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Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000
Duration of copyright in sound recordings.
26.—The copyright in a sound recording shall expire—
(a) 50 years after the sound recording is made, or
(b) where it is first lawfully made available to the public during the period specified in paragraph (a), 50 years after the date of such making F19[available, or]
F20[(c) notwithstanding paragraph (b), where the sound recording is lawfully made available to the public during the period specified in paragraph (a), and—
(i) where the rights of the performer and the producer would still have been protected on 1 November 2013, had the European Union (Term of Protection of Copyright and Certain Related Rights) (Directive 2011/77/EU) Regulations 2013 not come into operation on that date, or
(ii) where the sound recording is created on or after 1 November 2013,
70 years after the date of such making available.]
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F19
Substituted (1.11.2013) by European Union (Term of Protection of Copyright and Certain Related Rights) (Directive 2011/77/EU) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 411 of 2013), reg. 3(c)(i), in operation as per reg. 1(2).
F20
Inserted (1.11.2013) by European Union (Term of Protection of Copyright and Certain Related Rights) (Directive 2011/77/EU) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 411 of 2013), reg. 3(c)(ii), in operation as per reg. 1(2).