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248CExempt recordings cease to be exempt recordings in certain circumstances
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248C Exempt recordings cease to be exempt recordings in certain circumstances
(1) If any copies of a sound recording or a cinematograph film of a performance, being a sound recording or film that is an exempt recording under paragraph (h) of the definition of exempt recording in subsection 248A(1), are not destroyed before the end of the period of 12 months beginning on the day on which any of those copies is first used for broadcasting the performance, the sound recording or film shall, at the end of that period, cease to be an exempt recording.
(1A) A sound recording, or a copy of a sound recording, ceases to be an exempt recording if it:
(a) is an exempt recording because it was made for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (aaa), (aa), (c), (d), (e), (ea), (eb) or (fa) of the definition of exempt recording in subsection 248A(1); and
(b) is used for a purpose not mentioned in those paragraphs without the authority of the performer.
(2) A cinematograph film, or a copy of a cinematograph film, ceases to be an exempt recording if it:
(a) is an exempt recording because it was made for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (a), (aaa), (b), (c), (d), (e), (ea), (eb) or (f) of the definition of exempt recording in subsection 248A(1); and
(b) is used for a purpose not mentioned in those paragraphs without the authority of the performer.
248CA Protection period
(1) Subject to subsection (3), the protection period of a performance is the period beginning on the day when the performance was given and ending at the end of the period of 20 calendar years after the calendar year in which the performance was given.
(3) For the purposes of the operation, in relation to a sound recording of a performance, of a provision of this Part listed in subsection (4), the protection period of a performance is the period beginning on the day when the performance was given and ending at the end of the period of 50 calendar years after the calendar year in which the performance was given.
(4) Subsection (3) applies to the following provisions of this Part:
(a) paragraphs 248G(1)(a), (2)(a), (2)(b) and (2)(d) to (g);
(b) section 248PA;
(c) section 248PB;
(d) section 248PE;
(e) section 248PF;
(f) section 248PG;
(g) section 248PI;
(h) section 248PJ;
(i) section 248PK;
(j) section 248PL;
(k) section 248PM.