Copyright Act 1994

32 Infringement by performance or playing or showing in public

• (1) The performance of a work in public is a restricted act only in relation to a literary, dramatic, or musical work.

  (2) The playing or showing of a work in public is a restricted act only in relation to a sound recording, film, or communication work.

  (3) Where copyright in a work is infringed by the performance, playing, or showing of the work in public by means of apparatus for receiving visual images or sounds conveyed by electronic or other means,—

  • (a) the person by whom the visual images or sounds are sent; and

  • (b) in the case of a performance, the performers—

  shall not be regarded as responsible for the infringement.

  (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), a person who sends visual images or sounds does not include a person who retransmits visual images or sounds.

  Compare: Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts 1988 s 19(1), (3), (4) (UK)

  Section 32(2): amended, on 31 October 2008, by section 17 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).