Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000

F67[Orphan works.

70A

70A.—(1) The copyright in a relevant work in the collection of a relevant body is not infringed by a relevant body where—

(a) the relevant work is an orphan work within the meaning of Regulation 4 of the Regulations of 2014, and

(b) in accordance with Regulation 8 of the Regulations of 2014, the relevant body—

(i) makes that orphan work available to the public, or

(ii) carries out an act of reproduction of that orphan work for the purposes of digitisation, making available, indexing, cataloguing, preservation or restoration.

(2) The copyright in a relevant work in the collection of a relevant body is not infringed by a relevant body where—

(a) the relevant work is a relevant work to which Regulation 4(2) of the Regulations of 2014 applies,

(b) the relevant body has, pursuant to Regulation 4(3) of the Regulations of 2014, been been given an authorisation referred to in that Regulation, and

(c) in accordance with Regulation 9 of the Regulations of 2014, the relevant body—

(i) makes that orphan work available to the public, or

(ii) carries out an act of reproduction of that orphan work for the purposes of digitisation, making available, indexing, cataloguing, preservation or restoration.

(3) In this section—

"Regulations of 2014" means the European Communities (Certain Permitted Uses of Orphan Works) Regulations 2014;

"relevant body" has the meaning assigned to it by the Regulations of 2014;

"relevant work” has the meaning assigned to it by the Regulations of 2014.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F67

Inserted (29.10.2014) by European Union (Certain Permitted Uses of Orphan Works) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 490 of 2014), reg. 12(a), in operation as per reg. 1(2).