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Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

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181 Qualifying performances.

(1) A performance is a qualifying performance for the purposes of this Part if it meets any of Conditions A to D. (2) Condition A is that the performance is given by a qualifying individual. (3) Condition B is that the performance takes place in a qualifying country. (4) Condition C is that the performance is included in a sound recording and— (a) the producer of that sound recording is a qualifying individual or a body incorporated under the law of a qualifying country, or (b) that sound recording is— (i) first published in a qualifying country, or (ii) published in a qualifying country within the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which it is first published. (5) But Condition C is not met if, or to the extent that, the sound recording in question is a copy taken from a previous sound recording. (6) Condition D is that— (a) the performance has not been included in a sound recording, (b) the performance is broadcast, and (c) the broadcast is— (i) made from a qualifying country, or (ii) made by a broadcasting organisation the headquarters of which are situated in a qualifying country. (7) In subsection (4)(a), the “producer” of a sound recording means the person who undertakes the arrangements necessary for the making of the sound recording.

Your change, as a redline

181 Qualifying performances.

(1) A performance is a qualifying performance for the purposes of this Part if it meets any of Conditions A to D. (2) Condition A is that the performance is given by a qualifying individual. (3) Condition B is that the performance takes place in a qualifying country. (4) Condition C is that the performance is included in a sound recording and— (a) the producer of that sound recording is a qualifying individual or a body incorporated under the law of a qualifying country, or (b) that sound recording is— (i) first published in a qualifying country, or (ii) published in a qualifying country within the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which it is first published. (5) But Condition C is not met if, or to the extent that, the sound recording in question is a copy taken from a previous sound recording. (6) Condition D is that— (a) the performance has not been included in a sound recording, (b) the performance is broadcast, and (c) the broadcast is— (i) made from a qualifying country, or (ii) made by a broadcasting organisation the headquarters of which are situated in a qualifying country. (7) In subsection (4)(a), the “producer” of a sound recording means the person who undertakes the arrangements necessary for the making of the sound recording.

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Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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