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COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 109A

Copying sound recordings for private and domestic use

             (1)  This section applies if:

                     (a)  the owner of a copy (the earlier copy ) of a sound recording makes another copy (the later copy ) of the sound recording using the earlier copy; and

                     (b)  the sole purpose of making the later copy is the owner's private and domestic use of the later copy with a device that:

                              (i)  is a device that can be used to cause sound recordings to be heard; and

                             (ii)  he or she owns; and

                     (c)  the earlier copy was not made by downloading over the Internet a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program; and

                     (d)  the earlier copy is not an infringing copy of the sound recording, a broadcast or a literary, dramatic or musical work included in the sound recording.

             (2)  The making of the later copy does not infringe copyright in the sound recording, or in a literary, dramatic or musical work or other subject‑matter included in the sound recording.

             (3)  Subsection (2) is taken never to have applied if the earlier copy or the later copy is:

                     (a)  sold; or

                     (b)  let for hire; or

                     (c)  by way of trade offered or exposed for sale or hire; or

                     (d)  distributed for the purpose of trade or otherwise; or

                     (e)  used for causing the sound recording to be heard in public; or

                      (f)  used for broadcasting the sound recording.

Note:          If the earlier or later copy is dealt with as described in subsection (3), then copyright may be infringed not only by the making of the later copy but also by a dealing with the later copy.

             (4)  To avoid doubt, paragraph (3)(d) does not apply to a loan of the earlier copy or the later copy by the lender to a member of the lender's family or household for the member's private and domestic use.



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