# Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Section 182: Consent required for recording, &c. of live performance.


(1) A performer’s rights are infringed by a person who, without his consent—
(a) makes a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance directly from the live performance,
(b) broadcasts live, . . . the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance,
(c) makes a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance directly from a broadcast of, . . . the live performance.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) In an action for infringement of a performer’s rights brought by virtue of this section damages shall not be awarded against a defendant who shows that at the time of the infringement he believed on reasonable grounds that consent had been given.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/182 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-182
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