Copyright Act 1994

Performers' rights - Acts permitted in relation to performances - Acts permitted in relation to performances

190: Provision of subtitled copies of communication work

You could also call this:

"Making subtitled copies for people with special needs is allowed"

You can make a recording of a communication work to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing. You can add subtitles or modify it to help people with special needs. This does not break any copyright rules. You can only do this if you are part of a group that is not trying to make a profit. This group must be approved to make these special recordings. They can make copies with subtitles for people who need them.

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189: Reception and retransmission of broadcast in cable programme service, or

"Watching TV shows sent through cables"

191: Recording of communication work for archival purposes, or

"Recording things for safe keeping in a special archive"

Part 9Performers' rights
Acts permitted in relation to performances: Acts permitted in relation to performances

190Provision of subtitled copies of communication work

A prescribed body that makes a recording of a communication work for the purpose of providing people who are deaf or hard of hearing or physically or mentally disabled in any other way with copies that are subtitled or otherwise modified for their special needs, does not infringe any right under this Part in relation to a performance or recording included in that communication work.
A body must not be prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) if it is established or conducted for profit.

Notes

Section 190: substituted, on 31 October 2008, by section 87 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).