59 Public reading or recitation.U.K.
(1)The reading or recitation in public by one person of a reasonable extract from a published literary or dramatic work does not infringe any copyright in the work if it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.
(2)Copyright in a work is not infringed by the making of a sound recording, or the [F1communication to the public], of a reading or recitation which by virtue of subsection (1) does not infringe copyright in the work, provided that the recording [F2or communication to the public] consists mainly of material in relation to which it is not necessary to rely on that subsection.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 59(2) substituted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 5(b) (with regs. 31-40)
F2Words in s. 59(2) substituted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 9(1)(a) (with regs. 31-40)