Copying and communicating unpublished sound recordings and cinematograph films in libraries or archives
110A Copying and communicating unpublished sound recordings and cinematograph films in libraries or archives
Where, at a time more than 50 years after the time at which, or the expiration of the period during which, a sound recording or cinematograph film was made, copyright subsists in the sound recording or cinematograph film but:
the sound recording or cinematograph film has not been published; and
a record embodying the sound recording, or a copy of the cinematograph film, is kept in the collection of a library or archives where it is, subject to any regulations governing that collection, accessible to the public;
the copyright in the sound recording or cinematograph film and in any work or other subject‑matter included in the sound recording or cinematograph film is not infringed:
by the making of a copy or the communication of the sound recording or cinematograph film by a person for the purpose of research or study or with a view to publication; or
by the making of a copy or the communication of the sound recording or cinematograph film by, or on behalf of, the officer in charge of the library or archives if the copy is supplied or communicated to a person who satisfies the officer that he or she requires the copy for the purpose of research or study, or with a view to publication and that he or she will not use it for any other purpose.
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