Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)

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Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)
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		Part I Copyright
			Chapter III Acts Permitted in relation to Copyright Works
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30.

Criticism, review and news reporting.

— (1) Fair dealing with a work for the purpose of criticism or review, of that or another work or of a performance of a work, does not infringe any copyright in the work provided that it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement [F1 and provided that the work has been made available to the public] .

[F2 (1A) For the purposes of subsection (1) a work has been made available to the public if it has been made available by any means, including—

(a)

the issue of copies to the public;

(b)

making the work available by means of an electronic retrieval system;

(c)

the rental or lending of copies of the work to the public;

(d)

the performance, exhibition, playing or showing of the work in public;

(e)

the communication to the public of the work,

but in determining generally for the purposes of that subsection whether a work has been made available to the public no account shall be taken of any unauthorised act.]

(2) Fair dealing with a work (other than a photograph) for the purpose of reporting current events does not infringe any copyright in the work provided that (subject to subsection (3)) it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.

(3) No acknowledgement is required in connection with the reporting of current events by means of a sound recording, film, [F3 or broadcast where this would be impossible for reasons of practicality or otherwise] .

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1	Words in s. 30(1) inserted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 10(1)(a) (with regs. 32, 33)
F2	S. 30(1A) inserted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 10(1)(b) (with regs. 32, 33)
F3	Words in s. 30(3) substituted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 10(1)(c) (with regs. 32, 33)

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