References and applications with respect to licensing by licensing bodies

156 Licences to which sections 157 to 160 apply
  • Sections 157 to 160 apply to the following descriptions of licences granted by a licensing body otherwise than under a licensing scheme:

    • (a) licences that—

      • (i) relate to copyright in literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works, or films, or film soundtracks when accompanying a film; and

      • (ii) cover works of more than 1 author; and

      • (iii) authorise the copying of the work or the performance, showing, or playing of the work in public or the communication of the work to the public:

    • (b) any licence relating to copyright in a sound recording (other than a film soundtrack when accompanying a film), communication work, or the typographical arrangement of a published edition:

    • (c) all licences relating to copyright in computer programs, sound recordings, or films, so far as the licences relate to the rental of copies to the public:

    • (d) licences that authorise the copying of literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works or the typographical arrangements of published editions by or on behalf of educational establishments;—

    and in those sections the term licence means a licence of any of those descriptions.

    Compare: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 s 124 (UK)

    Section 156(a)(iii): substituted, on 31 October 2008, by section 69(1) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).

    Section 156(b): amended, on 31 October 2008, by section 69(2) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).