Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Permitted Uses of Copyright Works and Protected Performances
252. Making films of artistic works for television broadcasting or cable programmes
Feedback & supportIf the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use for a person (X) to make a film of an artistic work.
The conditions are —
the film is made for the sole purpose of including the work in a television broadcast or cable programme;
X would not infringe the copyright in the work by including it in a television broadcast or cable programme;
the first copy of the film is used only —
for the purpose of including the work in a television broadcast or cable programme in circumstances that do not infringe the copyright in the work; or
to make further copies for that purpose;
if X is not the maker of the television broadcast or cable programme —
X pays to the copyright owner an amount agreed between them for the making of the film; 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 film; and
within the prescribed time, every copy of the film made under this section is —
delivered to the National Archives with the consent of the Director of National Archives; or
destroyed.