Paragraph 17

United Kingdom

Where in the case of a dramatic or musical work made before 1st July 1912, the right conferred by the 1911 Act did not include the sole right to perform the work in public, the acts restricted by the copyright shall be treated as not including—

(a)

performing the work in public,

F1(b)

communicating the work to the public, or

(c)

doing any of the above in relation to an adaptation of the work;

and where the right conferred by the 1911 Act consisted only of the sole right to perform the work in public, the acts restricted by the copyright shall be treated as consisting only of those acts.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 1 para. 17(b) substituted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(6) (with regs. 31-40)

Notes on Schedule 1

Modifications

C1: Sch. 1 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1989/1293, art. 4(4)(5)(6)
C2: Sch. 1 applied (with modifications)(4.5.1993) by S.I. 1993/942, arts. 2(3), 5, Sch. 4 (with art. 6)
C3: Sch. 1 applied (4.5.1993) by S.I. 1993/942, arts.4, 5, Sch. 4 (with art. 6)
C4: Sch. 1 applied (with modifications) (22.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1751, arts. 2(3), 3, 4(3)-(5), 6, Sch. 5 (subject to arts. 5, 7) (as amended (22.4.2003) by S.I. 2003/774, arts. 2-5)
C5: Sch. 1 extended in part (with modifications) by The Copyright (Bermuda) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1517), art. 2, Sch. (the amendment coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.)
C6: Sch. 1 extended in part (with modifications) by The Copyright (Gibraltar) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/853), art. 2, Sch. (the amendment coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.)