# Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Section 31: Incidental inclusion of copyright material.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Copyright in a work is not infringed by its incidental inclusion in an artistic work, sound recording, film or broadcast.
(2) Nor is the copyright infringed by the issue to the public of copies, or the playing, showing or communication to the public, of anything whose making was, by virtue of subsection (1), not an infringement of the copyright.
(3) A musical work, words spoken or sung with music, or so much of a sound recording or broadcast as includes a musical work or such words, shall not be regarded as incidentally included in another work if it is deliberately included.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-31
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