Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

[F214 Duration of copyright in broadcasts F1. . . .U.K.

(1)The following provisions have effect with respect to the duration of copyright in a broadcast F3. . . .

(2)Copyright in a broadcast F3. . . expires at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast was made F4. . . , subject as follows.

(3)Where the author of the broadcast F3. . . is not a national of [F5the United Kingdom], the duration of copyright in the broadcast F3. . . 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 to 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 F3. . . expires at the same time as the copyright in the original broadcast F3. . . ; and accordingly no copyright arises in respect of a repeat broadcast F3. . . which is broadcast F6. . . after the expiry of the copyright in the original broadcast F3. . . .

(6)A repeat broadcast F3. . . means one which is a repeat F7. . . of a broadcast previously made F7. . . .]

Textual Amendments

F2S. 14 substituted (1.1.1996) by S.I. 1995/3297, reg. 7(1) (with Pt. IV)

F5Words in s. 14(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/605), regs. 1(2), 7 (with reg. 38) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1050, regs. 1(2), 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)