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Regulation 3 Relevant work and right holder

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(1)

“Relevant work” means a work which is protected by copyright or a performance in respect of which certain acts constitute restricted acts.

(2)

A reference to a “relevant work” includes a reference to a work or a performance, which itself falls within the definition of “relevant work” and is embedded in or incorporated in, or constitutes an integral part of, another relevant work.

(3)

“Right holder” in relation to a relevant work means—

(a)

an owner of the copyright in the relevant work;

(b)

a licensee under an exclusive licence in relation to the relevant work;

(c)

a person with rights to permit or prohibit one or more of the restricted acts in relation to a performance recorded by the relevant work and, in the case of a performance, which is embedded in, or incorporated in or constitutes an integral part of a relevant work, a person with rights to permit or prohibit one or more of the restricted acts in relation to the performance; and

(d)

a licensee under an exclusive licence in relation to those rights.