Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Permitted Uses of Copyright Works and Protected Performances
251. Making sound recordings or films of literary, dramatic and musical works for broadcasting
Feedback & supportIf the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use for a person (X) to make a copy of a literary, dramatic or musical work.
copy
“copy” has the meanings given by the provisions in Subdivision (2) of Division 3 of Part 2;
The conditions are —
the copy is a sound recording or film of the work;
the copy is made for the sole purpose of broadcasting the work;
X would not infringe the copyright in the work by broadcasting the work;
the copy is used only —
for the purpose of broadcasting the work in circumstances that do not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the work; or
to make more copies for that purpose;
if X is not the person broadcasting the work —
X pays the copyright owner an amount agreed between them for the making of the copy; or
X undertakes in writing to pay the copyright owner the amount that a Copyright Tribunal decides is equitable remuneration for the making of the copy; and
within the prescribed time, every copy made under this section is —
delivered to the National Archives with the consent of the Director of National Archives; or
destroyed.