{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-act-1956/schedule-SIXTH/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-act-1956/schedule-SIXTH/part-I.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/4-5/74",
  "legislation_title": "Copyright Act 1956",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-act-1956",
  "path": "schedule/SIXTH/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "New Sections 1A and 1B",
  "text": "Penalties for making, &c., cinematograph films without consent of performers\n1A Subject to the provisions of this Act, if any person knowingly—\n(a) makes a cinematograph film, directly or indirectly, from or by means of the performance of any dramatic or musical work without the consent in writing of the performers, or\n(b) sells or lets for hire, or distributes for the purposes of trade, or by way of trade exposes or offers for sale or hire, a cinematograph film made in contravention of this Act, or\n(c) uses for the purposes of exhibition to the public a cinematograph film made in contravention of this Act,\nhe shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds:\nProvided that, where a person is charged with an offence under paragraph (a) of this section, it shall be a defence to prove that the cinematograph film was made for his private and domestic use only.\nPenalties for broadcasting without consent of performers\n1B Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person who, otherwise than by the use of a record or a cinematograph film, knowingly broadcasts a performance of any dramatic or musical work, or any part of such a performance, without the consent in writing of the performers shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/4-5/74/schedule/SIXTH/part/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:14:18.136002+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}