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The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[1], in relation to measures relating to copyright and to rights in performances[2] and also in relation to measures relating to the prevention of unauthorised extraction of the contents of a database, and of unauthorised reutilisation of those contents[3], in exercise of the powers conferred on her by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations: Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st October 2003. Consequential amendments and repeals 2. - (1) Schedule 1 (consequential amendments) shall have effect. (2) Schedule 2 (repeals) shall have effect. Introductory 3. The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988[4] shall be amended as follows and, except where otherwise indicated, any reference in this Part to a section or paragraph is a reference to a section or paragraph of that Act and reference to a Schedule is to a Schedule to that Act. Provisions relating to broadcasts 4. Section 6 shall be amended as follows -
(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.
(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.";
(b) in subsection (3) for the words ", broadcasting a work, or including a work in a broadcast" there shall be substituted "or a transmission which is a broadcast";
Other amendments relating to broadcasts
(ii) for the words "infringement by broadcasting" there shall be substituted "infringement by communication to the public";
(b) in subsections (1)(b) and (1)(c) before the word "broadcasting" there shall be inserted "wireless".
(4) Section 9(2)(c) shall cease to have effect. Restricted act: communication to the public of the work 6. - (1) For section 20 there shall be substituted -
20 (1) The communication to the public of the work is an act restricted by the copyright in -
(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 -
(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.".
(2) For section 16(1)(d) there shall be substituted -
Making available right for performers
(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 Part as "making available right.".
(2) In section 182D (right to equitable remuneration for exploitation of sound recording) for subsection (1)(b) there shall be substituted -
(3) In section 191A (performers' property rights) in subsection (1) after the entry for "rental right and lending right" there shall be inserted "making available right (section 182CA),".
(b) in paragraphs 2 and 9, for the "or" appearing at the end of sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted -
Making 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 -
(b) a lawful use of the work;
and which has no independent economic significance.".
(2) After paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 there shall be inserted - 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 -
(b) a lawful use of the recording;
and which has no independent economic significance.".
(3) After section 182A(1) there shall be inserted -
Amendment of provision relating to research and private study
(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.";
(d) after subsection (4) there shall be inserted -
Amendment of provisions relating to criticism, review and news reporting
(b) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted -
(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) For paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted -
(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 2.".
Amendment of provisions relating to things done for the purposes of instruction or examination
(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.
(b) is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement,
and provided that the instruction is for a non-commercial purpose.
(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).";
(c) after subsection (3) there shall be inserted -
(b) communicated to the public, unless that communication, by virtue of subsection (3), is not an infringement of copyright.".
(2) Paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 shall be amended as follows -
(b) in sub-paragraph (3) for the words from "For this purpose" to the end of the sub-paragraph, there shall be substituted -
(b) communicated to the public, unless that communication, by virtue of sub-paragraph (2)(b), is not an infringement of the rights conferred by Part 2.".
Amendment of provisions relating to recordings by educational establishments of broadcasts
(b) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted -
(2) Paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 shall be amended as follows -
(b) after sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted -
(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.";
Amendment of provision relating to reprographic copying by educational establishments
(b) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted -
(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.";
Amendment of provisions relating to copying by librarians
(ii) private study,
and will not use them for any other purpose;".
(2) For section 43(3)(a) there shall be substituted -
(ii) private study,
and will not use them for any other purpose;".
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).".
(2) In section 50A(2) after the word "50B" there shall be inserted ", 50BA".
Amendment of provision relating to recordings of folksongs
(ii) private study,
and will not use them for any other purpose, and."
Amendment of provision relating to the advertisement of sale of artistic work
(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 -
(ii) on the occasion when the sound recording is played, are applied solely for the purposes of the organisation.".
(2) In paragraph 15 of Schedule 2, in sub-paragraph (2) for the words from "and" appearing at the end of paragraph (a) to the end of the sub-paragraph there shall be substituted -
(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 -
(ii) on the occasion when the sound recording is played, are applied solely for the purposes of the organisation.".
Provisions relating to recording for the purposes of time-shifting
(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.".
(3) After paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 there shall be inserted - 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 2 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 -
(b) if that dealing infringes any right conferred by Part 2, 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.
Provisions relating to 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 -
(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.".
(2) After paragraph 17A of Schedule 2 (inserted by regulation 19(3)) there shall be inserted - 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 2 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 -
(b) if that dealing infringes any right conferred by Part 2, 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.
(3) In section 27(6) for the "or" appearing at the end of the entry for section 68(4) there shall be substituted -
(4) In section 197(5) at the appropriate place there shall be inserted -
Amendment of provisions on public showing or playing of 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.";
(b) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted -
(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 -
(b) is necessary for the purposes of -
(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) Paragraph 18 of Schedule 2 shall be amended as follows -
(b) after sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted -
(b) is necessary for the purposes of -
(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.".
(3) After section 128 there shall be inserted -
(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 -
(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 -
(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.
(b) any written representations received by the Secretary of State; (c) previous determinations of the Tribunal; (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 -
(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.
(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.
(b) any other factors it considers relevant,
and shall then make an order under subsection (3).
(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.
(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.".
(4) In section 120(1) for the words "section 118 or 119" there shall be substituted "section 118, 119 or 128A".
(7) In section 179 (index of defined expressions: Part 1), at the appropriate place insert -
(b) in subsection (1), before the word "broadcast" there shall be inserted "wireless" and for the words from ", by reception" to "service" there shall be substituted "received and immediately re-transmitted by cable"; (c) in subsection (2)(a) for the word "inclusion" there shall be substituted "re-transmission by cable"; (d) in both subsection (2)(b) and subsection (3) for the words from "the cable" to "provided" there shall be substituted "it is re-transmitted by cable"; (e) in subsection (3) for the words from "as a programme" to "service" there shall be substituted "by cable"; (f) in subsection (4) -
(ii) in paragraph (b) for the words "cable programme service is provided" there shall be substituted "re-transmission by cable takes place"; (iii) for the words "inclusion in the cable programme service" there shall be substituted "re-transmission by cable"; (iv) for the words from "inclusion of the broadcast" to "service" there shall be substituted "re-transmission by cable of the broadcast";
(g) in subsection (5) for the words from "inclusion" to "service" there shall be substituted "re-transmission of the work by cable";
(2) In section 73A(1) for the words from "broadcast", where it first appears, to "service" there shall be substituted "wireless broadcast by cable".
(b) in sub-paragraph (1) -
(ii) for the words from ", by reception" to "service" there shall be substituted "received and immediately re-transmitted by cable";
(c) in sub-paragraph (2) -
(ii) for the words from "as a programme" to "service" there shall be substituted "by cable";
(d) in sub-paragraph (3) -
(ii) in paragraph (b) for the words "cable programme service is provided" there shall be substituted "re-transmission by cable takes place"; (iii) for the words "inclusion in the cable programme service" there shall be substituted "re-transmission by cable"; (iv) for the words from "inclusion of the broadcast" to "service" there shall be substituted "re-transmission by cable of the broadcast";
(e) in sub-paragraph (4) for the words from "inclusion" to "service" there shall be substituted "re-transmission of the performance or recording by cable".
Amendment of the provisions on the sub-titling of copies of broadcasts
(b) after sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted -
Circumvention of protection measures 24. - (1) For the heading "Devices designed to circumvent copy-protection" (appearing before section 296) and for section 296 there shall be substituted - 296 Circumvention of technical devices applied to computer programs (1) This section applies where -
(b) a person (A) knowing or having reason to believe that it will be used to make infringing copies -
(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 -
(ii) communicating to the public,
the computer program to which the technical device has been applied;
(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.
(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).
(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.
(ii) communicating to the public,
the work to which effective technological measures have been applied; and
(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.
(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.
(b) imports otherwise than for his private and domestic use, or (c) in the course of a business -
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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 -
(b) the service,
enabled or facilitated the circumvention of effective technological measures.
(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 -
(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 -
(ii) communicating to the public,
the work to which effective technological measures have been applied;
(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.
(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).
(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.
(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 -
(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.
(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
(b) a copy control mechanism,
which achieves the intended protection.
(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.".
(2) After Schedule 5 there shall be inserted, as Schedule 5A, the Schedule which is set out in Schedule 3 (new Schedule 5A to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988). 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 -
(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.
(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.
(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 -
(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.
New criminal offences 26. - (1) Section 107 shall be amended as follows -
(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.";
(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.".
(2) In the following provisions -
(ii) section 109(4); (iii) section 114A(2)(a); (iv) section 114B(15);
for the words "section 107(1) or (2)" there shall be substituted "section 107(1), (2) or (2A)".
(3) Section 198 shall be amended as follows -
(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.";
(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.".
(4) In the following provisions -
(b) section 200(3A); (c) section 204A(2)(a); (d) section 204B(15);
for the words "section 198(1)" there shall be substituted "section 198(1) or (1A)".
(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) the extent to which any notice includes -
(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.".
(2) After section 191J there shall be inserted -
(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 -
(b) the extent to which any notice includes -
(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.
Rights and remedies of a non-exclusive licensee
(1) A non-exclusive licensee may bring an action for infringement of copyright if -
(b) the licence -
(ii) expressly grants the non-exclusive licensee a right of action under this section.
(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.
Duration of copyright in sound recordings 29. Section 13A shall be amended as follows -
(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.";
(c) in both subsections (4) and (5) for the words "subsections (2) and (3)" there shall be substituted "subsection (2)".
Introductory 30. - (1) In this Part -
(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.
(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. 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. - (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. - (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. - (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. - (1) Any copyright licence or any term or condition of an agreement relating to the exploitation of a sound recording which -
(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.
(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. 1. The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988[5] shall be amended as follows and, except where otherwise indicated, any reference in this Part to a section or paragraph is a reference to a section or paragraph of that Act and reference to a Schedule is to a Schedule to that Act. Amending the headings of certain provisions 2. - (1) In the headings of section 69 and paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 for the words "cable programmes" there shall be substituted "other services". (2) In the heading of paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 for the words ", broadcast or cable programme" there shall be substituted "or broadcast". Amendments relating to the new definition of "broadcast" 3. - (1) In each of the following provisions -
(b) section 19(2)(b); (c) section 19(3); (d) section 31(1); (e) section 31(3); (f) section 34(2); (g) section 79(4)(a); (h) section 79(4)(b); (i) section 85(2)(a); (j) section 132(3)(b); (k) section 133(2); (l) paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 2; (m) paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 2; (n) paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2;
for the words ", broadcast or cable programme" there shall be substituted "or broadcast".
(b) section 133(2);
for the words ", broadcasts or cable programmes" there shall be substituted "or broadcasts".
(2) For section 12(5)(b)(iii) there shall be substituted -
(3) For section 13B(6)(b) there shall be substituted -
(4) For both section 117(d) and section 124(d) there shall be substituted -
(5) For section 198(2)(b) there shall be substituted -
(6) For paragraph 17(b) of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted -
5.
In each of the following provisions -
(b) section 59(2); (c) section 62(3);
for the words from "broadcasting" to "service" there shall be substituted "communication to the public".
(b) section 175(4)(b)(iv); (c) section 175(4)(c)(ii);
for the words from "broadcasting" to "service" there shall be substituted "communication to the public of the work".
(b) section 31(2); (c) section 182C(3)(a); (d) section 301; (e) paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2; (f) paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 6;
for the words from ", broadcasting" to "service" there shall be substituted "or communication to the public".
(b) section 77(6); (c) section 105(5); (d) section 191(3);
for the words ", broadcast or included in a cable programme service", in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted "or communicated to the public".
(b) section 85(1)(c);
for the words from "broadcast" to "service" there shall be substituted "communicated to the public".
(b) section 77(7)(c);
for the words from ", broadcast" to "programme" there shall be substituted "or communication to the public".
(b) section 80(6)(a);
for the words from ", broadcasts" to "service" there shall be substituted "or communicates to the public".
(b) section 84(3)(b);
for the words from ", broadcasts" to "service" there shall be substituted "or communicates it to the public".
(b) section 165(4)(b);
for the words from ", live broadcast" to "programme" there shall be substituted "or live broadcast".
(b) paragraph 13(1)(b) of Schedule 2;
for the words from "broadcasting" to "service" there shall be substituted "communicating to the public".
(b) section 187(1)(b);
for the words from "broadcasts" to "service" there shall be substituted "communicates to the public".
(2) For section 144A(7) there shall be substituted -
(3) In section 178, at the appropriate places, the following definitions shall be inserted -
(4) In section 179, at the appropriate places, the following entries shall be inserted -
(b) in subsection (2) for the words "6(3) to (5), section 7(5) and 19(4)" there shall be substituted "6(3) to (5A) and section 19(4)".
(6) In section 212, at the appropriate places, the following entries shall be inserted -
(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).";
Amendment of Schedule 2A
(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for "paragraph 14A" there shall be substituted "the relevant paragraph".
Further amendments resulting from Directive 93/98/EEC
(b) for the words "section 12(1)" there shall be substituted "section 12(2)"; (c) for the words "plus 50" there shall be substituted "plus 70".
Amendment of the Medicines Act 1968 19. Section 92 of the Medicines Act 1968[6] shall be amended as follows -
(b) in subsection (2)(a) after the words "recording" there shall be inserted " or film sound track".
Amendment of the Olympic Symbol etc (Protection) Act 1995
(b) in subsection (2)(b) for the words "cable programme" there shall be substituted "communicating to the public".
Amendment of the Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002
(b) in section 2 for the words from "included in" to "programme service" there shall be substituted "communicated to the public"; (c) in section 7 after subsection (2) there shall be inserted -
section 31B (multiple copies for visually impaired persons) section 31C (intermediate copies and records)".".
Amendment of the Communications Act 2003 Amendments of the Copyright (Recording of Folksongs for Archives) (Designated Bodies) Order 1989 24. In article 3(2)(a) of the Copyright (Recording of Folksongs for Archives) (Designated Bodies) Order 1989[11] after the word "research" there shall be inserted "for a non-commercial purpose". Amendment of the Copyright Tribunal Rules 1989 25. In Form 15 found in Schedule 3 to the Copyright Tribunal Rules 1989[12] for the words "broadcasting/inclusion in a cable programme service" there shall be substituted "communication to the public". Amendments of the Copyright (Librarians and Archivists) (Copying of Copyright Material) Regulations 1989 26. The Copyright (Librarians and Archivists) (Copying of Copyright Material) Regulations 1989[13] shall be amended as follows -
(b) in regulations 5(2)(c) and 6(2)(d) for the words "not less than" there shall be substituted "equivalent to but not exceeding"; (c) in paragraph 2(b) in Forms A and B in Schedule 2 to the Regulations after the word "research" there shall be inserted "for a non-commercial purpose".
Amendments of the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996
(b) for paragraph (e) there shall be substituted -
section 29 (research and private study) 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) 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)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) regulation 20 of and Schedule 1 to the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/3032)"
(This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations implement Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22nd May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (O.J. No L167, 22.6.2001, p.10) ("the Directive") which provides for a general and flexible legal framework at Community level in order to foster the development of the information society in the European Community. In particular, the Directive harmonises the basic rights relevant to uses of copyright material in the information society and e-commerce, namely the rights of reproduction (copying) and communication to the public (electronic transmission, including digital broadcasting and "on-demand" services). It also limits the type and scope of permitted exceptions to these rights and provides legal protection for technological measures used to safeguard rights and identify and manage copyright material. These Regulations also adjust the implementation of Council Directive 91/250/EEC on the legal protection of computer programs (O.J. No L122, 17.5.1991, p.42) so far as is necessary in consequence of amendments required by the Directive, and take account of the amendments required by the Directive to Council Directive 92/100/EEC on rental and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property (O.J. No. L346, 27.11.1992, p.61) and Council Directive 93/98/EEC harmonising the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (O.J. No L290, 24.11.1993, p.9). The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ("the Act") already provides protection similar to many of the obligations contained in the Directive. These Regulations amend the Act insofar as its provisions do not conform or comply with the Directive and regarding matters that are related to or consequential upon these obligations. In particular, these Regulations -
(b) redefine in section 20 of the Act, the exclusive right granted to the copyright owner to control broadcasting a work or including it in a cable programme service to provide more transparently and with greater certainty that the copyright owner has the right to control any communication to the public by electronic transmission, including by means of a broadcast, but also in respect of the making available to the public of works in such a way that members of the public may access them from a place and at a time individually chosen by them, as required by Article 3 of the Directive (regulation 6). A new exclusive right, formerly largely within the scope of a remuneration right, is given to performers to control the making available to the public in this way of recordings of their performances, as required by Article 3(2) (the making available right) (regulation 7); (c) amend various sections in Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Act (acts permitted in relation to copyright works) to comply with the regime of compulsory and permitted areas for exceptions to copyright contained in Article 5 of the Directive, and in certain cases to take account of new obligations arising from the application of the 'three-step' test that is applied by Article 5(4) to all the permitted areas for exceptions set out in Article 5 and by Article 11(1) to limitations to rights permitted by Article 10 of Council Directive 92/100/EEC. Where appropriate, similar amendments are made to Schedule 2 to the Act (rights in performances: permitted acts) (regulations 8 to 23); (d) substitute section 296 of the Act so that it applies only to the regime on circumvention of technical devices applied to computer programs required by Council Directive 91/250/EEC; for devices applied to other copyright works currently also covered by section 296 introduce new sections 296ZA (circumvention of technological measures), 296ZD (rights and remedies in respect of devices and services designed to circumvent technological measures) and 296ZE (remedy where effective technological measures prevent permitted acts) to cater for the more comprehensive legal protection for technological protection systems required by Article 6 of the Directive (regulation 24); (e) introduce a new section 296ZG of the Act (electronic rights management information) for the protection of electronic rights management information required by Article 7 of the Directive (regulation 25); (f) improve existing criminal sanctions and civil remedies so that they are effective, proportionate and dissuasive as required by Article 8 of the Directive by introducing the following:
(ii) add to the making for sale and dealing offences concerning illicit recordings of performances so that where a person wilfully infringes a performer's making available right on a scale that is prejudicial to the right holder or in the course of a business, he will commit an offence under section 198(1A) of the Act (regulation 26), (iii) introduce a new offence that where a person manufactures or deals in a device which is capable of circumventing an effective technological measure, he will commit an offence under new section 296ZB of the Act unless he does not have the necessary knowledge that the device facilitates circumvention of the technological measures (regulation 24), (iv) clarifying that an injunction can be sought against an internet service provider where he has actual knowledge of another person using his service to infringe copyright (section 97A of the Act) or a performer's property right (section 191JA of the Act) (regulation 27), (v) enabling a non-exclusive licensee to bring an action for infringement of copyright in certain circumstances (section 101A of the Act) (regulation 28), (vi) extending the right to bring an action against a person who either himself circumvents effective technological measures or who manufactures or deals in devices, or provides services, designed to circumvent those measures to persons issuing copies of, or communicating to the public, works to which those measures have been applied (sections 296ZA and 296ZD of the Act) (regulation 24); and
(g) adjust provisions dealing with the duration of copyright in sound recordings in section 13A of the Act as required by Article 11(2) of the Directive (regulation 29).
These Regulations come into force on 31st October 2003 and in Part 3 -
(b) ensure the provisions of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Act (acts permitted in relation to copyright works) and Schedule 2 to the Act (rights in performances: permitted acts) as they stood before commencement continue apply to anything done after commencement in completion of an act begun before commencement (regulation 33); (c) ensure that performers' new making available right replaces that part of the existing remuneration right which might cover this activity and that it is exercisable from commencement, and make provision in circumstances where a performer has died (regulations 34 and 35); (d) make provision in relation to any extended copyright in sound recordings arising out of the minor adjustment to copyright term required by Article 11(2) of the Directive and preserve any longer period of copyright in an existing sound recording that continues to subsist until the date it would have expired under Regulation 15 of SI 1995/3297 (regulations 36 to 39); (e) make provision in relation to the operation of sanctions and remedies dealing with acts involving devices designed to circumvent copy-protection arising out of the limitation of section 296 to computer programs and the new sections 296ZA and 296AD inserted by these Regulations applying to copy-protection of other works (regulation 40); and (f) expressly provide that the new criminal offences apply only to acts committed after commencement (regulation 40).
These Regulations contain three Schedules. Schedule 1 contains consequential amendments of the Act and other enactments, Schedule 2 contains a schedule of repeals, and Schedule 3 contains new Schedule 5A to the Act which relates to regulation 24 which inserts into the Act section 296ZE which makes reference to Schedule 5A. Notes: [1] 1972 c .68.back [13] SI 1989/1212, which has been amended by SI 1999/1042.back
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