# Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Section 182A: Consent required for copying of recording.


(1) A performer’s rights are infringed by a person who, without his consent, makes . . . a copy of a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance.
(1A) In subsection (1), making a copy of a recording includes making a copy which is transient or is incidental to some other use of the original recording.
(2) It is immaterial whether the copy is made directly or indirectly.
(3) The right of a performer under this section to authorise or prohibit the making of such copies is referred to in this Chapter as “reproduction right”.

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