13(1)Where a recording of the reading or recitation of a literary work is made for the purpose—U.K.
(a)of reporting current events, or
(b)of [F1communicating to the public] the whole or part of the reading or recitation,
it is not an infringement of the rights conferred by [F2this Chapter] to use the recording (or to copy the recording and use the copy) for that purpose, provided the following conditions are met.
(2)The conditions are that—
(a)the recording is a direct recording of the reading or recitation and is not taken from a previous recording or from a broadcast F3. . . ;
(b)the making of the recording was not prohibited by or on behalf of the person giving the reading or recitation;
(c)the use made of the recording is not of a kind prohibited by or on behalf of that person before the recording was made; and
(d)the use is by or with the authority of a person who is lawfully in possession of the recording.
(3)Expressions used in this paragraph have the same meaning as in section 58.
Textual Amendments
F1 Words in Sch. 2 para. 12 substituted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498) , reg. 2(1) , Sch. 1 para. 12(b) (with regs. 31-40 )
F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 13(1) substituted (1.2.2006) by The Performances (Moral Rights, etc.) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/18) , reg. 2 , Sch. para. 9 (with reg. 8 )
F3 Words in Sch. 2 para. 13(2)(a) repealed (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498) , reg. 2(2) , Sch. 2 (with regs. 31-40 )