Section 65
Section 65
(1)
A sound recording of a performance of a song may be made for the purpose of including it in an archive maintained by a designated body without infringing any copyright in the words as a literary work or in the accompanying musical work, if the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) have been complied with.
(2)
The conditions are that –
(a)
the words were unpublished and of unknown authorship at the time the recording was made;
(b)
the making of the recording did not infringe any other copyright; and
(c)
its making was not prohibited by any performer.
Incorporating amendments until S 92/2013
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(3)
Copies of a sound recording made in reliance on subsection (1) and included in an archive maintained by a designated body may, if the prescribed conditions are met, be made and supplied by the archivist or a person acting on his behalf without infringing copyright in the recording or the works included in it.
(4)
The prescribed conditions shall include provision that –
(a)
copies are only supplied to a person satisfying the archivist or a person acting on his behalf that he requires them for the purpose of research or private study and will not use them for any other purpose; and
(b)
no person is furnished with more than one copy of the same recording.
(5)
In this section, “designated body” means a body designated for the purpose of this section by an order of the Attorney General, who shall not designate a body unless he is satisfied that it is not established or conducted for profit.
Representation of certain artistic works on public display.