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Copyright Act 2021 s 450

s 450 Causing certain works or performances to be performed, seen or heard in public for private profit

450.—(1) A person commits an offence if —(a) the person does any of the following acts:(i) causes a literary, dramatic or musical work to be performed in public; (ii) causes the visual images of a film to be seen in public or any sounds of the film to be heard in public (or both); (b) the act is done —(i) other than by the reception of a television broadcast or cable programme; (ii) for the person’s private profit; and (iii) at any time when copyright subsists in the work; and (c) the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the act infringes the copyright in the work. (2) A person commits an offence if —(a) the person does an act that causes a protected performance to be seen or heard live in public (or both);[Act 32 of 2024 wef 25/11/2024] (b) the act is done for the person’s private profit; and (c) the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the act is an infringing use of the performance. (3) A person commits an offence if —(a) the person does an act that causes a recording of a protected performance to be heard in public; (b) the act is done for the person’s private profit; and (c) the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the recording is an infringing copy of the protected performance.[Act 32 of 2024 wef 25/11/2024]

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