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Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

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6A Safeguards in case of certain satellite broadcasts.

(1) This section applies where the place from which a broadcast by way of satellite transmission is made is located in a country other than the United Kingdom and the law of that country fails to provide at least the following level of protection— (a) exclusive rights in relation to wireless broadcasting equivalent to those conferred by section 20 (infringement by communication to the public) on the authors of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, films and broadcasts; (b) a right in relation to live wireless broadcasting equivalent to that conferred on a performer by section 182(1)(b) (consent required for live broadcast of performance); and (c) a right for authors of sound recordings and performers to share in a single equitable remuneration in respect of the wireless broadcasting of sound recordings. (2) Where the place from which the programme-carrying signals are transmitted to the satellite (“the uplink station”) is located in the United Kingdom — (a) the United Kingdom shall be treated as the place from which the broadcast is made, and (b) the person operating the uplink station shall be treated as the person making the broadcast. (3) Where the uplink station is not located in the United Kingdom but a person who is established in the United Kingdom has commissioned the making of the broadcast— (a) that person shall be treated as the person making the broadcast, and (b) the United Kingdom shall be treated as the place from which the broadcast is made.

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6A Safeguards in case of certain satellite broadcasts.

(1) This section applies where the place from which a broadcast by way of satellite transmission is made is located in a country other than the United Kingdom and the law of that country fails to provide at least the following level of protection— (a) exclusive rights in relation to wireless broadcasting equivalent to those conferred by section 20 (infringement by communication to the public) on the authors of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, films and broadcasts; (b) a right in relation to live wireless broadcasting equivalent to that conferred on a performer by section 182(1)(b) (consent required for live broadcast of performance); and (c) a right for authors of sound recordings and performers to share in a single equitable remuneration in respect of the wireless broadcasting of sound recordings. (2) Where the place from which the programme-carrying signals are transmitted to the satellite (“the uplink station”) is located in the United Kingdom — (a) the United Kingdom shall be treated as the place from which the broadcast is made, and (b) the person operating the uplink station shall be treated as the person making the broadcast. (3) Where the uplink station is not located in the United Kingdom but a person who is established in the United Kingdom has commissioned the making of the broadcast— (a) that person shall be treated as the person making the broadcast, and (b) the United Kingdom shall be treated as the place from which the broadcast is made.

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