Duration of copyright in broadcasts and cable programmes

(1) Copyright in a broadcast or cable programme expires at the end of a period of fifty years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast was made or the programme was included in a cable programme service. 34 (2) Copyright in a repeat broadcast or a repeat cable programme expires at the same time as copyright in the original broadcast or cable programme; and accordingly, no copyright arises in respect of a repeat broadcast or a repeat cable programme which is broadcast or, as the case may be, included in a cable programme service after the expiry of the copyright in the original broadcast or cable programme. (3) Reference in subsection (2) of this section to a repeat broadcast or a repeat cable programme means one which is a repeat of a broadcast previously made or, as the case may be, of a cable programme previously included in a cable programme service.