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Infringement by providing apparatus in public, etc., for giving infringing performances

Cap. 252, s. 35 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Where copyright in a work is infringed by a public performance of the work, or by the playing or showing of the work in public by means of apparatus for, (a) playing sound recordings; (b) showing films; or (c) receiving visual images conveyed by electronic means, the persons mentioned in the following subsections are also liable for the infringement. (2) A person who supplied the apparatus, or any substantial part of it, is liable for the infringement if, when he supplied the apparatus or part thereof, (a) he knew or had reason to believe that the apparatus was likely to be so used as to infringe copyright; or (b) in the case of apparatus whose normal use involves a public performance, playing or showing, he did not believe on reasonable grounds that it would not be so used as to (3) An occupier of premises who gave permission for the apparatus to be brought onto the premises is liable for the infringement if when he gave permission he knew or had reason to believe that the apparatus was likely to be so used as to infringe copyright. (4) A person who supplied a copy of a sound recording or film used to infringe copyright is liable for the infringement if 51 when he supplied it he knew or had reason to believe that what he supplied, or a copy made directly or indirectly from it, was likely to be so used as to infringe copyright.
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