United KingdomInfringement by Communication to the Public
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, c. 48, s. 20
In force since .
A linking and framing rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
As of .
What it requires
- Communicating a work to the public is an act restricted by the copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, a sound recording or film, or a broadcast (s. 20(1)).
- In Part I of the Act, communication to the public means communication by electronic transmission, and it includes broadcasting the work and making it available to the public so that members of the public may access it from a place and at a time individually chosen by them (s. 20(2)).
What this law does
Section 20 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 makes the communication of a work to the public an act restricted by the copyright in the work. The restriction applies to copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, in a sound recording or film, and in a broadcast. In Part I of the Act, communication to the public means communication to the public by electronic transmission. That meaning includes the broadcasting of the work.
It also includes making the work available to the public by electronic transmission in such a way that members of the public may access it from a place and at a time individually chosen by them. The current text of section 20 was substituted with effect from by regulation 6(1) of the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2498).
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app reuses other publishers' content.