Section 191

The following provisions have effect with respect to the duration of the rights conferred by this Chapter. The rights conferred by this Chapter in relation to a performance expire— subject as follows. at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the performance takes place, or if during that period a recording of the performance, other than a sound recording, is released, 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is released, or if during that period a sound recording of the performance is released, 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is released, For the purposes of subsection (2) a recording is “released” when it is first published, played or shown in public or communicated to the public; but in determining whether a recording has been released no account shall be taken of any unauthorised act. Where a performer is not a national of the United Kingdom, the duration of the rights conferred by this Chapter in relation to his performance is that to which the performance is entitled in the country of which he is a national, provided that does not exceed the period which would apply under subsections (2) and (3). If or to the extent that the application of subsection (4) would be at variance with an international obligation to which the United Kingdom became subject prior to 29th October 1993, the duration of the rights conferred by this Chapter shall be as specified in subsections (2) and (3).

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