Copyright Act 1994

184 Use of recordings of spoken works in certain cases

• (1) It is not an infringement of the rights conferred by this Part to use a recording of a reading or recitation of a literary work (or to copy the recording and use the copy) if—

  • (a) it was made for the purpose of—

    • (i) reporting current events; or

    • (ii) communicating all or part of the reading or recitation to the public; and

  • (b) the conditions in subsection (2) are complied with.

  (2) The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are that—

  • (a) the recording is a direct recording of the reading or recitation and is not taken from a previous recording or from a communication work; and

  • (b) the making of the recording was not prohibited by or on behalf of the person giving the reading or recitation; and

  • (c) the use made of the recording is not of a kind prohibited by or on behalf of that person before the recording was made; and

  • (d) the use is by or with the authority of a person who is lawfully in possession of the recording.

  Compare: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Schedule 2 para 13 (UK)

  Section 184(1): substituted, on 31 October 2008, by section 83(1) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).

  Section 184(2)(a): amended, on 31 October 2008, by section 83(2) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).