Copyright Act 1994

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

191: Recording of communication work for archival purposes

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"Recording things for safe keeping in a special archive"

You can record a communication work without breaking the law if the work is in a special class. You must record it to put in an archive kept by a special group. This group cannot be one that makes a profit. You are allowed to make a copy of the recording for the archive. The group keeping the archive must be a special one that does not make money. This rule helps keep important communication works safe in archives.

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190: Provision of subtitled copies of communication work, or

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

192: Power of Tribunal to give consent on behalf of performer, or

"Asking a tribunal for permission to copy a recording when a performer's consent is needed"

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

191Recording of communication work for archival purposes

Any person (A) who records, or makes a copy of a recording of, a communication work does not infringe any right under this Part in relation to a performance or recording included in the communication work if—
the communication work falls within a prescribed class; and
A makes the recording or the copy for the purpose of it being placed in an archive maintained by a prescribed body.

A body must not be prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) if it is established or conducted for profit.

Notes

Section 191: substituted, on 31 October 2008, by section 88 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).