COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 109A Copying sound recordings for private and domestic use
COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 109A
Copying sound recordings for private and domestic use(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
(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:
(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.