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Copyright Act 2021 s 71

s 71 Causing by operating receiving apparatus

71.—(1) This section applies where —(a) any device or equipment is operated to communicate, directly or indirectly, visual images or sounds to a receiving apparatus; and (b) those images are displayed, or those sounds are emitted, by a receiving apparatus. (2) The operation of the device or equipment is not to be treated as causing those images to be seen or those sounds to be heard. (3) Insofar as the display of those images causes those images to be seen, those images are deemed to be caused to be seen —(a) by the operation of the receiving apparatus; and (b) by the occupier of the premises where the receiving apparatus is situated —(i) whether or not the occupier operated the receiving apparatus; but (ii) only if the receiving apparatus is provided by or with the consent of the occupier. (4) Insofar as the emission of those sounds causes those sounds to be heard, those sounds are deemed to be caused to be heard —(a) by the operation of the receiving apparatus; and (b) by the occupier of the premises where the receiving apparatus is situated —(i) whether or not the occupier operated the receiving apparatus; but (ii) only if the receiving apparatus is provided by or with the consent of the occupier.

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