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Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

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As published

14 Duration of copyright in broadcasts . . . .

(1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the duration of copyright in a broadcast . . . . (2) Copyright in a broadcast . . . expires at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast was made . . . , subject as follows. (3) Where the author of the broadcast . . . is not a national of the United Kingdom, the duration of copyright in the broadcast . . . is that to which it is entitled in the country of which the author is a national, provided that does not exceed the period which would apply under subsection (2). (4) If or to the extent that the application of subsection (3) would be at variance with an international obligation to which the United Kingdom became subject prior to 29th October 1993, the duration of copyright shall be as specified in subsection (2). (5) Copyright in a repeat broadcast . . . expires at the same time as the copyright in the original broadcast . . . ; and accordingly no copyright arises in respect of a repeat broadcast . . . which is broadcast . . . after the expiry of the copyright in the original broadcast . . . . (6) A repeat broadcast . . . means one which is a repeat . . . of a broadcast previously made . . . .

Your change, as a redline

14 Duration of copyright in broadcasts . . . .

(1) The following provisions have effect with respect to the duration of copyright in a broadcast . . . . (2) Copyright in a broadcast . . . expires at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast was made . . . , subject as follows. (3) Where the author of the broadcast . . . is not a national of the United Kingdom, the duration of copyright in the broadcast . . . is that to which it is entitled in the country of which the author is a national, provided that does not exceed the period which would apply under subsection (2). (4) If or to the extent that the application of subsection (3) would be at variance with an international obligation to which the United Kingdom became subject prior to 29th October 1993, the duration of copyright shall be as specified in subsection (2). (5) Copyright in a repeat broadcast . . . expires at the same time as the copyright in the original broadcast . . . ; and accordingly no copyright arises in respect of a repeat broadcast . . . which is broadcast . . . after the expiry of the copyright in the original broadcast . . . . (6) A repeat broadcast . . . means one which is a repeat . . . of a broadcast previously made . . . .

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