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Copyright Act 2021 s 255

s 255 Making sound recordings or films of literary, dramatic or musical works for simulcasting

255.—(1) If the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use for a person to make a copy of a literary, dramatic or musical work. (2) The conditions are —(a) the copy is a sound recording or film of the work; (b) broadcasting the work would not infringe the copyright in the work; (c) the copy is made for the sole purpose of simulcasting the work in digital form; (d) the copy is used only —(i) for the purpose of simulcasting the work in circumstances that do not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the work; or (ii) to make more copies for that purpose; and (e) every copy made under this section is destroyed within the prescribed time. (3) In this section and section 256, “simulcasting” means simultaneously broadcasting in both analogue form and digital form.

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