Section 19

The performance of the work in public is an act restricted by the copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work. In this Part “performance”, in relation to a work— includes delivery in the case of lectures, addresses, speeches and sermons, and in general, includes any mode of visual or acoustic presentation, including presentation by means of a sound recording, film or broadcast of the work. The playing or showing of the work in public is an act restricted by the copyright in a sound recording, film or broadcast. Where copyright in a work is infringed by its being performed, played or shown in public by means of apparatus for receiving visual images or sounds conveyed by electronic means, the person by whom the visual images or sounds are sent, and in the case of a performance the performers, shall not be regarded as responsible for the infringement.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04