Copyright Act 1968
97Ownership of copyright in sound recordings
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97 Ownership of copyright in sound recordings
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the maker of a sound recording is the owner of any copyright subsisting in the recording by virtue of this Part.
(2A) If there is more than one owner of the copyright in a sound recording of a live performance, the owners own the copyright as tenants in common in equal shares.
(3) Where:
(a) a person makes, for valuable consideration, an agreement with another person for the making of a sound recording by the other person; and
(b) the recording is made in pursuance of the agreement;
the first‑mentioned person is, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, the owner of any copyright subsisting in the recording by virtue of this Part.