Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

5 Sound recordings and films.U.K.

(1)In this Part—

  • sound recording” means—

(a)a recording of sounds, from which the sounds may be reproduced, or

(b)a recording of the whole or any part of a literary, dramatic or musical work, from which sounds reproducing the work or part may be produced,

regardless of the medium on which the recording is made or the method by which the sounds are reproduced or produced; and

film” means a recording on any medium from which a moving image may by any means be produced.

(2)Copyright does not subsist in a sound recording or film which is, or to the extent that it is, a copy taken from a previous sound recording or film.