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Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000
F46[Distance learning provided by educational establishment
57A.—F47[(1)] F48[Subject to subsection (2), it is not an infringement of the rights conferred by this Part for]—
(a) an educational establishment, for the educational purposes of that establishment, to communicate a work as part of a lesson or examination to a student of that establishment by telecommunication, and
(b) a student who has received such a lesson or examination to make a copy of the work in order to be able to listen to or view it at a more convenient time.]
F47[(2) Subsection (1) shall apply on condition that such use takes place –
(a) under the authority of an educational establishment, on its premises or at other venues, or through a secure electronic environment access to which is limited to an educational establishment’s teaching staff and to pupils or students enrolled in a study programme, in particular through appropriate authentication procedures including password-based authentication, and
(b) is accompanied by an indication of the source, including the author’s name, unless this turns out to be impossible.
(3) The exceptions and limitations provided for under this section shall only be applied in certain special cases which do not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work or other subject matter and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the rightholder.
(4) Where a beneficiary of an exception or limitation under this section has legal access to the relevant protected work or subject matter, the relevant F49[rightholder] shall ensure that that beneficiary has the means of benefiting from that exception or limitation to the extent necessary to do so.
(5) Any contractual provisions contrary to this section shall be unenforceable.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F46
Inserted (2.12.2019) by Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (19/2019), s. 15, S.I. No. 586 of 2019.
F47
Inserted (12.11.2021) by European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 567 of 2021), regs. 5(1)(a), (c).
F48
Substituted (12.11.2021) by European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 567 of 2021), reg. 5(1)(b).
F49
Substituted (9.09.2026) by European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. No. 469 of 2026), reg. 2(c).