisions so applied shall be set out in or scheduled to the rules.
s.154 (qualification by reference to author)
[s.154(3), second indent, replaced by revised version, SI 1995/3297, and
s.154(5)(c) repealed by SI 2003/2498]
(3) ------
section 12(1) and (2) (duration of copyright; dependent on life of author unless work of
unknown authorship), and section 9(4) (meaning of "unknown authorship") so far as it
applies for the purposes of section 12(2), and
(5) ------
(c) in the case of a cable programme, when the programme was included in a cable
programme service;
s.172A (meaning of EEA national and EEA state)
[s.172A(1) inserted by SI 1995/3297, replaced by revised version, SI 1996/2967]
172A.C(1) In this partC
AEEA national means a national of an EEA state; and
“EEA state” means a state which is a contracting party to the EEA Agreement.
s.182 (consent required for recording or live transmission of performance)
[Replaced by revised version, SI 1996/2967]
182.C(1) A performer's rights are infringed by a person who, without his consentC
(a) makes, otherwise than for his private and domestic use, a recording of the whole or
any substantial part of a qualifying performance, or
(b) broadcasts live, or includes live in a cable programme service, the whole or any
substantial part
of a qualifying performance.
(2) In an action for infringement of a performer's rights brought by virtue of this section
damages shall not be awarded against a defendant who shows that at the time of the
infringement he believed on reasonable grounds that consent had been given.
s.182D (right to equitable remuneration for exploitation of sound recording)
[s.182D(1)(b), introduced by SI 1996/2967, replaced by revised version SI
2003/2498]
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(1) ------
(b) is included in a broadcast or cable programme service,
s.190 (power of tribunal to give consent on behalf of performer in certain cases)
[s.190(1) replaced by revised version, and s.190(4) repealed, SI 1996/2967]
190.C(1) The Copyright Tribunal may, on the application of a person wishing to make a
recording from a previous recording of a performance, give consent in a case whereC
(a) the identity or whereabouts of a performer cannot be ascertained by reasonable
inquiry, or
(b) a performer unreasonably withholds his consent.
(4) The Tribunal shall not give consent under subsection (1)(b) unless satisfied that the
performer's reasons for withholding consent do not include the protection of any legitimate
interest of his; but it shall be for the performer to show what his reasons are for withholding
consent, and in default of evidence as to his reasons the Tribunal may draw such inferences
as it thinks fit.
s.191 (duration of rights)
[Replaced by revised version, SI 1995/3297]
191. The rights conferred by this Part continue to subsist in relation to a performance until
the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the performance
takes place.
s.192 (transmission of rights)
[Replaced by ss. 192A & 192B, SI 1996/2967]
192.C(1) The rights conferred by this Part are not assignable or transmissible, except to the
extent that performers' rights are transmissible in accordance with the following provisions.
(2) On the death of a person entitled to performer's rightsC
(a) the rights pass to such person as he may by testamentary disposition specifically
direct, and
(b) if or to the extent that there is no such direction, the rights are exercisable by his
personal representatives;
and references in this Part to the performer, in the context of the person having performers'
rights, shall be construed as references to the person for the time being entitled to exercise
those rights.
(3) Where by virtue of subsection (2)(a) a right becomes exercisable by more than one
person, it is exercisable by each of them independently of the other or others.
(4) The above provisions do not affect section 185(2)(b) or section 185(3)(b), so far as
those provisions confer rights under this Part on a person to whom the benefit of a contract
or licence is assigned.
(5) Any damages recovered by personal representatives by virtue of this section in respect
of an infringement after a person's death shall devolve as part of his estate as if the right of
action had subsisted and been vested in him immediately before his death.
s.296 (devices designed to circumvent copy-protection)
[Amended as indicated by SI 1992/3233 (then replaced by revised version, SI
2003/2498)]
296.C(1) This section applies where copies of a copyright work are issued to the public, by
or with the licence of the copyright owner, in an electronic form which is copy-protected.
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(2) The person issuing the copies to the public has the same rights against a person who,
knowing or having reason to believe that it will be used to make infringing copiesC
(a) makes, imports, sells or lets for hire, offers or exposes for sale or hire, or advertises
for sale or hire, any device or means specifically designed or adapted to circumvent the
form of copy-protection employed, or
(b) publishes information intended to enable or assist persons to circumvent that form of
copy-protection,
as a copyright owner has in respect of an infringement of copyright.
(2A) Where the copies being issued to the public as mentioned in subsection (1) are copies
of a computer program, subsection (2) applies as if for the words “or advertises for sale or
hire” there were substituted “advertises for sale or hire or possesses in the course of a
business”.
(3) Further, he has the same rights under section 99 or 100 (delivery up or seizure of
certain articles) in relation to any such device or means which a person has in his
possession, custody or control with the intention that it should be used to make infringing
copies of copyright works, as a copyright owner has in relation to an infringing copy.
(4) References in this section to copy-protection include any device or means intended to
prevent or restrict copying of a work or to impair the quality of copies made.
(5) Expressions used in this section which are defined for the purposes of Part I of this Act
(copyright) have the same meaning as in that Part.
(6) The following provisions apply in relation to proceedings under this section as in
relation to proceedings under Part I (copyright)C
(a) sections 104 to 106 of this Act (presumptions as to certain matters relating to
copyright), and
(b) section 72 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, section 15 of the Law Reform
(Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 and section 94A of the Judicature
(Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (withdrawal of privilege against self-incrimination in certain
proceedings relating to intellectual property);
and section 114 of this Act applies, with the necessary modifications, in relation to the
disposal of anything delivered up or seized by virtue of subsection (3) above.
s.296A (Avoidance of certain terms)
[s.296A(1)(c) introduced by SI 1992/3233, replaced by revised version, SI
2003/2498]
(1) -------
(c) the use of any device or means to observe, study or test the functioning of the
program in order to understand the ideas and principles which underlie any element of
the program.
s.297A (unauthorised decoders)
[Added by the Broadcasting Act 1990 and amended as indicated by the
Broadcasting Act 1996 (then replaced by revised version, SI 2000/1175]
297A.C(1) A person who makes, imports, sells or lets for hire, offers or exposes for sale or
hire, or advertises for sale or hire, any unauthorised decoder shall be guilty of an offence and
liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale C
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or
to a fine or to both.
(2) It is a defence to any prosecution for an offence under this section for the defendant to
prove that he did not know, and had no reasonable ground for knowing, that the decoder
was an unauthorised decoder.
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(3) In this sectionC
“apparatus” includes any device, component or electronic data;
“decoder” means any apparatus which is designed or adapted to enable (whether on its
own or with any other apparatus) an encrypted transmission to be decoded;
“transmission” means any programme included in a broadcasting or cable programme
service which is provided from a place in the United Kingdom; and
“unauthorised”, in relation to a decoder, means a decoder which will enable encrypted
transmissions to be viewed in decoded form without payment of the fee (however
imposed) which the person making the transmission, or on whose behalf it is made,
charges for viewing those transmissions, or viewing any service of which they form part.
s.298 (rights &c. in respect of apparatus &c. for unauthorised reception of
transmissions)
[Amended as indicated by the Broadcasting Act 1996 (then replaced by revised
version, SI 2000/1175]
298.C(1) A person whoC
(a) makes charges for the reception of programmes included in a broadcasting or cable
programme service provided from a place in the United Kingdom, or
(b) sends encrypted transmissions of any other description from a place in the United
Kingdom,
is entitled to the following rights and remedies.
(2) He has the same rights and remedies against a person whoC
(a) makes, imports or sells or lets for hire, offers or exposes for sale or hire, or advertises
for sale or hire, any apparatus or device designed or adapted to enable or assist persons
to receive the programmes or other transmissions when they are not entitled to do so, or
(b) publishes any information which is calculated to enable or assist persons to receive
the programmes or other transmissions when they are not entitled to do so,
as a copyright owner has in respect of an infringement of copyright.
(3) Further, he has the same rights under section 99 or 100 (delivery up or seizure of
certain articles) in relation to any such apparatus or device as a copyright owner has in
relation to an infringing copy.
(4) Section 72 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, section 15 of the Law Reform
(Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 and section 94A of the Judicature (Northern
Ireland) Act 1978 (withdrawal of privilege against self-incrimination in certain proceedings
relating to intellectual property) apply to proceedings under this section as to proceedings
under Part I of this Act (copyright).
(5) In section 97(1) (innocent infringement of copyright) as it applies to proceedings for
infringement of the rights conferred by this section, the reference to the defendant not
knowing or having reason to believe that copyright subsisted in the work shall be construed
as a reference, to his not knowing or having reason to believe that his acts infringed the
rights conferred by this section.
(6) Section 114 of this Act applies, with the necessary modifications, in relation to the
disposal of anything delivered up or seized by virtue of subsection (3) above.
s.299 (supplementary provisions as to fraudulent reception)
[s.299(2) repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1990]
(2) No such Order shall be made unless it appears to Her Majesty that provision has been or
will be made under the laws of that country or territory giving adequate protection to persons
making charges for programmes included in broadcasting or cable programme services
provided from the United Kingdom or, as the case may be, for encrypted transmissions sent
from the United Kingdom.
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ANNEX VII
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2007 NO. 1116
COPYRIGHT
DEVOLUTION, WALES
The Parliamentary Copyright (National Assembly for Wales) Order 2007
Made 4th April 2007
Laid before Parliament 11th April 2007
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 4th day of April 2007
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 165(7) of the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988[1] is pleased, by and with the advice of
Her Privy Council, to order, as follows—
1. Citation and commencement
(1) This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Copyright (National Assembly for
Wales) Order 2007.
(2) This Order shall come into force immediately after the ordinary election under
section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 [2] held in 2007.
2. Modification of section 165 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988-
(1) This article modifies the effect of section 165 of the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988 (parliamentary copyright) in its application to works made by or
under the direction or control of the National Assembly for Wales.
(2) The section has effect as if for subsection (1) there were substituted—
(1) "Where a work is made by or under the direction or control of the National
Assembly for Wales—
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(a) the work qualifies for copyright protection notwithstanding section
153(1) (ordinary requirement as to qualification for copyright protection),
and
(b) the National Assembly for Wales Commission[3] is the first owner of
any copyright in the work.".
(3) The section has effect as if for subsection (4) there were substituted[4]—
“(4) For the purposes of this section, works made by or under the direction
or control of the National Assembly for Wales include—
(a) any work made by a relevant person in the course of his duties, and
(b) any sound recording, film or live broadcast of the proceedings of the
Assembly (including proceedings of a committee or sub-committee of the
Assembly),
but a work shall not be regarded as made by or under the direction or control
of the Assembly by reason only of its being commissioned by or on behalf of
the Assembly.
(2) (4A) The following are relevant persons for the purposes of subsection
(4)—
(a) the presiding officer of the National Assembly for Wales elected
under section 25 of the Government of Wales Act 2006[5],
(b) the deputy presiding officer of the Assembly elected under that
section,
(c) the members of the Assembly Commission appointed under the
standing orders of the Assembly by virtue of section 27(3) of that Act,
and
(d) the members of the staff of the Assembly, within the meaning of that
Act (see paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2 to that Act).".
(4)The section has effect as if in subsection (5) for "the House of Commons or the
House of Lords" there were substituted "the National Assembly for Wales".
334
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order modifies the provisions of section 165 of the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988 (Parliamentary copyright), so that its provisions apply with
modifications to works made by or under the direction or control of the National
Assembly for Wales.
By virtue of subsection (7) of section 165 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
1988 ("the Act"), the provisions of that section apply not only in respect of works
made by or under the direction or control of the House of Commons or the House of
Lords, but also, subject to any exceptions or modifications specified by Order in
Council, to works made by or under the direction or control of any other legislative
body of a country to which Part I of the Act extends. Part I of the Act extends to
Wales. By virtue of Part III of the Government of Wales Act 2006, the National
Assembly for Wales has legislative powers.
The effect of this Order is that when section 165 is applied to works made by or
under the direction or control of the National Assembly for Wales, that section is to
be read as if—
subsections (1) and (4) were substituted with the subsections (1) and (4) set out in
Article 2 of this Order, subsection (4A) (also set out in Article 2) were inserted, and
the reference in subsection (5) to "the House of Commons or the House of Lords"
were a reference to "the National Assembly for Wales". As a result, the National
Assembly for Wales Commission is the first owner of any copyright in works made
by or under the direction or control of the National Assembly for Wales.
In addition, works made in their course of their duties by— the Presiding Officer and
the Deputy Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales, members of the
National Assembly for Wales Commission, and members of the staff of the
Assembly, are works made by or under the direction or control of the National
Assembly for Wales for the purposes of section 165.

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