The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 No. 2498

PART 2 AMENDMENTS OF THE COPYRIGHT, DESIGNS AND PATENTS ACT 1988

Duration

Duration of copyright in sound recordings

29.  Section 13A shall be amended as follows—

(a) for subsection (2) there shall be substituted—

“(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.”;

(b) subsection (3) shall cease to have effect;

(c) in both subsections (4) and (5) for the words “subsections (2) and (3)” there shall be substituted “subsection (2)”.