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Intellectual Property (Unregistered Rights) (Jersey) Law 2011
A LAW to
restate and amend the law relating to copyright; to establish rights equivalent
to copyright; to establish the rights of persons in relation to designs and
performances and remedies for infringement of those rights; to establish rights
in respect of the fraudulent reception or decoding of transmissions; to make
provision for criminal liability in respect of copyright and other rights
established by this Law; to provide for the civil and criminal liability of
information society service providers in respect of rights conferred by this
Law and by the Patents
(Jersey) Law 1957, the Registered
Designs (Jersey) Law 1957 and the Trade
Marks (Jersey) Law 2000; and for
connected purposes.
Commencement [see endnotes]
PART 1
COPYRIGHT
CHAPTER 1 –
INTRODUCTORY
1 General
interpretation
(1) In
this Part, unless the context otherwise requires –
“Agent of the
Impôts” shall be construed in accordance with Article 4 of the
Customs and Excise (Jersey) Law 1999;
“archivist”
includes a person acting on behalf of an archivist;
“British citizen”
means a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British
National (Overseas), a British Overseas Citizen, a British subject or a British
protected person within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1981 of
the United Kingdom;
“broadcast” shall
be construed in accordance with Article 4;
“Broadcasting
Act 1990” means the Broadcasting Act 1990 of the United Kingdom
as extended to Jersey by the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Jersey)
Order 1991 and the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Jersey) (No. 2)
Order 1991 and amended by the Communications Act 2003;
“Broadcasting
Act 1996” means the Broadcasting Act 1996 of the United Kingdom
as extended to Jersey by the Broadcasting (Jersey) Order 2003 and amended
by the Communications Act 2003;
“building”
includes any fixed structure and part of a building or fixed structure;
“business”
includes a trade or profession;
“committee of inquiry”
means a committee of inquiry established by standing orders made under the States of
Jersey Law 2005;
“Communications
Act 2003” means the Communications Act 2003 of the United
Kingdom as extended to Jersey by the Communications (Jersey) Order 2003;
“country”
includes any territory, whether an overseas territory of the United Kingdom or
a territory of another country, or any part of the British Islands;
“Court” means the
Royal Court;
“EEA” means the
European Economic Area;
“EEA State” means
a State that is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic
Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992, as adjusted by the Protocol signed
at Brussels on 17th August 1993;
“electronic”
means actuated by electric, magnetic, electro-magnetic, electro-chemical or
electro-mechanical energy;
“employed”,
“employee”, “employer” and “employment”
refer to employment under a contract of service or of apprenticeship;
“EU Treaties” has
the same meaning as in the European
Union (Jersey) Law 1973;
“facsimile copy”
includes a copy which is reduced or enlarged in scale;
“hovercraft”
means a vehicle which is designed to be supported when in motion wholly or
partly by air expelled from the vehicle to form a cushion of which the
boundaries include the ground, water or other surface beneath the vehicle;
“in electronic form”
means in a form usable only by electronic means;
“information society
service” shall be construed in accordance with Article 8;
“international
organization” means an organization the members of which include one or
more states;
“judicial proceedings”
includes proceedings before any court, committee or person having authority to
decide any matter affecting a person’s legal rights or liabilities;
“librarian”
includes a person acting on behalf of a librarian;
“licensing authority”
shall be construed in accordance with Article 381;
“the Minister”
means the Minister for External Relations;
“prescribed”
means prescribed by Order made by the Minister for the purposes of the
provision in which the expression appears;
“protected area”
means the British Islands and the EEA;
“public inquiry”
means such an inquiry held pursuant to an enactment (other than an inquiry by a
committee of inquiry);
“reprographic copy”
and “reprographic copying” refer to copying by means of a
reprographic process;
“reprographic process”
means a process –
(a) for
making facsimile copies; or
(b) involving
the use of an appliance for making multiple copies,
and includes, in relation to
a work held in electronic form, any copying by electronic means, but does not
include the making of a film or sound recording;
“States’ employee”
has the meaning given in the Employment
of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005;
“telecommunications
system” means a system for conveying visual images, sounds or other
information by electronic means;
“wireless broadcast”
means a broadcast by means of wireless telegraphy;
“wireless telegraphy”
means the sending of electro-magnetic energy over paths not provided by a
material substance constructed or arranged for that purpose but does not
include the transmission of microwave energy between terrestrial fixed points.[1]
(2) In
this Law –
(a) a
reference to a body corporate includes any partnership or other body which has
a legal personality separate from, as the case requires, its partners or
members, and a reference to incorporation of a body shall, accordingly, be
construed as including a reference to the establishment of such a body;
(b) a
reference to an unincorporated body shall not include any partnership or other
body which has a legal personality separate from, as the case requires, its
partners or members.
(3) A
reference to a Minister or any Minister is a reference to a Minister of the
States of Jersey.
(4) Unless
the context otherwise requires, a reference in this Law to an Act of Parliament
or subordinate legislation of the United Kingdom is a reference to that Act or
subordinate legislation as amended from time to time and includes a reference
to that Act or subordinate legislation as extended or applied by or under a
provision of this Law or another enactment, whether of the United Kingdom or of
Jersey.
(5) References
in a Part of this Law to a Chapter are to the Chapter of that number in that
Part.
(6) The
Minister may, by Order, amend the definition “protected area” in
paragraph (1).
(7) An
Order under paragraph (6) may, in amending the definition “protected
area”, provide that it has different meanings in different provisions of
this Law.
2 Expressions
related to copyright
(1) In
this Part, unless the context otherwise requires –
“acts restricted by
copyright” shall be construed in accordance with Article 30(1);
“adaptation”
shall be construed in accordance with Article 36(3);
“article”, in the
context of an article in a periodical, includes an item of any description;
“artistic work”
means –
(a) a
graphic work, photograph, sculpture or collage, irrespective of artistic
quality;
(b) a
work of architecture being a building or a model for a building; or
(c) a
work of artistic craftsmanship;
“author”, in
relation to a work, shall be construed in accordance with Article 3;
“collective work”
means –
(a) a
work of joint authorship; or
(b) a
work in which there are distinct contributions by different authors or in which
works or parts of works of different authors are incorporated;
“commercial
publication” shall be construed in accordance with Article 9;
“communication to the
public” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph (2);
“computer-generated”,
in relation to a work, means that the work is generated by computer in circumstances
such that there is no human author of the work;
“copyright work”
means a work of any of those descriptions in which copyright subsists under
Article 13;
“database” has
the meaning given in Article 6;
“dramatic work”
includes a work of dance or mime;
“exclusive
licence” means a licence in writing signed by or on behalf of a copyright
owner authorizing the licensee to the exclusion of all other persons, including
the person granting the licence, to exercise a right which would otherwise be
exercisable exclusively by the copyright owner;
“film” shall be
construed in accordance with Article 17;
“future
copyright” shall be construed in accordance with Article 119(2);
“graphic work”
includes –
(a) any
painting, drawing, diagram, map, chart or plan; and
(b) any
engraving, etching, lithograph, woodcut or similar work;
“infringing copy”
shall be construed in accordance with Article 42;
“licensing body”
shall be construed in accordance with Article 145(2);
“licensing
scheme” shall be construed in accordance with Article 145(1);
“literary work”
means any work, other than a dramatic or musical work, which is written, spoken
or sung, and accordingly includes –
(a) a
table or compilation, other than a database;
(b) a
computer program;
(c) preparatory
design material for a computer program; and
(d) a
database;
“musical work”
means a work consisting of music, exclusive of any words or action intended to
be sung, spoken or performed with the music;
“performance”, in
relation to a work –
(a) includes
delivery in the case of lectures, addresses, speeches and sermons; and
(b) in
general, includes any mode of visual or acoustic presentation, including
presentation by means of a sound recording, film or broadcast;
“photograph”
means a recording of light or other radiation on any medium on which an image
is produced or from which an image may by any means be produced, and which is
not part of a film;
“producer”, in
relation to a sound recording or a film, means the person by whom the
arrangements necessary for the making of the sound recording or film are
undertaken;
“prospective
owner” shall be construed in accordance with Article 119(2);
“publication”
shall be construed in accordance with Article 9;
“published
edition”, in the context of copyright in the typographical arrangement of
a published edition, means a published edition of the whole or any part of one
or more literary, dramatic or musical works;
“qualifying
country” shall be construed in accordance with Article 22(2);
“qualifying
person” shall be construed in accordance with Article 21(2);
“rental” shall be
construed in accordance with Article 10;
“rental right”
means the right of a copyright owner to authorize or prohibit the rental of
copies of the work;
“sculpture”
includes a cast or model made for purposes of sculpture;
“sound recording”
means –
(a) a
recording of sounds, from which the sounds may be reproduced; or
(b) a
recording of the whole or any part of a literary, dramatic or musical work,
from which sounds reproducing the work or part may be produced,
regardless of the medium on
which the recording is made or the method by which the sounds are reproduced or
produced;
“sufficient
acknowledgement” means an acknowledgement identifying the work in
question by its title or other description, and identifying the author
unless –
(a) in
the case of a work that has been made available to the public, the work has
been made available anonymously;
(b) in
the case of a work that has not been made available to the public, it is not
possible for a person to ascertain the identity of the author by reasonable
inquiry;
“typeface”
includes an ornamental motif used in printing;
“unauthorized”,
as regards anything done in relation to a work, means done otherwise
than –
(a) by or
with the licence of the copyright owner;
(b) if
copyright does not subsist in the work, by or with the licence of the author
or, in a case where Article 24(2) would have applied, the author’s
employer or, in either case, persons lawfully claiming under him or her; or
(c) in
pursuance of Article 71;
“unknown
authorship” shall be construed in accordance with Article 3;
“work of joint
authorship” shall be construed in accordance with Article 3;
“writing”
includes any form of notation or code, whether by hand or otherwise and
regardless of the method by which, or medium in or on which, it is recorded,
and “written” shall be construed accordingly.
(2) References
in this Part to communication to the public are to communication to the public
by electronic transmission, and in relation to a work include –
(a) the
broadcasting of the work; and
(b) the
making available to the public of the work by electronic transmission in such a
way that members of the public may access it from a place and at a time
individually chosen by them.
(3) In
this Part, references to the making of a literary, dramatic or musical work
shall be construed in accordance with Article 15(2).
(4) In
this Part, references to copying a work shall be construed in accordance with
Article 31, and references to issuing a copy of the work to the public
shall be construed in accordance with Article 32.
3 “Author”
and related expressions
(1) In
this Part “author” in relation to a work, means the person who
creates it.
(2) That
person shall be taken to be –
(a) in
the case of a sound recording, the producer;
(b) in
the case of a film, the producer and the principal director;
(c) in
the case of a broadcast, the person making the broadcast or, in the case of a
broadcast which relays another broadcast by reception and immediate
re-transmission, the person making that other broadcast; and
(d) in
the case of the typographical arrangement of a published edition, the
publisher.
(3) In
the case of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work which is
computer-generated, the author shall be taken to be the person by whom the
arrangements necessary for the creation of the work are undertaken.
(4) For
the purposes of this Part a work is of “unknown authorship” if the
identity of the author is unknown, or in the case of a work of joint
authorship, if the identity of none of the authors is known.
(5) For
the purposes of this Part the identity of an author shall be regarded as
unknown if it is not possible for a person to ascertain his or her identity by
reasonable inquiry, but if his or her identity is once known it shall not
subsequently be regarded as unknown.
(6) In
this Part a “work of joint authorship” means a work produced by the
collaboration of 2 or more authors in which the contribution of each author is
not distinct from that of the other author or authors.
(7) A
film shall be treated as a work of joint authorship unless the producer and the
principal director are the same person.
(8) A
broadcast shall be treated as a work of joint authorship in any case where more
than one person is to be taken as making the broadcast.
(9) References
in this Part to the author of a work shall, except as otherwise provided, be
construed in relation to a work of joint authorship as references to all the
authors of the work.
4 “Broadcast”
and related expressions
(1) In
this Part a “broadcast” means an electronic transmission of visual
images, sounds or other information which –
(a) is
transmitted for simultaneous reception by members of the public and is capable
of being lawfully received by them; or
(b) is
transmitted at a time determined solely by the person making the transmission
for presentation to members of the public,
and which is not excepted by
paragraph (2); and references to broadcasting shall be construed
accordingly.
(2) Excepted
from the definition of “broadcast” is any internet transmission
unless it is –
(a) a
transmission taking place simultaneously on the internet and by other means;
(b) a
concurrent transmission of a live event; or
(c) a
transmission of recorded moving images or sounds forming part of a programme
service offered by the person responsible for making the transmission, being a
service in which programmes are transmitted at scheduled times determined by
that person.
(3) An
encrypted transmission shall be regarded as capable of being lawfully received by
members of the public only if decoding equipment has been made available to
members of the public by or with the authority of the person making the
transmission or the person providing the contents of the transmission.
(4) References
in this Part to the person making a broadcast or a transmission which is a
broadcast are –
(a) to
the person transmitting the programme, if he or she has responsibility to any
extent for its contents; and
(b) to
any person providing the programme who makes with the person transmitting it
the arrangements necessary for its transmission,
and references in this Part
to a programme, in the context of broadcasting, are to any item included in a
broadcast.
(5) For
the purposes of this Part, the place from which a wireless broadcast is made is
the place where, under the control and responsibility of the person making the
broadcast, the programme-carrying signals are introduced into an uninterrupted
chain of communication, including in the case of a satellite transmission, the
chain leading to the satellite and down towards the earth.
(6) The
relaying of a broadcast by reception and immediate re-transmission shall be
regarded for the purposes of this Part as a separate act of broadcasting from
the making of the broadcast which is so re-transmitted.
(7) Paragraphs (4)
and (5) have effect subject to Article 11.
(8) References
in this Part to the reception of a broadcast include reception of a broadcast
relayed by the means of a telecommunications system.
5 Copyright
owner: construction of references
(1) Where
different persons are (whether in consequence of a partial assignment or
otherwise) entitled to different aspects of copyright in a work, the copyright
owner for any purpose of this Part shall be the person who is entitled to the
aspect of copyright relevant for that purpose.
(2) Where
copyright (or any aspect of copyright) is owned by more than one person
jointly, references in this Part to the copyright owner shall be to all the
owners, so that, in particular, any requirement of the licence of the copyright
owner requires the licence of all of them.
6 “Database”
(1) In
this Part “database” means a collection of independent works, data
or other materials which –
(a) are
arranged in a systematic or methodical way; and
(b) are
individually accessible by electronic or other means.
(2) For
the purposes of this Part, a literary work consisting of a database is original
if, and only if, by reason of the selection or arrangement of the contents of
the database, the database constitutes the author’s own intellectual
creation.
7 “Educational
establishment” and related expressions
(1) In
this Part “educational establishment” means –
(a) a
school, within the meaning of the Education (Jersey)
Law 1999; and
(b) any
other description of establishment (to the extent that it provides instruction)
as may be prescribed.
(2) The
Minister may by Order provide that the provisions of this Part relating to
educational establishments shall apply, with any modifications and adaptations
as may be specified in the Order, in relation to teachers who are employed on
behalf of the States to give instruction elsewhere to pupils who are unable to
attend an educational establishment.
(3) In
relation to an educational establishment the expressions “teacher”
and “pupil” in this Part include, respectively, any person who
gives and any person who receives instruction.
(4) References
in this Part to anything being done “on behalf of” an educational
establishment are to its being done for the purposes of that establishment by
any person.
8 “Information
society service”
(1) In
this Part “information society service” means any service normally
provided for remuneration, at a distance, by electronic means and at the individual
request of a recipient of services.
(2) For
the purposes of paragraph (1) –
“at a distance”
means that the service is provided without the parties being simultaneously
present;
“by electronic
means” means that the service is sent initially and received at its
destination by means of electronic equipment for the processing (including
digital compression) and storage of data, and entirely transmitted, conveyed
and received by wire, by radio, by optical means or by other electro-magnetic
means;
“at the individual
request of a recipient of services” means that the service is provided
through the transmission of data on individual request.
(3) The
following table contains matter indicative of the services not covered by the
definition “information society service” –
1. Services
not provided ‘at a distance’
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Services provided in the
physical presence of the provider and the recipient, even if they involve the
use of electronic devices:
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(a) medical
examinations or treatment at a doctor's surgery using electronic equipment
where the patient is physically present;
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(b) consultation
of an electronic catalogue in a shop with the customer on site;
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(c) plane
ticket reservation at a travel agency in the physical presence of the
customer by means of a network of computers;
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(d) electronic
games made available in a video-arcade where the customer is physically
present.
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2. Services not provided
‘by electronic means’
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Services having material
content even though provided via electronic devices:
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(a) automatic
cash or ticket dispensing machines (banknotes, rail tickets);
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(b) access
to road networks, car parks, etc., charging for use, even if there are
electronic devices at the entrance/exit controlling access and/or ensuring
correct payment is made;
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Off-line services:
distribution of CD roms or software on diskettes;
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Services which are not
provided via electronic processing/inventory systems:
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(a) voice
telephony services;
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(b) telefax/telex
services;
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(c) services
provided via voice telephony or fax;
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(d) telephone/telefax
consultation of a doctor;
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(e) telephone/telefax
consultation of a lawyer;
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(f) telephone/telefax
direct marketing.
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3. Services
not supplied ‘at the individual request of a recipient of
services’
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Services provided by transmitting data without individual demand
for simultaneous reception by an unlimited number of individual receivers
(point to multipoint transmission):
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(a) television
broadcasting services (including near-video on-demand services) and, for this
purpose “television broadcasting” –
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(i) means
the initial transmission by wire or over the air, including that by
satellite, in unencoded or encoded form, of television programmes intended
for reception by the public,
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(ii) includes
the communication of programmes between undertakings with a view to their
being relayed to the public, and
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(iii) does
not include communication services providing items of information or other
messages on individual demand such as telecopying, electronic data banks and
other similar services;
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(b) radio
broadcasting services;
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(c)(televised) teletext.
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(4) The
Minister may, by Order, amend the definition “information society
service”, associated definitions in paragraph (2) and any matter
indicative of the services covered, or not covered, by the definition.
9 “Publication”
and “commercial publication”
(1) In
this Part “publication”, in relation to a work –
(a) means
the issue of copies to the public; and
(b) includes,
in the case of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, making it available
to the public by means of an electronic retrieval system,
and related expressions shall
be construed accordingly.
(2) In
this Part “commercial publication”, in relation to a literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic work means –
(a) issuing
copies of the work to the public at a time when copies made in advance of the
receipt of orders are generally available to the public; or
(b) making
the work available to the public by means of an electronic retrieval system,
and related expressions shall
be construed accordingly.
(3) In
the case of a work of architecture in the form of a building, or an artistic
work incorporated in a building, construction of the building shall be treated
as equivalent to publication of the work.
(4) The
following do not constitute publication for the purposes of this Part and
references to commercial publication shall be construed
accordingly –
(a) in
the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work –
(i) the performance
of the work, or
(ii) the
communication to the public of the work (otherwise than for the purposes of an
electronic retrieval system);
(b) in
the case of an artistic work –
(i) the exhibition of
the work,
(ii) the
issue to the public of copies of a graphic work representing, or of photographs
of, a work of architecture in the form of a building or a model for a building,
a sculpture or a work of artistic craftsmanship,
(iii) the
issue to the public of copies of a film including the work, or
(iv) the
communication to the public of the work (otherwise than for the purposes of an
electronic retrieval system);
(c) in
the case of a sound recording or film –
(i) the work being
played or shown in public, or
(ii) the
communication to the public of the work.
(5) References
in this Part to publication or commercial publication do not include
publication which is merely colourable and not intended to satisfy the
reasonable requirements of the public.
(6) No
account shall be taken for the purposes of this Article of any unauthorized
act.
10 “Rental”
(1) In
this Part, subject to paragraph (3), “rental” means making a
copy of a work available for use, on terms that it will or may be returned, for
direct or indirect economic or commercial advantage.
(2) The
expression “rental” does not include –
(a) making
available for the purpose of public performance, playing or showing in public
or communication to the public;
(b) making
available for the purpose of exhibition in public; or
(c) making
available for on-the-spot reference use.
(3) References
in this Part to the rental of copies of a work include the rental of the
original.
11 Satellite
broadcasts: deemed broadcaster and place of broadcast
(1) This
Article applies where the place from which a broadcast by way of satellite
transmission is made is located in a country outside Jersey and the law of that
country fails to provide at least the following level of
protection –
(a) exclusive
rights in relation to wireless broadcasting equivalent to those conferred by
Article 35 on the authors of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works,
films and broadcasts;
(b) a
right in relation to live wireless broadcasting equivalent to that conferred on
a performer by Article 265(1)(b); and
(c) a
right for authors of sound recordings and performers to share in a single
equitable remuneration in respect of the wireless broadcasting of sound
recordings.
(2) Where
the place from which the programme-carrying signals are transmitted to the
satellite (“the uplink station”) is located in Jersey –
(a) the
person operating the uplink station shall be treated as the person making the
broadcast; and
(b) that
place shall be treated as the place from which the broadcast is made.
(3) Where
the uplink station is not located in Jersey but a person who is established in
Jersey has commissioned the making of the broadcast –
(a) that
person shall be treated as the person making the broadcast; and
(b) the
place in which he or she has his or her principal establishment in Jersey shall
be treated as the place from which the broadcast is made.
12 General
provisions as to construction
(1) This
Part restates and amends the law of copyright, that is, the provisions of the Copyright
Act 1911 of the United Kingdom, and the Musical Copyright Act 1906 of
the United Kingdom, as extended to and having effect in Jersey.
(2) A
provision of this Part which corresponds to a provision of the previous law
shall not be construed as departing from the previous law merely because of a
change of expression.
(3) Decisions
under the previous law may be referred to for the purpose of establishing
whether a provision of this Part departs from the previous law, or otherwise
for establishing the true construction of this Part.
(4) In
this Article a reference to this Part includes the provisions of Part 9 as
they apply for the purpose of this Part.
chapter 2 – subsistence, ownership and duration of copyright
13 Copyright
(1) Copyright
is a property right which subsists in accordance with this Part in the
following descriptions of work –
(a) original
literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works;
(b) sound
recordings, films or broadcasts;
(c) the
typographical arrangement of published editions.
(2) Copyright
does not subsist in a work unless the requirements of this Part with respect to
qualification for copyright protection are met.
14 Rights
subsisting in copyright works
(1) The
owner of the copyright in a work of any description has the exclusive right to
do the acts specified in Chapter 3 as the acts restricted by the copyright
in a work of that description.
(2) In
relation to certain descriptions of copyright work the following rights
conferred by Chapter 5 subsist in favour of the author, director or
commissioner of the work, whether or not he or she is the owner of the
copyright –
(a) the
right to be identified as author or director under Article 105;
(b) the
right to object to derogatory treatment of work under Article 108;
(c) the
right to privacy of certain photographs and films under Article 113.
15 Literary,
dramatic and musical works: restriction on copyright
(1) Copyright
does not subsist in a literary, dramatic or musical work unless and until it is
recorded, in writing or otherwise.
(2) References
in this Part to the time at which a literary, dramatic or musical work is made
are to the time at which it is so recorded.
(3) It
is immaterial for the purposes of paragraph (1) whether the work is
recorded by or with the permission of the author.
(4) Where
the work is not recorded by the author, nothing in paragraph (1) affects
the question whether copyright subsists in the record as distinct from the work
recorded.
16 Sound
recordings: restriction on copyright
Copyright does not subsist in
a sound recording which is, or to the extent that it is, a copy taken from a
previous sound recording.
17 Films: restriction on copyright
(1) In
this Part “film” means a recording on any medium from which a
moving image may by any means be produced.
(2) The
sound track accompanying a film shall be treated as part of the film for the
purposes of this Part.
(3) Without
prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2), where that paragraph applies –
(a) references
in this Part to showing a film include playing the film sound track to
accompany the film;
(b) references
in this Part to playing a sound recording, or to communicating a sound
recording to the public, do not include playing or communicating the film sound
track to accompany the film;
(c) references
in this Part to copying a work, so far as they apply to a sound recording, do
not include copying the film sound track to accompany the film; and
(d) references
in this Part to the issuing or rental of copies of a work, so far as they apply
to a sound recording, do not include the issuing or rental of copies of the
sound track to accompany the film.
(4) Copyright
does not subsist in a film which is, or to the extent that it is, a copy taken
from a previous film.
(5) Nothing
in this Article affects any copyright subsisting in a film sound track as a
sound recording.
18 Broadcasts:
restriction on copyright
Copyright does not subsist in
a broadcast which infringes, or to the extent that it infringes, the copyright
in another broadcast.
19 Published
editions: restriction on copyright
Copyright does not subsist in
the typographical arrangement of a published edition if, or to the extent that,
it reproduces the typographical arrangement of a previous edition.
20 Qualification
for copyright protection
(1) Copyright
does not subsist in a work unless the qualification requirements of Articles 21
to 23 are satisfied as regards –
(a) the
author;
(b) the
country in which the work was first published; or
(c) in
the case of a broadcast, the country from which the broadcast was made.
(2) Paragraph (1)
does not apply in relation to States Assembly copyright, States copyright or
Crown copyright, or to copyright which subsists by virtue of Article 188.
(3) If
the qualification requirements of Articles 21 to 23 or Article 182,
183, 184 or 188 are once satisfied in respect of a work, copyright does not
cease to subsist by reason of any subsequent event.
21 Qualification
by reference to author
(1) A
work qualifies for copyright protection if the author was at the material
time a qualifying person.
(2) In
this Part “qualifying person” means –
(a) a
British citizen;
(b) an
individual domiciled or resident in Jersey;
(c) a
body incorporated under the law of Jersey; or
(d) so
far as provision is made by Order under Article 399, a person prescribed
by the Order for the purpose of extending the application of a right conferred
by this Part.
(3) A
work of joint authorship qualifies for copyright protection if at the material
time any of the authors is a qualifying person, but where a work qualifies for
copyright protection only under this Article, only those authors who satisfy that
requirement shall be taken into account for the purposes of –
(a) Article 24(1) and (2);
(b) Article 25, and Article 3(4), so far as it applies
for the purposes of Article 25;
(c) Article 85; or
(d) Article 94.
(4) The
material time in relation to a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is –
(a) in the
case of an unpublished work, when the work was made or, if the making of the
work extended over a period, a substantial part of that period; or
(b) in
the case of a published work, when the work was first published or, if the
author had died before that time, immediately before his or her death.
(5) The
material time in relation to descriptions of work other than those specified in
paragraph (4) is as follows –
(a) in
the case of a sound recording or film, when it was made;
(b) in
the case of a broadcast, when the broadcast was made;
(c) in
the case of the typographical arrangement of a published edition, when the
edition was first published.
22 Qualification
by reference to country of first publication
(1) A
literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, a sound recording or film, or the
typographical arrangement of a published edition, qualifies for copyright
protection if it is first published in a qualifying country.
(2) In
this Part “qualifying country” means –
(a) Jersey;
or
(b) so
far as provision is made by Order under Article 399, a country prescribed
by the Order for the purpose of extending the application of a right conferred
by this Part.
(3) For
the purposes of this Article, publication in one country shall not be regarded
as other than the first publication by reason of simultaneous publication
elsewhere, and for this purpose publication elsewhere within the previous 30 days
shall be treated as simultaneous.
23 Qualification
by reference to place of transmission
A broadcast qualifies for
copyright protection if it is made from a place in a qualifying country.
24 Who
is the first owner of copyright
(1) The
author of a work is the first owner of any copyright in it, subject to the
following provisions of this Article.
(2) Where
a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, or a film, is made by an
employee in the course of his or her employment, his or her employer is the
first owner of any copyright in the work subject to any agreement to the contrary.
(3) This
Article does not apply to States Assembly copyright, States copyright or Crown
copyright, or to copyright which subsists by virtue of Article 188.
25 Duration
of copyright in literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works
(1) This
Article has effect with respect to the duration of copyright in a literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic work.
(2) Copyright
expires at the end of the period of 70 years from the end of the calendar
year in which the author dies, subject as follows.
(3) If
the work is of unknown authorship, copyright expires –
(a) at
the end of the period of 70 years from the end of the calendar year in
which the work was made; or
(b) if
during that period the work is made available to the public, at the end of the
period of 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is first
so made available,
subject as follows.
(4) Paragraph (2)
applies if the identity of the author becomes known before the end of the
period specified in paragraph (3)(a) or (b).
(5) For
the purposes of paragraph (3) making available to the public includes –
(a) in
the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work –
(i) performance in
public, or
(ii) communication
to the public;
(b) in
the case of an artistic work –
(i) exhibition in
public,
(ii) a
film including the work being shown in public, or
(iii) communication
to the public,
but in determining generally
for the purposes of that paragraph whether a work has been made available
to the public no account shall be taken of any unauthorized act.
(6) If
the work is computer-generated paragraphs (1) to (5) do not apply and
copyright expires at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the
calendar year in which the work was made.
(7) This
Article is adapted as follows in relation to a work of joint authorship –
(a) the
reference in paragraph (2) to the death of the author shall be construed –
(i) if the identity
of all the authors is known, as a reference to the death of the last of them to
die, and
(ii) if
the identity of one or more of the authors is known and the identity of one or
more others is not, as a reference to the death of the last whose identity is
known;
(b) the
reference in paragraph (4) to the identity of the author becoming known
shall be construed as a reference to the identity of any of the authors
becoming known.
(8) This
Article does not apply to States Assembly copyright, States copyright or Crown
copyright, or to copyright which subsists by virtue of Article 188.
26 Duration
of copyright in sound recordings
(1) This
Article has effect with respect to the duration of copyright in a sound
recording.
(2) Copyright
expires –
(a) at
the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in
which the recording is made;
(b) if
during that period the recording is published, 50 years from the end of
the calendar year in which it is first published; or
(c) if
during that period the recording is not published but is made available to the
public by being played in public or communicated to the public, 50 years
from the end of the calendar year in which it is first so made available,
but in determining whether a
sound recording has been published, played in public or communicated to the
public, no account shall be taken of any unauthorized act.
27 Duration
of copyright in films
(1) This
Article has effect with respect to the duration of copyright in a film.
(2) Copyright
expires at the end of the period of 70 years from the end of the calendar
year in which the death occurs of the last to die of the following persons –
(a) the
principal director;
(b) the
author of the screenplay;
(c) the
author of the dialogue;
(d) the
composer of music specially created for and used in the film,
subject as follows.
(3) If
the identity of one or more of the persons referred to in paragraph (2)(a)
to (d) is known and the identity of one or more others is not, the reference in
that paragraph to the death of the last of them to die shall be construed as a
reference to the death of the last whose identity is known.
(4) If
the identity of the persons referred to in paragraph (2)(a) to (d) is
unknown, copyright expires –
(a) at the
end of the period of 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which
the film was made; or
(b) if
during that period the film is made available to the public, at the end of the
period of 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is first
so made available.
(5) Paragraphs (2)
and (3) apply if the identity of any of those persons becomes known before the
end of the period specified in paragraph (4)(a) or (b).
(6) For
the purposes of paragraph (4) making available to the public includes –
(a) showing
in public; or
(b) communicating
to the public,
but in determining generally
for the purposes of paragraph (4) whether a film has been made available
to the public no account shall be taken of any unauthorized act.
(7) If
in any case there is no person falling within paragraph (2)(a) to (d), the
above provisions do not apply and copyright expires at the end of the period of
50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the film was made.
(8) For
the purposes of this Article the identity of any of the persons referred to in paragraph (2)(a)
to (d) shall be regarded as unknown if it is not possible for a person to
ascertain his or her identity by reasonable inquiry, but if the identity of any
such person is once known it shall not subsequently be regarded as unknown.
(9) This
Article does not apply to States Assembly copyright, States copyright or Crown
copyright.
28 Duration
of copyright in broadcasts
(1) This
Article has effect with respect to the duration of copyright in a broadcast.
(2) Subject
to paragraph (3), copyright in a broadcast expires at the end of the
period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the
broadcast was made.
(3) Copyright
in a repeat broadcast expires at the same time as the copyright in the original
broadcast and, accordingly, no copyright arises in respect of a repeat
broadcast which is broadcast after the expiry of the copyright in the original
broadcast.
(4) In
this Article, “repeat broadcast” means one which is a repeat of a
broadcast previously made.
29 Duration
of copyright in typographical arrangement of published editions
Copyright in the
typographical arrangement of a published edition shall expire at the end of the
period of 25 years from the end of the calendar year in which the edition
was first published.
chapter 3 – rights of copyright owner
30 Acts
restricted by copyright in a work
(1) The
owner of the copyright in a work has, in accordance with this Chapter, the
exclusive right to do the following acts in Jersey –
(a) to
copy the work;
(b) to
issue copies of the work to the public;
(c) to
rent the work to the public;
(d) to
perform, show or play the work in public;
(e) to
communicate the work to the public;
(f) to
make an adaptation of the work or do any of the above in relation to an
adaptation.
(2) Copyright
in a work is infringed by a person who without the licence of the copyright
owner does, or authorizes another to do, any of the acts restricted by the
copyright.
(3) References
in this Part to the doing of an act restricted by the copyright in a work are
to the doing of it –
(a) in
relation to the work as a whole or any substantial part of it; and
(b) either
directly or indirectly,
and it is immaterial whether
any intervening acts themselves infringe the copyright.
(4) This
Chapter has effect subject to Chapters 4 and 8.
31 Primary
infringement: copying
(1) The
copying of work is an act restricted by the copyright in every description of
copyright work, and references in this Part to copying and copies shall be
construed as follows.
(2) Copying
in relation to a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work means reproducing
the work in any material form and includes storing the work in any medium by
electronic means.
(3) In
relation to an artistic work, copying includes the making of a copy in
3 dimensions of a 2-dimensional work and the making of a copy in
2 dimensions of a 3-dimensional work.
(4) Copying
in relation to a film or broadcast includes making a photograph of the whole or
any substantial part of any image forming part of the film or broadcast.
(5) Copying
in relation to the typographical arrangement of a published edition means
making a facsimile copy of the arrangement.
(6) Copying
in relation to any description of work includes the making of copies which are
transient or are incidental to some other use of the work.
32 Primary
infringement: issue of copies to the public
(1) The
issue to the public of copies of the work is an act restricted by the copyright
in every description of copyright work.
(2) References
in this Part to the issue to the public of copies of a work are to –
(a) the
act of putting into circulation in the protected area copies not previously put
into circulation in the protected area by or with the consent of the copyright
owner; or
(b) the
act of putting into circulation outside the protected area copies not
previously put into circulation in the protected area or elsewhere.
(3) References
in this Part to the issue to the public of copies of a work do not
include –
(a) any
subsequent distribution, sale, hiring or loan of copies previously put into
circulation; or
(b) any
subsequent importation of those copies into the protected area,
except so far as paragraph (2)(a)
applies to putting into circulation in the protected area copies previously put
into circulation outside the protected area.
(4) References
in this Part to the issue of copies of a work include the issue of the
original.
33 Primary
infringement: rental of work to the public
The rental of copies of the
work to the public is an act restricted by the copyright in –
(a) a
literary, dramatic or musical work;
(b) an
artistic work, other than –
(i) a
work of architecture in the form of a building or a model for a building, or
(ii) a
work of applied art; or
(c) a
film or a sound recording.
34 Primary
infringement: performance, showing or playing of work in public
(1) The
performance of the work in public is an act restricted by the copyright in a
literary, dramatic or musical work.
(2) The
playing or showing of the work in public is an act restricted by the copyright
in a sound recording, film or broadcast.
(3) 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.
35 Primary infringement: communication to the
public
The communication to the
public of the work is an act restricted by the copyright in –
(a) a
literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work;
(b) a
sound recording or film; or
(c) a broadcast.
36 Primary
infringement: making adaptation or act done in relation to adaptation
(1) The
making of an adaptation of the work is an act restricted by the copyright in a
literary, dramatic or musical work and for this purpose an adaptation is made
when it is recorded, in writing or otherwise.
(2) The doing of any of the
acts specified in Articles 31 to 35, or paragraph (1), in relation to
an adaptation of a work is also an act restricted by the copyright in a
literary, dramatic or musical work and for this purpose it is immaterial
whether the adaptation has been recorded, in writing or otherwise, at the time
the act is done.
(3) In
this Part “adaptation” –
(a) in
relation to a literary work, other than a computer program or a database or in
relation to a dramatic work, means –
(i) a translation of
the work,
(ii) a
version of a dramatic work in which it is converted into a non-dramatic work
or, as the case may be, of a non-dramatic work in which it is converted into a
dramatic work, and
(iii) a
version of the work in which the story or action is conveyed wholly or mainly
by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction in a book, or in a
newspaper, magazine or similar periodical;
(b) in
relation to a computer program, means an arrangement or altered version of the
program or a translation of it;
(c) in
relation to a database, means an arrangement or altered version of the database
or a translation of it; and
(d) in
relation to a musical work, means an arrangement or transcription of the work.
(4) In this Part, in
relation to a computer program, a “translation” includes a version
of the program in which it is converted into or out of a computer language or
code or into a different computer language or code.
(5) No inference shall be
drawn from this Article as to what does or does not amount to copying a work.
37 Secondary
infringement: importing infringing copy
The copyright in a work is
infringed by a person who, without the licence of the copyright owner, imports
into Jersey, otherwise than for his or her private and domestic use, an article
which is, and which he or she knows or has reason to believe is, an infringing
copy of the work.
38 Secondary
infringement: possessing or dealing with infringing copy
The copyright in a work is
infringed by a person who, without the licence of the copyright
owner –
(a) possesses
in the course of a business;
(b) sells
or lets for hire, or offers or exposes for sale or hire;
(c) in
the course of a business exhibits in public or distributes; or
(d) distributes
otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect
prejudicially the owner of the copyright,
an article which is, and
which he or she knows or has reason to believe is, an infringing copy of the
work.
39 Secondary
infringement: providing means for making infringing copies
(1) Copyright
in a work is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the copyright
owner –
(a) makes;
(b) imports
into Jersey;
(c) possesses
in the course of a business; or
(d) sells
or lets for hire, or offers or exposes for sale or hire,
an article specifically
designed or adapted for making copies of that work, knowing or having reason to
believe that it is to be used to make infringing copies.
(2) Copyright
in a work is infringed by a person who without the licence of the copyright
owner transmits the work by means of a telecommunications system (otherwise
than by communication to the public), knowing or having reason to believe that
infringing copies of the work will be made by means of the reception of the
transmission in Jersey or elsewhere.
40 Secondary
infringement: liability of person permitting use of premises for infringing
performance
(1) Where
the copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work is infringed by a
performance at a place of public entertainment, any person who gave permission
for that place to be used for the performance is also liable for the
infringement unless when he or she gave permission he or she believed on
reasonable grounds that the performance would not infringe copyright.
(2) In
this Article “place of public entertainment” includes premises
which are occupied mainly for other purposes but are from time to time made available
for hire for the purposes of public entertainment.
41 Secondary
infringement: liability of persons for supply etc. of apparatus for infringing
performance, etc.
(1) Where
copyright in a work is infringed by a public performance of the work, or by the
playing or showing of the work in public, by means of apparatus
for –
(a) playing
sound recordings;
(b) showing
films; or
(c) receiving
visual images or sounds conveyed by electronic means,
the following persons are
also liable for the infringement.
(2) A
person who supplied the apparatus, or any substantial part of it, is liable for
the infringement if when he or she supplied the apparatus or part –
(a) he or
she knew or had reason to believe that the apparatus was likely to be so used
as to infringe copyright; or
(b) in
the case of apparatus whose normal use involves a public performance, playing
or showing, he or she did not believe on reasonable grounds that it would not
be so used as to infringe copyright.
(3) An
occupier of premises who gave permission for the apparatus to be brought onto
the premises is liable for the infringement if when he or she gave permission
he or she knew or had reason to believe that the apparatus was likely to be so
used as to infringe copyright.
(4) A
person who supplied a copy of a sound recording or film used to infringe
copyright is liable for the infringement if when he or she supplied it he or
she knew or had reason to believe that what he or she supplied, or a copy made
directly or indirectly from it, was likely to be so used as to infringe
copyright.
42 Meaning
of “infringing copy”
(1) In
this Part “infringing copy”, in relation to a copyright work, shall
be construed in accordance with this Article.
(2) An
article is an infringing copy if its making constituted an infringement of the
copyright in the work in question.
(3) An
article is also an infringing copy if –
(a) it
has been or is proposed to be imported into Jersey; and
(b) its
making in Jersey would have constituted an infringement of the copyright in the
work in question, or a breach of an exclusive licence agreement relating to
that work.
(4) Where
in any proceedings the question arises whether an article is an infringing copy
and it is shown –
(a) that
the article is a copy of the work; and
(b) that
copyright subsists in the work or has subsisted at any time,
it shall be presumed until
the contrary is proved that the article was made at a time when copyright
subsisted in the work.
(5) Nothing
in paragraph (3) is to be construed as applying to an article which it
would have been lawful to import into Jersey pursuant to any right available by
virtue of Article 2(1) of the European
Union (Jersey) Law 1973 if –
(a) that
Law had not been repealed;
(b) the
Protocol described in Article 1(4B)(a) of that Law was still in effect;
and
(c) the
United Kingdom was still a member State of the European Union. [2]
(6) In
this Part “infringing copy” includes a copy falling to be treated
as an infringing copy by virtue of any of Articles 49(4) and (5), 50(4),
55(5), 58(4), 59(5), 60(2)(b), 84(2), 91(2), 96(4), 98(2) and 99(2), or any
provision of an Order under Article 179(1) and (5).[3]
CHAPTER 4 – ACTS
PERMITTED IN RELATION TO COPYRIGHT WORKS
43 Chapter 4:
introductory
(1) This
Chapter specifies acts which may be done in relation to copyright works
notwithstanding the subsistence of copyright.
(2) This
Chapter relates only to the question of infringement of copyright and, except
as expressly provided by this Law, does not affect any other right or
obligation restricting the doing of any of the specified acts.
(3) Where
it is provided by this Chapter that an act does not infringe copyright, or may
be done without infringing copyright, and no particular description of copyright
work is mentioned, the act in question does not infringe copyright in a work of
any description.
(4) No
inference shall be drawn from the description of any act which may by virtue of
this Chapter be done without infringing copyright as to the scope of the acts
restricted by the copyright in any description of work.
(5) The
provisions of this Chapter are to be construed independently of each other, so
that the fact that an act does not fall within one provision does not mean that
it is not covered by another provision.
44 Power
to amend Chapter 4
(1) The
States may, by Regulations, amend in this Chapter the acts which may be done in
relation to copyright works, notwithstanding the subsistence of copyright.
(2) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may also amend this Chapter so as to provide that an
agreement is void to the extent that it purports to prohibit or restrict an act
which would, but for a provision of this Chapter, infringe copyright.
(3) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may also amend –
(a) any
other provision of this Law which applies or otherwise refers to any provision
of this Chapter;
(b) any
other provision of this Law, consequentially upon any amendment of this
Chapter.
General
45 Making
of temporary copies
Copyright in a literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic work, the typographical arrangement of a
published edition, a sound recording or a film, is not infringed by the making
of a temporary copy which is transient or incidental, which is an integral and
essential part of a technological process and the sole purpose of which is to
enable –
(a) a
transmission of the work in a network between third parties by an intermediary;
or
(b) a
lawful use of the work,
and which has no independent
economic significance.
46 Research
and private study
(1) Fair
dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work for the purposes of
research or private study does not infringe any copyright in the work or, in
the case of a published edition, in the typographical arrangement.
(2) Fair
dealing with the typographical arrangement of a published edition for the
purposes of research or private study does not infringe any copyright in the
arrangement.
(3) Copying
by a person other than the researcher or student himself or herself is not fair
dealing if –
(a) in
the case of a librarian, or a person acting on behalf of a librarian, he or she
does anything which an Order under Article 63 would not permit to be done
under Article 61 or 62; or
(b) in
any other case, the person doing the copying knows or has reason to believe
that it will result in copies of substantially the same material being provided
to more than one person at substantially the same time and for substantially
the same purpose.
(4) It
is not fair dealing –
(a) to
convert a computer program expressed in a low level language into a version
expressed in a higher level language; or
(b) incidentally
in the course of so converting the program, to copy it,
(these acts being permitted
if done in accordance with Article 75).
(5) It is not fair dealing to observe, study or
test the functioning of a computer program in order to determine the ideas and
principles which underlie any element of the program (these acts being
permitted if done in accordance with Article 76).
47 Criticism,
review and news reporting
(1) Fair
dealing with a work for the purpose of criticism or review, of that or another
work or of a performance of a work, does not infringe copyright in the work if
it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.
(2) Subject
to paragraph (3), fair dealing with a work (other than a photograph) for
the purpose of reporting current events does not infringe any copyright in the
work if it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.
(3) No
acknowledgement is required in connection with the reporting of current events
by means of a sound recording, film or broadcast.
(4) An
agreement is void to the extent that it purports to prohibit or restrict an act
which would, apart from this Article, infringe copyright.
48 Incidental
inclusion of copyright material
(1) Copyright
in a work is not infringed by its incidental inclusion in an artistic work,
sound recording, film or broadcast.
(2) Nor
is the copyright infringed by anything done in relation to copies of, or the
playing, showing or communication to the public of, anything whose making was,
by virtue of paragraph (1), not an infringement of the copyright.
(3) A
musical work, words spoken or sung with music, or so much of a sound recording
or broadcast as includes a musical work or such words, shall not be regarded as
incidentally included in another work if it is deliberately included.
Disabled persons
49 Disabled persons: copies of works for
personal use[4]
(1) This Article applies if –
(a) a
disabled person has lawful access to a copy of the whole or part of a work; and
(b) that
person’s disability prevents the person from enjoying the work to
substantially the same degree as a person who does not have that disability.
(2) The making of an
accessible copy of the copy of the work referred to in paragraph (1)(a) does
not infringe copyright if –
(a) the
copy is made by the disabled person or by a person acting on behalf of the
disabled person; and
(b) the
copy is made for the disabled person’s personal use.
(3) Except where the
transfer is authorised by the copyright owner, copyright is infringed by the
transfer of an accessible copy of a work made under this Article to any person
other than –
(a) a
person by or for whom an accessible copy of the work may be made under this
Article; or
(b) a
person who intends to transfer the copy to a person falling within sub-paragraph (a).
(4) An accessible copy of a
work made under this Article is to be treated for all purposes as an infringing
copy if it is held by a person at a time when the person does not fall within
paragraph (3)(a) or (b).
(5) If an accessible copy made
under this Article is subsequently dealt with –
(a) it is
to be treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of that dealing; and
(b) if
that dealing infringes copyright, it is to be treated as an infringing copy for
all subsequent purposes.
(6) In paragraph (5),
“dealt with” means sold or let for hire or offered or exposed for
sale or hire or communicated to the public.
50 Making, communicating, making
available or distributing of accessible copies by authorised bodies[5]
(1) An authorised body may,
without infringing copyright, on a non-profit basis for the personal use of
disabled persons in Jersey or a Marrakesh Contracting State, make, communicate,
make available or distribute accessible copies of a work which has been
published or otherwise made available if the body –
(a) has
lawful access to the whole or part of the work; and
(b) complies
with paragraph (2).
(2) An authorised body
complies with this paragraph if it –
(a) distributes,
communicates or makes available accessible copies only to disabled persons or
other authorised bodies;
(b) takes
appropriate steps to discourage the unauthorised reproduction, distribution,
communication to the public or making available to the public of accessible
copies;
(c) demonstrates
due care in, and maintains records of, its handling of works and accessible copies;
and
(d) publishes
and updates, on its website if appropriate, or through other online or offline
channels, information on how it complies with the obligations in
sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
(3) For the purposes of
paragraph (1) communicating, making available, or distributing for the
personal use of disabled persons includes communicating, making available or
distributing to a person acting on behalf of a disabled person.
(4) If an accessible copy
made under this Article is subsequently dealt with –
(a) it is
to be treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of that dealing; and
(b) if
that dealing infringes copyright, it is to be treated as an infringing copy for
all subsequent purposes.
(5) In paragraph (4),
“dealt with” means sold or let for hire or offered or exposed for
sale or hire or communicated to the public.
(6) An authorised body
which has made an accessible copy of a work under this Article may communicate,
make available or distribute it to another authorised body established in
Jersey or a Marrakesh Contracting State for the purposes of enabling that other
body to make accessible copies of the work.
51 Making, communicating, making available,
distributing or lending of intermediate copies by authorised bodies[6]
(1) An authorised body
which is entitled to make an accessible copy of a work under Article 50
may, without infringing copyright, make a copy of the work (“an
intermediate copy”) if this is necessary in order to make the accessible
copy.
(2) An authorised body
which has made an intermediate copy of a work under this Article may
communicate, make available, distribute or lend it on a non-profit basis to
another authorised body established in Jersey or a Marrakesh Contracting State
for the purposes of enabling that other body to make accessible copies of the
work.
(3) Copyright is infringed
by the transfer of an intermediate copy made under this Article to a person
other than another authorised body as permitted by paragraph (2), except
where the transfer is authorised by the copyright owner.
52 Accessible and intermediate copies:
records and notification[7]
(1) A person listed in
paragraph (3) may, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, request an
authorised body to provide the person with the information in
paragraph (4) if the authorised body –
(a) makes
accessible copies under Article 50; or
(b) makes
intermediate copies under Article 51.
(2) On receipt of a request
under paragraph (1), an authorised body must provide the information to
the person in an accessible way within a reasonable time.
(3) The persons who may
make a request under paragraph (1) are –
(a) any
disabled person;
(b) another
authorised body;
(c) any
person holding rights in the work.
(4) The information that
must be provided by the authorised body is –
(a) the
list of works for which it has accessible copies and the available formats; and
(b) the
name and contact details of any authorised body established in a Marrakesh Contracting State from
which it has accessed or imported, or to which it has exported, an accessible
copy.
53 Articles 49 to 52: definitions and
other supplementary provisions[8]
(1) This Article
supplements Articles 49 to 52 and includes definitions for the purposes of
those Articles.
(2) An “accessible
copy” of a copyright work means a version of the work which enables
disabled persons to access the work, including accessing it as feasibly and
comfortably as a person who is not a disabled person.
(3) An accessible copy –
(a) may
include facilities for navigating around the version of the work; but
(b) must
not include any changes to the work which are not necessary to overcome the
problems suffered by the disabled persons for whom the accessible copy is
intended.
(4) “Authorised
body” means –
(a) an
educational establishment; or
(b) a
body that is not conducted for profit.
(5) “Disabled
person” means a person who has a physical or mental impairment which
prevents the person from enjoying a copyright work to substantially the same
degree as a person who does not have that impairment, and
“disability” is to be construed accordingly.
(6) But a person is not to
be regarded as disabled by reason only of an impairment of visual function
which can be improved, for example by the use of corrective lenses, to a level
that is normally acceptable for reading without a special level or kind of
light.
(7) “Marrakesh
Contracting State” means a country or territory that is party to, or
subject to, the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for
Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled signed in
Marrakesh on 27th June 2013.
(8) To the extent that a
term of a contract purports to prevent or restrict the doing of any act which,
by virtue of Articles 42, 49, 50 or 51, would not infringe copyright, that
term is unenforceable.
(9) A copy of a work does
not infringe any intellectual property right for the purpose of the Community Provisions (Goods Suspected of
Infringing Intellectual Property Rights) (Jersey) Regulations 2014 if it is –
(a) made
under Article 49, 50 or 51 and is not an infringing copy;
(b) an
accessible copy created in a Marrakesh Contracting State for personal use by a
disabled person; or
(c) an
accessible copy or intermediate copy created by an authorised body in a
Marrakesh Contracting State.
54 [9]
Education
55 Things
done for purposes of instruction or examination
(1) Copyright
in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is not infringed by its being
copied in the course of instruction or of preparation for instruction, provided
the copying –
(a) is
done by a person giving or receiving instruction; and
(b) is
not done by means of a reprographic process.
(2) Copyright in a sound
recording, film or broadcast is not infringed by its being copied by making a
film or film sound track in the course of instruction, or of preparation for
instruction, in the making of films or film sound tracks, provided the copying is
done by a person giving or receiving instruction.
(3) Copyright
is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of an examination by way of
setting the questions, communicating the questions to the candidates or
answering the questions.
(4) Paragraph (3)
does not extend to the making of a reprographic copy of a musical work for use
by an examination candidate in performing the work.
(5) Where
a copy which would otherwise be an infringing copy is made in accordance with
this Article but is subsequently dealt with, it shall be treated as an
infringing copy for the purposes of that dealing, and if that dealing infringes
copyright, for all subsequent purposes.
(6) For
the purposes of paragraph (5) “dealt with” means sold or
let for hire or offered or exposed for sale or hire.
56 Anthologies
for educational use
(1) The
inclusion of a short passage from a published literary or dramatic work in a
collection which is –
(a) intended
for use in educational establishments and is so described in its title, and in
any advertisements issued by or on behalf of the publisher; and
(b) consists
mainly of material in which no copyright subsists,
does not infringe the
copyright in the work if the work itself is not intended for use in such establishments
and the inclusion is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.
(2) Paragraph (1)
does not authorize the inclusion of more than 2 excerpts from copyright
works by the same author in collections published by the same publisher over
any period of 5 years.
(3) In
relation to any given passage the reference in paragraph (2) to excerpts
from works by the same author –
(a) shall
be taken to include excerpts from works by him or her in collaboration with
another; and
(b) if
the passage in question is from one of those works, shall be taken to include
excerpts from works by any of the authors, whether alone or in collaboration
with another.
(4) References
in this Article to the use of a work in an educational establishment are to any
use for the educational purposes of that establishment.
57 Performing,
playing or showing work in course of activities of educational establishment
(1) The
performance of a literary, dramatic or musical work before an audience
consisting of teachers and pupils at an educational establishment and other
persons directly connected with the activities of the establishment –
(a) by a
teacher or pupil in the course of the activities of the establishment; or
(b) at
the establishment by any person for the purposes of instruction,
is not a public performance
for the purposes of infringement of copyright.
(2) The
playing or showing of a sound recording, film or broadcast before such an
audience at an educational establishment for the purposes of instruction is not
a playing or showing of the work in public for the purposes of infringement of
copyright.
(3) A
person is not for this purpose directly connected with the activities of the
educational establishment simply because he or she is the parent of a pupil at
the establishment.
58 Recording
by educational establishments of broadcasts
(1) A
recording of a broadcast, or a copy of such a recording, may be made by or on
behalf of an educational establishment for the educational purposes of that
establishment without thereby infringing the copyright in the broadcast or in
any work included in it.
(2) Copyright
is not infringed where a recording of a broadcast or a copy of such a
recording, whose making was by virtue of paragraph (1) not an infringement
of copyright, is communicated to the public by a person situated within the
premises of an educational establishment provided that the communication cannot
be received by any person situated outside the premises of that establishment.
(3) This
Article does not apply if or to the extent that there is a licensing scheme notified
for the purposes of this Article in accordance with Article 180.
(4) Where
a copy which would otherwise be an infringing copy is made in accordance with
this Article but is subsequently dealt with, it shall be treated as an
infringing copy for the purposes of that dealing, and if that dealing infringes
copyright, for all subsequent purposes.
(5) For
the purposes of paragraph (4) “dealt with” means sold or let
for hire or offered or exposed for sale or hire, or communicated from within
the premises of an educational establishment to any person situated outside
those premises.
59 Reprographic
copying by educational establishments of passages from works
(1) Reprographic
copies of passages from literary, dramatic or musical works may, to the extent
permitted by this Article, be made by or on behalf of an educational
establishment for the purposes of instruction without infringing any copyright
in the work, in any illustrations accompanying the work or in the typographical
arrangement.
(2) Not
more than one per cent of any work may be copied by or on behalf of an
establishment by virtue of this Article in any quarter, that is, in any period
1st January to 31st March, 1st April to 30th June, 1st July to 30th September
or 1st October to 31st December.
(3) The
terms of a licence granted to an educational establishment authorizing the
reprographic copying for the purposes of instruction of passages from works
shall be of no effect so far as they purport to restrict the proportion of a
work which may be copied (whether on payment or free of charge) to less than
that which would be permitted under this Article.
(4) This
Article does not apply if or to the extent that there is a licensing scheme
notified for the purposes of this Article in accordance with Article 180.
(5) Where
a copy which would otherwise be an infringing copy is made in accordance with
this Article but is subsequently dealt with, it shall be treated as an
infringing copy for the purposes of that dealing and if that dealing infringes
copyright, for all subsequent purposes.
(6) For
the purposes of paragraph (5) “dealt with” means sold or let
for hire or offered or exposed for sale or hire.
Libraries
and archives
60 Declarations as to use of
works and liability for false declarations
(1) The
Minister may by Order provide that, where a librarian or archivist is required
to be satisfied as to any matter before making or supplying a copy of a work –
(a) he or
she may rely on a signed declaration as to that matter by the person requesting
the copy, unless he or she is aware that it is false in a material particular;
and
(b) in
any prescribed case, he or she shall not make or supply a copy in the absence
of a signed declaration in the form that is prescribed.
(2) Where
a person requesting a copy makes a declaration which is false in a material
particular and is supplied with a copy which would have been an infringing copy
if made by him or her –
(a) he or
she shall be liable for infringement of copyright as if he or she had made the
copy himself or herself; and
(b) the
copy shall be treated as an infringing copy.
61 Copying
by librarians: articles in periodicals
(1) The
librarian of a prescribed library may, if the prescribed conditions are
complied with, make and supply a copy of an article in a periodical without
infringing any copyright in the text, in any illustrations accompanying the
text or in the typographical arrangement.
(2) The
prescribed conditions shall include the following –
(a) that
copies are supplied only to persons satisfying the librarian that they require
them for the purposes of research or private study and will not use them
for any other purpose;
(b) that
no person shall be furnished with more than one copy of the same article or
with copies of more than one article contained in the same issue of a
periodical;
(c) that
persons to whom copies are supplied –
(i) where a fee is
prescribed, are required to pay that fee,
(ii) where
a minimum fee is prescribed, are required to pay a fee that is not less than
that fee, or
(iii) where
a maximum fee is prescribed, may be required to pay a fee not exceeding that
fee.
(3) The
fact that no fee is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (2)(c) shall
not prevent a person to whom copies are supplied being charged for them.
62 Copying
by librarians: parts of published works
(1) The
librarian of a prescribed library may, if the prescribed conditions are
complied with, make and supply from a published edition a copy of a literary,
dramatic, or musical work (other than an article in a periodical) without
infringing any copyright in the work, in any illustrations accompanying the
work or in the typographical arrangement.
(2) The
prescribed conditions shall include the following –
(a) that
copies are supplied only to persons satisfying the librarian that they require
them for the purposes of research or private study, and will not use them
for any other purpose;
(b) that
no person is furnished with more than one copy of the same material or with a
copy of more than a reasonable proportion of any work;
(c) that
persons to whom copies are supplied –
(i) where a fee is
prescribed, are required to pay that fee,
(ii) where
a minimum fee is prescribed, are required to pay a fee that is not less than
that fee, or
(iii) where
a maximum fee is prescribed, may be required to pay a fee not exceeding that
fee.
(3) The
fact that no fee is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (2)(c) shall
not prevent a person to whom copies are supplied being charged for them.
63 Restriction
on production of multiple copies of the same material
(1) Orders
for the purposes of Articles 61 and 62 shall contain provision to the
effect that a copy shall be supplied only to a person satisfying the librarian
that his or her requirement is not related to any similar requirement of
another person.
(2) The
Orders may provide –
(a) that
requirements shall be regarded as similar if the requirements are for copies of
substantially the same material at substantially the same time and for
substantially the same purpose; and
(b) that
requirements of persons shall be regarded as related if those persons receive instruction
to which the material is relevant at the same time and place.
64 Copying
by librarians: supply of copies to other libraries
(1) The
librarian of a prescribed library may, if the prescribed conditions are
complied with, make and supply to another prescribed library a copy of –
(a) an
article in a periodical; or
(b) the
whole or part of a published edition of a literary, dramatic or musical work,
without infringing any
copyright in the text of the article or, as the case may be, in the work, in any
illustrations accompanying it or in the typographical arrangement.
(2) Paragraph (1)
does not apply if at the time the copy is made the librarian making it knows,
or could by reasonable inquiry ascertain, the name and address of a person
entitled to authorize the making of the copy.
65 Copying
by librarians or archivists: replacement copies of works
(1) The
librarian or archivist of a prescribed library or archive may, if the
prescribed conditions are complied with, make a copy from any item in the
permanent collection of the library or archive –
(a) in
order to preserve or replace that item by placing the copy in its permanent
collection in addition to or in place of it; or
(b) in
order to replace in the permanent collection of another prescribed library or
archive an item which has been lost, destroyed or damaged,
without infringing the
copyright in any literary, dramatic or musical work, in any illustrations
accompanying that work or, in the case of a published edition, in the
typographical arrangement.
(2) The
prescribed conditions shall include provision for restricting the making of
copies to cases where it is not reasonably practicable to purchase a copy of
the item in question to fulfil that purpose.
66 Copying
by librarians or archivists: material not previously made available to public
(1) The
librarian or archivist of a prescribed library or archive may, if the
prescribed conditions are complied with, make and supply a copy of the whole or
part of any document, film, sound recording or other matter in the library or
archive without infringing any copyright in any work recorded or comprised in
it.
(2) This
Article does not apply if –
(a) the
document, film, sound recording or other matter was published before it was
deposited in the library or archive; or
(b) an
owner of a copyright work recorded or comprised in it has prohibited copying of
the work,
and at the time the copy is
made the librarian or archivist making it is, or ought to be, aware of that
fact.
(3) The
prescribed conditions shall include the following –
(a) that
copies are supplied only to persons satisfying the librarian or archivist that
they require them for the purposes of research or private study and will not
use them for any other purpose;
(b) that
no person is furnished with more than one copy of the same material; and
(c) that
persons to whom copies are supplied –
(i) where a fee is
prescribed, are required to pay that fee,
(ii) where
a minimum fee is prescribed, are required to pay a fee that is not less than
that fee, or
(iii) where
a maximum fee is prescribed, may be required to pay a fee not exceeding that
fee.
(4) The
fact that no fee is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (3)(c) shall
not prevent a person to whom copies are supplied being charged for them.
(5) For
the purposes of this Article, a document, film, sound recording or other matter
is published if –
(a) copies
of it are issued to the public; or
(b) it is
made available to the public by way of an electronic retrieval system.
67 Copy
of work required to be made as condition of export
If an article of cultural or
historical importance or interest cannot lawfully be exported from Jersey
unless a copy of it is made and deposited in an appropriate library or archive,
it is not an infringement of copyright to make that copy.
Public
administration
68 States
Assembly and judicial proceedings
(1) Copyright
is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of proceedings of the States
Assembly or judicial proceedings.
(2) Copyright
is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of reporting those
proceedings.
(3) Paragraph (2)
shall not be construed as authorizing the copying of a work which is itself a
report of the proceedings that has been made available to the public.
69 Committees
of inquiry and public inquiries
(1) Copyright
is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of the proceedings of a
committee of inquiry or a public inquiry.
(2) Copyright
is not infringed by anything done for the purpose of reporting those
proceedings held in public.
(3) Paragraph (2)
shall not be construed as authorizing the copying of a work which is itself a
report of the proceedings that has been made available to the public.
(4) Copyright
in a work is not infringed by the issue or communication to the public of
copies of the report of a committee of inquiry or a public inquiry containing
the work or material from it.
70 Copyright
material open to public inspection or on official register
(1) Where
material is open to public inspection pursuant to a statutory requirement, or
is on a statutory register, any copyright in the material as a literary work is
not infringed by the copying of so much of the material as contains factual
information of any description, by or with the authority of the appropriate
person, for a purpose which does not involve the issuing of copies to the
public.
(2) Where
material is open to public inspection pursuant to a statutory requirement,
copyright is not infringed by the copying or issuing to the public of copies of
the material or the communication of the material to the public, by or with the
authority of the appropriate person, for the purpose of enabling the material
to be inspected at a more convenient time or place or otherwise facilitating
the exercise of any right for the purpose of which the requirement is imposed.
(3) Where
material which is open to public inspection pursuant to a statutory
requirement, or which is on a statutory register, contains information about
matters of general scientific, technical, commercial or economic interest,
copyright is not infringed by the copying or issuing to the public of copies of
the material or the communication of the material to the public, by or with the
authority of the appropriate person, for the purposes of disseminating that information.
(4) The
Minister may by Order provide that paragraphs (1) to (3) shall, in the
cases specified in the Order, apply only to copies marked in such manner as may
be so specified.
(5) The
Minister may by Order provide that paragraphs (1) to (3) shall apply, to
such extent and with such modifications as may be specified in the Order –
(a) to
material made open to public inspection by –
(i) an international
organization specified in the Order, or
(ii) a
person so specified who has functions in Jersey under an international
agreement to which the United Kingdom is party and which extends to Jersey; or
(b) to a
register maintained by an international organization specified in the Order,
as they apply in relation to
material open to public inspection pursuant to a statutory requirement or to a
statutory register.
(6) In
this Article –
“appropriate
person” means the person required to make the material open to public
inspection or, as the case may be, the person maintaining the register;
“enactment”
includes an enactment of the United Kingdom, to the extent that it applies to
and has effect in Jersey;
“statutory
register” means a register maintained in pursuance of a requirement
imposed by an enactment;
“statutory
requirement” means a requirement imposed by or under an enactment.
71 Copyright
material communicated to the Crown or the States in the course of public
business
(1) This
Article applies where any copyright work has in the course of public business
been communicated to the Crown or the States for any purpose by or with the
licence of the copyright owner and a document or other material thing recording
or embodying the work is owned by or in the custody or control of the Crown or
the States.
(2) The
Crown or the States may, for the purpose for which the work was communicated to
it or them, or any related purpose which could reasonably have been anticipated
by the copyright owner, copy the work, issue copies of the work and communicate
the work to the public, without infringing any copyright in the work.
(3) The
Crown or the States may not copy a work, issue copies of a work to the public
or communicate a work to the public by virtue of this Article, if the work has
previously been made available to the public otherwise than by virtue of this
Article.
(4) Paragraph (3)
shall not apply to a work that has previously been made available to the public
if it is reasonably believed that copies of the work are no longer available to
the public.
(5) In
paragraph (1) “public business” includes any activity carried
on by the Crown or the States.
(6) In
this Article “States” means –
(a) the
States Assembly;
(b) any
Minister;
(c) any
committee established by or under Standing Orders of the States of Jersey
(other than a committee of inquiry).
(7) This
Article has effect subject to any agreement to the contrary between the Crown
or the States and the copyright owner.
72 Copyright
material in public records
Without prejudice to the
generality of Article 70, material which is comprised in a public record,
within the meaning of Article 3 of the Public
Records (Jersey) Law 2002, which is
open to public inspection in pursuance of that Law, may be copied, and a copy
may be supplied to any person, by or with the authority of any officer
appointed under that Law, without infringing copyright.
73 Acts
done under authority of enactment
(1) Where
the doing of a particular act is specifically authorized by an enactment,
whenever made, unless the enactment provides otherwise, the doing of that act
does not infringe copyright.
(2) Nothing
in this Article shall be construed as excluding any defence of statutory
authority otherwise available under or by virtue of any enactment.
(3) In
this Article “enactment” includes any enactment of the United
Kingdom, to the extent that it applies to and has effect in Jersey.
Computer programs: lawful users
74 Computer
programs: backup copies
(1) It
is not an infringement of copyright for a lawful user of a copy of a computer
program to make any backup copy of it which it is necessary for him or her to
have for the purposes of his or her lawful use.
(2) For
the purposes of this Article and Articles 75, 76 and 77 a person shall be
a lawful user of a computer program if (whether under a licence to do any acts
restricted by the copyright in the program or otherwise) he or she has a right
to use the program.
(3) Where
an act is permitted under this Article, it is irrelevant whether or not there
exists any term or condition in an agreement which purports to prohibit or
restrict the act (those terms being, by virtue of Article 190, void).
75 Computer
programs: decompilation
(1) It
is not an infringement of copyright for a lawful user of a copy of a computer
program expressed in a low level language –
(a) to
convert it into a version expressed in a higher level language; or
(b) incidentally
in the course of so converting the program, to copy it,
(that is, to
“decompile” it), provided that the conditions in paragraph (2)
are met.
(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1)
are that –
(a) it is
necessary to decompile the program to obtain the information necessary to
create an independent program which can be operated with the program decompiled
or with another program (“the permitted objective”); and
(b) the
information so obtained is not used for any purpose other than the permitted
objective.
(3) In
particular, the conditions in paragraph (2) are not met if the lawful user –
(a) has
readily available to him or her the information necessary to achieve the
permitted objective;
(b) does
not confine the decompiling to such acts as are necessary to achieve the
permitted objective;
(c) supplies
the information obtained by the decompiling to any person to whom it is not
necessary to supply it in order to achieve the permitted objective; or
(d) uses
the information to create a program which is substantially similar in its
expression to the program decompiled or to do any act restricted by copyright.
(4) Where
an act is permitted under this Article, it is irrelevant whether or not there
exists any term or condition in an agreement which purports to prohibit or
restrict the act (such terms being, by virtue of Article 190, void).
76 Computer
programs: observing, studying and testing
(1) It
is not an infringement of copyright for a lawful user of a copy of a computer
program to observe, study or test the functioning of the program in order to
determine the ideas and principles which underlie any element of the program if
he or she does so while performing any of the acts of loading, displaying,
running, transmitting or storing the program which he or she is entitled to do.
(2) Where
an act is permitted under this Article, it is irrelevant whether or not there
exists any term or condition in an agreement which purports to prohibit or
restrict the act (such terms being, by virtue of Article 190, void).
77 Computer
programs: other acts permitted to lawful users
(1) It
is not an infringement of copyright for a lawful user of a copy of a computer
program to copy or adapt it, provided that the copying or adapting –
(a) is
necessary for his or her lawful use; and
(b) is
not prohibited under any term or condition of an agreement regulating the
circumstances in which his or her use is lawful.
(2) It
may, in particular, be necessary for the lawful use of a computer program to
copy it or adapt it for the purpose of correcting errors in it.
(3) This
Article does not apply to any copying or adapting permitted under Article 74,
75 or 76.
Databases
78 Acts
permitted in relation to databases
(1) It
is not an infringement of copyright in a database for a person who has a right
to use the database or any part of the database (whether under a licence to do
any of the acts restricted by the copyright in the database or otherwise) to
do, in the exercise of that right, anything which is necessary for the purposes
of access to and use of the contents of the database or of that part of the
database.
(2) Where
an act which would otherwise infringe copyright in a database is permitted
under this Article, it is irrelevant whether or not there exists any term or
condition in any agreement which purports to prohibit or restrict the act
(those terms being, by virtue of Article 191, void).
Designs
79 Acts
permitted in relation to design documents and models
(1) It
is not an infringement of any copyright in a design document or model recording
or embodying a design for anything other than an artistic work or a typeface to
make an article to the design or to copy an article made to the design.
(2) Nor
is it an infringement of the copyright to issue to the public, or include in a
film or communicate to the public, anything the making of which was, by virtue
of paragraph (1), not an infringement of that copyright.
(3) In
this Article –
“design” means
the design of any aspect of the shape or configuration (whether internal or
external) of the whole or part of an article, other than surface decoration;
“design document”
means any record of a design, whether in the form of a drawing, a written
description, a photograph, data stored in a computer or otherwise.
80 Effect
of exploitation of design derived from artistic work
(1) This
Article applies where an artistic work has been exploited, by or with the
licence of the copyright owner, by –
(a) making
by an industrial process articles falling to be treated for the purposes of
this Part as copies of the work; and
(b) marketing
those articles, in Jersey or elsewhere.
(2) After
the end of the period of 25 years from the end of the calendar year in
which such articles are first marketed, the work may be copied by making
articles of any description, or doing anything for the purpose of making
articles of any description, and anything may be done in relation to articles
so made, without infringing copyright in the work.
(3) Where
only part of an artistic work is exploited as described in paragraph (1), paragraph (2)
applies only in relation to that part.
(4) The
Minister may by Order make provision –
(a) as to
the circumstances in which an article, or any description of article, is to be
regarded for the purposes of this Article as made by an industrial process; and
(b) excluding
from the operation of this Article any articles of a primarily literary or
artistic character as the Minister thinks fit.
(5) In
this Article –
(a) references
to articles do not include films; and
(b) references
to the marketing of an article are to its being sold or let for hire or offered
or exposed for sale or hire.
81 Things
done in reliance on registration of design
(1) The
copyright in an artistic work is not infringed by anything done –
(a) in
pursuance of an assignment or licence made or granted by a person registered
under the Registered
Designs (Jersey) Law 1957 as the
proprietor of a corresponding design; and
(b) in
good faith in reliance on the registration and without notice of any
proceedings for the cancellation or invalidation of the registration or for
rectifying the relevant entry in the register of designs,
and this is so
notwithstanding that the person registered as the proprietor was not the
proprietor of the design for the purposes of the Registered
Designs (Jersey) Law 1957.
(2) In
paragraph (1) a “corresponding design”, in relation to an
artistic work, means a design within the meaning of the Registered
Designs (Jersey) Law 1957 which if
applied to an article would produce something which would be treated for the
purposes of this Part as a copy of the artistic work.
Typefaces
82 Use
of typeface in ordinary course of printing
(1) It
is not an infringement of copyright in an artistic work consisting of the
design of a typeface –
(a) to
use the typeface in the ordinary course of typing, composing text, typesetting
or printing;
(b) to
possess an article for the purpose of such use; or
(c) to do
anything in relation to material produced by such use,
and this is so
notwithstanding that an article is used which is an infringing copy of the
work.
(2) However,
the following provisions of this Part apply in relation to persons making,
importing or dealing with articles specifically designed or adapted for
producing material in a particular typeface, or possessing those articles for
the purpose of dealing with them, as if the production of material as mentioned
in paragraph (1) did infringe copyright in the artistic work consisting of
the design of the typeface –
(a) Article 39;
(b) Article 129;
(c) Article 131;
(d) Article 139(2);
(e) Article 140.
(3) The
references in paragraph (2) to “dealing with” an article are
to selling, letting for hire, or offering or exposing for sale or hire,
exhibiting in public, or distributing.
83 Articles
for producing material in particular typeface
(1) This
Article applies to the copyright in an artistic work consisting of the design
of a typeface where articles specifically designed or adapted for producing
material in that typeface have been marketed by or with the licence of the
copyright owner.
(2) After
the period of 25 years from the end of the calendar year in which the
first such articles are marketed, the work may be copied by making further such
articles, or doing anything for the purpose of making such articles, and
anything may be done in relation to articles so made, without infringing
copyright in the work.
(3) In
paragraph (1) “marketed” means sold, let for hire or offered
or exposed for sale or hire, in Jersey or elsewhere.
Works in electronic form
84 Transfer
of copies of works in electronic form
(1) This
Article applies where a copy of a work in electronic form has been purchased on
terms which, expressly or impliedly or by virtue of any rule of law, allow the
purchaser to copy the work, or to adapt it or make copies of an adaptation, in
connection with his or her use of it.
(2) If
there are no express terms –
(a) prohibiting
the transfer of the copy by the purchaser, imposing obligations which continue
after a transfer, prohibiting the assignment of any licence or terminating any
licence on a transfer; or
(b) providing
for the terms on which a transferee may do the things which the purchaser was
permitted to do,
anything which the purchaser
was allowed to do may also be done without infringement of copyright by a
transferee, but any copy, adaptation or copy of an adaptation made by the
purchaser which is not also transferred shall be treated as an infringing copy
for all purposes after the transfer.
(3) The
same applies where the original purchased copy is no longer usable and what is
transferred is a further copy used in its place.
(4) This
Article also applies on a subsequent transfer, with the substitution for
references in paragraph (2) to the purchaser of references to the
subsequent transferor.
Miscellaneous: literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works
85 Anonymous
or pseudonymous works: acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright
or death of author
(1) Copyright
in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is not infringed by an act
done at a time when, or in pursuance of arrangements made at a time when –
(a) it is
not possible by reasonable inquiry to ascertain the identity of the author; and
(b) it is
reasonable to assume –
(i) that copyright
has expired, or
(ii) that
the author died 70 years or more before the beginning of the calendar year
in which the act is done or the arrangements are made.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b)(ii)
does not apply in relation to –
(a) a
work in which States Assembly copyright, States copyright or Crown copyright subsists;
or
(b) a
work in which copyright originally vested by virtue of Article 188 and in
respect of which an Order under that Article specifies a copyright period
longer than 70 years.
(3) In
relation to a work of joint authorship –
(a) the
reference in paragraph (1) to its being possible to ascertain the identity
of the author shall be construed as a reference to its being possible to
ascertain the identity of any of the authors; and
(b) the
reference in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) to the author having died shall be
construed as a reference to all the authors having died.
86 Use
of notes or recordings of spoken words in certain cases
(1) Where
a record of spoken words is made, in writing or otherwise, for the purpose of –
(a) reporting
current events; or
(b) communicating
to the public the whole or part of the work,
it is not an infringement of
any copyright in the words as a literary work to use the record or material
taken from it (or to copy the record, or any of the material, and use the copy)
for that purpose, if the conditions in paragraph (2) are met.
(2) The
conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that –
(a) the
record is a direct record of the spoken words and is not taken from a previous
record or from a broadcast;
(b) the making
of the record was not prohibited by the speaker and, where copyright already
subsisted in the work, did not infringe copyright;
(c) the
use made of the record or material taken from it is not of a kind prohibited by
or on behalf of the speaker or copyright owner before the record was made; and
(d) the
use is by or with the authority of a person who is lawfully in possession of
the record.
87 Public
reading or recitation
(1) The
reading or recitation in public by one person of a reasonable extract from a
published literary or dramatic work does not infringe any copyright in the work
if it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.
(2) Copyright
in a work is not infringed by the making of a sound recording, or the
communication to the public of a reading or recitation which by virtue of paragraph (1)
does not infringe copyright in the work, provided that the recording or
communication consists mainly of material in relation to which it is not
necessary to rely on that paragraph.
88 Abstracts
of scientific or technical articles
(1) Where
an article on a scientific or technical subject is published in a periodical
accompanied by an abstract indicating the contents of the article, it is not an
infringement of copyright in the abstract, or in the article, to copy the
abstract or issue copies of it to the public.
(2) This
Article does not apply if or to the extent that there is a licensing scheme notified
for the purposes of this Article in accordance with Article 180.
89 Recordings
of folk-songs
(1) A
sound recording of a performance of a song may be made for the purpose of
including it in an archive maintained by a designated body without infringing
any copyright in the words as a literary work or in the accompanying musical
work, provided the conditions in paragraph (2) are met.
(2) The
conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that –
(a) the
words are unpublished and of unknown authorship at the time the recording is
made;
(b) the
making of the recording does not infringe any other copyright; and
(c) its
making is not prohibited by any performer.
(3) Copies
of a sound recording made in reliance on paragraph (1) and included in an
archive maintained by a designated body may, if the prescribed conditions are
met, be made and supplied by the archivist without infringing copyright in the
recording or the works included in it.
(4) The
prescribed conditions shall include the following –
(a) that
copies are only supplied to persons satisfying the archivist that they require
them for the purposes of research or private study and will not use them
for any other purpose; and
(b) that
no person is furnished with more than one copy of the same recording.
(5) In
this Article “designated” means designated for the purposes of this
Article by Order of the Minister, who shall not designate a body unless
satisfied that it is not established or conducted for profit.
90 Representation
of certain artistic works on public display
(1) This
Article applies to –
(a) buildings;
and
(b) sculptures,
models for buildings and works of artistic craftsmanship, if permanently
situated in a public place or in premises open to the public.
(2) The
copyright in such a work is not infringed by –
(a) making
a graphic work representing it;
(b) making
a photograph or film of it; or
(c) making
a broadcast of a visual image of it.
(3) Nor
is the copyright infringed by anything done in relation to copies of, or the
communication to the public of, anything whose making was, by virtue of this
Article, not an infringement of the copyright.
91 Advertisement
of sale of artistic work
(1) It
is not an infringement of copyright in an artistic work to copy it, to issue
copies of it to the public or to communicate it to the public, for the purpose
of advertising the sale of the work.
(2) Where
a copy which would otherwise be an infringing copy is made in accordance with
this Article but is subsequently dealt with for any other purpose, it shall be
treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of that dealing, and if that
dealing infringes copyright, for all subsequent purposes.
(3) In
paragraph (2), “dealt with” means sold or let for hire,
offered or exposed for sale or hire, exhibited in public, distributed or
communicated to the public.
92 Making
of subsequent works by same artist
Where the author of an artistic
work is not the copyright owner, he or she does not infringe the copyright by
copying the work in making another artistic work provided he or she does not
repeat or imitate the main design of the earlier work.
93 Reconstruction
of buildings
Anything done for the
purposes of reconstructing a building does not infringe any copyright –
(a) in
the building; or
(b) in
any drawings or plans in accordance with which the building was, by or with the
licence of the copyright owner, constructed.
Miscellaneous: films and sound recordings
94 Films:
acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright, etc.
(1) Subject
to paragraph (2), copyright in a film is not infringed by an act done at a
time when, or in pursuance of arrangements made at a time when –
(a) it is
not possible by reasonable inquiry to ascertain the identity of any of the
persons referred to in Article 27(2)(a) to (d); and
(b) it is
reasonable to assume –
(i) that copyright
has expired, or
(ii) that
the last to die of those persons died 70 years or more before the beginning of
the calendar year in which the act is done or the arrangements are made.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b)(ii)
does not apply in relation to a film in which States Assembly copyright,
States copyright or Crown copyright subsists.
95 Playing
of sound recordings for purposes of club, society, etc.
(1) It
is not an infringement of the copyright in a sound recording to play it as part
of the activities of, or for the benefit of, a club, society or other
organization if the conditions in paragraph (2) are met.
(2) The
conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are –
(a) that
the organization is not established or conducted for profit and its main
objects are charitable or are otherwise concerned with the advancement of
religion, education or social welfare; and
(b) that
the proceeds of any charge for admission to the place where the recording is to
be heard are applied solely for the purposes of the organization.
Miscellaneous: broadcasts
96 Incidental
recording for purposes of broadcast
(1) This
Article applies where by virtue of a licence or assignment of copyright a
person is authorized to broadcast –
(a) a
literary, dramatic or musical work, or an adaptation of such a work;
(b) an
artistic work; or
(c) a
sound recording or film.
(2) The
person shall by virtue of this Article be treated as licensed by the owner of
the copyright in the work to do or authorize any of the following for the
purposes of the broadcast –
(a) in
the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work, or an adaptation of that
work, to make a sound recording or film of the work or adaptation;
(b) in the
case of an artistic work, to take a photograph or make a film of the work;
(c) in
the case of a sound recording or film, to make a copy of it.
(3) That
licence is subject to the condition that the recording, film, photograph or
copy in question –
(a) shall
not be used for any other purpose; and
(b) shall
be destroyed within 28 days of being first used for broadcasting the work.
(4) A
recording, film, photograph or copy made in accordance with this Article shall
be treated as an infringing copy –
(a) for
the purposes of any use in breach of the condition mentioned in paragraph (3)(a);
and
(b) for
all purposes after that condition or the condition mentioned in paragraph (3)(b)
is broken.
97 Recording
for purposes of supervision and control of broadcasts and other services
(1) Copyright
is not infringed by the making or use by the British Broadcasting Corporation,
for the purpose of maintaining supervision and control over programmes
broadcast by them, of recordings of those programmes.
(2) Copyright
is not infringed by anything done in pursuance of –
(a) section 167(1)
of the Broadcasting Act 1990 or section 115(4) or (6) or 117
of the Broadcasting Act 1996;
(b) a
condition which, by virtue of section 334(1) of the Communications Act 2003,
is included in a licence granted under Part I or III of that Act or
Part I or II of the Broadcasting Act 1996;
(c) a
direction given under section 109(2) of the Broadcasting Act 1990; or
(d) section 334(3)
of the Communications Act 2003.
(3) The
rights conferred by this Part are not infringed by the use by OFCOM in
connection with the performance of any of their functions under –
(a) the Broadcasting
Act 1990;
(b) the Broadcasting
Act 1996; or
(c) the Communications
Act 2003,
of –
(i) any
recording, script or transcript which is provided to them under or by virtue of
any provision of those Acts; or
(ii) any
existing material which is transferred to them by a scheme made under section 30
of the Communications Act 2003.
(4) In
paragraph (3) –
“existing
material” means –
(a) any
recording, script or transcript which was provided to the Independent
Television Commission or the Radio Authority under or by virtue of any
provision of the Broadcasting Act 1990 or the Broadcasting Act 1996;
(b) any
recording or transcript which was provided to the Broadcasting Standards
Commission under section 115(4) or (6) or 116(5) of the Broadcasting
Act 1996;
“OFCOM” means the
Office of Communications established under the Communications Act 2003 as
it has effect in the United Kingdom.
98 Recording
for purposes of time-shifting
(1) The
making in domestic premises for private and domestic use of a
recording of a broadcast solely for the purpose of enabling it to be viewed or
listened to at a more convenient time does not infringe any copyright in the
broadcast or in any work included in it.
(2) Where
a copy which would otherwise be an infringing copy is made in accordance with
this Article but is subsequently dealt with –
(a) it
shall be treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of that dealing; and
(b) if
that dealing infringes copyright, it shall be treated as an infringing copy for
all subsequent purposes.
(3) In
paragraph (2), “dealt with” means sold or let for hire,
offered or exposed for sale or hire or communicated to the public.
99 Photographs
of broadcasts
(1) The
making in domestic premises for private and domestic use of a photograph of the
whole or any part of an image forming part of a broadcast, or a copy of such a
photograph, does not infringe any copyright in the broadcast or in any film
included in it.
(2) Where
a copy which would otherwise be an infringing copy is made in accordance with
this Article but is subsequently dealt with –
(a) it
shall be treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of that dealing; and
(b) if
that dealing infringes copyright, it shall be treated as an infringing copy for
all subsequent purposes.
(3) In
paragraph (2), “dealt with” means sold or let for hire,
offered or exposed for sale or hire or communicated to the public.
100 Free public
showing or playing of broadcast
(1) The
showing or playing in public of a broadcast to an audience who have not paid
for admission to the place where the broadcast is to be seen or heard does not
infringe any copyright in –
(a) the
broadcast; or
(b) any
sound recording or film included in it.
(2) The
audience shall be treated as having paid for admission to a place –
(a) if
they have paid for admission to a place of which that place forms part; or
(b) if
goods or services are supplied at that place (or a place of which it forms
part) –
(i) at prices which
are substantially attributable to the facilities afforded for seeing or hearing
the broadcast, or
(ii) at
prices exceeding those usually charged there and which are partly attributable
to those facilities.
(3) The
following shall not be regarded as having paid for admission to a
place –
(a) persons
admitted as residents or inmates of the place;
(b) persons
admitted as members of a club or society where the payment is only for
membership of the club or society and the provision of facilities for seeing or
hearing broadcasts is only incidental to the main purposes of the club or
society.
(4) Where
the making of the broadcast was an infringement of the copyright in a sound
recording or film, the fact that it was heard or seen in public by the
reception of the broadcast shall be taken into account in assessing the damages
for that infringement.
101 Reception of
wireless broadcast and re-transmission by cable
(1) This
Article applies where a wireless broadcast made from a place in Jersey is
received and immediately re-transmitted by cable.
(2) The
copyright in the broadcast is not infringed if and to the extent that the
broadcast is made for reception in the area in which it is re-transmitted by
cable and forms part of a qualifying service.
(3) The
copyright in any work included in the broadcast is not infringed if and to the
extent that the broadcast is made for reception in the area in which it is
transmitted by cable, but where the making of the broadcast was an infringement
of the copyright in the work, the fact that the broadcast was re-transmitted by
cable shall be taken into account in assessing the damages for that
infringement.
(4) In
this Article “qualifying service” means, subject to paragraph (5),
any of the following services –
(a) a
regional or national Channel 3 service;
(b) Channel 4;
(c) the
teletext service referred to in section 49(2) of the Broadcasting
Act 1990;
(d) the
television broadcasting services and teletext service of the British
Broadcasting Corporation,
and expressions used in this
paragraph have the same meaning as in Part I of the Broadcasting
Act 1990.
(5) The
Minister may by Order amend paragraph (4) so as to add any service to, or
remove any service from, the definition of “qualifying service”.
(6) The
Minister may also by Order –
(a) provide
that in specified cases paragraph (3) is to apply in relation to
broadcasts of a specified description which are not made as mentioned in that
paragraph; or
(b) exclude
the application of that paragraph in relation to broadcasts of a specified
description made as mentioned in that paragraph.
(7) In
this Article references to re-transmission by cable include the transmission of
microwave energy between terrestrial fixed points.
102 [10]
103 Recording
for archival purposes
(1) A
recording of a broadcast of a designated class, or a copy of such a recording,
may be made for the purpose of being placed in an archive maintained by a
designated body without thereby infringing any copyright in the broadcast or in
any work included in it.
(2) In
paragraph (1) “designated” means designated for the purposes
of this Article by Order of the Minister, who shall not designate a body unless
he or she is satisfied that it is not established or conducted for profit.
Adaptations
104 Adaptations
An act which by virtue of
this Part may be done without infringing copyright in a literary, dramatic or
musical work does not, where that work is an adaptation, infringe any copyright
in the work from which the adaptation was made.
cHAPTER 5 – MORAL RIGHTS
105 Right to be
identified as author or director
(1) The
author of a copyright literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, and the
director of a copyright film, has the right to be identified as the author or
director of the work in the circumstances mentioned in this Article, but the
right is not infringed unless it has been asserted in accordance with Article 106.
(2) The
author of a literary work (other than words intended to be sung or spoken with
music) or a dramatic work has the right to be identified whenever –
(a) the
work is published commercially, performed in public or communicated to the
public; or
(b) copies
of a film or sound recording including the work are issued to the public,
and that right includes the
right to be identified whenever any of those events occur in relation to an
adaptation of the work as the author of the work from which the adaptation was
made.
(3) The
author of a musical work, or a literary work consisting of words intended to be
sung or spoken with music, has the right to be
identified whenever –
(a) the
work is published commercially;
(b) copies
of a sound recording of the work are issued to the public; or
(c) a
film of which the sound track includes the work is shown in public or copies of
that film are issued to the public,
and that right includes the
right to be identified whenever any of those events occur in relation to an
adaptation of the work as the author of the work from which the adaptation was
made.
(4) The
author of an artistic work shall have the right to be identified
whenever –
(a) the
work is published commercially or exhibited in public, or a visual image of it
is communicated to the public;
(b) a
film including a visual image of the work is shown in public or copies of such
a film are issued to the public; or
(c) in
the case of a work of architecture in the form of a building or a model for a
building, a sculpture or a work of artistic craftsmanship, copies of a graphic
work representing it, or of a photograph of it, are issued to the public.
(5) The
author of a work of architecture in the form of a building also has the right
to be identified on the building as constructed or, where more than one
building is constructed to the design, on the first to be constructed.
(6) The
director of a film has the right to be identified whenever the film is shown in
public or communicated to the public or copies of the film are issued to the
public.
(7) The
right of the author or director under this Article is –
(a) in
the case of commercial publication or the issue to the public of copies of a
film or sound recording, to be identified, in or on each copy or, if that is
not appropriate, in some other manner likely to bring his or her identity to
the notice of a person acquiring a copy;
(b) in
the case of identification on a building, to be identified by appropriate means
visible to persons entering or approaching the building; and
(c) in
any other case, to be identified in a manner likely to bring his or her
identity to the attention of a person seeing or hearing the performance,
exhibition, showing or communication to the public in question,
and the identification must
in each case be clear and reasonably prominent.
(8) If
the author or director in asserting his or her right to be identified specifies
a pseudonym, initials or some other particular form of identification, that
form shall be used; otherwise any reasonable form of identification may be
used.
(9) This
Article has effect subject to Article 107.
106 Requirement
that right conferred by Article 105 be asserted
(1) A
person does not infringe the right conferred by Article 105 by doing any
of the acts mentioned in that Article unless the right has been asserted in
accordance with this Article so as to bind him or her in relation to that act.
(2) The
right may be asserted generally, or in relation to any specified act or
description of acts –
(a) on an
assignment of copyright in the work, by including in the instrument effecting
the assignment a statement that the author or director asserts in relation to
that work his or her right to be identified; or
(b) by
instrument in writing signed by the author or director.
(3) The
right may also be asserted in relation to the public exhibition of an artistic
work –
(a) by
securing that when the author or other first owner of copyright parts with
possession of the original, or of a copy made by him or her or under his or her
direction or control, the author is identified on the original or copy, or on a
frame, mount or other thing to which it is attached; or
(b) by
including in a licence by which the author or other first owner of copyright
authorizes the making of copies of the work a statement signed by or on behalf
of the person granting the licence that the author asserts his or her right to
be identified in the event of the public exhibition of a copy made in pursuance
of the licence.
(4) The
persons bound by an assertion of the right under paragraph (2) or (3)
are –
(a) in
the case of an assertion under paragraph (2)(a), the assignee and anyone
claiming through him or her, whether or not he or she has notice of the
assertion;
(b) in
the case of an assertion under paragraph (2)(b), anyone to whose notice
the assertion is brought;
(c) in
the case of an assertion under paragraph (3)(a), anyone into whose hands
that original or copy comes, whether or not the identification is still present
or visible; and
(d) in
the case of an assertion under paragraph (3)(b), the licensee and anyone
into whose hands a copy made in pursuance of the licence comes, whether or not
he or she has notice of the assertion.
(5) In
an action for infringement of the right the Court shall, in considering
remedies, take into account any delay in asserting the right.
107 Exceptions
to right conferred by Article 105
(1) The
right conferred by Article 105 is subject to the following exceptions.
(2) The
right does not apply in relation to the following descriptions of
work –
(a) a
computer program;
(b) the
design of a typeface;
(c) any
computer-generated work.
(3) The
right does not apply to anything done by or with the authority of the copyright
owner where copyright in the work originally vested in the author’s
or director’s employer by virtue of Article 24(2).
(4) The
right is not infringed by an act which by virtue of any of the following
provisions would not infringe copyright –
(a) Article 47,
so far as it relates to the reporting of current events by means of a sound
recording, film or broadcast;
(b) Article 48, 55(3), 68, 69(1) or (2), 79, 80, 85 or 94.
(5) The
right does not apply in relation to any work made for the purpose of reporting
current events.
(6) The
right does not apply in relation to the publication in –
(a) a
newspaper, magazine or similar periodical; or
(b) an
encyclopaedia, dictionary, yearbook or other collective work of reference,
of a literary, dramatic,
musical or artistic work made for the purposes of such publication or made
available with the consent of the author for the purposes of such publication.
(7) The
right does not apply in relation to –
(a) a work
in which States Assembly copyright, States copyright or Crown copyright
subsists; or
(b) a
work in which copyright originally subsisted by virtue of Article 188,
unless the author or director
has previously been so identified in or on published copies of the work.
108 Right to
object to derogatory treatment of work
(1) The
author of a copyright literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, and the
director of a copyright film, has the right in the circumstances mentioned in
this Article not to have his or her work subjected to derogatory treatment.
(2) For
the purposes of this Article –
(a) “treatment”
of a work means any addition to, deletion from or alteration to or adaptation
of the work, other than –
(i) a translation of
a literary or dramatic work, or
(ii) an
arrangement or transcription of a musical work involving no more than a change
of key or register; and
(b) the
treatment of a work is derogatory if it amounts to distortion or mutilation of
the work or is otherwise prejudicial to the honour or reputation of the author
or director,
and in the following
provision of this Article references to a derogatory treatment of a work shall
be construed accordingly.
(3) In
the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work the right is infringed by a
person who –
(a) publishes
commercially, performs in public or communicates to the public a derogatory
treatment of the work; or
(b) issues
to the public copies of a film or sound recording of, or including, a
derogatory treatment of the work.
(4) In
the case of an artistic work the right is infringed by a person
who –
(a) publishes
commercially or exhibits in public a derogatory treatment of the work, or
communicates to the public a visual image of a derogatory treatment of the
work;
(b) shows
in public a film including a visual image of a derogatory treatment of the work
or issues to the public copies of such a film; or
(c) in
the case of –
(i) a work of
architecture in the form of a model for a building,
(ii) a
sculpture, or
(iii) a
work of artistic craftsmanship,
issues to the public copies
of a graphic work representing, or of a photograph of, a derogatory treatment
of the work.
(5) Paragraph (4)
does not apply to a work of architecture in the form of a building, but where
the author of such a work is identified on the building and it is the subject
of derogatory treatment, he or she has the right to require the identification
to be removed.
(6) In
the case of a film, the right is infringed by a person who –
(a) shows
in public or communicates to the public a derogatory treatment of the film; or
(b) issues
to the public copies of a derogatory treatment of the film.
(7) The
right conferred by this Article extends to the treatment of parts of a work
resulting from a previous treatment by a person other than the author or
director, if those parts are attributed to, or are likely to be regarded as the
work of, the author or director.
(8) This
Article has effect subject to Articles 109 and 110.
109 Exceptions
to right conferred by Article 108
(1) The
right conferred by Article 108 is subject to the exceptions referred to in
paragraphs (2) to (6).
(2) The
right does not apply to a computer program or to any computer-generated work.
(3) The
right does not apply in relation to any work made for the purpose of reporting
current events.
(4) The
right does not apply in relation to the publication in –
(a) a
newspaper, magazine or similar periodical; or
(b) an
encyclopaedia, dictionary, yearbook or other collective work of reference,
of a literary, dramatic,
musical or artistic work made for the purposes of such publication or made
available with the consent of the author for the purposes of such publication;
nor does the right apply in relation to any subsequent exploitation elsewhere
of such a work without any modification of the published version.
(5) The
right is not infringed by an act which by virtue of Article 85 or 94 would
not infringe copyright.
(6) The
right is not infringed by anything done for the purpose of –
(a) avoiding
the commission of an offence;
(b) complying
with a duty imposed by or under an enactment; or
(c) in
the case of the British Broadcasting Corporation, avoiding the inclusion in a
programme broadcast by them of anything which offends against good taste or
decency or which is likely to encourage or incite to crime or to lead to
disorder or to be offensive to public feeling,
provided, where the author or
director is identified at the time of the relevant act or has previously been
identified in or on published copies of the work, that there is a sufficient
disclaimer.
(7) For
the purposes of paragraph (6), “sufficient disclaimer”, in
relation to an act capable of infringing the right conferred by Article 108,
means a clear and reasonably prominent indication –
(a) given
at the time of the act; and
(b) if
the author or director is then identified, appearing along with the
identification,
that the work has been subjected to treatment to which the author or
director has not consented.
110 Qualification
of right conferred by Article 108 in certain cases
(1) This
Article applies to –
(a) works
in which copyright originally vested in the author’s or director’s
employer by virtue of Article 24(2);
(b) works
in which States Assembly copyright, States copyright or Crown copyright
subsists; and
(c) works
in which copyright originally subsisted by virtue of Article 188.
(2) The
right conferred by Article 108 does not apply to anything done in relation
to such a work by or with the authority of the copyright owner unless the
author or director –
(a) is
identified at the time of the relevant act; or
(b) has
previously been identified in or on published copies of the work,
and where in such a case the
right does apply, it is not infringed if there is a sufficient disclaimer.
(3) For
the purposes of paragraph (2), “sufficient disclaimer” has the
same meaning as in Article 109(7).
111 Infringement
of right conferred by Article 108 by possessing or dealing with infringing
article
(1) The
right conferred by Article 108 is also infringed by a person
who –
(a) possesses
in the course of a business;
(b) sells
or lets for hire, or offers or exposes for sale or hire;
(c) in
the course of a business exhibits in public or distributes; or
(d) distributes
otherwise than in the course of a business so as to affect prejudicially the
honour or reputation of the author or director,
an article which is, and
which he or she knows or has reason to believe is, an infringing article.
(2) An
“infringing article” means a work or a copy of a work
which –
(a) has
been subjected to derogatory treatment within the meaning of Article 108;
and
(b) has
been or is likely to be the subject of any of the acts mentioned in that
Article in circumstances infringing that right.
112 False
attribution of work
(1) A
person has the right in the circumstances mentioned in this
Article –
(a) not
to have a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work falsely attributed to
him or her as author; and
(b) not
to have a film falsely attributed to him or her as director,
and in this Article, an
“attribution”, in relation to such a work, means a statement
(express or implied) as to who is the author or director.
(2) The
right is infringed by a person who –
(a) issues
to the public copies of a work of any of those descriptions in or on which
there is a false attribution; or
(b) exhibits
in public an artistic work, or a copy of an artistic work, in or on which there
is a false attribution.
(3) The
right is also infringed by a person who –
(a) in
the case of a literary, dramatic, or musical work, performs the work in public
or communicates it to the public as being the work of a person; or
(b) in
the case of a film, shows it in public or communicates it to the public as
being directed by a person,
knowing or having reason to
believe that the attribution is false.
(4) The
right is also infringed by the issue to the public or public display of
material containing a false attribution in connection with any of the acts
mentioned in paragraph (2) or (3).
(5) The
right is also infringed by a person who in the course of a
business –
(a) possesses
or deals with a copy of a work of any of the descriptions mentioned in
paragraph (1) in or on which there is a false attribution; or
(b) in
the case of an artistic work, possesses or deals with the work itself when
there is a false attribution in or on it,
knowing or having reason to
believe that there is such an attribution and that it is false.
(6) In
the case of an artistic work the right is infringed by a person who in the
course of a business –
(a) deals
with a work which has been altered after the author parted with possession of
it as being the unaltered work of the author; or
(b) deals
with a copy of such a work as being a copy of the unaltered work of the author,
knowing or having reason to
believe that that is not the case.
(7) References
in this Article to dealing are to selling or letting for hire, offering or
exposing for sale or hire, exhibiting in public, or distributing.
(8) This
Article applies where, contrary to the fact –
(a) a
literary, dramatic or musical work is falsely represented as being an
adaptation of the work of a person; or
(b) a
copy of an artistic work is falsely represented as being a copy made by the
author of the artistic work,
as it applies where the work
is falsely attributed to a person as author.
113 Right to
privacy of certain photographs and films
(1) A
person who for private and domestic purposes commissions the taking of a
photograph or the making of a film has, where copyright subsists in the
resulting work, the right not to have –
(a) copies
of the work issued to the public;
(b) the
work exhibited or shown in public; or
(c) the
work communicated to the public,
and, except as mentioned in
paragraph (2), a person who does or authorizes the doing of any of those
acts infringes that right.
(2) The
right is not infringed by an act which by virtue of Article 48, 68, 69,
73, 85 or 94 would not infringe copyright in the work.
114 Duration of
moral rights
(1) The
rights conferred by Articles 105, 108 and 113 continue to subsist so long
as copyright subsists in the work.
(2) The
right conferred by Article 112 continues to subsist until 20 years
after a person’s death.
115 Consent and
waiver of moral rights
(1) It
is not an infringement of any of the rights conferred by this Chapter to do any
act to which the person entitled to the right has consented.
(2) Any
of the rights conferred by this Chapter may be waived by instrument in writing
signed by the person giving up the right.
(3) A
waiver –
(a) may
relate to a specific work, to works of a specified description or to works
generally, and may relate to existing or future works; and
(b) may
be conditional or unconditional and may be expressed to be subject to
revocation,
and if made in favour of the
owner or prospective owner of the copyright in the work or works to which it
relates, it shall be presumed to extend to his or her licensees and successors
in title unless a contrary intention is expressed.
(4) Nothing
in this Chapter shall be construed as excluding the operation of the general
law of contract or estoppel in relation to an informal waiver or other
transaction in relation to any of the rights mentioned in paragraph (1).
116 Application
of moral rights to joint works
(1) The
right conferred by Article 105 is, in the case of a work of joint
authorship, a right of each joint author to be identified as a joint author and
must be asserted in accordance with Article 106 by each joint author in
relation to himself or herself.
(2) The
right conferred by Article 108 is, in the case of a work of joint
authorship, a right of each joint author and his or her right is satisfied if
he or she consents to the treatment in question.
(3) A
waiver under Article 115 of those rights by one joint author does not
affect the rights of the other joint authors.
(4) The
right conferred by Article 112 is infringed, in the circumstances
mentioned in that Article –
(a) by
any false statement as to the authorship of a work of joint authorship; and
(b) by
the false attribution of joint authorship in relation to a work of sole
authorship,
and such a false attribution
infringes the right of every person to whom authorship of any description is,
whether rightly or wrongly, attributed.
(5) Paragraphs (1)
to (4) also apply (with any necessary adaptations) in relation to a film which
was, or is alleged to have been, jointly directed, as they apply to a work
which is, or is alleged to be, a work of joint authorship.
(6) For
the purposes of paragraph (5), a film is “jointly directed” if
it is made by the collaboration of 2 or more directors and the contribution of
each director is not distinct from that of the other director or directors.
(7) The
right conferred by Article 113 is, in the case of a work made in pursuance
of a joint commission, a right of each person who commissioned the making of
the work, so that –
(a) the
right of each is satisfied if he or she consents to the act in question; and
(b) a
waiver under Article 115 by one of them does not affect the rights of the
others.
117 Application
of moral rights to parts of works
(1) The
rights conferred by Articles 105 and 113 apply in relation to the whole or
any substantial part of a work.
(2) The
right conferred by Articles 108 and 112 apply in relation to the whole or
any part of a work.
cHAPTER 6 – dEALINGS IN COPYRIGHT WORKS
118 Assignment
and licences of copyright
(1) Copyright
is transmissible by assignment, by testamentary disposition or by operation of
law, as moveable property.
(2) An
assignment or other transmission of copyright may be partial, that is, limited
so as to apply –
(a) to
one or more, but not all, of the things the copyright owner has the exclusive
right to do;
(b) to
part, but not the whole, of the period for which the copyright is to subsist.
(3) An
assignment of copyright is not effective unless it is in writing signed by or
on behalf of the assignor.
(4) A
licence granted by a copyright owner is binding on every successor in title to
his or her interest in the copyright, except a purchaser in good faith for
valuable consideration and without notice (actual or constructive) of the
licence, or a person deriving title from such a purchaser and references in
this Part to doing anything with, or without, the licence of the copyright
owner shall be construed accordingly.
119 Prospective
ownership of copyright
(1) Where
by an agreement made in relation to future copyright, and signed by or on
behalf of the prospective owner of the copyright, the prospective owner
purports to assign the future copyright (wholly or partially) to another
person, then if, on the copyright coming into existence, the assignee or
another person claiming under him or her would be entitled as against all other
persons to require the copyright to be vested in him or her, the copyright
shall vest in the assignee or his or her successor in the title by virtue of
this paragraph.
(2) In
this Part –
“future
copyright” means copyright which will or may come into existence in
respect of a future work or class of works or on the occurrence of a future
event;
“prospective
owner” shall be construed accordingly and includes a person who is
prospectively entitled to copyright by virtue of such an agreement as is
mentioned in paragraph (1).
(3) A
licence granted by a prospective owner of copyright is binding on every
successor in title to his or her interest (or prospective interest) in the
right, except a purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and without
notice (actual or constructive) of the licence or a person deriving title from
that purchaser, and references in this Part to doing anything with, or without,
the licence of the copyright owner shall be construed accordingly.
120 Exclusive
licences
The licensee under an
exclusive licence has the same rights against a successor in title who is bound
by the licence as he or she has against the person granting the licence.
121 Copyright to
pass under will with unpublished work
Where under a bequest
(whether specific or general) a person is entitled, beneficially or otherwise,
to –
(a) an
original document or other material thing recording or embodying a literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic work which was not published before the death of
the testator; or
(b) an
original material thing containing a sound recording or film which was not
published before the death of the testator,
the bequest shall, unless a
contrary intention is indicated in the testator’s will or a codicil to
it, be construed as including the copyright in the work in so far as the
testator was the owner of the copyright immediately before his or her death.
122 Presumption
of transfer of rental right in case of film production agreement
(1) Where
an agreement concerning film production is concluded between an author and a
film producer, the author shall be presumed, unless the agreement provides to
the contrary, to have transferred to the film producer any rental right in
relation to the film arising by virtue of the inclusion of a copy of the
author’s work in the film.
(2) In
this Article “author” means an author, or prospective author, of a
literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work.
(3) Paragraph (1)
does not apply to any rental right in relation to the film arising by virtue of
the inclusion in the film of the screenplay, the dialogue or music specifically
created for and used in the film.
(4) Where
this Article applies, the absence of signature by or on behalf of the author
does not exclude the operation of Article 119(1).
(5) The
reference in paragraph (1) to an agreement concluded between an author and
a film producer includes any agreement having effect between those persons,
whether made by them directly or through intermediaries.
(6) Article 123
applies where there is a presumed transfer by virtue of this Article as in the
case of an actual transfer.
Right to equitable remuneration where rental
right transferred
123 Right to
equitable remuneration where rental right transferred
(1) Where
an author to whom this Article applies has transferred his or her rental right
concerning a sound recording or a film to the producer of the sound recording
or film, he or she retains the right to equitable remuneration for the rental.
(2) The
authors to whom this Article applies are –
(a) the
author of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work; and
(b) the
principal director of a film.
(3) The
right to equitable remuneration under this Article may not be assigned by the
author except to a collecting society for the purpose of enabling it to enforce
the right on his or her behalf.
(4) Notwithstanding
paragraph (3), the right to equitable remuneration is transmissible by
testamentary disposition or by operation of law as moveable property and may be
assigned or further transmitted by any person into whose hands it passes.
(5) Equitable
remuneration under this Article is payable by the person for the time being
entitled to the rental right, that is, the person to whom the right was
transferred or any successor in title of his or hers.
(6) The
amount payable by way of equitable remuneration is as agreed by or on behalf of
the persons by and to whom it is payable, subject to Article 124.
(7) An
agreement is of no effect in so far as it purports to exclude or restrict the
right to equitable remuneration under this Article.
(8) References
in this Article to the transfer of a rental right by one person to another
include any arrangement having that effect, whether made by them directly or
through intermediaries.
(9) In
this Article a “collecting society” means a society or other
organization which has as its main object, or one of its main objects, the
exercise of the right to equitable remuneration under this Article on behalf of
more than one author.
124 Equitable
remuneration: reference of amount to licensing authority
(1) In
default of agreement as to the amount payable by way of equitable remuneration
under Article 123, the person by or to whom it is payable may apply to the
licensing authority to determine the amount payable.
(2) A
person by or to whom equitable remuneration is payable under that Article may
also apply to the licensing authority –
(a) to
vary any agreement as to the amount payable; or
(b) to
vary any previous determination of the licensing authority as to that matter,
but except with the
permission of the licensing authority no such application may be made within
12 months from the date of a previous determination.
(3) An
order made on an application under paragraph (2) has effect from the date
on which it is made or such later date as may be specified by the licensing
authority.
(4) On
an application under this Article the licensing authority shall consider the
matter and make any order as to the method of calculating and paying equitable
remuneration as the licensing authority may determine to be reasonable in the
circumstances, taking into account the importance of the contribution of the
author to the film or sound recording.
(5) Remuneration
shall not be considered inequitable merely because it was paid by way of a
single payment or at the time of the transfer of the rental right.
(6) An
agreement is of no effect in so far as it purports to prevent a person
questioning the amount of equitable remuneration or to restrict the powers of
the licensing authority under this Article.
Moral rights
125 Moral rights
not assignable
The rights conferred by
Chapter 5 are not assignable.
126 Transmission
of moral rights on death
(1) On
the death of a person entitled to the right conferred by Article 105, 108
or 113 –
(a) the
right passes to such person as he or she may, by testamentary disposition,
specifically direct;
(b) if
there is no such direction but the copyright in the work in question forms part
of his or her estate, the right passes to the person to whom the copyright
passes; and
(c) if,
or to the extent that, the right does not pass under sub-paragraph (a) or
(b) it is exercisable by –
(i) his or her
executors, if he or she dies testate as to his or her moveable estate, or
(ii) his
or her administrators, if he or she dies intestate as to his or her moveable
estate.
(2) Where
copyright forming part of a person’s estate passes in part to one person
and in part to another, as for example where a bequest is limited so as to
apply –
(a) to
one or more, but not all, of the things the copyright owner has the exclusive
right to do or authorize; or
(b) to
part, but not the whole, of the period for which the copyright is to subsist,
any right which passes with the
copyright by virtue of paragraph (1) shall be correspondingly divided.
(3) Where
by virtue of paragraph (1)(a) or (b) a right becomes exercisable by more
than one person –
(a) it
may, in the case of the right conferred by Article 105, be asserted by any
of them;
(b) it
is, in the case of the right conferred by Article 108 or 113, a right
exercisable by each of them and is satisfied in relation to any of them if he
or she consents to the treatment or act in question; and
(c) any
waiver of the right in accordance with Article 115 by one of them does not
affect the rights of the others.
(4) A
consent or waiver previously given or made binds any person to whom a right
passes by virtue of paragraph (1).
(5) Any
infringement after a person’s death of the right conferred by Article 112
is actionable by –
(a) his
or her executors, if he or she dies testate as to his or her moveable estate;
or
(b) his
or her administrators, if he or she dies intestate as to his or her moveable
estate.
(6) Any
damages recovered by executors or administrators by virtue of this Article in
respect of an infringement after a person’s death shall devolve as part
of that person’s estate as if the right of action had subsisted and been
vested in him or her immediately before his or her death.
chapter 7 – Remedies for infringement
Rights and remedies of copyright owner
127 Infringement
actionable by copyright owner
(1) An
infringement of copyright is actionable by the copyright owner.
(2) In
an action for infringement of copyright all such relief by way of damages,
injunctions, accounts or otherwise is available to the plaintiff as is
available in respect of the infringement of any other property right.
(3) This
Article has effect subject to the provisions of this Chapter.
128 Damages in
action for infringement of
copyright
(1) Where,
in an action for infringement of copyright, it is shown that at the time of the
infringement the defendant did not know, and had no reason to believe, that the
copyright subsisted in the work to which the action relates, the plaintiff is
not entitled to damages against him or her, but without prejudice to any other
remedy.
(2) The
Court may, in an action for infringement of copyright, having regard to all the
circumstances, and in particular to –
(a) the
flagrancy of the infringement; and
(b) any
benefit accruing to the defendant by reason of the infringement,
award such additional damages
as the justice of the case may require.
129 Order for
delivery up of infringing copies, etc.
(1) Where
a person –
(a) has
an infringing copy of a work in his or her possession, custody or control in
the course of a business; or
(b) has
in his or her possession, custody or control an article specifically designed
or adapted for making copies of a particular copyright work, knowing or having
reason to believe that it has been or is to be used to make infringing copies,
the owner of the copyright in
the work may apply to the Court for an order that the infringing copy or
article be delivered up to him or her or to any other person the Court may
direct.
(2) An
application shall not be made after the end of the period specified in Article 130.
(3) An
Order shall not be made unless the Court makes, or it appears to the Court that
there are grounds for making, an order under Article 143.
(4) A
person to whom an infringing copy or other article is delivered up in pursuance
of an order under this Article shall, if an order under Article 143 is not
made, retain it pending the making of an order, or the decision not to make an
order, under that Article.
(5) Nothing
in this Article affects any other power of the Court.
130 Period after
which remedy of delivery up not available under Article 129
(1) Subject
to paragraphs (2) and (3), an application for an order under Article 129
may not be made after the end of the period of 10 years from the date on
which the infringing copy or article in question was made.
(2) If
during the whole or part of the period specified in paragraph (1) the
copyright owner is –
(a) under
a disability; or
(b) prevented
by fraud or concealment from discovering the facts entitling him or her to
apply for an order,
an application may be made at
any time before the end of the period of 10 years from the date on which
he or she ceased to be under a disability or, as the case may be, could with
reasonable diligence have discovered those facts.
(3) For
the purposes of paragraph (2) a person shall be treated as under a
disability while he or she is under the age of 18 years or is of unsound
mind.
131 Right to
seize infringing copies, etc.
(1) An
infringing copy of a work which is found exposed or otherwise immediately
available for sale or hire, and in respect of which the copyright owner would
be entitled to apply for an order under Article 129, may be seized and
detained by him or her or a person authorized by him or her.
(2) The
right to seize and detain conferred by paragraph (1) is exercisable
subject to the following conditions and is subject to any decision of the Court
under Article 143.
(3) Before
anything is seized under this Article notice of the time and place of the
proposed seizure must be given to the Connétable of the parish in which
the proposed seizure is to take place.
(4) A
person may for the purpose of exercising the right conferred by this Article
enter premises to which the public have access but may not seize anything in
the possession, custody or control of a person at his or her permanent or
regular place of business, and may not use any force.
(5) At
the time when anything is seized under this Article there shall be left at the
place where it was seized a notice in the prescribed form containing the
prescribed particulars as to the person by whom or on whose authority the
seizure is made and the grounds on which it is made.
(6) In
this Article “premises” includes land, buildings, moveable
structures, vehicles, vessels, aircraft and hovercraft.
Rights and remedies of exclusive licensee
132 Rights and
remedies of exclusive licensee
(1) An
exclusive licensee has, except against the copyright owner, the same rights and
remedies in respect of matters occurring after the grant of the licence as if
the licence had been an assignment.
(2) The
exclusive licensee’s rights and remedies are concurrent with those of the
copyright owner, and references in the relevant provisions of this Part to the
copyright owner shall be construed accordingly.
(3) In
an action brought by an exclusive licensee by virtue of this Article a
defendant may avail himself or herself of any defence which would have been
available to him or her if the action had been brought by the copyright owner.
133 Certain
infringements actionable by a non-exclusive licensee
(1) A
non-exclusive licensee may bring an action for infringement of copyright
if –
(a) the infringing act was directly connected to
a prior licensed act of the licensee; and
(b) the licence –
(i) is in writing and
is signed by or on behalf of the copyright owner, and
(ii) expressly
grants the non-exclusive licensee a right of action under this Article.
(2) In
an action brought under this Article, the non-exclusive licensee shall have the
same rights and remedies available to him or her as the copyright owner would
have had if he or she had brought the action.
(3) The
rights granted under this Article are concurrent with those of the copyright owner
and references in the relevant provisions of this Part to the copyright owner
shall be construed accordingly.
(4) In
an action brought by a non-exclusive licensee by virtue of this Article a
defendant may avail himself or herself of any defence which would have been
available to him or her if the action had been brought by the copyright owner.
(5) Paragraphs (1)
to (4) of Article 134 shall apply to a non-exclusive licensee who has a
right of action by virtue of this Article as they apply to an exclusive
licensee.
(6) In
this Article a “non-exclusive licensee” means the holder of a
licence authorizing the licensee to exercise a right which remains exercisable
by the copyright owner.
134 Exercise of
concurrent rights
(1) Where
an action for infringement of copyright brought by the copyright owner or, as
the case may be, an exclusive licensee relates (wholly or partly) to an
infringement in respect of which they have concurrent rights of action, the
copyright owner or the exclusive licensee may not, without the leave of the
Court, proceed with the action unless the other is either joined as a plaintiff
or added as a defendant.
(2) A
copyright owner or exclusive licensee who is added as a defendant in pursuance
of paragraph (1) is not liable for any costs in the action unless he or
she takes part in the proceedings.
(3) Paragraphs (1)
and (2) do not affect the granting of the interlocutory relief on an
application by a copyright owner or exclusive licensee alone.
(4) Where
an action for infringement of copyright is brought which relates (wholly or
partly) to an infringement in respect of which the copyright owner and an
exclusive licensee have or had concurrent rights of action –
(a) the
Court shall in assessing damages take into account –
(i) the terms of the
licence, and
(ii) any
pecuniary remedy already awarded or available to either of them in respect of
the infringement;
(b) no
account of profits shall be directed if an award of damages has been made, or
an account of profits has been directed, in favour of the other of them in
respect of the infringement; and
(c) the
Court shall, if an account of profits is directed, apportion the profits
between them as the Court considers just, subject to any agreement between
them,
and these provisions apply
whether or not the copyright owner and the exclusive licensee are both parties
to the action.
(5) The
copyright owner shall notify any exclusive licensee having concurrent rights
before applying for an order under Article 129 or exercising the right
conferred by Article 131, and the Court may on the application of the
licensee make such order under Article 129 or, as the case may be,
prohibiting or permitting the exercise by the copyright owner of the right
conferred by Article 131, as it thinks fit having regard to the terms of
the licence.
Remedies for infringement of moral rights
135 Remedies for
infringement of moral rights
(1) An
infringement of a right conferred by Chapter 5 is actionable as a breach
of statutory duty owed to the person entitled to the right.
(2) In
proceedings for infringement of the right conferred by Article 108 the
Court may, if it thinks it is an adequate remedy in the circumstances, grant an
injunction on terms prohibiting the doing of any act unless a disclaimer is
made, in such terms and in such manner as may be approved by the Court,
dissociating the author or director from the treatment of the work.
Presumptions in proceedings
136 Presumptions
relevant to literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works
(1) The
following presumptions apply in proceedings brought by virtue of this Chapter
with respect to a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work.
(2) Where
a name purporting to be that of the author appeared on copies of the work as
published or on the work when it was made, the person whose name appeared shall
be presumed, until the contrary is proved –
(a) to be
the author of the work; and
(b) to
have made it in circumstances not falling within Article 24(2), 182, 183, 184
or 188.
(3) In
the case of a work alleged to be a work of joint authorship, paragraph (2)
applies in relation to each person alleged to be one of the authors.
(4) Where
no name purporting to be that of the author appeared as mentioned in paragraph (2)
but –
(a) the
work qualifies for copyright protection by virtue of Article 22; and
(b) a
name purporting to be that of the publisher appeared on copies of the work as
first published,
the person whose name
appeared shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been the
owner of the copyright at the time of publication.
(5) If
the author of the work is dead or the identity of the author cannot be
ascertained by reasonable inquiry, it shall be presumed, in the absence of
evidence to the contrary –
(a) that
the work is an original work; and
(b) that
the plaintiff’s allegations as to what was the first publication of the
work and as to the country of first publication are correct.
137 Presumptions
relevant to sound recordings, films and computer programs
(1) In
proceedings brought by virtue of this Chapter with respect to a sound
recording, where copies of the recording as issued to the public bear a label
or other mark stating –
(a) that
a named person was the owner of copyright in the recording at the date of issue
of the copies; or
(b) that
the recording was first published in a specified year or in a specified
country,
the label or mark shall be
admissible as evidence of the facts stated and shall be presumed to be correct
until the contrary is proved.
(2) In
proceedings brought by virtue of this Chapter with respect to a film, where
copies of the film as issued to the public bear a statement –
(a) that
a named person was the director or producer of the film;
(b) that
a named person was the principal director, the author of the screenplay, the
author of the dialogue or the composer of music specifically created for and
used in the film;
(c) that
a named person was the owner of the copyright in the film at the date of issue
of the copies; or
(d) that
the film was first published in a specified year or in a specified country,
the statement shall be
admissible as evidence of the facts stated and shall be presumed to be correct
until the contrary is proved.
(3) In
proceedings brought by virtue of this Chapter with respect to a computer
program, where copies of the program are issued to the public in electronic
form bearing a statement –
(a) that
a named person was the owner of copyright in the program at the date of issue
of the copies; or
(b) that
the program was first published in a specified country or that copies of it
were first issued to the public in electronic form in a specified year,
the statement shall be
admissible as evidence of the facts stated and shall be presumed to be correct
until the contrary is proved.
(4) The
presumptions in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) apply equally in proceedings
relating to an infringement alleged to have occurred before the date on which
the copies were issued to the public.
(5) In
proceedings brought by virtue of this Chapter with respect to a film, where the
film as shown in public or communicated to the public bears a
statement –
(a) that
a named person was the director or producer of the film;
(b) that
a named person was the principal director of the film, the author of the
screenplay, the author of the dialogue or the composer of music specifically
created for and used in the film; or
(c) that
a named person was the owner of copyright in the film immediately after it was
made,
the statement shall be
admissible as evidence of the facts stated and shall be presumed to be correct
until the contrary is proved.
(6) The
presumption in paragraph (5) applies equally in proceedings relating to an
infringement alleged to have occurred before the date on which the film was
shown in public or communicated to the public.
(7) For
the purposes of this Article, a statement that a person was the director of a
film shall be taken, unless a contrary indication appears, as meaning that he
or she was the principal director of the film.
138 Presumptions
relevant to works subject to Crown or States copyright
In proceedings brought by
virtue of this Chapter with respect to a literary, dramatic or musical work in
which States Assembly copyright, States copyright or Crown copyright subsists,
where there appears on printed copies of the work a statement of the year in
which the work was first published commercially, that statement shall be
admissible as evidence of the fact stated and shall be presumed to be correct
in the absence of evidence to the contrary.
Offences
139 Offences of
making or dealing with infringing articles, etc.
(1) A
person shall be guilty of an offence who, without the licence of the copyright
owner –
(a) makes
for sale or hire;
(b) imports
into Jersey otherwise than for his or her private and domestic use;
(c) possesses
in the course of a business with a view to committing any act infringing the
copyright;
(d) in
the course of a business –
(i) sells or lets for
hire,
(ii) offers
or exposes for sale or hire,
(iii) exhibits
in public, or
(iv) distributes;
or
(e) distributes
otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect
prejudicially the owner of the copyright,
an article which is, and
which he or she knows or has reason to believe is, an infringing copy of a
copyright work.
(2) A
person shall be guilty of an offence who –
(a) makes
an article specifically designed or adapted for making copies of a particular
copyright work; or
(b) has
such an article in his or her possession,
knowing or having reason to
believe that it is to be used to make infringing copies for sale or hire or for
use in the course of a business.
(3) A
person who infringes copyright in a work by communicating the work to the
public –
(a) in the course of a business; or
(b) otherwise than in the course of a business
to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright,
shall be guilty of an offence
if he or she knows or has reason to believe that, by doing so, he or she is
infringing copyright in that work.
(4) Where
copyright is infringed (otherwise than by reception of a communication to the
public) by –
(a) the
public performance of a literary, dramatic or musical work; or
(b) the
playing or showing in public of a sound recording or film,
any person who caused the
work to be so performed, played or shown shall be guilty of an offence if he or
she knew or had reason to believe that copyright would be infringed.
(5) A
person guilty of an offence against paragraph (1)(a), (b), (d)(iv) or (e)
or paragraph (3) shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of
10 years and to a fine.
(6) A
person guilty of any other offence against this Article shall be liable to
imprisonment for a term of 6 months and to a fine of level 3 on the
standard scale.[11]
(7) Articles 136
to 138 do not apply to proceedings for an offence against this Article, but
without prejudice to their application in proceedings for an order under
Article 140.
(8) Where
an offence against this Article committed by a limited liability partnership or
body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance
of –
(a) a
person who is a partner of the partnership, or director, manager, secretary or
other similar officer of the body corporate; or
(b) any
person purporting to act in any such capacity,
the person shall also be
guilty of the offence and liable in the same manner as the partnership or body
corporate to the penalty provided for that offence.
(9) Where
the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (8)
shall apply in relation to acts and defaults of a member in connection with the
member’s functions of management as if the member were a director of the
body corporate.
140 Order for
delivery up of infringing copies, etc. in criminal proceedings
(1) The
court before which proceedings are brought against a person for an offence against
Article 139 may, if satisfied that at the time of his or her arrest or
charge –
(a) the
person had in his or her possession, custody or control in the course of a
business an infringing copy of a copyright work; or
(b) the
person had in his or her possession, custody or control an article specifically
designed or adapted for making copies of a particular copyright work, knowing
or having reason to believe that the article had been or was to be used to make
infringing copies,
order that the infringing copy
or article be delivered up to the copyright owner or to such other person as
the court directs.
(2) For
this purpose a person shall be treated as charged with an offence when he or
she is orally charged or is served with a summons.
(3) An
order may be made by the court of its own motion or on an application by or on
behalf of the Attorney General or by the person presenting the case, and may be
made whether or not the person is convicted of the offence, but shall not be
made –
(a) after
the end of the period of 10 years from the date on which the infringing
copy or article in question was made; or
(b) if it
appears to the court unlikely that any order will be made under Article 143.
(4) An
appeal lies to the Court from an order made under this Article by the
Magistrate’s Court.
(5) A
person to whom an infringing copy or other article is delivered up in pursuance
of an order under this Article shall retain it pending the making of an order,
or the decision not to make an order, under Article 143.
(6) Nothing
in this Article affects the powers of a court as to forfeiture in criminal
proceedings under any other enactment.
Importation of infringing copies
141 Infringing
copies may be treated as prohibited goods
(1) The
owner of the copyright in a published literary, dramatic or musical work may
give notice in writing to the Agent of the Impôts –
(a) that
he or she is the owner of the copyright in the work; and
(b) that
he or she requests the Agent of the Impôts, for a period specified in the
notice, to treat as prohibited goods printed copies of the work which are
infringing copies.
(2) The
period specified in a notice under paragraph (1) shall not exceed
5 years and shall not extend beyond the period for which copyright is to
subsist.
(3) The
owner of the copyright in a sound recording or film may give notice in writing
to the Agent of the Impôts –
(a) that
he or she is the owner of the copyright in the work;
(b) that
infringing copies of the work are expected to arrive in Jersey at a time and
place specified in the notice; and
(c) that
he or she requests the Agent of the Impôts to treat the copies as
prohibited goods.
(4) When
a notice is in force under this Article the importation of goods to which the
notice relates, otherwise than by a person for his or her private and domestic
use, shall, subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), be prohibited.
(5) The
Agent of the Impôts may treat as prohibited goods only infringing copies
of works which arrive in Jersey –
(a) from
outside the protected area; or
(b) from
within the protected area but not having been entered for free circulation.
(6) This
Article does not apply to goods placed in, or expected to be placed in, one of
the situations referred to in Article 1(1) of the EU Regulation, within
the meaning of the Community
Provisions (Goods Suspected of Infringing Intellectual Property Rights)
(Jersey) Regulations 2014, as that
EU Regulation is given effect by and construed under those Regulations.[12]
(7) A
person shall not, by reason of the prohibition under this Article of the
importation of goods, be liable to any penalty other than forfeiture of the
goods.
142 Orders supplementing Article 141
(1) The
Minister for Justice and Home Affairs may by Order
prescribe the form in which notice is to be given under Article 141 and
require a person giving notice –
(a) to
furnish the Agent of the Impôts with the evidence specified in the Order,
either on giving notice or when the goods are imported, or at both those times;
and
(b) to
comply with such other conditions as may be specified in the Order.[13]
(2) The
Order may, in particular, require a person giving such a notice –
(a) to
pay the prescribed fee, if any;
(b) to
give such security as may be specified in respect of any liability or expense
which the Agent of the Impôts may incur in consequence of the notice by
reason of the detention of any article or anything done to an article detained;
and
(c) to
indemnify the Agent of the Impôts against that liability or expense,
whether security has been given or not.
Supplementary
143 Order as to
disposal of infringing copy or other article
(1) An
application may be made to the Court for an order that an infringing copy or
other article, delivered up in pursuance of an order under Article 129 or
140 or seized and detained in pursuance of the right conferred by Article 131,
shall be –
(a) forfeited
to the copyright owner; or
(b) destroyed
or otherwise dealt with as the Court may think fit,
or for a decision that no
such order should be made.
(2) In
considering what order (if any) should be made, the Court shall consider
whether other remedies available in an action for infringement of copyright
would be adequate to compensate the copyright owner and to protect his or her
interests.
(3) Provision
shall be made by rules of court as to the service of the notice on a person
having an interest in the copy or other article, and any such person is
entitled –
(a) to
appear in proceedings for an order under this Article, whether or not he or she
was served with notice; and
(b) to
appeal against any order made, whether or not he or she appeared.
(4) An
order under this Article shall not take effect until the end of the period
specified by rules of court within which notice of an appeal may be given or,
if before the end of that period notice of appeal is duly given, until the
final determination or abandonment of the appeal.
(5) Where
there is more than one person interested in a copy or other article, the Court
shall make such order as it thinks just and may (in particular) direct that the
copy or article be sold, or otherwise dealt with, and the proceeds divided.
(6) If
the Court decides that no order should be made under this Article, the person
in whose possession, custody or control the copy or other article was before
being delivered up or seized is entitled to its return.
(7) References
in this Article to a person having an interest in a copy or other article,
include any person in whose favour an order could be made in respect of it
under –
(a) this
Article;
(b) Article 321;
(c) Article 377;
or
(d) Article 29(3)
of the Trade
Marks (Jersey) Law 2000.
(8) The
power in the Royal
Court (Jersey) Law 1948 to make
rules of court shall include the power to make rules for the purposes of this
Article.
144 Forfeiture
of infringing copies, etc.
(1) Where
there have come into the possession of any person in connection with the investigation
or prosecution of a relevant offence –
(a) infringing
copies of a copyright work; or
(b) articles
specifically designed or adapted for making copies of a particular copyright
work,
that person may apply under
this Article for an order for the forfeiture of the infringing copies or
articles.
(2) For
the purposes of this Article “relevant offence” means –
(a) an
offence against Article 139; or
(b) an
offence involving dishonesty or deception.
(3) An
application under this Article may be made –
(a) where
proceedings have been brought in any court for a relevant offence relating to
some or all of the infringing copies or articles, to that court; or
(b) where
no application for the forfeiture of the infringing copies or articles has been
made under sub-paragraph (a), to the Magistrate’s Court.
(4) On
an application under this Article, the court shall make an order for the
forfeiture of any infringing copies or articles only if it is satisfied that a
relevant offence has been committed in relation to the infringing copies or
articles.
(5) A
court may infer for the purposes of this Article that such an offence has been
committed in relation to any infringing copies or articles if it is satisfied
that such an offence has been committed in relation to infringing copies or
articles which are representative of the infringing copies or articles in
question (whether by reason of being of the same design or part of the same
consignment or batch or otherwise).
(6) Any
person aggrieved by an order made under this Article by the Magistrate’s
Court, or by a decision by that court not to make such an order, may appeal
against that order or decision to the Royal Court.
(7) An
order under this Article may contain such provision as appears to the court to
be appropriate for delaying the coming into force of the order pending the
making and determination of any appeal or application to state a case.
(8) Subject
to paragraph (9), where any infringing copies or articles are forfeited
under this Article they shall be destroyed in accordance with such directions
as the court may give.
(9) On
making an order under this Article the court may direct that the infringing
copies or articles to which the order relates shall (instead of being
destroyed) be forfeited to the owner of the copyright in question or dealt with
in such other way as the court considers appropriate.
chapter 8 – copyright licensing
145 Copyright
licensing schemes and licensing bodies
(1) In
this Part a “licensing scheme” means a scheme setting
out –
(a) the classes
of case in which the operator of the scheme, or the person on whose behalf he
or she acts, is willing to grant copyright licences; and
(b) the
terms on which licences would be granted in those classes of case,
and for this purpose a
“scheme” includes anything in the nature of a scheme, whether
described as a scheme or as a tariff or by any other name.
(2) In
this Part “licensing body” means a society or other organization
which has as its main object, or one of its main objects, the negotiation or granting,
either as owner or prospective owner of copyright or as agent for him or her,
of copyright licences, and whose objects include the granting of licences
covering works of more than one author.
(3) In
this Article “copyright licences” means licences to do, or
authorize the doing of, any of the acts restricted by copyright.
(4) References
in this Chapter to licences or licensing schemes covering works of more than
one author do not include licences or schemes covering only –
(a) a
single collective work or collective works of which the authors are the same;
or
(b) works
made by, or by employees of, or commissioned by, a single individual, firm,
company or group of companies.
(5) For
the purpose of paragraph (4)(b), a group of companies means a holding company
and its subsidiaries, within the meaning of Article 2 of the Companies
(Jersey) Law 1991.
146 Licensing
schemes to which Articles 147 to 152
apply
Articles 147 to 152
apply to licensing schemes which are operated by licensing bodies and cover
works of more than one author, so far as they relate to licences
for –
(a) copying
the work;
(b) rental
of copies of the work to the public;
(c) performing,
showing or playing the work in public; or
(d) communicating
the work to the public,
and references in those
Articles to a licensing scheme shall be construed accordingly.
147 Reference of
proposed licensing scheme to licensing authority
(1) The
terms of a licensing scheme proposed to be operated by a licensing body may be
referred to the licensing authority by an organization which claims to be
representative of persons claiming that they require licences in cases of a
description to which the scheme would apply, either generally or in relation to
any description of case.
(2) The
licensing authority shall first decide whether to entertain the reference, and
may decline to do so on the ground that the reference is premature.
(3) If
the licensing authority decides to entertain the reference the licensing
authority shall consider the matter referred and make such order, either
confirming or varying the proposed scheme, either generally or so far as it
relates to cases of the description to which the reference relates, as the
licensing authority may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) The
order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the
licensing authority may determine.
148 Reference of
licensing scheme to licensing authority
(1) If
while a licensing scheme is in operation a dispute arises between the operator
of the scheme and –
(a) a
person claiming that he or she requires a licence in a case of a description to
which the scheme applies; or
(b) an
organization claiming to be representative of such persons,
that person or organization
may refer the scheme to the licensing authority in so far as it relates to
cases of that description.
(2) A
scheme which has been referred to the licensing authority under this Article
shall remain in operation until proceedings on the reference are concluded.
(3) The
licensing authority shall consider the matter in dispute and make such order,
either confirming or varying the scheme so far as it relates to cases of the
description to which the reference relates, as the licensing authority may
determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) The
order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for any period the
licensing authority determines.
149 Further
reference of scheme to licensing authority
(1) Where
the licensing authority has on a previous reference of a licensing scheme under
Article 147 or 148 or under this Article, made an order with respect to
the scheme, then, while the order remains in force –
(a) the
operator of the scheme;
(b) a
person claiming that he or she requires a licence in a case of the description
to which the order applies; or
(c) an
organization claiming to be representative of such persons,
may refer the scheme again to
the licensing authority so far as it relates to cases of that description.
(2) A
licensing scheme shall not, except with the permission of the licensing
authority, be referred again to the licensing authority in respect of the same
description of cases –
(a) within
12 months from the date of the order on the previous reference; or
(b) if
the order was made so as to be in force for 15 months or less, until the
last 3 months before the expiry of the order.
(3) A
scheme which has been referred to the licensing authority under this Article
shall remain in operation until proceedings on the reference are concluded.
(4) The
licensing authority shall consider the matter in dispute and make such order,
either confirming, varying or further varying the scheme so far as it relates
to cases of the description to which the reference relates, as the licensing
authority may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) The
order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the
licensing authority may determine.
150 Application
for grant of licence in connection with licensing scheme
(1) A
person who claims, in a case covered by a licensing scheme, that the operator
of the scheme has refused to grant him or her or procure the grant to him or
her of a licence in accordance with the scheme, or has failed to do so within a
reasonable time after being asked, may apply to the licensing authority.
(2) A
person who claims, in a case excluded from a licensing scheme, that the
operator of the scheme either –
(a) has
refused to grant him or her a licence or procure the grant to him or her of a
licence, or has failed to do so, within a reasonable time of being asked, and
that in the circumstances it is unreasonable that a licence should not be
granted; or
(b) proposes
terms for a licence which are unreasonable,
may apply to the licensing
authority.
(3) A
case shall be regarded as excluded from a licensing scheme for the purposes of paragraph (2)
if –
(a) the
scheme provides for the grant of licences subject to terms excepting matters
from the licence and the case falls within such an exception; or
(b) the
case is so similar to those in which the licences are granted under the scheme
that it is unreasonable that it should not be dealt with in the same way.
(4) If
the licensing authority is satisfied that the claim is well-founded, the
licensing authority shall make an order declaring that, in respect of the
matters specified in the order, the applicant is entitled to a licence on such
terms as the licensing authority may determine to be applicable in accordance
with the scheme or, as the case may be, to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) The
order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the licensing
authority may determine.
151 Application
for review of order as to entitlement to licence
(1) Where
the licensing authority has made an order under Article 150 that a person
is entitled to a licence under a licensing scheme, the operator of the scheme
or the original applicant may apply to the licensing authority to review the
order.
(2) An
application shall not be made under paragraph (1), except with the
permission of the licensing authority –
(a) within
12 months from the date of the order, or of the decision on a previous
application under this Article; or
(b) if
the order was made so as to be in force for 15 months or less, or, as a
result of the decision on a previous application under this Article, is due to
expire within 15 months of that decision, until the last 3 months
before the expiry date.
(3) The
licensing authority shall on an application for review confirm or vary the
authority’s order as the licensing authority may determine to be
reasonable having regard to the terms applicable in accordance with the
licensing scheme or, as the case may be, the circumstances of the case.
152 Effect of
order of licensing authority as to licensing scheme
(1) A
licensing scheme which has been confirmed or varied by the licensing
authority –
(a) under
Article 147; or
(b) under
Article 148 or 149,
shall be in force or, as the
case may be, remain in operation, so far as it relates to the description of
case in respect of which the order was made, so long as the order remains in
force.
(2) While
the order is in force a person who, in a case of a class to which the order
applies –
(a) pays
to the operator of the scheme any charges payable under the scheme in respect
of a licence covering the case in question or, if the amount cannot be
ascertained, gives an undertaking to the operator to pay them when ascertained;
and
(b) complies
with the other terms applicable to such a licence under the scheme,
shall be in the same
position, as regards infringement of copyright, as if he or she had at all
material times been the holder of a licence granted by the owner of the
copyright in question in accordance with the scheme.
(3) The
licensing authority may direct that the order, so far as it varies the amount
of charges payable, has effect from a date before that on which it is made, but
not earlier than the date on which the reference was made, or if later, on
which the scheme came into operation.
(4) If
a direction under paragraph (3) is made –
(a) any
necessary repayments, or further payments, shall be made in respect of charges
already paid; and
(b) the
reference in paragraph (2)(a) to the charges payable under the scheme
shall be construed as a reference to the charges so payable by virtue of the
order.
(5) A
direction under paragraph (3) may not be made where paragraph (6)
applies.
(6) An
order of the licensing authority under Article 148 or 149 made with
respect to a scheme which is notified for any purpose in accordance with Article 180
has effect, so far as it varies the scheme by reducing the charges payable for
licences, from the date on which the reference was made to the licensing
authority.
(7) Where
the licensing authority has made an order under Article 150 and the order
remains in force, the person in whose favour the order is made shall if he or
she –
(a) pays
to the operator of the scheme any charges payable in accordance with the order
or, if the amount cannot be ascertained, gives an undertaking to pay the
charges when ascertained; and
(b) complies
with the other terms specified in the order,
be in the same position as
regards infringement of copyright as if he or she had at all material times
been the holder of a licence granted by the owner of the copyright in question
on the terms specified in the order.
References and applications with respect to licensing by licensing
bodies
153 Licences to
which Articles 154 to 157 apply
Articles 154 to 157 apply to licences
which are granted by a licensing body otherwise than in pursuance of a
licensing scheme and cover works of more than one author, so far as they
authorize –
(a) copying
the work;
(b) rental
of copies of the work to the public;
(c) performing,
showing or playing the work in public; or
(d) communicating
the work to the public,
and references in those
Articles to a licence shall be construed accordingly.
154 Reference to
licensing authority of proposed licence
(1) The
terms on which a licensing body proposes to grant a licence may be referred to
the licensing authority by the prospective licensee.
(2) The
licensing authority shall first decide whether to entertain the reference, and
may decline to do so on the ground that the reference is premature.
(3) If
the licensing authority decides to entertain the reference the licensing
authority shall consider the terms of the proposed licence and make such order,
either confirming or varying the terms, as he or she may determine to be
reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) The
order may be made so as to be in force indefinitely or for such period as the licensing
authority may determine.
155 Reference to
licensing authority of expiring licence
(1) A
licensee under a licence which is due to expire, by effluxion of time or as a
result of notice given by the licensing body, may apply to the licensing
authority on the ground that it is unreasonable in the circumstances that the
licence should cease to be in force.
(2) Such
an application may not be made until the last 3 months before the licence
is due to expire.
(3) A
licence in respect of which an application under paragraph (1) has been
made to the licensing authority shall remain in operation until proceedings on
the application are concluded.
(4) If
the licensing authority finds the application well-founded, the licensing
authority shall make an order declaring that the licensee shall continue to be
entitled to the benefit of the licence on such terms as the licensing authority
may determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(5) An
order of the licensing authority under this Article may be made so as to be in
force indefinitely or for such period as the licensing authority may determine.
156 Application
for review of order as to licence
(1) Where
an order has been made under Article 154 or 155, the licensing body or the
person entitled to the benefit of the order may apply to the licensing
authority to review the order.
(2) An
application shall not be made, except with the permission of the licensing
authority –
(a) within
12 months from the date of the order or of the decision on a previous
application under this Article; or
(b) if
the order was made so as to be in force for 15 months or less, or, as a
result of the decision on a previous application under this Article, is due to
expire within 15 months of that decision, until the last 3 months
before the expiry date.
(3) The
licensing authority shall, on an application for review, confirm or vary the
order to which the application relates as the licensing authority may determine
to be reasonable in the circumstances.
157 Effect of
order of licensing authority as to licence
(1) Where
the licensing authority has made an order under Article 154 or 155 and the
order remains in force, the person entitled to the benefit of the order shall
if he or she –
(a) pays
to the licensing body any charges payable in accordance with the order or, if
the amount cannot be ascertained, gives an undertaking to pay the charges when
ascertained; and
(b) complies
with the other terms specified in the order,
be in the same position as
regards infringement of copyright, as if he or she had at all material times
been the holder of a licence granted by the owner of the copyright in question
on the terms specified in the order.
(2) The
benefit of the order may be assigned –
(a) in
the case of an order under Article 154, if assignment is not prohibited
under the terms of the licensing authority’s order; and
(b) in
the case of an order under Article 155, if assignment was not prohibited
under the terms of the original licence.
(3) The
licensing authority may direct that an order under Article 154 or 155, or
an order under Article 156 varying such an order, so far as it varies the
amount of charges payable, has effect from a date before that on which it is
made, but not earlier than the date on which the reference or application was
made or, if later, on which the licence was granted or, as the case may be, was
due to expire.
(4) If
a direction is made under paragraph (3) –
(a) any
necessary repayments, or further payments, shall be made in respect of charges
already paid; and
(b) the
reference in paragraph (1)(a) to the charges payable in accordance with
the order shall be construed, where the order is varied by a later order, as a
reference to the charges so payable by virtue of the later order.
Factors to be taken into account in certain classes of case
158 General
considerations: unreasonable discrimination
In determining what is reasonable
on a reference or application under this Chapter relating to a licensing scheme
or licence, the licensing authority shall have regard to –
(a) the
availability of other schemes, or the granting of other licences, to other
persons in similar circumstances; and
(b) the
terms of those schemes or licences,
and shall exercise its powers
so as to secure that there is no unreasonable discrimination between licensees,
or prospective licensees, under the scheme or licence to which the reference or
application relates and licensees under other schemes operated by, or other
licences granted by, the same person.
159 Licences for
reprographic copying
Where a reference or
application is made to the licensing authority under this Chapter relating to
the licensing of reprographic copying of published literary, dramatic, musical
or artistic works, or the typographical arrangement of published editions, the licensing
authority shall have regard to –
(a) the
extent to which published editions of the work in question are otherwise
available;
(b) the
proportion of the work to be copied; and
(c) the
nature of the use to which the copies are likely to be put.
160 Licences for
educational establishments in respect of works included in broadcasts
(1) This
Article applies to references or applications under this Chapter relating to
licences for the recording by or on behalf of educational establishments of
broadcasts which include copyright works, or the making of copies of such
recordings, for educational purposes.
(2) The
licensing authority shall, in considering what charges (if any) should be paid
for a licence, have regard to the extent to which the owners of copyright in
the works included in the broadcast have already received, or are entitled to
receive, payment in respect of their inclusion.
161 Licences to
reflect conditions imposed by promoters of events
(1) This
Article applies to references or applications under this Chapter in respect of
licences relating to sound recordings, films or broadcasts which include, or
are to include, any entertainment or other event.
(2) The
licensing authority shall have regard to any conditions imposed by the
promoters of the entertainment or other event and, in particular, the licensing
authority shall not hold a refusal or failure to grant a licence to be
unreasonable if it could not have been granted consistently with those
conditions.
(3) Nothing
in this Article shall require the licensing authority to have regard to any of
the conditions referred to in paragraph (2) in so far as they –
(a) purport
to regulate the charges to be imposed in respect of the grant of licences; or
(b) relate
to payments to be made to the promoters of any event in consideration of the
grant of facilities for making the recording, film or broadcast.
162 Licences to
reflect payments in respect of underlying rights
(1) In
considering what charges should be paid for a licence on a reference or
application under this Chapter relating to licences for the rental of copies of
a work, the licensing authority shall take into account any reasonable payments
which the owner of the copyright in the work is liable to make in consequence
of either the granting of the licence, or of the acts authorized by the
licence, to owners of copyright in works included in that work.
(2) On
any reference or application under this Chapter relating to licensing in
respect of the copyright in sound recordings, films or broadcasts, the licensing
authority shall take into account, in considering what charges should be paid
for a licence, any reasonable payments which the copyright owner is liable to
make in consequence of the granting of the licence, or of the acts authorized
by the licence, in respect of any performance included in the recording, film
or broadcast.
163 Licences in
respect of works included in re-transmissions
(1) This
Article applies to references or applications under this Chapter relating to
licences to include in a broadcast –
(a) literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic works; or
(b) sound
recordings of films,
where one broadcast (the “first
transmission”) is, by reception and immediate re-transmission, to be
further broadcast (the “further transmission”).
(2) So
far as the further transmission is to the same area as the first transmission,
the licensing authority shall, in considering what charges, if any, should be
paid for licences for either transmission, have regard to the extent to which
the copyright owner has already received, or is entitled to receive, payment
for the other transmission which adequately remunerates him or her in respect
of transmissions to that area.
(3) So
far as the further transmission is to an area outside that to which the first
transmission was made, the licensing authority shall leave the further
transmission out of account in considering what charges, if any, should be paid
for licences for the first transmission.
164 Mention of
specific matters not to exclude other relevant considerations
The mention in Articles 158
to 163 of specific matters to which the licensing
authority is to have regard in certain classes of case does not affect the
licensing authority’s general obligation in any case to have regard to
all relevant considerations.
Use as of right of sound recordings in broadcasts
165 Interpretation
of Articles 166 to 172
(1) In
Articles 166 to 172 –
“broadcast”
does not include any broadcast which is a transmission of the kind specified in
Article 4(2)(b) or (c);
“needletime”
means the time in any period (whether determined as a number of hours in the
period or a proportion of the period, or otherwise) in which any recordings may
be included in a broadcast;
“sound
recording” does not include a film sound track when accompanying a film.
(2) In
Articles 167 to 172, “terms of payment” means terms as to
payment for including sound recordings in a broadcast.
166 Circumstances
in which right of use of sound recordings in broadcast is available
(1) Article 168
applies to the inclusion in a broadcast of any sound recordings if –
(a) a
licence to include those recordings in the broadcast could be granted by a
licensing body or such a body could procure the grant of a licence to do so;
(b) the
condition in paragraph (2) or (3) applies; and
(c) the
person including those recordings in the broadcast has complied with Article 167.
(2) Where
the person including the recordings in the broadcast does not hold a licence to
do so, the condition referred to in paragraph (1)(b) is that the licensing
body refuses to grant, or procure the grant of, such a licence, being a licence –
(a) whose
terms as to payment for including the recordings in the broadcast would be
acceptable to him or her or comply with an order of the licensing authority under
Article 169 relating to such a licence or any scheme under which it would
be granted; and
(b) allowing
unlimited needletime or such needletime as he or she has demanded.
(3) Where
the person including the recording in the broadcast holds a licence to do so,
the condition referred to in paragraph (1)(b) is that –
(a) the
terms of the licence limit needletime; and
(b) the
licensing body refuses to substitute or procure the substitution of terms
allowing unlimited needletime or such needletime as he or she has demanded, or
refuses to do so on terms that fall within paragraph (2)(a).
(4) The
references in paragraph (2) to refusing to grant, or procure the grant of,
a licence, and in paragraph (3) to refusing to substitute or procure the
substitution of terms, include failing to do so within a reasonable time of
being asked.
167 Notice of
intention to exercise right of use of sound recording
in broadcast
(1) A
person intending to avail himself or herself of the right conferred by Article 168
must –
(a) give
notice to the licensing body of his or her intention to exercise the right, requesting
the body to propose terms of payment; and
(b) after
receiving the proposal or the expiry of a reasonable period, give reasonable
notice to the licensing body of the date on which he or she proposes to begin
exercising that right, and the terms of payment in accordance with which he or
she intends to do so.
(2) Where
the person has a licence to include the recordings in a broadcast, the date
specified in a notice under paragraph (1)(b) must not be sooner than the
date of expiry of that licence except in a case falling within Article 166(3).
(3) Before
a person intending to avail himself or herself of the right begins to exercise
it, he or she must –
(a) give
reasonable notice to the licensing authority of his or her intention to
exercise the right, and of the date on which he or she proposes to begin to do
so; and
(b) apply
to the licensing authority under Article 169 to settle the terms of
payment.
168 Right of use
of sound recording in broadcast
(1) A
person who, on or after the date specified in a notice under Article 167(1)(b),
includes in a broadcast any sound recordings in circumstances in which this
Article applies, and who –
(a) complies
with any reasonable condition, notice of which has been given to him or her by
the licensing body, as to inclusion in the broadcast of those recordings;
(b) provides
that body with such information about their inclusion in the broadcast as it
may reasonably require; and
(c) makes
the payments to the licensing body that are required by this Article,
shall be in the same position
as regards infringement of copyright as if he or she had at all material times
been the holder of a licence granted by the owner of the copyright in question.
(2) Payments
are to be made at not less than quarterly intervals in arrears.
(3) The
amount of any payment is that determined in accordance with any order of the licensing
authority under Article 169 or, if no such order has been made –
(a) in
accordance with any proposal for terms of payment made by the licensing body
pursuant to a request under Article 167; or
(b) where
no proposal has been so made or the amount determined in accordance with the
proposal so made is unreasonably high, in accordance with the terms of payment
notified to the licensing body under Article 167(1)(b).
(4) Where
this Article applies to the inclusion in a broadcast of any sound recordings,
it does so in place of any licence.
169 Applications
to settle terms of payment for use of sound recording in broadcast
(1) On
an application to settle the terms of payment, the licensing authority shall consider
the matter and make such order as the licensing authority may determine to be
reasonable in the circumstances.
(2) An
order under paragraph (1) has effect from the date the applicant begins to
exercise the right conferred by Article 168 and any necessary repayments,
or further payments, shall be made in respect of amounts that have fallen due.
170 References,
etc., about conditions, information and other terms
(1) A
person exercising the right conferred by Article 168, or who has given
notice to the licensing authority of his or her intention to do so, may refer
to the licensing authority –
(a) any
question as to whether any condition as to the inclusion in a broadcast of
sound recordings, notice of which has been given to him or her by the licensing
body in question, is a reasonable condition; or
(b) any
question as to whether any information is information which the licensing body
can reasonably require him or her to provide.
(2) On
a reference under this Article, the licensing authority shall consider the
matter and make such order as the licensing authority may determine to be
reasonable in the circumstances.
171 Application
for review of order under Article 169 or 170
(1) A
person exercising the right conferred by Article 168 or the licensing body
may apply to the licensing authority to review any order made under Article 169
or 170.
(2) An
application shall not be made, except with the permission of the licensing
authority –
(a) within
12 months from the date of the order, or of the decision on a previous
application under this Article; or
(b) if
the order was made so as to be in force for 15 months or less, or as a
result of a decision on a previous application is due to expire within 15 months
of that decision, until the last 3 months before the expiry date.
(3) On
the application the licensing authority shall consider the matter and make such
order confirming or varying the original order as the licensing authority may
determine to be reasonable in the circumstances.
(4) An
order under this Article shall have effect from the date on which it is made or
such later date as may be specified by the licensing authority.
172 Factors to
be taken into account on application, etc. under
Articles 169
to 171
(1) In
determining what is reasonable on an application or reference made under Article 169
or 170, or on reviewing any order made under Article 171, the licensing
authority shall –
(a) have
regard to the terms of any orders which he or she has made in the case of
persons in similar circumstances exercising the right conferred by Article 168;
and
(b) exercise
his or her powers so as to secure that there is no unreasonable discrimination
between persons exercising that right against the same licensing body.
(2) In
settling the terms of payment under Article 169, the licensing authority shall
not be guided by any order it has made under any enactment other than that
Article.
(3) Article 163
shall apply on an application or reference under Articles 169 to 171 as
it applies on an application or reference relating to a licence.
173 Power to
amend Articles 165 to 172
The Minister may by Order amend
Articles 165 to 172 so as –
(a) to
include in any reference to sound recordings any works of a description
specified in the Order; or
(b) to
exclude from any reference to a broadcast any broadcast of a description so
specified.
Implied indemnity
174 Implied
indemnity in certain schemes and licences for reprographic copying
(1) This
Article applies to –
(a) schemes
for licensing reprographic copying of literary, dramatic, musical or artistic
works, or the typographical arrangement of published editions; and
(b) licences
granted by licensing bodies for such copying,
where the scheme or licence
does not specify the works to which it applies with such particularity as to
enable licensees to determine whether a work falls within the scheme or licence
by inspection of the scheme or licence and the work.
(2) There
is implied –
(a) in
every scheme to which this Article applies, an undertaking by the operator of
the scheme to indemnify a person granted a licence under the scheme; and
(b) in
every licence to which this Article applies, an undertaking by the licensing
body to indemnify the licensee,
against any liability
incurred by the person or licensee by reason of his or her having infringed
copyright by making or authorizing the making of reprographic copies of a work
in circumstances within the apparent scope of his or her licence.
(3) The
circumstances of a case are within the apparent scope of a licence
if –
(a) it is
not apparent from inspection of the licence and the work that it does not fall
within the description of works to which the licence applies; and
(b) the
licence does not expressly provide that it does not extend to copyright of the
description infringed.
(4) In
this Article “liability” includes liability to pay costs.
(5) This
Article applies in relation to costs reasonably incurred by a licensee in
connection with actual or contemplated proceedings against the licensee for
infringement of copyright as it applies to sums which the licensee is liable to
pay in respect of such infringement.
(6) A
scheme or licence to which this Article applies may contain reasonable
provision –
(a) with
respect to the manner in which and the time within which claims under the
undertaking implied by this Article are to be made;
(b) enabling
the operator of the scheme or, as the case may be, the licensing body, to take
over the conduct of any proceedings affecting the operator or body’s
liability to indemnify.
Copying by educational establishments
175 Power to
extend coverage of scheme or licence authorizing copying by educational establishments
(1) This
Article applies to –
(a) a
licensing scheme to which Articles 147 to 152 apply and which is operated
by a licensing body; or
(b) a
licence to which Articles 154 to 157 apply,
so far as it provides for the
grant of licences, or is a licence, authorizing the making by or on behalf of
educational establishments, for the purposes of instruction, of copies of copyright
works, or the communication, by or on behalf of educational establishments, for
the purposes of instruction, of copyright works to the public.
(2) If
it appears to the Minister with respect to a scheme or licence to which this
Article applies that –
(a) works
of a description similar to those covered by the scheme or licence are
unreasonably excluded from it; and
(b) making
them subject to the scheme or licence would not conflict with the normal
exploitation of the works or unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of
the copyright owners,
the Minister may determine
that the scheme or licence shall extend to those works.
(3) Where
he or she proposes to make a determination under paragraph (2), the Minister
shall cause notice of the proposal to be given to –
(a) the
copyright owners;
(b) the
licensing body in question; and
(c) any
persons or organizations representative of educational establishments, and such
other persons or organizations as the Minister thinks fit.
(4) The
notice shall inform those persons of their right to make written or oral
representations to the Minister about the proposal within 6 months from
the date of the notice.
(5) If
any person given notice under paragraph (3) wishes to make oral
representations the Minister shall appoint a person to hear the representations
and report to him or her.
(6) In
considering whether to make a determination the Minister shall take into
account any representations made to him or her in accordance with paragraphs (4)
and (5), and such other matters as appear to him or her to be relevant.
176 Variation or
discharge of determination under Article 175
(1) The
owner of the copyright in a work in respect of which a determination is in
force under Article 175 may apply to the Minister for variation or
revocation of the determination, stating his or her reasons for making the
application.
(2) The
Minister shall not entertain an application made within 2 years of the
making of the original determination, or of the making of a determination on a
previous application under this Article, unless it appears to the Minister that
the circumstances are exceptional.
(3) On
considering the reasons for the application the Minister may confirm the
determination forthwith.
(4) If
the Minister does not confirm the determination forthwith, he or she shall
cause notice of the application to be given to –
(a) the
licensing body in question; and
(b) such
persons or organizations representative of educational establishments, and such
other persons or organizations, as the Minister thinks fit.
(5) The
notice shall inform those persons of their right to make written or oral
representations to the Minister about the application within the period of
2 months from the date of the notice.
(6) If
any person given notice under paragraph (4) wishes to make oral
representations, the Minister shall appoint a person to hear the
representations and report to him or her.
(7) In
considering the application the Minister shall take into account the reasons
for the application, any representations made to the Minister in accordance
with paragraphs (5) and (6), and such other matters as appear to him or
her to be relevant.
(8) The
Minister may make such determination as he or she thinks fit confirming or
revoking the determination (or, as the case may be, the determination as
previously varied), or varying (or further varying) it so as to exclude works
from it.
177 Appeal
against determination under Article 175 or 176
(1) The
owner of the copyright in a work which is the subject of a determination under Article 175
may appeal to the Court which may confirm or revoke the determination or vary
it so as to exclude works from it, as it thinks fit having regard to the
considerations mentioned in Article 175(2).
(2) Where
the Minister has made a determination under Article 176 –
(a) the
person who applied for the determination; or
(b) any
person or organization representative of educational establishments who was
given notice of the application for the determination and made representations
in accordance with Article 176(5) and (6),
may appeal to the Court which
may confirm or revoke the determination or make any other determination which
the Minister might have made.
(3) An
appeal under this Article shall be brought within 6 weeks of the making of
the determination or such further period as the Court may allow.
(4) A
determination under Article 175 or 176 shall not come into effect until
the end of the period of 6 weeks from the making of the determination or,
if an appeal is brought before the end of that period, until the appeal
proceedings are disposed of or withdrawn.
(5) If
an appeal is brought after the end of that period, any decision of the Court on
the appeal shall not affect the validity of anything done in reliance on the
determination appealed against before that decision takes effect.
178 Inquiry
whether new scheme or general licence authorizing copying, etc., by educational
establishments required
(1) The
Minister may appoint a person to inquire into the question of whether new
provision is required, whether by way of a licensing scheme or general licence,
to authorize the making or communication to the public, by or on behalf of
educational establishments, for the purposes of instruction, of copies of
copyright works of a description which appears to the Minister not to be
covered by an existing licensing scheme or general licence and not to fall
within the power conferred by Article 175.
(2) The
procedure to be followed in relation to an inquiry shall be such as may be
prescribed by Order by the Minister.
(3) The
Order referred to in paragraph (2) shall, in particular, provide for
notice to be given to –
(a) persons
or organizations appearing to the Minister to represent the owners of copyright
in works of that description; and
(b) persons
or organizations appearing to the Minister to represent educational
establishments,
and for the making of written
or oral representations by such persons, but without prejudice to the giving of
notice to, and the making of representations by, other persons and
organizations.
(4) The
person appointed under paragraph (1) to hold the inquiry shall not
recommend the making of new provision unless he or she is satisfied –
(a) that
it would be of advantage to educational establishments to be authorized to make
or communicate to the public copies of the works in question; and
(b) that
making those works subject to a licensing scheme or general licence would not
conflict with the normal exploitation of the works or unreasonably prejudice
the legitimate interests of the copyright owners.
(5) If
the person appointed under paragraph (1) to hold the inquiry does
recommend the making of new provision he or she shall specify any terms, other
than terms as to charges payable, on which authorization under the new
provision should be available.
(6) In
this Article and in Article 179 a “general licence” means a
licence granted by a licensing body which covers all works of the description
to which it applies.
179 Statutory
licence where recommendation under Article 178 not implemented
(1) The
Minister may, within one year of a person making a recommendation under Article 178,
by Order provide that if, or to the extent that, provision has not been made in
accordance with the recommendation, the making or communicating to the public, by
or on behalf of an educational establishment, for the purposes of instruction,
of copies of the works to which the recommendation relates shall be treated as
licensed by the owners of the copyright in the works.
(2) For
that purpose provision shall be regarded as having been made in accordance with
the recommendation if –
(a) a
licensing scheme notified for the purposes of this Article in accordance with
Article 180 has been established under which a licence is available to the
establishment in question; or
(b) a
general licence has been –
(i) granted to or for
the benefit of that establishment,
(ii) referred
by or on behalf of that establishment to the licensing authority under Article 154,
or
(iii) offered
to or for the benefit of that establishment and refused without such a
reference,
and the terms of the scheme
or licence accord with the recommendation.
(3) An
Order under paragraph (1) shall also provide that any existing licence
authorizing the making or communicating to the public of such copies (not being
a licence described in paragraph (2)(a) or (b)) shall cease to have effect
to the extent that it is more restricted or more onerous than the licence
provided for by the Order.
(4) An
Order under paragraph (1) shall provide for the licence to be free of
royalty but, as respects other matters, subject to any terms specified in the
recommendation and to any other terms as the Minister may think fit.
(5) An
Order under paragraph (1) may provide that where a copy which would
otherwise be an infringing copy is made or communicated to the public in
accordance with the licence provided for by the Order but is subsequently dealt
with, it shall be treated as an infringing copy for the purposes of that
dealing, and if that dealing infringes copyright, for all subsequent purposes.
(6) In
paragraph (5), “dealt with” means communicated to the public
otherwise than in accordance with an Order under paragraph (1), sold, let
for hire, offered or exposed for sale or hire or exhibited in public.
(7) An
Order under paragraph (1) shall not come into force until at least 6
months after it is made.
(8) An
Order under paragraph (1) which provides for a statutory licence may be
varied from time to time, but not so as to include works other than those to
which the recommendation relates or remove any terms specified in the
recommendation.
(9) Paragraph (7)
shall not apply to an Order amending, vary or revoking an Order which provides
for a statutory licence.
Miscellaneous
180 Notification
of licensing schemes
(1) For
the purposes of Article 58, 59, 88 or 179 a licensing scheme is notified
if the requirements of this Article have been complied with.[14]
(2) The
person operating or proposing to operate the scheme must –
(a) make
the scheme available for inspection, without charge, at a place in Jersey
during normal office hours; or
(b) publish
the scheme on an internet website that may be accessed by the public, without
charge.
(3) The
person operating or proposing to operate the scheme must take such steps as may
be reasonable to bring to the attention of persons likely to be affected by the
scheme –
(a) the
arrangements made in compliance with paragraph (2);
(b) the
Article or Articles of this Law for the purposes of which the scheme is being
notified; and
(c) the
date the scheme comes into operation.
(4) A
scheme shall not come into operation –
(a) less
than 8 weeks after paragraphs (2) and (3) are first complied with; or
(b) if
the scheme is the subject of a reference under Article 147, on any later
date on which the order of the licensing authority under that Article comes
into force or the reference is withdrawn.
(5) Paragraph (3)
shall be taken to have been complied with if the information required by sub-paragraphs (a)
to (c) of that paragraph is published in the Jersey Gazette.
(6) A
person operating a scheme shall, within 8 weeks of the scheme first coming
into operation, inform the Minister that the scheme is in operation and, if so
requested by the Minister, provide the Minister with a copy of the scheme.
(7) This
Article applies to any modification made to a scheme as it applies to the first
operation of a scheme.
181 Collective
exercise of certain rights in relation to cable re-transmission
(1) This
Article applies to the right (in this Article referred to as “cable
re-transmission right”) of the owner of copyright in a literary,
dramatic, musical or artistic work, sound recording or film to grant or refuse
authorization –
(a) for
cable re-transmission of a wireless broadcast in Jersey to which Article 101(2)
does not apply; or
(b) for
cable re-transmission of a wireless broadcast to Jersey from another country in
which the work is included.
(2) Cable
re-transmission right may be exercised against a cable operator only through a
licensing body.
(3) Where
a copyright owner has not transferred management of his or her cable re-transmission
right to a licensing body, the licensing body which manages rights of the same
category shall be deemed to be mandated to manage his or her right, and where
more than one licensing body manages rights of that category, he or she may
choose which of them is deemed to be mandated to manage his or her right.
(4) A
copyright owner to whom paragraph (3) applies has the same rights and
obligations resulting from any relevant agreement between the cable operator
and the licensing body as have copyright owners who have transferred management
of their cable re-transmission right to that licensing body.
(5) Any
rights to which a copyright owner may be entitled by virtue of paragraph (4)
must be claimed within the period of 3 years beginning with the date of
the cable re-transmission concerned.
(6) This
Article does not affect any rights exercisable by the maker of the broadcast,
whether in relation to the broadcast or a work included in it.
(7) In
this Article –
“cable operator”
means a person responsible for re-transmission of a wireless broadcast;
“cable
re-transmission” means the reception and immediate re-transmission by
cable, including the transmission of microwave energy between terrestrial fixed
points of a wireless broadcast.
CHAPTER 9 – MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
182 States Assembly copyright
(1) Where a work is made by
or under the direction of the States Assembly –
(a) the
work qualifies for copyright protection notwithstanding Article 20(1); and
(b) the
States Assembly shall be the first owner of any copyright in the work.
(2) Copyright in that work
is referred to in this Law as “States Assembly copyright”,
notwithstanding that it may be, or have been, assigned to another person.
(3) States Assembly
copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or a film shall subsist
until the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the year in which
the work was made.
(4) For the purposes of
this Article works made by or under the direction of the States Assembly
include –
(a) works
made, in the course of his or her duties, by –
(i) the
Greffier of the States,
(ii) the
Deputy Greffier of the States, or
(iii) a
States’ employee appointed under Article 41(6) of the States of Jersey Law 2005; and
(b) any
sound recording, film or live broadcast of the proceedings of the States
Assembly.
(5) A work shall not be
regarded as made by or under the direction of the States Assembly by reason
only of its being commissioned by or on behalf of that body.
(6) In the case of a work
of joint authorship where one or more but not all of the authors are acting on
behalf of, or under the direction of, the States Assembly, this Article applies
only in relation to those authors and the copyright subsisting by virtue of
their contribution to the work.
(7) Except as mentioned in paragraphs (1)
to (6), and subject to any express exclusion elsewhere in this Part, this Part
applies in relation to copyright conferred by this Article as it applies to
other copyright.
183 States
copyright
(1) This Article does not
apply to a work if or to the extent that States Assembly copyright subsists in
the work.
(2) Subject to paragraph (1),
where a work is made, in the course of his or her duties by –
(a) a
Minister;
(b) an
Assistant Minister;
(c) a
States’ employee (other than a States’ employee to whom paragraph (3)(c)
or (4)(c) applies); or
(d) a
member of a tribunal or other committee, or a person, appointed under an
enactment administered by a Minister, to have authority to decide any matter
affecting another person’s legal rights or liabilities arising under that
enactment,
the work qualifies for copyright protection notwithstanding Article 20(1)
and the Chief Minister shall be the first owner of any copyright in the work.
(3) Subject to paragraph (1),
where a work is made, in the course of his or her duties by –
(a) the
Bailiff;
(b) the
Deputy Bailiff;
(c) an
officer (whether or not a States’ employee but other than the Greffier of
the States and the Deputy Greffier of the States) appointed by or with the
consent of the Bailiff, the Viscount or the Judicial Greffier;
(d) the
Master of the Royal Court;
(e) a
Jurat; or
(f) any
other member of a tribunal or other committee, or a person, who has authority
to decide any matter affecting another person’s legal rights or
liabilities (other than a member or person to whom paragraph (2)(d)
applies),
the work qualifies for copyright protection notwithstanding Article 20(1)
and the Bailiff shall be the first owner of any copyright in the work.
(4) Subject to paragraph (1),
where a work is made, in the course of his or her duties by –
(a) the
Attorney General;
(b) the
Solicitor General; or
(c) an
officer (whether or not a States’ employee) appointed by or with the
consent of the Attorney General,
the work qualifies for copyright protection notwithstanding Article 20(1)
and the Attorney General shall be the first owner of any copyright in the work.
(5) Copyright in a work
which, by virtue of any of paragraphs (2) to (4), is first owned by the
Chief Minister, the Bailiff or the Attorney General is referred to in this Part
as “States copyright”, notwithstanding that it may be, or have
been, assigned to another person.
(6) States copyright in a
literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work continues to subsist –
(a) until
the end of the period of 125 years from the end of the calendar year in
which the work was made; or
(b) if
the work is published commercially before the end of the period of
75 years from the end of the calendar year in which it was made, until the
end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which
it was first so published.
(7) States copyright in a
film continues to subsist –
(a) until
the end of the period of 125 years from the end of the calendar year in
which the film was made; or
(b) if,
before the end of the period of 75 years from the end of the calendar year
in which it was made, the film is made available to the public, until the end
of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is
first made so available.
(8) Paragraph (6) of
Article 27 shall apply for the purposes of paragraph (7) of this
Article as it applies for the purposes of paragraph (4) of Article 27.
(9) In the case of a work
of joint authorship where one or more but not all of the authors are persons
falling or deemed to fall within any of paragraphs (2) to (4), this
Article applies only in relation to those authors and the copyright subsisting
by virtue of their contribution to the work.
(10) Except as mentioned in
paragraphs (2) to (9), and subject to any express exclusion elsewhere in
this Part, this Part applies in relation to States copyright as to other
copyright.
184 Crown
copyright
(1) This Article does not
apply to a work if, or to the extent that, States Assembly copyright or States
copyright subsists in the work.
(2) Subject to paragraph (1),
where a work is made by His Majesty or by an officer or servant of the Crown in
the course of his or her duties –
(a) the
work qualifies for copyright protection notwithstanding Article 20(1); and
(b) His
Majesty shall be the first owner of any copyright in the work.[15]
(3) Copyright in a work
that, by virtue of paragraph (2), is first owned by His
Majesty, is referred to in this Part as “Crown copyright”,
notwithstanding that it may be, or have been, assigned to another person.[16]
(4) Crown copyright in a
literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work continues to subsist –
(a) until
the end of the period of 125 years from the end of the calendar year in
which the work was made; or
(b) if
the work is published commercially before the end of the period of
75 years from the end of the calendar year in which it was made, until the
end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which
it was first so published.
(5) Crown copyright in a
film continues to subsist –
(a) until
the end of the period of 125 years from the end of the calendar year in
which the film was made; or
(b) if,
before the end of the period of 75 years from the end of the calendar year
in which it was made, the film is made available to the public, until the end
of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is
first made so available.
(6) Paragraph (6) of
Article 27 shall apply for the purposes of paragraph (5) of this
Article as it applies for the purposes of paragraph (4) of Article 27.
(7) In the case of a work
of joint authorship where one or more but not all of the authors are persons
falling or deemed to fall within paragraph (2), this Article applies only
in relation to those authors and the copyright subsisting by virtue of their
contribution to the work.
(8) Except as mentioned in
paragraphs (2) to (7), and subject to any express exclusion elsewhere in
this Part, this Part applies in relation to Crown copyright as to other
copyright.
185 Enforcement,
etc. of States Assembly copyright
(1) For the purposes of
holding, dealing with and enforcing copyright, and in connection with all legal
proceedings relating to copyright, the States Assembly shall be treated as
having the legal capacities of a body corporate.
(2) Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), the functions of the States Assembly as owner of or entity
entitled to copyright shall be exercised by the Greffier of the States in
accordance with directions given to the Greffier of the States by –
(a) the
States Assembly; or
(b) in
accordance with Standing Orders of the States of Jersey, by a committee or
panel established by Standing Orders.
(3) Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), legal proceedings relating to copyright that are brought by
or against the States Assembly shall be taken in the name of the Greffier of
the States.
186 Copyright in
Jersey legislation[17]
(1) The States Assembly is
entitled to copyright in any Jersey legislation.
(2) Copyright under this
Article subsists for the period of 50 years from the date –
(a) in
the case of as-enacted legislation, on which it was made; and
(b) in
the case of consolidated legislation, on which it was last consolidated.
(3) No other copyright, or
right in the nature of copyright, subsists in any Jersey legislation.
(4) This Article does not
derogate from the duty to publish legislation under Article 16 of the Legislation (Jersey) Law 2021.
(5) Except as provided in
paragraphs (1) to (4), this Part applies in relation to copyright under
this Article as it applies to States Assembly copyright and, accordingly,
references in this Part (except Article 182) to States Assembly copyright
include copyright under this Article.
(6) Words and phrases that
are defined in the Legislation (Jersey) Law 2021 have the same respective
meanings in this Article as they do in that Law.
187 Copyright in
Acts and Measures
(1) His Majesty is entitled
to copyright in every Act of Parliament, Order in Council or Measure of the
General Synod of the Church of England.[18]
(2) Copyright under
paragraph (1) subsists from Royal Assent, or, as the case may be, from
when the Order or Measure was made, until the end of the period of
50 years from the end of the calendar year in which Royal Assent was given
or the Order or Measure was made.
(3) References in this Part
to Crown copyright (except in Article 184) include copyright under this
Article and, except as mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2), this Part
applies in relation to copyright under this Article as to other Crown
copyright.
(4) No other copyright, or
right in the nature of copyright, subsists in an Act of Parliament, Order in
Council or Measure of the General Synod of the Church of England.
188 Copyright in
works first owned by prescribed international organizations
(1) Where
an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is made by an officer
or employee of, or is published by, a prescribed international organization,
and does not qualify for copyright protection under Article 21 or 22,
copyright nevertheless subsists in the work by virtue of this Article and the
organization is first owner of that copyright.
(2) Copyright
of which a prescribed international organization is first owner by virtue of
this Article continues to subsist until the end of the period of 50 years
from the end of the calendar year in which the work was made or any longer
period as may be prescribed for the purpose of complying with the international
obligations of the United Kingdom which extend to Jersey.
(3) A
prescribed international organization shall be deemed to have, and to have had
at all material times, the legal capacities of a body corporate for the purpose
of holding, dealing with and enforcing copyright and in connection with all
legal proceedings relating to copyright.
189 Folklore,
etc.: anonymous unpublished works
(1) Where
in the case of an unpublished literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work of
unknown authorship there is evidence that the author or, in the case of a joint
work, any of the authors, was a qualifying individual by connection with a
country outside Jersey, it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that
he or she was a qualifying individual and that copyright accordingly subsists
in the work, subject to the provisions of this Part.
(2) A
body appointed under the law of the country referred to in paragraph (1)
to protect and enforce copyright in the works referred to in paragraph (1)
may be prescribed for the purposes of this Article.
(3) A
body prescribed under paragraph (2) shall be recognized in Jersey as
having authority to do in place of the copyright owner anything, other than
assign copyright, which it is empowered to do under the law of that country,
and it may, in particular, bring proceedings in its own name.
(4) In
paragraph (1) a “qualifying individual” means an individual
who at the material time, within the meaning of Article 21, was an
individual whose works qualified under that Article for copyright protection.
(5) This
Article does not apply if there has been an assignment of copyright in the work
by the author of which notice has been given to the prescribed body.
(6) Nothing
in this Article affects the validity of an assignment of copyright made, or
licence granted, by the author or a person lawfully claiming under him or her.
190 Avoidance of
terms of agreement relating to computer program
(1) Where
a person has the use of a computer program under an agreement, any term or
condition in the agreement shall be void in so far as it purports to prohibit
or restrict –
(a) the
making of any backup copy of the program which it is necessary for him or her
to have for the purposes of the agreed use;
(b) where
the conditions in Article 75(2) are met, the
decompiling of the program; or
(c) the
observing, studying or testing of the functioning of the program in accordance
with Article 76.
(2) In
this Article, decompile, in relation to a computer program, has the same
meaning as in Article 75.
191 Avoidance of
terms of agreement relating to database
Where under an agreement a
person has a right to use a database or part of a database, any term or
condition in the agreement shall be void in so far as it purports to prohibit
or restrict the performance of any act which would, but for Article 78, infringe the copyright in the database.
Part 2
database right
CHAPTER 1 – SUBSISTENCE, OWNERSHIP AND DURATION OF DATABASE RIGHT
192 Interpretation of Part 2
(1) In
this Part –
“database right”
shall be construed in accordance with Article 193;
“extraction”, in
relation to any contents of a database, means the permanent or temporary
transfer of those contents to another medium by any means or in any form;
“insubstantial”,
in relation to part of the contents of a database, shall be construed subject
to Article 196(2);
“investment”
includes any investment, whether of financial, human or technical resources;
“jointly”, in
relation to the making of a database, shall be construed in accordance with Article 194(7);
“lawful user”, in
relation to a database, means any person who (whether under a licence to do any
of the acts restricted by any database right in the database or otherwise) has
a right to use the database;
“licensing body”
shall be construed in accordance with Article 214(2);
“licensing
scheme” shall be construed in accordance with Article 214(1);
“maker”, in
relation to a database, shall be construed in accordance with Article 194;
“qualifying
country” shall be construed in accordance with Article 198(2);
“qualifying
person” shall be construed in accordance with Article 198(2);
“re-utilisation”,
in relation to any contents of a database, means making those contents
available to the public by any means;
“substantial”, in
relation to any investment, extraction or re-utilisation, means substantial in
terms of quantity or quality or a combination of both.
(2) Except
where the context otherwise requires –
(a) expressions
used in this Part that are not defined in this Part but are defined in Part 1
have the same meaning as in Part 1;
(b) other
rules of construction that apply for the purposes of Part 1 also apply for
the purposes of this Part.
(3) The
making of a copy of a database available for use, on terms that it will or may
be returned, otherwise than for direct or indirect economic or commercial
advantage, through an establishment which is accessible to the public shall not
be taken for the purposes of this Part to constitute extraction or
re-utilisation of the contents of the database.
(4) Where
the making of a copy of a database available through an establishment which is
accessible to the public gives rise to a payment the amount of which does not
go beyond what is necessary to cover the costs of the establishment, there
shall be no direct or indirect economic or commercial advantage for the
purposes of paragraph (3).
(5) Paragraph (3)
does not apply to the making of a copy of a database available for on-the-spot
reference use.
(6) Where
a copy of a database has been sold within the protected area by, or with the
consent of, the owner of the database right in the database, the further sale
within the protected area of that copy shall not be taken for the purposes of
this Part to constitute extraction or re-utilisation of the contents of the
database.
193 Database
right
(1) A
property right (“database right”) subsists, in accordance with this
Part, in a database if there has been a substantial investment in obtaining,
verifying or presenting the contents of the database.
(2) For
the purposes of paragraph (1) it is immaterial whether or not the database
or any of its contents is a copyright work.
(3) This
Article has effect subject to Article 198.
194 Who is maker
of a database
(1) Subject
to paragraphs (2) to (5), the person who takes the initiative in
obtaining, verifying or presenting the contents of a database and assumes the
risk of investing in that obtaining, verification or presentation shall be
regarded as the maker of, and as having made, the database.
(2) Where
a database is made by an employee in the course of his or her employment, his
or her employer shall be regarded as the maker of the database, subject to any
agreement to the contrary.
(3) Where
a database is made by a person and in circumstances in which, if the database was
a work to which Article 182 applied, the copyright in the work would be
States Assembly copyright, the States Assembly shall be regarded as the maker
of the database.
(4) Where
a database is made by a person and in circumstances in which, if the database
was a work to which Article 183 applied, the copyright in the work would
be States copyright, the Chief Minister shall be regarded as the maker of the
database.
(5) Where
a database is made by a person and in circumstances in which, if the database
was a work to which Article 184 applied, the copyright in the work would
be Crown copyright, the Crown shall be regarded as the maker of the database.
(6) For
the purposes of this Part a database is made jointly if 2 or more persons
acting together in collaboration take the initiative in obtaining, verifying or
presenting the contents of the database and assume the risk of investing in
that obtaining, verification or presentation.
(7) References
in this Part to the maker of a database shall, except as otherwise provided, be
construed, in relation to a database which is made jointly, as references to
all the makers of the database.
195 First
ownership of database right
The maker of a database is
the first owner of database right in it.
196 Acts
infringing database right
(1) Subject
to this Part, a person infringes database right in a database if, without the
consent of the owner of the right, he or she extracts or re-utilises all or a
substantial part of the contents of the database.
(2) For
the purposes of this Part, the repeated and systematic extraction or
re-utilisation of insubstantial parts of the contents of a database may amount
to the extraction or re-utilisation of a substantial part of those contents.
197 Duration of database right
(1) Database
right in a database expires at the end of the period of 15 years from the
end of the calendar year in which the making of the database was completed.
(2) Where
a database is made available to the public before the end of the period
referred to in paragraph (1), database right in the database expires
15 years from the end of the calendar year in which the database was first
made available to the public.
(3) Any
substantial change to the contents of a database, including a substantial
change resulting from the accumulation of successive additions, deletions or
alterations, which would result in the database being considered to be a
substantial new investment qualify the database resulting from that investment
for its own term of protection.
198 Qualification
for database right
(1) Database
right does not subsist in a database unless, at the material time, its maker,
or if it was made jointly, one or more of its makers, was a qualifying person.
(2) In
this Part –
“qualifying
country” means –
(a) Jersey;
or
(b) so
far as provision is made by Order under Article 399, a country prescribed
by the Order for the purposes of this Part;
“qualifying
person” means –
(a) a
British citizen;
(b) an
individual habitually resident in a qualifying country;
(c) a
body which was incorporated under the law of a qualifying country and which, at
the material time, either –
(i) has its central
administration or principal place of business in a qualifying country, or
(ii) has
its registered office within a qualifying country, and the body’s operations
are linked on an ongoing basis with the economy of a qualifying country;
(d) an
unincorporated body which was formed under the law of a qualifying country and
which, at the material time, has its central administration or principal place
of business in a qualifying country; or
(e) an
individual to whom protection under this Part is extended by Order under
Article 399.
(3) Paragraph (1)
shall not apply in any case falling within Article 194(3), (4) or (5).
(4) In
this Article “the material time” means the time when the database
was made, or if the making extended over a period, a substantial part of that
period.
199 Avoidance of
certain terms affecting lawful users
(1) A
lawful user of a database which has been made available to the public in any manner
is entitled to extract or re-utilise insubstantial parts of the contents of the
database for any purpose.
(2) Where
under an agreement a person has a right to use a database, or part of a
database, which has been made available to the public in any manner, any term
or condition in the agreement is void in so far as it purports to prevent that
person from extracting or re-utilising insubstantial parts of the contents of
the database, or of that part of the database, for any purpose.
CHAPTER 2 – ACTS
PERMITTED IN RELATION TO DATABASE RIGHT
200 Chapter 2:
introductory
(1) This Chapter specifies
acts which may be done in relation to databases notwithstanding the subsistence
of database right.
(2) This Chapter relates
only to the question of infringement of database right and, except as expressly
provided by this Law, does not affect any other right or obligation restricting
the doing of any of the specified acts.
(3) Where it is provided by
this Chapter that an act does not infringe database right, or may be done
without infringing database right, and no particular description of database is
mentioned, the act in question does not infringe database right in a database
of any description.
(4) No inference shall be
drawn from the description of any act which may by virtue of this Chapter be
done without infringing database right as to the scope of the acts restricted
by the database right in any description of database.
(5) The provisions of this
Chapter are to be construed independently of each other, so that the fact that
an act does not fall within one provision does not mean that it is not covered
by another provision.
201 Power to
amend Chapter 2
(1) The
States may by Regulations amend in this Chapter the acts that may be done in
relation to databases, notwithstanding the subsistence of database right.
(2) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may also amend this Chapter so as to provide that an
agreement is void to the extent that it purports to prohibit or restrict an act
which would, but for a provision of this Chapter, infringe database right.
(3) Regulations
made under paragraph (1) may also amend –
(a) any
other provision of this Law which applies or otherwise refers to any provision
of this Chapter;
(b) any
other provision of this Law, consequentially upon any amendment of this
Chapter.
202 Database in
which copyright subsists
(1) This
Article applies to a database in which both database right and copyright
subsist.
(2) Database
right in the database is not infringed by the doing of anything which, by
virtue of Chapter 4 of Part 1, does not infringe copyright in the
database.
203 Use of database content for
teaching or research
Database right in a database
which has been made available to the public in any manner is not infringed by
fair dealing with a substantial part of its contents if –
(a) that
part is extracted from the database by a person who is apart from this Article
a lawful user of the database;
(b) it
is extracted for the purpose of illustration for teaching or for research; and
(c) the
source is indicated.
204 States
Assembly and judicial proceedings
Database right in a database
is not infringed by anything done for the purposes of proceedings of the States
Assembly or judicial proceedings or for the purposes of reporting such
proceedings.
205 Committee of
inquiry or public inquiry
(1) Database
right in a database is not infringed by anything done for –
(a) the
purposes of the proceedings of a committee of inquiry or public inquiry; or
(b) the
purpose of reporting any such proceedings held in public.
(2) Database
right in a database is not infringed by the issue or communication to the
public of copies of the report of a committee of inquiry or a public inquiry
containing all or a substantial part of the contents of the database.
206 Database contents
open to public inspection or on official register
(1) Where
the contents of a database are open to public inspection pursuant to a
statutory requirement, or are on a statutory register, database right in the
database is not infringed by the extraction of all or a substantial part of the
contents containing factual information of any description, by or with the
authority of the appropriate person, for a purpose which does not involve
re-utilisation of all or a substantial part of the contents.
(2) Where
the contents of a database are open to public inspection pursuant to a
statutory requirement, database right in the database is not infringed by the
extraction or re-utilisation of all or a substantial part of the contents, by
or with the authority of the appropriate person, for the purpose of enabling
the contents to be inspected at a more convenient time or place or otherwise
facilitating the exercise of any right for the purpose of which the requirement
is imposed.
(3) Where
the contents of a database which is open to public inspection pursuant to a
statutory requirement, or which is on a statutory register, contain information
about matters of general scientific, technical, commercial or economic
interest, database right in the database is not infringed by the extraction or
re-utilisation of all or a substantial part of the contents, by or with the
authority of the appropriate person, for the purpose of disseminating that
information.
(4) In
this Article –
“appropriate
person” means the person required to make the contents of the database
open to public inspection or, as the case may be, the person maintaining the
register;
“enactment”
includes an enactment of the United Kingdom to the extent that it applies to
and has effect in Jersey;
“statutory register”
means a register maintained in pursuance of a requirement imposed by any
enactment.
207 Database
contents communicated to the Crown or the States in the course of public
business
(1) This
Article applies where the contents of a database have in the course of public
business been communicated to the Crown or the States for any purpose, by or
with the licence of the owner of the database right and a document or other
material thing recording or embodying the contents of the database is owned by
or in the custody or control of the Crown or the States.
(2) The
Crown or the States may, for the purpose for which the contents of the database
were communicated to it or them, or any related purpose which could reasonably
have been anticipated by the owner of the database right in the database,
extract or re-utilise all or a substantial part of the contents without
infringing database right in the database.
(3) The
Crown or the States may not re-utilise the contents of a database by virtue of
this Article if the contents have previously been made available to the public
otherwise than by virtue of this Article.
(4) Paragraph (3)
shall not apply to the contents of a database that have previously been made
available to the public if it is reasonably believed that they are no longer
available to the public.
(5) In
paragraph (1) “public business” includes any activity carried
on by the Crown or the States.
(6) This
Article has effect subject to any agreement to the contrary between the Crown
or the States and the owner of the database right in the database.
(7) In
this Article “States” means –
(a) the
States Assembly;
(b) any
Minister;
(c) any
committee established by or under Standing Orders of the States of Jersey
(apart from a committee of inquiry).
208 Contents of database
in public records
Without prejudice to the
generality of Article 206, the contents of a database which are comprised
in a public record within the meaning of the Public
Records (Jersey) Law 2002 which are
open to public inspection in pursuance of that Law may be re-utilised by or
with the authority of any officer appointed under that Law, without
infringement of database right in the database.
209 Acts done
under authority of enactment
(1) Where
the doing of a particular act is specifically authorized by an enactment,
whenever passed, then, unless the enactment provides otherwise, the doing of
that act does not infringe database right in a database.
(2) Nothing
in this Article shall be construed as excluding any defence of statutory
authority otherwise available under or by virtue of any enactment.
(3) In
this Article “enactment” includes an enactment of the United
Kingdom to the extent that it applies to and has effect in Jersey.
210 Acts
permitted on assumption as to expiry of database right
(1) Database
right in a database is not infringed by the extraction or re-utilisation of a
substantial part of the contents of the database at a time when, or in
pursuance of arrangements made at a time when –
(a) it is
not possible by reasonable inquiry to ascertain the identity of the maker; and
(b) it is
reasonable to assume that database right has expired.
(2) In
the case of a database alleged to have been made jointly, paragraph (1)
applies in relation to each person alleged to be one of the makers.
CHAPTER 3 –
DEALINGS IN AND INFRINGEMENTS OF DATABASE RIGHT
211 Dealings in
database right
Articles 118 to 121
apply in relation to database right and databases in which that right subsists
as they apply in relation to copyright and copyright works.
212 Infringement
of database right and exclusive licensees
Articles 127, 128, 132,
133, 134 and 185 apply in relation to database right and databases in
which that right subsists as they apply in relation to copyright and copyright
work.
213 Presumptions
in proceedings relevant to database right
(1) The
following presumptions apply in proceedings brought by virtue of this Part with
respect to a database.
(2) Where
a name purporting to be that of the maker appeared on copies of the database as
published, or on the database when it was made, the person whose name appeared
shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved –
(a) to be
the maker of the database; and
(b) to
have made it in circumstances not falling within Article 194(2)
to (5).
(3) Where
copies of the database as published bear a label or a mark stating –
(a) that
a named person was the maker of the database; or
(b) that
the database was first published in a specified year,
the label or mark is
admissible as evidence of the facts stated and shall be presumed to be correct
until the contrary is proved.
(4) In
the case of a database alleged to have been made jointly, paragraphs (2)
and (3), so far as is applicable, apply in relation to each person alleged to
be one of the makers.
CHAPTER 4 –
DATABASE RIGHT LICENSING
214 Database
right licensing schemes and licensing bodies
(1) In
this Part a “licensing scheme” means a scheme setting
out –
(a) the
classes of case in which the operator of the scheme, or the person on whose
behalf he or she acts, is willing to grant database right licences; and
(b) the
terms on which licences would be granted in those classes of case,
and for this purpose a
“scheme” includes anything in the nature of a scheme, whether
described as a scheme or as a tariff or by any other name.
(2) In
this Part a “licensing body” means a society or other organization
which has as its main object, or one of its main objects, the negotiating or
granting, whether as owner or prospective owner of a database right or as agent
for him or her, of database right licences, and whose objects include the
granting of licences covering the databases of more than one maker.
(3) In
this Article “database right licences” means licences to do, or
authorize the doing of, any of the things for which consent is required under
Article 196.
215 Referrals and applications in respect of
licensing schemes
(1) This
Article applies to licensing schemes which are operated by licensing bodies and
cover databases of more than one maker so far as they relate to licences for
extracting or re-utilising all or a substantial part of the contents of a
database.
(2) Articles 147
to 152 shall apply to licensing schemes to which this Article applies with the
following modifications –
(a) a
reference to a licensing scheme shall be construed as a reference to a
licensing scheme to which this Article applies;
(b) a
reference to a licensing body shall be construed in accordance with Article 214(2);
(c) the
references in Article 152(2) and (7) to infringement of copyright and the
owner of the copyright shall be construed, respectively, as references to
infringement of database right and the owner of the database right, within the
meaning of this Part.
216 Referrals and applications in respect of licences granted by
licensing bodies
(1) This
Article applies to licences relating to database right which cover databases of
more than one maker granted by a licensing body otherwise than in pursuance of
a licensing scheme, so far as the licences authorize extracting or re-utilising
all or a substantial part of the contents of a database.
(2) Articles 154
to 157 shall apply to licences to which this Article applies with the following
modifications –
(a) a
reference to a licence shall be construed as a reference to a licence to which
this Article applies;
(b) a
reference to a licensing body shall be construed in accordance with Article 214(2);
(c) the
references in Article 157(1) to infringement of copyright and the owner of
copyright shall be construed, respectively, as references to infringement of
database right and the owner of the database right, within the meaning of this
Part.
217 General
considerations on referral or application: unreasonable discrimination
In determining what is reasonable
on a reference or application made under Article 215 or 216 relating to a
licensing scheme or licence, the licensing authority shall have regard
to –
(a) the
availability of other schemes, or the granting of other licences, to other
persons in similar circumstances; and
(b) the
terms of those schemes or licences,
and
shall exercise its powers so as to secure that there is no unreasonable
discrimination between licensees, or prospective licensees, under the scheme or
licence to which the reference or application relates and licensees under other
schemes operated by, or other licences granted by, the same person.
Part 3
Publication right
218 Interpretation
of Part 3
(1) In this
Part –
“publication” shall be construed in accordance with
Article 219;
“publication right” shall be construed in accordance
with Article 219;
“qualifying country” means –
(a) Jersey;
or
(b) so
far as provision is made by Order under Article 399, a country prescribed
by the Order for the purpose of extending the application of a right conferred
by this Part;
“qualifying person” means –
(a) a
British citizen;
(b) a
body incorporated under the law of Jersey; or
(c) so
far as provision is made by Order under Article 399, a person prescribed
by the Order for the purpose of extending the application of a right conferred
by this Part.
(2) Except where the
context otherwise requires –
(a) expressions
used in this Part that are not defined for the purposes of this Part but are
defined for the purposes of Part 1 have the same meaning as in Part 1;
and
(b) other
rules of construction that apply for the purposes of Part 1 apply also for
the purposes of this Part.
219 Subsistence,
ownership, qualification for and duration of publication right
(1) A
person who, after the expiry of copyright protection, publishes for the first
time a previously unpublished work has, in accordance with the following
provisions, a property right (“publication right”) equivalent to
copyright.
(2) For
this purpose publication includes making available to the public, in
particular –
(a) the issue of copies to the public;
(b) making the work available by means of an
electronic retrieval system;
(c) the loan or rental of copies of the work to
the public;
(d) the performance, exhibition or showing of
the work in public; or
(e) communicating the work to the public.
(3) No
account shall be taken for this purpose of any unauthorized act.
(4) For
the purposes of paragraph (3), in relation to a time when there is no
copyright in the work, an unauthorized act means an act done without the
consent of the owner of the physical medium in which the work is embodied or on
which it is recorded.
(5) A
work qualifies for publication right protection only if –
(a) first publication is in a qualifying country;
and
(b) the
publisher of the work is at the time of first publication a qualifying person.
(6) Where
2 or more persons jointly publish a work, it shall be sufficient for the
purposes of paragraph (5) if any of them is a qualifying person.
(7) No
publication right arises from the publication of a work in which States
Assembly copyright, States copyright or Crown copyright subsisted.
(8) Publication
right expires at the end of the period of 25 years from the end of the
calendar year in which the work was first published.
(9) In
this Article a “work” means a literary, dramatic, musical or
artistic work or a film.
220 Rights of
person having publication right
The
substantive provisions of Chapter 3 of Part 1 relating to copyright
(but not moral rights in copyright) apply in relation to publication right as
in relation to copyright.
221 Acts permitted in relation to
publication right
(1) The
substantive provisions of Chapter 4 of Part 1 relating to copyright,
except Articles 85, 92, 94 and 95, apply in relation to publication right
as in relation to copyright.
(2) The
States may by Regulations amend this Part as to the acts which may be done in
relation to works, notwithstanding the subsistence of publication right.
(3) Regulations
under paragraph (2) may also amend this Part so as to provide that an
agreement is void to the extent that it purports to prohibit or restrict an act
which would, but for a provision of this Part which permits the act, infringe
publication right.
(4) Regulations
under paragraph (2) may also amend –
(a) any
other provision of this Law which applies or otherwise refers to a provision of
this Part which permits the doing of an act in relation to works
notwithstanding the subsistence of publication right;
(b) any
other provision of this Law, consequentially upon any amendment made by the
Regulations.
222 Dealings in publication right
The
substantive provisions of Chapter 6 of Part 1 relating to copyright,
except Articles 125 and 126, apply in relation to publication right as in
relation to copyright.
223 Remedies for infringement of
publication right
The
substantive provisions of Chapter 7 of Part 1 relating to copyright,
except Articles 136, 137 and 138, apply in relation to publication right
as in relation to copyright.
224 Licensing of
publication right
(1) Subject to the modifications made by paragraph (2),
the substantive provisions of Chapter 8 of Part 1 relating to
copyright, except Article 145(4) and (5), apply in relation to publication
right as in relation to copyright.
(2) In
Articles 145(2), 146 and 153, for “works of more than one
author” substitute “works of more than one publisher”.
225 Application
of other enactments relating to copyright
Except where the context
otherwise requires, any other enactment relating to copyright (whether passed
or made before or after this Law) applies in relation to publication right as
in relation to copyright.
part 4
Circumvention of protection
measures and electronic rights
management
226 Interpretation
of Part 4
(1) In this
Part “technical device”, in relation to a computer program,
means any device intended to prevent or restrict acts that are not authorized
by the copyright owner of that program and are restricted by copyright.
(2) In this Part
“technological measures” means any technology, device or component
which is designed, in the normal course of its operation, to protect a
copyright work other than a computer program.
(3) Technological measures
are “effective” if the use of the work is controlled by the
copyright owner through –
(a) an
access control or protection process such as encryption, scrambling or other
transformation of the work; or
(b) a
copy control mechanism,
which achieves the intended protection.
(4) In paragraphs (2)
and (3), the reference to –
(a) protection
of a work is to the prevention or restriction of acts that are not authorized
by the copyright owner of that work and are restricted by copyright; and
(b) use
of a work does not extend to any use of the work that is outside the scope of
the acts restricted by copyright.
(5) Except where the
context otherwise requires –
(a) expressions
used in this Part that are not defined for the purposes of this Part but are
defined for the purposes of Part 1 have the same meaning as in Part 1;
and
(b) other
rules of construction that apply for the purposes of Part 1 apply also for
the purposes of this Part.
227 Rights and
remedies in respect of circumvention of technical devices applied to computer
programs
(1) This
Article applies where –
(a) a
technical device has been applied to a computer program; and
(b) a
person (“A”) knowing or having reason to believe that it will be
used to make infringing copies –
(i) manufactures for
sale or hire, imports, distributes, sells or lets for hire, offers or exposes
for sale or hire, advertises for sale or hire or has in his or her possession
for commercial purposes any means the sole intended purpose of which is to
facilitate the unauthorized removal or circumvention of the technical device,
or
(ii) publishes
information intended to enable or assist persons to remove or circumvent the
technical device.
(2) The
following persons have the same rights against A as a copyright owner has in
respect of an infringement of copyright –
(a) a person –
(i) issuing to the
public copies of, or
(ii) communicating
to the public,
the computer program to which
the technical device has been applied;
(b) the
copyright owner or his or her exclusive licensee, if he or she is not the
person specified in sub-paragraph (a);
(c) the
owner or exclusive licensee of any intellectual property right in the technical
device applied to the computer program.
228 Exercise of
concurrent rights under Article 227
The rights conferred by Article 227
are concurrent, and Articles 132(2) and 134(1) to (4) apply, in
proceedings under Article 227, in relation to persons with concurrent
rights as they apply, in proceedings mentioned in those provisions, in relation
to a copyright owner and exclusive licensee with concurrent rights.
229 Further
rights of persons in Article 227 as to delivery up, rights of seizure and
disposal
(1) The
persons mentioned in Article 227(2) have the same rights under Article 129
and 131 in relation to any such means as is referred to in paragraph (1)
of Article 227 which a person has in his or her possession, custody or
control with the intention that it should be used to facilitate the
unauthorized removal or circumvention of any technical device which has been
applied to a computer program, as a copyright owner has in relation to an
infringing copy.
(2) The
rights conferred by paragraph (1) are concurrent, and Article 134(5)
shall apply, as respects anything done under Article 129 or 131 by virtue
of paragraph (1), in relation to persons with concurrent rights as it
applies, as respects anything done under Article 129 or 131, in relation
to a copyright owner and exclusive licensee with concurrent rights.
(3) Article 143
applies, with the necessary modifications, in relation to the disposal of
anything delivered up or seized by virtue of paragraph (1).
230 Presumptions
in proceedings under Article 227 or 229
Articles 136 to 138
apply in relation to proceedings under Article 227 or 229.
231 Rights and
remedies in respect of circumvention of technological measures
(1) This
Article applies where –
(a) effective
technological measures have been applied to a copyright work other than a
computer program; and
(b) a
person (“B”) does anything which circumvents those measures
knowing, or with reasonable grounds to know, that he or she is pursuing that
objective.
(2) This
Article does not apply where a person, for the purposes of research into
cryptography, does anything which circumvents effective technological measures
unless in so doing, or in issuing information derived from that research, he or
she affects prejudicially the rights of the copyright owner.
(3) The
following persons have the same rights against B as a copyright owner has in
respect of an infringement of copyright –
(a) a
person –
(i) issuing to the
public copies of, or
(ii) communicating
to the public,
the work to which effective
technological measures have been applied;
(b) the
copyright owner or his or her exclusive licensee, if he or she is not the
person specified in sub-paragraph (a).
232 Exercise of
concurrent rights under Article 231
The rights conferred by Article 231
are concurrent, and Articles 132(2) and 134(1) to (4) apply, in
proceedings under Article 231, in relation to persons with concurrent
rights as they apply, in proceedings mentioned in those provisions, in relation
to a copyright owner and exclusive licensee with concurrent rights.
233 Presumptions
in proceedings under Article 231
Articles 136 to 138 apply
in relation to proceedings under Article 231 with the necessary
modifications.
234 Application
of Articles 231 and 232 to database right, publication right and rights in performances
(1) Articles 231
and 232 and any other provision of this Law as it has effect for the purposes
of those Articles apply, with any necessary adaptations, to –
(a) database
right under Part 2;
(b) publication
right under Part 3; and
(c) rights
in performances under Part 6,
as they apply to copyright.
(2) Article 213
applies in proceedings under Article 231 brought by virtue of this Article
in relation to database right.
235 Offences: devices
and services designed to circumvent technological measures
(1) A
person shall be guilty of an offence if he or she –
(a) manufactures
for sale or hire;
(b) imports
otherwise than for his or her private and domestic use;
(c) in
the course of a business –
(i) sells or lets for
hire,
(ii) offers
or exposes for sale or hire,
(iii) possesses,
or
(iv) distributes;
or
(d) distributes,
otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect
prejudicially the copyright owner,
any device, product or
component which is primarily designed, produced, or adapted for the purpose of
enabling or facilitating the circumvention of effective technological measures.
(2) Where –
(a) a
person –
(i) manufactures for
sale or hire,
(ii) imports
otherwise than for his or her private and domestic use,
(iii) in
the course of a business –
(A) sells or
lets for hire,
(B) offers
or exposes for sale or hire,
(C) possesses,
or
(D) distributes,
or
(iv) distributes,
otherwise than in the course of a business, to such extent as to affect prejudicially
the copyright owner,
a device, product or
component which is capable of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of
effective technological measures; and
(b) that
person, or another person acting in concert with that person and with that person’s
knowledge, promotes, advertises or markets the device, product or component as
capable of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of effective
technological measures,
that person shall be guilty
of an offence.
(3) A
person shall be guilty of an offence if he or she provides –
(a) in
the course of a business; or
(b) otherwise
than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially
the copyright owner,
a service the purpose of
which is to enable or facilitate the circumvention of effective technological
measures.
(4) Where –
(a) a
person –
(i) in the course of
a business, or
(ii) otherwise
than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially
the copyright owner,
provides
a service which is capable of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of
effective technological measures; and
(b) that
person, or another person acting in concert with that person and with that
person’s knowledge, promotes, advertises or markets the service as
capable of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of effective
technological measures,
that
person shall be guilty an offence.
(5) Paragraphs (1)
and (3) do not make unlawful anything done by, or on behalf of, law enforcement
agencies or any of the intelligence services –
(a) in
the interests of national security; or
(b) for
the purpose of the prevention or detection of crime, the investigation of an
offence, or the conduct of a prosecution.
(6) In
paragraph (5), “intelligence services” has the meaning assigned
by Article 1(1) of the Regulation
of Investigatory Powers (Jersey) Law 2005.
(7) It
is a defence to any prosecution for an offence against paragraph (1)
or (3) for the defendant to prove that he or she did not know, and had no
reasonable ground for believing, that –
(a) the
device, product or component; or
(b) the
service,
enabled or facilitated the
circumvention of effective technological measures.
(8) A
person guilty of an offence against any provision of this Article is liable to
imprisonment for a term of 2 years and to a fine.
(9) Where
an offence against this Article committed by a limited liability partnership or
body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance
of –
(a) a person
who is a partner of the partnership, or director, manager, secretary or other
similar officer of the body corporate; or
(b) any
person purporting to act in any such capacity,
the person shall also be
guilty of the offence and liable in the same manner as the partnership or body
corporate to the penalty provided for that offence.
(10) Where
the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (9)
shall apply in relation to acts and defaults of a member in connection with the
member’s functions of management as if the member were a director of the
body corporate.
236 Forfeiture
of devices, etc., in relation
to which offence has been committed
(1) In
this Article, “devices” means devices, products or components for
the purpose of circumventing effective technological measures.
(2) Where
devices have come into the possession of any person in connection with the
investigation or prosecution of a relevant offence, that person may apply under
this Article for an order for the forfeiture of the devices.
(3) For
the purposes of this Article “relevant offence” means –
(a) an
offence against Article 235; or
(b) an
offence involving dishonesty or deception.
(4) An
application under this Article may be made –
(a) where
proceedings have been brought in any court for a relevant offence relating to
some or all of the devices, to that court; or
(b) where
no application for the forfeiture of the devices has been made under
sub-paragraph (a), to the Magistrate’s Court.
(5) On
an application under this Article, the court shall make an order for the
forfeiture of any devices only if it is satisfied that a relevant offence has
been committed in relation to the devices.
(6) A
court may infer for the purposes of this Article that such an offence has been
committed in relation to any devices if it is satisfied that such an offence
has been committed in relation to devices which are representative of the devices
in question (whether by reason of being of the same design or part of the same
consignment or batch or otherwise).
(7) A
person aggrieved by an order of the Magistrate’s Court made under this
Article or by a decision not to make such an order, may appeal against that
order or decision to the Royal Court.
(8) An
order under this Article may contain such provision as appears to the court to
be appropriate for delaying the coming into force of the order pending the
making and determination of any appeal.
(9) Subject
to paragraph (10), where any devices are forfeited under this Article they
shall be destroyed in accordance with such directions as the court may give.
(10) On
making an order under this Article the court may direct that the devices to
which the order relates shall (instead of being destroyed) be forfeited to a
person who has rights or remedies under this Part in relation to the devices in
question, or dealt with in such other way as the court considers appropriate.
237 Civil rights
and remedies in respect of devices and services promoted as or designed to
circumvent technological measures
(1) This
Article applies where –
(a) effective
technological measures have been applied to a copyright work other than a
computer program; and
(b) a
person (“C”) manufactures, imports, distributes, sells or lets for
hire, offers or exposes for sale or hire, advertises for sale or hire, or has
in his or her possession for commercial purposes any device, product or
component, or provides services which –
(i) are promoted,
advertised or marketed for the purpose of the circumvention of those measures,
(ii) have
only a limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent
those measures, or
(iii) are
primarily designed, produced, adapted or performed for the purpose of enabling
or facilitating the circumvention of those measures.
(2) The
following persons have the same rights against C as a copyright owner has in
respect of an infringement of copyright –
(a) a
person –
(i) issuing to the public
copies of, or
(ii) communicating
to the public,
the work to which effective
technological measures have been applied;
(b) the
copyright owner or his or her exclusive licensee, if he or she is not the
person specified in sub-paragraph (a);
(c) the
owner or exclusive licensee of any intellectual property right in the effective
technological measures applied to the work.
238 Exercise of
concurrent rights under Article 237
The rights conferred by Article 237
are concurrent, and Articles 132(2) and 134(1) to (4) apply, in
proceedings under that Article, in relation to persons with concurrent rights
as they apply, in proceedings mentioned in those provisions, in relation to a
copyright owner and exclusive licensee with concurrent rights.
239 Damages in proceedings
under Article 237
In Article 128(1) as it
applies to proceedings for infringement of the rights conferred by Article 237,
the reference to the defendant not knowing or having reason to believe that
copyright subsisted in the work shall be construed as a reference to his or her
not knowing or having reason to believe that his or her acts enabled or
facilitated an infringement of copyright.
240 Further
rights under Article 237 as to delivery up, rights of seizure and disposal
(1) The
persons mentioned in Article 237(2) have the same rights under Articles 129
and 131 in relation to any such device, product or component which a person has
in his possession, custody or control with the intention that it should be used
to circumvent effective technological measures, as a copyright owner has in
relation to any infringing copy.
(2) The
rights conferred by paragraph (1) are concurrent, and Article 134(5)
shall apply, as respects anything done under Article 129 or 131 by virtue
of paragraph (1), in relation to persons with concurrent rights as it
applies, as respects anything done under Article 129 or 131, in relation
to a copyright owner and exclusive licensee with concurrent rights.
(3) Article 143
applies, with the necessary modifications, in relation to the disposal of
anything delivered up or seized by virtue of paragraph (1).
241 Presumptions
in proceedings under Article 237 or 240
Articles 136 to 138 apply,
in relation to proceedings under Article 237 or 240, with the necessary
modifications.
242 Application
of Articles 237 to 240 to database right, publication right and rights in performances
(1) Articles 237,
238, 239 and 240 and any other provision of this Law as it has effect for the
purposes of those Articles, apply, with any necessary adaptations, to –
(a) database
right under Part 2;
(b) publication
right under Part 3; and
(c) rights
in performances under Part 6,
as they apply to copyright.
(2) Article 213
applies in proceedings brought under Article 237 by virtue of this Article
in relation to database right.
243 Remedy where
effective technological measures prevent permitted acts
(1) In
this Article –
“Marrakesh
beneficiary” means a person who –
(a) is
blind;
(b) has a
visual impairment which cannot be improved so as to give the person visual
function substantially equivalent to that of a person who has no such
impairment, and who is, as a result, unable to read printed works to
substantially the same degree as a person without such an impairment;
(c) has a
perceptual or reading disability and is, as a result, unable to read printed
works to substantially the same degree as a person without such disability; or
(d) is
otherwise unable, due to a physical disability, to hold or manipulate a book or
to focus or move their eyes to the extent that would normally be acceptable for
reading;
“Marrakesh work”
means a work –
(a) in
the form of a book, journal, newspaper, magazine or other kind of writing,
notation, including sheet music, and related illustrations; and
(b) in
any media, including in audio form, such as audiobooks, and in digital format,
which is protected by
copyright, related rights or database rights and which is published or
otherwise lawfully made publicly available;
“permitted act”
means an act which may be done in relation to copyright works, notwithstanding
the subsistence of copyright, by virtue of any of the following
Articles –
(a) Article 46;
(b) Article 49;
(c) Article 50;
(d) Article 51;
(e) Article 55;
(f) Article 58;
(g) Article 59;
(h) Article 61;
(i) Article 62;
(j) Article 64;
(k) Article 65;
(l) Article 66;
(m) Article 67;
(n) Article 68;
(o) Article 69;
(p) Article 70;
(q) Article 71;
(r) Article 72;
(s) Article 73;
(t) Article 89;
(u) Article 96;
(v) Article 97;
(w) Article 98;
(x) Article 99;
(y)
(z) Article 103;
“voluntary measure or
agreement” means –
(a) any
measure taken voluntarily by a copyright owner, his or her exclusive licensee
or a person issuing copies of, or communicating to the public, a work other
than a computer program; or
(b) any
agreement between a copyright owner, his or her exclusive licensee or a person
issuing copies of, or communicating to the public, a work other than a computer
program and another party,
the effect of which is to
enable a person to carry out a permitted act.[19]
(2) Where
the application of any effective technological measure to a copyright work other
than a computer program prevents a person from carrying out a permitted act in
relation to that work then that person or a person being a representative of a
class of persons prevented from carrying out a permitted act may issue a notice
of complaint to the Minister.
(3) A
notice of complaint issued under paragraph (2) shall be accompanied by the
prescribed fee, if any.
(4) Following
receipt of a notice of complaint issued under paragraph (2), the Minister
may give to the owner of that copyright work or an exclusive licensee such
directions as appear to the Minister to be requisite or expedient for the
purpose of –
(a) establishing
whether any voluntary measure or agreement relevant to the copyright work the
subject of the complaint subsists; or
(b) (where
it is established there is no subsisting voluntary measure or agreement)
ensuring that the owner or exclusive licensee of that copyright work makes
available to the complainant the means of carrying out the permitted act that
is the subject of the complaint to the extent necessary to so benefit from that
permitted act.
(5) Where
the Minister gives directions under paragraph (4)(b), the
Minister –
(a) shall
inform the person who issued the notice of complaint under paragraph (2)
of the directions given; and
(b) may
take steps to bring the directions to the attention of the public.
(6) It
shall be the duty of any person to whom a direction is given under paragraph (4)(a)
or (b) to give effect to that direction.
(7) The
obligation to comply with a direction given under paragraph (4)(b) is a
duty owed to the complainant or, where the complaint is made by a
representative of a class of persons, to that representative and to each person
in the class represented.
(8) A
breach of the duty described in paragraphs (6) and (7) is actionable
(subject to the defences and other incidents applying to actions for breach of
statutory duty).
(9) The
Minister may also give directions –
(a) as to
the form and manner in which a notice of complaint referred to in paragraph (2)
may be delivered to the Minister;
(b) as to
the form and manner in which evidence of any voluntary measure or agreement may
be delivered to the Minister; and
(c) generally
as to the procedure to be followed in relation to a complaint made under this
Article.
(10) The
Minister shall take such steps as, in the Minister’s opinion, are
reasonable to bring directions given under paragraph (9) to the attention
of the public.
(11) Any
direction under this Article may be varied or revoked by a subsequent direction
under this Article.
(12) Any
direction given under this Article shall be in writing.
(13) Except
where paragraph (13A) applies, this Article does not apply to copyright
works made available to the public on agreed contractual terms in such a way
that members of the public may access them from a place and at a time
individually chosen by them.[20]
(13A) This
paragraph applies where the application of any effective technological measure
to a Marrakesh work prevents the making of an accessible copy of that work
under Articles 49, 50, 51, 297, 297A and 297B for the benefit of a Marrakesh
beneficiary.[21]
(14) This
Article applies only where a complainant has lawful access to the protected
copyright work, or where the complainant is a representative of a class of
persons, where the class of persons have lawful access to the work.
(15) The
States may by Regulations amend the definition “permitted act” in
paragraph (1).
(16) Regulations
under paragraph (15) may also amend –
(a) Article 244
and any other provision of this Law which applies (with or without adaptations)
or otherwise refers to an act which is a permitted act as defined in paragraph (1);
(b) any
other provision of this Law, consequentially upon any amendment of the
definition.
244 Application
of Article 243 to database right, publication right and rights in performances
(1) Article 243
applies, with any necessary adaptations, to database right as it applies to
copyright and, in Article 243 as so applied, “permitted act”
refers to any act that may be done, notwithstanding the subsistence of database
right, by virtue of any provision of Chapter 2 of Part 2.
(2) Article 243
applies, with any necessary adaptations, to publication right as it applies to
copyright and, in Article 243 as so applied, “permitted act”
refers to any act that may be done notwithstanding the subsistence of
publication right, by virtue of Article 221.
(3) Article 243
applies, with any necessary adaptations, to rights in performances as it
applies to copyright.
(4) In
Article 243 as applied by paragraph (3), “permitted act”
refers to any act that may be done, notwithstanding the subsistence of rights
in performances, by virtue of any of the following Articles –
(a) Article 278;
(b) Article 280;
(c) Article 281;
(d) Article 282;
(e) Article 283;
(f) Article 284;
(g) Article 285;
(h) Article 286;
(i) Article 289;
(j) Article 291;
(k) Article 292;
(l) Article 293;
(m) Article 294;
(n) Article 297;
(na) Article 297A;
(nb) Article 297B;
(o) Article 298.[22]
245 Rights and
remedies in respect of electronic rights management information
(1) This
Article applies where a person (“D”), knowingly and without
authority, removes or alters electronic rights management information which –
(a) is
associated with a copy of a copyright work; or
(b) appears
in connection with the communication to the public of a copyright work,
where D knows, or has reason
to believe, that by so doing he or she is inducing, enabling, facilitating or
concealing an infringement of copyright.
(2) This
Article also applies where a person (“E”), knowingly and without
authority, distributes, imports for distribution or communicates to the public
copies of a copyright work from which electronic rights management information –
(a) associated
with the copies; or
(b) appearing
in connection with the communication to the public of the work,
has been removed or altered
without authority and where E knows, or has reason to believe, that by so doing
he or she is inducing, enabling, facilitating or concealing an infringement of
copyright.
(3) A
person issuing to the public copies of or communicating the work to the public
has the same rights against D and E as a copyright owner has in respect of an
infringement of copyright.
(4) The
copyright owner or his or her exclusive licensee, if he or she is not the
person issuing to the public copies of or communicating the work to the public,
also has the same rights against D and E as he or she has in respect of an
infringement of copyright.
(5) In
this Article, “rights management information” means any information
provided by the copyright owner or the holder of any right under copyright
which identifies the work, the author, the copyright owner or the holder of any
intellectual property rights, or information about the terms and conditions of
use of the work, and any numbers or codes that represent such information.
246 Exercise of
concurrent rights under Article 245
The rights conferred by Article 245
are concurrent, and Articles 132(2) and 134(1) to (4) apply, in
proceedings under Article 245, in relation to persons with concurrent
rights as they apply, in proceedings mentioned in those provisions, in relation
to a copyright owner and exclusive licensee with concurrent rights.
247 Presumptions
in proceedings under Article 245
Articles 136 to 138
apply in relation to proceedings under Article 245.
248 Application
of Articles 245 and 246 to database right, publication right and rights in performances
(1) Articles 245
and 246, and any other provision of this Law as it has effect for the purposes
of those Articles apply, with any necessary adaptations, to –
(a) database
right under Part 2;
(b) publication
right under Part 3; and
(c) rights
in performances under Part 6,
as they
apply to copyright.
(2) The
provisions of Article 213 apply in proceedings brought under Article 245
by virtue of this Article in relation to database right.
Part 5
Fraudulent reception of transmissions
249 Interpretation
of Part 5
(1) In this Part
“qualifying country” means –
(a) Jersey;
or
(b) so
far as provision is made by Order under Article 399, a country prescribed
by the Order for the purposes of this Part.
(2) Except where the
context otherwise requires –
(a) expressions
used in this Part that are not defined for the purposes of this Part but are
defined for the purposes of Part 1 have the same meaning as in Part 1;
and
(b) other
rules of construction that apply for the purposes of Part 1 apply also for
the purposes of this Part.
250 Offence of fraudulently
receiving programmes
(1) A
person who dishonestly receives a programme included in a broadcasting service
provided from a place within a qualifying country, with intent to avoid payment
of any charge applicable to the reception of the programme shall be guilty of
an offence and liable to a fine of level 3 on the standard scale.[23]
(2) Where
this Article applies in relation to a broadcasting service, it also applies to
any service run for the person providing that service, or a person providing
programmes for that service, which consists wholly or mainly in the sending by
means of a telecommunications system of sounds or visual images, or both.
(3) Where
an offence against this Article committed by a limited liability partnership or
body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance
of –
(a) a
person who is a partner of the partnership, or director, manager, secretary or
other similar officer of the body corporate; or
(b) any
person purporting to act in any such capacity,
the person shall also be
guilty of the offence and liable in the same manner as the partnership or body
corporate to the penalty provided for that offence.
(4) Where
the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (3)
shall apply in relation to acts and defaults of a member in connection with the
member’s functions of management as if the member were a director of the
body corporate.
251 Offence
relating to unauthorized decoders
(1) A
person shall be guilty of an offence if he or she –
(a) makes,
imports, distributes, sells or lets for hire or offers or exposes for sale or
hire any unauthorized decoder;
(b) has
in his or her possession for commercial purposes any unauthorized decoder;
(c) installs,
maintains or replaces for commercial purposes any unauthorized decoder; or
(d) advertises
any unauthorized decoder for sale or hire or otherwise promotes any
unauthorized decoder by means of commercial communications.
(2) A
person guilty of an offence against paragraph (1) shall be liable to
imprisonment for a term of 10 years and to a fine.
(3) It
shall be a defence to any prosecution for an offence against paragraph (1)
for the defendant to prove that he or she did not know, and had no reasonable
ground for believing, that the decoder was an unauthorized decoder.
(4) Where
an offence against this Article committed by a limited liability partnership or
body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance
of –
(a) a
person who is a partner of the partnership, or director, manager, secretary or
other similar officer of the body corporate; or
(b) any
person purporting to act in any such capacity,
the person shall also be
guilty of the offence and liable in the same manner as the partnership or body
corporate to the penalty provided for that offence.
(5) Where
the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (4)
shall apply in relation to acts and defaults of a member in connection with the
member’s functions of management as if the member were a director of the
body corporate.
(6) In
this Article –
“apparatus”
includes any device, component or electronic data (including software);
“conditional access
technology” means any technical measure or arrangement whereby access to
encrypted transmissions in an intelligible form is made conditional on prior
individual authorization;
“decoder” means
any apparatus which is designed or adapted to enable (whether on its own or
with any other apparatus) an encrypted transmission to be decoded;
“encrypted”
includes subjected to scrambling or the operation of cryptographic envelopes,
electronic locks, passwords or any other analogous application;
“transmission”
means –
(a) any
programme included in a broadcasting service which is provided from a place in
a qualifying country;
(b) an
information society service which is provided from a place in a qualifying
country;
“unauthorized”,
in relation to a decoder, means that the decoder is designed or adapted to
enable an encrypted transmission, or any service of which it forms part, to be
accessed in an intelligible form without payment of the fee (however imposed)
which the person making the transmission, or on whose behalf it is made,
charges for accessing the transmission or service (whether by the circumvention
of any conditional access technology related to the transmission or service or
by any other means).
252 Forfeiture
of unauthorized decoders
(1) Where
unauthorized decoders have come into the possession of any person in connection
with the investigation or prosecution of a relevant offence, that person may
apply under this Article for an order for the forfeiture of the unauthorized
decoders.
(2) For
the purposes of this Article “relevant offence” means –
(a) an
offence against Article 251(l); or
(b) an
offence involving dishonesty or deception.
(3) An
application under this Article may be made –
(a) where
proceedings have been brought in any court for a relevant offence relating to
some or all of the unauthorized decoders, to that court; or
(b) where
no application for the forfeiture of the unauthorized decoders has been made
under sub-paragraph (a), to the Magistrate’s Court.
(4) On
an application under this Article, the court shall make an order for the
forfeiture of any unauthorized decoders only if it is satisfied that a relevant
offence has been committed in relation to the unauthorized decoders.
(5) A
court may infer for the purposes of this Article that such an offence has been
committed in relation to any unauthorized decoders if it is satisfied that such
an offence has been committed in relation to unauthorized decoders which are
representative of the unauthorized decoders in question (whether by reason of
being of the same design or part of the same consignment or batch or otherwise).
(6) A
person aggrieved by an order of the Magistrate’s Court made under this
Article or by a decision not to make such an order, may appeal against that
order or decision to the Royal Court.
(7) An
order under this Article may contain such provision as appears to the court to
be appropriate for delaying the coming into force of the order pending the
making and determination of any appeal.
(8) Subject
to paragraph (9), where any unauthorized decoders are forfeited under this
Article they shall be destroyed in accordance with such directions as the court
may give.
(9) On
making an order under this Article the court may direct that the unauthorized
decoders to which the order relates shall (instead of being destroyed) be
forfeited to a person who has rights or remedies under Article 253 in
relation to the unauthorized decoders in question, or dealt with in such other
way as the court considers appropriate.
253 Civil rights
and remedies in respect of apparatus, etc. for unauthorized reception of
transmissions
(1) A
person who –
(a) makes
charges for the reception of programmes included in a broadcasting service
provided from a place in a qualifying country;
(b) sends
encrypted transmissions of any other description from a place in a qualifying
country; or
(c) provides
conditional access services from a place in a qualifying country,
shall be entitled to the
rights and remedies referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) He
or she has the same rights and remedies against a person –
(a) who –
(i) makes, imports,
distributes, sells or lets for hire, offers or exposes for sale or hire, or
advertises for sale or hire,
(ii) has
in his or her possession for commercial purposes, or
(iii) installs,
maintains or replaces for commercial purposes,
any apparatus designed or
adapted to enable or assist persons to access the programmes or other
transmissions or circumvent conditional access technology related to the
programmes or other transmissions when they are not entitled to do so; or
(b) who
publishes or otherwise promotes by means of commercial communications any
information which is calculated to enable or assist persons to access the
programmes or other transmissions or circumvent conditional access technology
related to the programmes or other transmissions when they are not entitled to
do so,
as a copyright owner has in
respect of an infringement of copyright.
(3) Further,
he or she has the same rights under Articles 129 and 131 in relation to
any such apparatus as a copyright owner has in relation to an infringing copy.
(4) Where
this Article applies in relation to a broadcasting service, it also applies to
any service run for the person providing that service, or a person providing
programmes for that service, which consists wholly or mainly in the sending by
means of a telecommunications system of sounds or visual images, or both.
(5) In
Article 128(1), as it applies to proceedings for infringement of the
rights conferred by this Article, the reference to the defendant not knowing or
having reason to believe that copyright subsisted in the work shall be
construed as a reference to his or her not knowing or having reason to believe
that his or her acts infringed the rights conferred by this Article.
(6) Article 143
applies, with the necessary modifications, in relation to the disposal of
anything delivered up or seized by virtue of paragraph (3).
(7) In
this Article “apparatus”, “conditional access
technology” and “encrypted” have the same meanings as in Article 251,
“transmission” includes transmissions as defined in that Article
and “conditional access services” means services comprising the
provision of conditional access technology.
Part 6
Performers’ protection
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTORY
254 Interpretation of Part 6
(1) In
this Part –
“distribution
right” has the meaning given in Article 261;
“exclusive recording
contract” shall be construed in accordance with Article 268;
“illicit
recording” has the meaning given in Article 255;
“issue to the public of
copies of a recording” shall be construed in accordance with Article 261;
“licensing body”
has the meaning given in Article 324(2);
“licensing
scheme” has the meaning given in Article 324(1);
“making available
right” has the meaning given in Article 263;
“moral rights”
means the rights conferred by Chapter 7;
“performance”
means –
(a) a dramatic performance (which includes dance
and mime);
(b) a musical performance;
(c) a reading or recitation of a literary work;
or
(d) a performance of a variety act of any
similar presentation,
which is, or so far as it is,
a live performance given by one or more individuals;
“performer’s
non-property rights” has the meaning given in Article 256;
“performer’s
property rights” has the meaning given in Article 256;
“person having
recording rights” shall be construed in accordance with Article 268;
“qualifying
country” means –
(a) Jersey;
or
(b) so
far as provision is made by Order under Article 399, a country prescribed
by the Order for the purpose of extending the application of a right conferred
by this Part;
“qualifying
individual” means –
(a) a
British citizen;
(b) an
individual domiciled or resident in Jersey;
(c) so
far as provision is made by Order under Article 399, an individual prescribed
by the Order for the purpose extending the application of a right conferred by
this Part;
“qualifying
performance” has the meaning given in Article 257;
“qualifying
person” means –
(a) a
qualifying individual;
(b) a
body corporate which –
(i) is formed under
the law of a qualifying country, and
(ii) has
in a qualifying country a place of business at which substantial business activity
is carried on,
and, in determining for the
purpose of this definition whether substantial business activity is carried on
at a place of business in any country, no account shall be taken of dealings in
goods which are at all material times outside that country;
“recording”, in
relation to a performance, means a film or sound recording –
(a) made directly from the live performance;
(b) made from a broadcast of the performance; or
(c) made, directly or indirectly, from another
recording of the performance;
“rental” has the
meaning given in Article 258;
“rental right”
has the meaning given in Article 262;
“reproduction
right” has the meaning given in Article 260;
“rights owner”
shall be construed in accordance with Article 312(2).
(2) Except
where the context otherwise requires –
(a) expressions
used in this Part that are not defined for the purposes of this Part but are
defined for the purposes of Part 1 have the same meaning as in Part 1;
and
(b) other
rules of construction that apply for the purposes of Part 1 apply also for
the purposes of this Part.
(3) The
following provisions apply for the purposes of this Part and in relation to an
infringement of the rights conferred by this Part, as they apply for the
purposes of Part 1 and in relation to an infringement of
copyright –
(a) Article 4(4)
to (8);
(b) Article 17(2)
and (3); and
(c) Article 34(3).
255 “Illicit recording”
(1) In
this Part “illicit recording”, in relation to a performance, shall
be construed in accordance with this Article.
(2) For
the purposes of a performer’s rights, a recording of the whole or any
substantial part of a performance of his or hers is an illicit recording if it
is made, otherwise than for private purposes, without his or her consent.
(3) For
the purposes of the rights of a person having recording rights, a recording of
the whole or any substantial part of a performance subject to the exclusive
recording contract is an illicit recording if it is made, otherwise than for
private purposes, without his or her consent or that of the performer.
(4) For
the purposes of Articles 318 and 319, a recording is an illicit recording
if it is an illicit recording for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (2)
or (3).
(5) In
this Part “illicit recording” includes a recording falling to be
treated as an illicit recording by virtue of any of Articles 278(3),
280(4), 287(2), 291(3), 293(2), 294(2), 297(4) and (5) or 297A(4), but
does not include a recording made in accordance with any other provision of Chapter 3.[24]
(6) It
is immaterial for the purposes of this Article where the recording was made.
256 “Performer’s
non-property rights”, “performer’s property rights” and
“rights owner”
(1) In
this Part, “performer’s property
rights” means the rights conferred by Articles 260 to 263,
being –
(a) reproduction
right;
(b) distribution
right;
(c) rental
right;
(d) making
available right.
(2) In
this Part, “performer’s non-property rights” means the rights
conferred by Articles 265 to 267.
(3) References
in this Part (apart from Chapter 7) to the consent of the performer shall
be construed, in relation to a performer’s property rights, as references
to the consent of the rights owner.
(4) Where
different persons are (whether in consequence of a partial assignment or
otherwise) entitled to different aspects of a performer’s property rights
in relation to a performance, the rights owner for any purpose of this Part (apart
from Chapter 7) is the person who is entitled to the aspect of those
rights relevant for that purpose.
(5) Where
a performer’s property rights (or any aspect of them) is owned by more
than one person jointly, references in this Part (apart from Chapter 7) to
the rights owner are to all the owners, so that, in particular, any requirement
of the licence of the rights owner requires the licence of all of them.
257 Qualifying performance
A performance is a qualifying
performance for the purposes of the provisions of this Part relating to
performers’ rights if –
(a) it
is given by a qualifying individual; or
(b) the
performance takes place in a qualifying country.
258 “Rental”
(1) In
this Part, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), “rental” means
making a copy of a recording available for use, on terms that it will or may be
returned, for direct or indirect economic or commercial advantage.
(2) The
expression “rental” does not include –
(a) making
available for the purpose of public performance, communication to the public or
playing or showing in public;
(b) making
available for the purpose of exhibition in public; or
(c) making
available for on-the-spot reference use.
(3) References
in this Part to the rental of copies of a recording of a performance include
the rental of the original recording of the live performance.
259 Performer’s
rights to be independent of copyright, etc.
The rights conferred by this Part are independent of –
(a) any copyright in, or
moral rights relating to, any work performed or any film or sound recording of,
or broadcast including, the performance; and
(b) any other right or
obligation arising otherwise than under this Part.
CHAPTER 2 – ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Performer’s property
rights
260 Consent required for
copying of recording: “reproduction right”
(1) A
performer’s rights are infringed by a person who, without the
performer’s consent, makes a copy of a recording of the whole or any
substantial part of a qualifying performance.
(2) In
paragraph (1), making a copy of a recording includes making a copy which
is transient or is incidental to some other use of the original recording.
(3) It
is immaterial whether the copy is made directly or indirectly.
(4) The
right of a performer under this Article to authorize or prohibit the making of
such copies is a property right, referred to in this Part as
“reproduction right”.
261 Consent required for
issue of copies to public: “distribution right”
(1) A
performer’s rights are infringed by a person who, without the
performer’s consent, issues to the public copies of a recording of the
whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance.
(2) References
in this Part to the issue to the public of copies of a recording are references
to –
(a) the
act of putting into circulation in the protected area copies not previously put
into circulation in the protected area by or with the consent of the performer;
or
(b) the
act of putting into circulation outside the protected area copies not
previously put into circulation in the protected area or elsewhere.
(3) Reference
in this Part to the issue to the public of copies of a recording do not include –
(a) any
subsequent distribution, sale, hiring or loan of copies previously put into
circulation (but see Article 262); or
(b) any
subsequent importation of such copies into the protected area,
except so far as paragraph (2)(a)
applies to putting into circulation in the protected area copies previously put
into circulation outside the protected area.
(4) References
in this Part to the issue of copies of a recording of a performance include the
issue of the original recording of the live performance.
(5) The
right of a performer under this Article to authorize or prohibit the issue of
copies to the public is a property right, referred to in this Part as
“distribution right”.
262 Consent required for
rental of copies to public: “rental right”
(1) A
performer’s rights are infringed by a person who, without the
performer’s consent, rents to the public copies of a recording of the
whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance.
(2) The
right of a performer under this Article to authorize or prohibit the rental of
copies to the public is a property right, referred to in this Part as
“rental right”.
263 Consent
required for making available to public: “making available right”
(1) A
performer’s rights are infringed by a person who, without the
performer’s consent, makes available to the public a recording of the
whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance by electronic
transmission in such a way that members of the public may access the recording
from a place and at a time individually chosen by them.
(2) The
right of a performer under this Article to authorize or prohibit the making
available to the public of a recording is a property right, referred to in this
Part as “making available right”.
Right to equitable remuneration
264 Right to equitable remuneration for exploitation of sound
recording
(1) Where
a commercially published sound recording of the whole or any substantial part
of a qualifying performance –
(a) is
played in public; or
(b) is
communicated to the public otherwise than by its being made available to the
public in the way mentioned in Article 263(1),
the performer is entitled to
equitable remuneration from the owner of the copyright in the sound recording.
(2) In
paragraph (1) the reference to publication of a sound recording includes
making it available to the public by electronic transmission in such a way that
members of the public may access it from a place and at a time individually
chosen by them.
(3) The
right to equitable remuneration under this Article may not be assigned by the
performer except to a collecting society for the purpose of enabling it to enforce
the right on the performer’s behalf.
(4) Notwithstanding
paragraph (3), the right to equitable remuneration under this Article is
transmissible by testamentary disposition or by operation of law as moveable
property and may be assigned or further transmitted by any person into whose
hands it passes.
(5) The
amount payable by way of equitable remuneration is as agreed by or on behalf of
the persons by and to whom it is payable, subject to paragraphs (6), (7),
(8) and (11).
(6) In
default of agreement as to the amount payable by way of equitable remuneration,
the person by or to whom it is payable may apply to the licensing authority to
determine the amount payable.
(7) A
person by or to whom equitable remuneration is payable may also apply to the licensing
authority –
(a) to
vary any agreement as to the amount payable; or
(b) to
vary any previous determination of the licensing
authority as to that matter.
(8) Except
with the permission of the licensing authority, an application under paragraph (7)
may not be made within 12 months from the date of a previous determination.
(9) An
order made on an application under paragraph (7) has effect from the date
on which it is made or a later date specified by the licensing authority.
(10) On
an application under this Article the licensing authority shall consider the
matter and make such order as to the method of calculating and paying equitable
remuneration as the licensing authority may determine to be reasonable in the
circumstances, taking into account the importance of the contribution of the
performer to the sound recording.
(11) An
agreement is of no effect in so far as it purports –
(a) to
exclude or restrict the right to equitable remuneration under this Article; or
(b) to
prevent a person questioning the amount of equitable remuneration or to
restrict the powers of the licensing authority under this Article.
(12) In
this Article “collecting society” means a society or other
organization which has as its main object or one of its main objects the
exercise of the right to equitable remuneration on behalf of more than one
performer.
Performer’s non-property rights
265 Consent required for making recording or broadcast
of live performance
(1) A
performer’s rights are infringed by a person who, without the
performer’s consent –
(a) makes
a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance
directly from the live performance;
(b) broadcasts
live the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance; or
(c) makes
a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance
directly from a broadcast of the live performance.
(2) In
an action for infringement of a performer’s rights brought by virtue of
this Article damages shall not be awarded against a defendant who shows that at
the time of the infringement he or she believed on reasonable grounds that
consent had been given.
266 Consent
required for showing in public, etc. of
recording of performance made without consent
A performer’s rights are infringed by a person who, without
the performer’s consent –
(a) shows
or plays in public the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying
performance; or
(b) communicates
to the public the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance,
by means of a recording which was, and which that person knows or
has reason to believe was, made without the performer’s consent.
267 Consent
required for importing, possessing or
dealing with illicit recording
(1) A
performer’s rights are infringed by a person who, without the
performer’s consent –
(a) imports
into Jersey otherwise than for the person’s private and domestic use; or
(b) in
the course of a business possesses, sells or lets for hire, offers or exposes
for sale or hire, or distributes,
a recording of a qualifying
performance which is, and which that person knows or has reason to believe is,
an illicit recording.
(2) Where
in an action for infringement of a performer’s rights brought by virtue
of this Article a defendant shows that the illicit recording was innocently
acquired by him or her or a predecessor in title of his or hers, the only
remedy available against him or her in respect of the infringement is damages
not exceeding a reasonable payment in respect of the act complained of.
(3) In
paragraph (2) “innocently acquired” means that the person
acquiring the recording did not know and had no reason to believe that it was
an illicit recording.
Rights
of person having recording rights
268 “Exclusive recording contract” and “person having
recording rights”
(1) In this Part an
“exclusive recording contract” means a contract between a performer
and another person under which that person is entitled, to the exclusion of all
other persons, including the performer, to make recordings of one or more of the
performer’s performances with a view to their commercial exploitation.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3)
references in this Part to a “person having recording rights”, in
relation to a performance are to a person –
(a) who
is party to and has the benefit of an exclusive recording contract to which the
performance is subject; or
(b) to
whom the benefit of that contract has been assigned,
and who is a qualifying person.
(3) If a performance is
subject to an exclusive recording contract but the person referred to in paragraph (2)
is not a qualifying person, references in this Part to a “person having
recording rights” in relation to the performance are to any person –
(a) who
is licensed by that person to make recordings of the performance with a view to
their commercial exploitation; or
(b) to
whom the benefit of that licence has been assigned,
and who is a qualifying person.
(4) In this Article
“with a view to commercial exploitation” means with a view to the
recordings being sold or let for hire, or shown or played in public.
269 Recording
rights: consent required for recording of performance subject to
exclusive contract
(1) A
person infringes the rights of a person having recording rights in relation to
a performance who, without his or her consent or that of the performer, makes a
recording of the whole or any substantial part of the performance.
(2) In
an action for infringement of those rights brought by virtue of this Article
damages shall not be awarded against a defendant who shows that at the time of
the infringement he or she believed on reasonable grounds that consent had been
given.
270 Recording rights: consent required for use of recording made
without consent
(1) A
person infringes the rights of a person having recording rights in relation to
a performance who, without his or her consent or, in the case of a qualifying
performance, that of the performer –
(a) shows
or plays in public the whole or any substantial part of the performance; or
(b) communicates
to the public the whole or any substantial part of the performance,
by means of a recording which
was, and which that person knows or has reason to believe was, made without the
appropriate consent.
(2) The
reference in paragraph (1) to “the appropriate consent” is to
the consent of –
(a) the
performer; or
(b) the
person who at the time the consent was given had recording rights in relation
to the performance or, if there was more than one such person, of all of them.
271 Recording rights: consent required for importing, possessing
or dealing with illicit recording
(1) A
person infringes the rights of a person having recording rights in relation to
a performance who, without his or her consent or, in the case of a qualifying
performance, that of the performer –
(a) imports
into Jersey otherwise than for his or her private and domestic use; or
(b) in
the course of a business possesses, sells or lets for hire, offers or exposes
for sale or hire, or distributes,
a recording of the
performance which is, and which that person knows or has reason to believe is,
an illicit recording.
(2) Where
in an action for infringement of those rights brought by virtue of this Article
a defendant shows that the illicit recording was innocently acquired by him or
her or a predecessor in title of his or hers, the only remedy available against
him or her in respect of the infringement shall be damages not exceeding a
reasonable payment in respect of the act complained of.
(3) In
paragraph (2) “innocently acquired” means that the person
acquiring the recording did not know and had no reason to believe that it was
an illicit recording.
272 Duration of rights
(1) Subject
to paragraph (2) the rights conferred by this Chapter in relation to a
performance expire –
(a) at
the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in
which the performance takes place; or
(b) if
during that period a recording of the performance is released, 50 years
from the end of the calendar year in which it is released.
(2) For
the purposes of paragraph (1) 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 unauthorized act.
CHAPTER 3 – ACTS PERMITTED IN RELATION TO ECONOMIC RIGHTS
273 Chapter 3:
introductory
(1) The
provisions of this Chapter –
(a) specify
acts which may be done in relation to a performance or recording
notwithstanding the rights conferred by Chapter 2;
(b) relate
only to the question of infringement of those rights; and
(c) do
not affect any other right or obligation restricting the doing of any of the
specified acts.
(2) No
inference shall be drawn from the description of any act which may by virtue of
this Chapter be done without infringing the rights conferred by Chapter 2
as to the scope of those rights.
(3) The
provisions of this Chapter are to be construed independently of each other, so
that the fact that an act does not fall within one provision does not mean that
it is not covered by another provision.
274 Power to
amend Chapter 3
(1) The
States may by Regulations amend in this Chapter the acts which may be done in
connection with a performance or recording notwithstanding the rights conferred
by Chapter 2.
(2) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may also amend this Chapter so as to provide that an
agreement is void to the extent that it purports to prohibit or restrict an act
which would, but for a provision of this Chapter, infringe a right conferred by
Chapter 2.
(3) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may also amend –
(a) any
other provision of this Law which applies or otherwise refers to any provision
of this Chapter;
(b) any
other provision of this Law, consequentially upon any amendment of this
Chapter.
275 Making of
temporary copies
The rights conferred by Chapter 2
are not infringed by the making of a temporary copy of a recording of a
performance which is transient or incidental, which is an integral and
essential part of a technological process and the sole purpose of which is to
enable –
(a) a
transmission of the recording in a network between third parties by an
intermediary; or
(b) a
lawful use of the recording,
and which has no independent
economic significance.
276 Criticism,
reviews and news reporting
(1) Fair
dealing with a performance or recording for the purpose of criticism or
review of that or another performance or recording or of a work does not
infringe any of the rights conferred by Chapter 2.
(2) Fair
dealing with a performance or recording for the purpose of reporting current
events does not infringe any of the rights conferred by Chapter 2.
(3) An
agreement is void to the extent that it purports to prohibit or restrict an act
which would, apart from this Article, infringe any right conferred by
Chapter 2.
277 Incidental
inclusion of performance or recording
(1) The
rights conferred by Chapter 2 are not infringed by the incidental
inclusion of a performance or recording in a sound recording, film or
broadcast.
(2) The
rights conferred by Chapter 2 are not infringed by anything done in
relation to copies of, or the playing, showing, or communication to the public
of, anything whose making was, by virtue of paragraph (1), not an
infringement of those rights.
(3) A
performance or recording so far as it consists of music, or words spoken or
sung with music, shall not be regarded as incidentally included in a sound
recording or broadcast if it is deliberately included.
278 Things done
for purposes of instruction or examination
(1) The
rights conferred by Chapter 2 are not infringed by the copying of a
recording of a performance in the course of instruction, or of preparation for
instruction, in the making of films or film sound-tracks, if copying is done by
a person giving or receiving instruction.
(2) The
rights conferred by Chapter 2 are not infringed –
(a) by
the copying of a recording of a performance for the purposes of setting or
answering the questions in an examination; or
(b) by
anything done for the purposes of an examination by way of communicating the
questions to the candidates.
(3) Where
a recording which would otherwise be an illicit recording is made in accordance
with this Article but is subsequently dealt with, it shall be treated as an
illicit recording for the purposes of that dealing, and if that dealing
infringes any right conferred by Chapter 2, for all subsequent purposes.
(4) For
the purposes of paragraph (3), “dealt with” has the same
meaning as in Article 55(6).
279 Playing or
showing sound recording, film or broadcast at educational establishment
(1) The
playing or showing of a sound recording, film or broadcast at an educational
establishment for the purposes of instruction before an audience consisting of
teachers and pupils at the establishment and other persons directly connected
with the activities of the establishment is not a playing or showing of a
performance in public for the purposes of infringement of the rights conferred
by Chapter 2.
(2) A
person is not for this purpose directly connected with the activities of the
educational establishment simply because he or she is the parent of a pupil at
the establishment.
(3) Any
provision made under Article 7(2) with respect to the application of Article 57
also applies for the purposes of this Article.
280 Recording of
broadcasts by educational establishments
(1) A
recording of a broadcast or a copy of such a recording may be made by or on
behalf of an educational establishment for the educational purposes of that
establishment without thereby infringing any of the rights conferred by Chapter 2
in relation to any performance or recording included in it.
(2) The
rights conferred by Chapter 2 are not infringed where a recording of a
broadcast or a copy of such a recording, whose making was by virtue of
paragraph (1) not an infringement of such rights, is communicated to the
public by a person situated within the premises of an educational establishment
provided that the communication cannot be received by any person situated
outside the premises of that establishment.
(3) This
Article does not apply if or to the extent that there is a licensing scheme notified
for the purposes of this Article in accordance with Article 328.
(4) Where
a recording which would otherwise be an illicit recording is made in accordance
with this Article but is subsequently dealt with, it shall be treated as an
illicit recording for the purposes of that dealing, and if that dealing
infringes any right conferred by Chapter 2, for all subsequent purposes.
(5) For
the purposes of paragraph (3) “dealt with” has the same
meaning as in Article 58(5).
(6) Any
provision made under Article 7(2) with respect to the application of Article 58
also applies for the purposes of this Article.
281 Copy of work
required to be made as condition of export
If an article of cultural or
historical importance or interest cannot lawfully be exported from Jersey
unless a copy of it is made and deposited in an appropriate library or archive,
it is not an infringement of any right conferred by Chapter 2 to make that
copy.
282 States Assembly
and judicial proceedings
The rights conferred by Chapter 2
are not infringed by anything done for the purposes of proceedings of the
States Assembly or judicial proceedings or for the purpose of reporting those
proceedings.
283 Committees
of inquiry and public inquiries
(1) The
rights conferred by Chapter 2 are not infringed by anything done for the
purposes of the proceedings of a committee of inquiry or a public inquiry or
for the purpose of reporting those proceedings held in public.
(2) The
rights conferred by Chapter 2 are not infringed by the issue or communication
to the public of copies of the report of a committee of inquiry or public
inquiry.
284 Public
records
Material which is comprised
in a public record, within the meaning of Article 3 of the Public
Records (Jersey) Law 2002, which is
open to public inspection in pursuance of that Law, may be copied, and a copy
may be supplied to any person, by or with the authority of any officer
appointed under that Law, without infringing any right conferred by Chapter 2.
285 Recording
communicated to the Crown or the States in the course of public business
(1) This
Article applies where any recording in which rights conferred by Chapter 2
subsist has, in the course of public business, been communicated to the Crown
or the States for any purpose by or with the licence of the owner of those
rights and a material thing recording or embodying the recording is owned by or
in the custody or control of the Crown or the States.
(2) The
Crown or the States may, for the purpose for which the recording was
communicated to it or them, or any related purpose which could reasonably have
been anticipated by the owner of the rights conferred by Chapter 2, copy
the recording, issue copies of the recording to the public, and communicate the
recording to the public without infringing any rights conferred by
Chapter 2 in the recording.
(3) The
Crown or the States may not copy a recording, issue copies of a recording to
the public or communicate a recording to the public by virtue of this Article,
if the recording has previously been made available to the public otherwise
than by virtue of this Article.
(4) Paragraph (3)
shall not apply to a recording that has previously been made available to the
public if it is reasonably believed that copies of the recording are no longer
available to the public.
(5) This
Article has effect subject to any agreement to the contrary between the Crown
or the States and the owner of the rights conferred by Chapter 2.
(6) In
this Article –
“public business”
includes any activity carried on by the Crown or the States;
“States”
means –
(a) the
States Assembly;
(b) any
Minister;
(c) any
committee established by or under Standing Orders of the States of Jersey
(other than a committee of inquiry);
“recording”
includes a copy of a recording.
286 Acts done
under authority of enactment
(1) Where
the doing of a particular act is specifically authorized by an enactment,
whenever passed or made, then, unless the enactment provides otherwise, the
doing of that act does not infringe the rights conferred by Chapter 2.
(2) Nothing
in this Article shall be construed as excluding any defence of statutory
authority otherwise available under or by virtue of any enactment.
(3) Expressions
used in this Article have the same meaning as in Article 73.
287 Transfer of
copies of works in electronic form
(1) This
Article applies where a recording of a performance in electronic form has been
purchased on terms which, expressly or impliedly or by virtue of any rule of
law, allow the purchaser to make further recordings in connection with his or
her use of the recording.
(2) If
there are no express terms –
(a) prohibiting
the transfer of the recording by the purchaser, imposing obligations which
continue after a transfer, prohibiting the assignment of any consent or terminating
any consent on a transfer; or
(b) providing
for the terms on which a transferee may do the things which the purchaser was
permitted to do,
anything which the purchaser
was allowed to do may also be done by a transferee without infringement of the
rights conferred by Chapter 2, but any recording made by the purchaser
which is not also transferred shall be treated as an illicit recording for all
purposes after the transfer.
(3) Paragraph (2)
also applies where the original purchased recording is no longer usable and
what is transferred is a further copy used in its place.
(4) The
above provisions also apply on a subsequent transfer, with the substitution for
references in paragraph (2) to the purchaser of references to the
subsequent transferor.
288 Use of
recordings of spoken works in certain cases
(1) Where
a recording of the reading or recitation of a literary work is made for the
purpose –
(a) of
reporting current events; or
(b) of
communicating to the public the whole or part of the reading or recitation,
it is not an infringement of
the rights conferred by Chapter 2 to use the recording (or to copy the
recording and use the copy) for that purpose, provided the conditions in paragraph (2)
are met.
(2) The
conditions are that –
(a) the
recording is a direct recording of the reading or recitation and is not taken
from a previous recording or from a broadcast;
(b) the
making of the recording was not prohibited by or on behalf of the person giving
the reading or recitation;
(c) the
use made of the recording is not of a kind prohibited by or on behalf of that
person before the recording was made; and
(d) the
use is by or with the authority of a person who is lawfully in possession of
the recording.
289 Recordings
of folk-songs for purposes of archive
(1) A
recording of a performance of a song may be made for the purpose of including
it in an archive maintained by a designated body without infringing any of the
rights conferred by Chapter 2, provided the conditions in paragraph (2)
are met.
(2) The
conditions are that –
(a) the
words are unpublished and of unknown authorship at the time the recording is
made;
(b) the
making of the recording does not infringe any copyright; and
(c) its
making is not prohibited by any performer.
(3) Copies
of a recording made in reliance on paragraph (1) and included in an
archive maintained by a designated body may, if the prescribed conditions are
met, be made and supplied by the archivist without infringing any of the rights
conferred by Chapter 2.
(4) In
this Article –
“designated body”
means a body designated for the purposes of Article 89;
“prescribed
conditions” means the conditions prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (3)
of that Article.
290 Playing of
sound recordings for purposes of club, society, etc.
It is not an infringement of
any right conferred by Chapter 2 to play a sound recording as part of the
activities of, or for the benefit of, a club, society or other organization if
the following conditions are met –
(a) the
organization is not established or conducted for profit and its main objects
are charitable or are otherwise concerned with the advancement of religion,
education or social welfare;
(b) the
proceeds of any charge for admission to the place where the recording is to be
heard are applied solely for the purposes of the organization.
291 Incidental
recording for purposes of broadcast
(1) A
person who proposes to broadcast a recording of a performance in circumstances
not infringing the rights conferred by Chapter 2 shall be treated as
having consent for the purposes of Chapter 2 for the making of a further
recording for the purposes of the broadcast.
(2) That
consent is subject to the condition that the further recording –
(a) shall
not be used for any other purpose; and
(b) shall
be destroyed within 28 days of being first used for broadcasting the
performance.
(3) A
recording made in accordance with this Article shall be treated as an illicit
recording –
(a) for
the purposes of any use in breach of the condition mentioned in paragraph (2)(a);
and
(b) for
all the purposes after that condition or the condition mentioned in paragraph (2)(b)
is broken.
292 Recordings
for purposes of supervision and control of broadcasts and other services
(1) The
rights conferred by Chapter 2 are not infringed by the making or use by
the British Broadcasting Corporation, for the purpose of maintaining
supervision and control over programmes broadcast by them, of recordings of
those programmes.
(2) The
rights conferred by Chapter 2 are not infringed by anything done in
pursuance of –
(a) section 115(4)
or (6) or 117 of the Broadcasting Act 1996;
(b) a
condition which, by virtue of section 334(1) of the Communications
Act 2003, is included in a licence granted under Part I or III
of that Act or Part I or II of the Broadcasting Act 1996;
(c) a
direction given under section 109(2) of the Broadcasting Act 1990; or
(d) section 334(3)
of the Communications Act 2003.
(3) The
rights conferred by Chapter 2 are not infringed by the use by OFCOM in
connection with the performance of any of their functions under the Broadcasting
Act 1990, the Broadcasting Act 1996 or the Communications
Act 2003, of –
(a) any
recording, script or transcript which is provided to them under or by virtue of
any provision of those Acts; or
(b) any existing
material which is transferred to them by a scheme made under section 30 of the Communications
Act 2003.
(4) In
paragraph (3) –
“existing
material” means –
(a) any
recording, script or transcript which was provided to the Independent
Television Commission or the Radio Authority under or by virtue of any
provision of the Broadcasting Act 1990 or the Broadcasting Act 1996;
and
(b) any
recording or transcript which was provided to the Broadcasting Standards
Commission under section 115(4) or (6) or 116(5) of the Broadcasting
Act 1996;
“OFCOM” means the
Office of Communications established under the Communications Act 2003 as
it has effect in the United Kingdom.
293 Recording
for the purposes of time-shifting
(1) The
making in domestic premises for private and domestic use of a recording of a
broadcast solely for the purpose of enabling it to be viewed or listened to at
a more convenient time does not infringe any right conferred by Chapter 2
in relation to a performance or recording included in the broadcast.
(2) Where
a recording which would otherwise be an illicit recording is made in accordance
with this Article but is subsequently dealt with –
(a) it
shall be treated as an illicit recording for the purposes of that dealing; and
(b) if
that dealing infringes any right conferred by Chapter 2, it shall be
treated as an illicit recording for all subsequent purposes.
(3) For
the purposes of paragraph (2) “dealt with” has the same
meaning as in Article 98(3).
294 Photographs
of broadcasts
(1) The
making in domestic premises for private and domestic use of a photograph of the
whole or any part of an image forming part of a broadcast, or a copy of such a
photograph, does not infringe any right conferred by Chapter 2 in relation
to a performance or recording included in the broadcast.
(2) Where
a recording which would otherwise be an illicit recording is made in accordance
with this Article but is subsequently dealt with –
(a) it
shall be treated as an illicit recording for the purposes of that dealing; and
(b) if
that dealing infringes any right conferred by Chapter 2, it shall be
treated as an illicit recording for all subsequent purposes.
(3) For
the purposes of paragraph (2) “dealt with” has the same
meaning as in Article 99(3).
295 Free public
showing or playing of broadcast
(1) The
showing or playing in public of a broadcast to an audience who have not paid
for admission to the place where the broadcast is to be seen or heard does not
infringe any right conferred by Chapter 2 in relation to a performance or
recording included in –
(a) the
broadcast; or
(b) any
sound recording or film which is played or shown in public by reception of the
broadcast.
(2) The
audience shall be treated as having paid for admission to a place –
(a) if
they have paid for admission to a place of which that place forms part; or
(b) if
goods or services are supplied at that place (or a place of which it forms
part) –
(i) at prices which
are substantially attributable to the facilities afforded for seeing or hearing
the broadcast, or
(ii) at
prices exceeding those usually charged there and which are partly attributable
to those facilities.
(3) The
following shall not be regarded as having paid admission to a place –
(a) persons
admitted as residents or inmates of the place;
(b) persons
admitted as members of a club or society where the payment is only for
membership of the club or society and the provision of facilities for seeing or
hearing broadcasts is only incidental to the main purposes of the club or
society.
(4) Where
the making of the broadcast was an infringement of the rights conferred by Chapter 2
in relation to a performance or recording, the fact that it was heard or seen
in public by the reception of the broadcast shall be taken into account in
assessing the damages for that infringement.
296 Reception of
wireless broadcast and re-transmission by cable
(1) This
Article applies where a wireless broadcast made from a place in Jersey is
received and immediately re-transmitted by cable.
(2) The
rights conferred by Chapter 2 in relation to a performance or recording
included in the broadcast are not infringed if, and to the extent that, the
broadcast is made for reception in the area in which it is re-transmitted by
cable, but where the making of the broadcast was an infringement of those
rights, the fact that the broadcast was re-transmitted by cable shall be taken
into account in assessing the damages for that infringement.
(3) The
Minister may by Order –
(a) provide
that in specified cases paragraph (2) is to apply in relation to
broadcasts of a specified description which are not made as mentioned in that paragraph;
or
(b) exclude
the application of that paragraph in relation to broadcasts of a specified
description made as mentioned in that paragraph.
(4) Expression
used in this Article have the same meaning as in Article 101.
297 Disabled
persons: copies of recordings for personal use[25]
(1) This Article applies
if –
(a) a
disabled person has lawful access to a copy of the whole or part of a recording
of a performance; and
(b) the
person’s disability prevents the person from enjoying the recording to
substantially the same degree as a person who does not have that disability.
(2) The making of an
accessible copy of the copy of the recording referred to in
paragraph (1)(a) does not infringe the relevant rights if –
(a) the
copy is made by the disabled person or by a person acting on behalf of the
disabled person; and
(b) the
copy is made for the disabled person’s personal use.
(3) Except where the
transfer is authorised by the rights owner, the relevant rights are infringed
by the transfer of an accessible copy of a recording made under this Article to
any person other than –
(a) a
person by or for whom an accessible copy of the recording may be made under
this Article; or
(b) a
person who intends to transfer the copy to a person falling within
sub-paragraph (a).
(4) An accessible copy of a
recording made under this Article is to be treated for all purposes as an
illicit recording if it is held by a person at a time when the person does not
fall within paragraph (3)(a) or (b).
(5) If an accessible copy
of a recording made under this Article is subsequently dealt with –
(a) it
is to be treated as an illicit recording for the purposes of that dealing; and
(b) if
that dealing infringes any relevant right, it is to be treated as an illicit
recording for all subsequent purposes.
(6) In paragraph (5),
“dealt with” means sold or let for hire or offered or exposed for
sale or hire or communicated to the public.
297A Making, communicating, making
available or distributing of accessible copies by authorised bodies[26]
(1) An authorised body may
without infringing the relevant rights, on a non-profit basis for the personal
use of disabled persons in Jersey, make, communicate, make available or
distribute accessible copies of a recording of a performance if the
body –
(a) has
lawful access to the whole or part of the recording; and
(b) complies
with paragraph (2).
(2) An authorised body
complies with this paragraph if it –
(a) distributes,
communicates, makes available or lends accessible copies only to disabled
persons or other authorised bodies;
(b) takes
appropriate steps to discourage the unauthorised reproduction, distribution,
communication to the public or making available to the public of accessible
copies;
(c) demonstrates
due care in, and maintains records of, its handling of works and accessible
copies; and
(d) publishes
and updates, on its website if appropriate, or through other online or offline
channels, information on how it complies with the obligations in
sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
(3) For the purposes of
paragraph (1) communicating, making available or distributing for the
personal use of disabled persons includes communicating, making available or
distributing to a person acting on behalf of a disabled person.
(4) If an accessible copy
of a recording made under this Article is subsequently dealt with –
(a) it
is to be treated as an illicit recording for the purposes of that dealing; and
(b) if
that dealing infringes any relevant right, it is to be treated as an illicit
recording for all subsequent purposes.
(5) In paragraph (4)
“dealt with” means sold or let for hire or offered or exposed for
sale or hire or communicated to the public.
(6) An authorised body
which has made an accessible copy of a recording under this Article may communicate,
make available or distribute it to another authorised body established in
Jersey for the purposes of enabling that other body to make accessible copies
of the recording.
297B Making, communicating, making
available, distributing or lending of intermediate copies by authorised bodies[27]
(1) An authorised body
which is entitled to make an accessible copy of a recording of a performance
under Article 297A may, without infringing the relevant rights, make a
copy of the recording (“an intermediate copy”) if this is necessary
in order to make the accessible copy.
(2) An authorised body
which has made an intermediate copy of a recording under this Article may
communicate, make available, distribute or lend it on a non-profit basis to another
authorised body established in Jersey for the purposes of enabling that other
body to make accessible copies of the recording.
(3) The relevant rights are
infringed if an intermediate copy of the recording made under this Article is
transferred to a person other than another authorised body as permitted by
paragraph (2), except where the transfer is authorised by the rights
owner.
297C Accessible and
intermediate copies: records[28]
(1) A person listed in
paragraph (3) may, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, request an
authorised body to provide the person with the information in
paragraph (4) if the authorised body makes –
(a) accessible
copies under Article 297A; or
(b) intermediate
copies under Article 297B.
(2) On receipt of a request
under paragraph (1), an authorised body must provide the information to
the person in an accessible way within in a reasonable time.
(3) The persons who may
make a request under paragraph (1) are –
(a) any
disabled person;
(b) another
authorised body;
(c) any
person holding rights in the recording.
(4) The information that
must be provided by the authorised body is –
(a) the
list of recordings for which it has accessible copies and the available
formats; and
(b) the
name and contact details of any authorised body established in Jersey from
which it has accessed or to which it has supplied an accessible copy.
297D Articles 297 to 297C:
interpretation and general[29]
(1) This Article
supplements Articles 297 to 297C and includes definitions for the purpose
of those Articles.
(2) An “accessible
copy” of a recording of a performance means a version of the recording
which enables disabled persons to access that version, including accessing it
as feasibly and comfortably as a person who is not a disabled person.
(3) An accessible copy –
(a) may
include facilities for navigating around the version of the recording; but
(b) must
not include any changes to the recording which are not necessary to overcome
the problems suffered by the disabled persons for whom the accessible copy is
intended.
(4) “Authorised
body” means –
(a) an
educational establishment; or
(b) a
body that is not conducted for profit.
(5) “Disabled
person” means a person who has a physical or mental impairment which
prevents the person from enjoying a recording of a performance to substantially
the same degree as a person who does not have that impairment, and
“disability” is to be construed accordingly.
(6) But a person is not to
be regarded as disabled by reason only of an impairment of visual function
which can be improved, for example by the use of corrective lenses, to a level
that is normally acceptable for reading without a special level or kind of
light.
(7) “Relevant
right” means a right conferred by Chapters 1 to 6.
(8) To the extent that a
term of a contract purports to prevent or restrict the doing of any act which,
by virtue of Articles 297, 297A or 297B would not infringe a relevant
right, that term is unenforceable.
298 Recording of
broadcast for archival purposes
(1) A
recording of a broadcast of a designated class, or a copy of such a recording,
may be made for the purpose of being placed in an archive maintained by a
designated body without thereby infringing any right conferred by
Chapter 2 in relation to a performance or recording included in the
broadcast.
(2) In
this Article “designated class” and “designated body”
means a class or body designated for the purposes of Article 103.
CHAPTER 4 –
DEALINGS IN PERFORMERS’ ECONOMIC RIGHTS
299 Assignment and licences of performer’s
property rights
(1) A
performer’s property rights are transmissible by assignment, by
testamentary disposition or by operation of law, as moveable property.
(2) An
assignment or other transmission of a performer’s property rights may be
partial, that is, limited so as to apply –
(a) to
one or more, but not all, of the things requiring the consent of the rights
owner; or
(b) to
part, but not the whole, of the period for which the rights are to subsist.
(3) An
assignment of a performer’s property rights is not effective unless it is
in writing signed by or on behalf of the assignor.
(4) A
licence granted by the owner of a performer’s property rights is binding
on every successor in title to his or her interest in the rights, except –
(a) a
purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and without notice (actual
or constructive) of the licence; or
(b) a
person deriving title from that purchaser,
and references in this Part (apart
from Chapter 7) to doing anything with, or without, the licence of the
rights owner shall be construed accordingly.
300 Prospective ownership of
a performer’s property rights
(1) This
Article applies where by an agreement made in relation to a future recording of
a performance, and signed by or on behalf of the performer, the performer
purports to assign his or her performer’s property rights (wholly or
partially) to another person.
(2) If
on the rights coming into existence the assignee or another person claiming
under him or her would be entitled as against all other persons to require the
rights to be vested in him or her, they shall vest in the assignee or his or
her successor in title by virtue of this paragraph.
(3) A
licence granted by a prospective owner of a performer’s property rights
is binding on every successor in title to his or her interest (or prospective
interest) in the rights, except –
(a) a
purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and without notice (actual
or constructive) of the licence; or
(b) a
person deriving title from that purchaser,
and references in this Part
(apart from Chapter 7) to doing anything with, or without, the licence of
the rights owner shall be construed accordingly.
(4) In
paragraph (3) “prospective owner” in relation to a
performer’s property rights means a person who is prospectively entitled
to those rights by virtue of the agreement mentioned in paragraph (1).
301 Exclusive licences of performers’
property rights
(1) In
this Part (apart from Chapter 7) “exclusive licence” means a
licence in writing signed by or on behalf of the owner of a performer’s
property rights authorizing the licensee to the exclusion of all other persons,
including the person granting the licence, to do anything requiring the consent
of the rights owner.
(2) The
licensee under an exclusive licence has the same rights against a successor in
title who is bound by the licence as he or she has against the person granting
the licence.
302 Performer’s
property rights to pass under will with unpublished original recording
Where under a bequest (whether general or specific) a person is
entitled beneficially or otherwise to any material thing containing an original
recording of a performance which was not published before the death of the
testator, the bequest shall, unless a contrary intention is indicated in the
testator’s will or a codicil to it, be construed as including any
performer’s rights in relation to the recording to which the testator was
entitled immediately before his or her death.
303 Presumption of transfer
of rental right in case of film production agreement
(1) Where
an agreement concerning film production is concluded between a performer and a
film producer, the performer is presumed, unless the agreement provides to the
contrary, to have transferred to the film producer any rental right in relation
to the film arising from the inclusion of a recording of his or her performance
in the film.
(2) Where
this Article applies, the absence of signature by or on behalf of the performer
does not exclude the operation of Article 300.
(3) The
reference in paragraph (1) to an agreement concluded between a performer
and a film producer includes any agreement having effect between those persons,
whether made by them directly or through intermediaries.
(4) Article 304
applies where there is a presumed transfer by virtue of this Article as in the
case of an actual transfer.
304 Right to equitable
remuneration where rental right transferred
(1) Where
a performer has transferred his or her rental right concerning a sound
recording or a film to the producer of the sound recording or film, he or she
retains the right to equitable remuneration for the rental.
(2) The
reference in Article 303 to the transfer of rental right by one person to
another includes any arrangement having the effect described in paragraph (1),
whether made by them directly or through intermediaries.
(3) The
right to equitable remuneration under this Article may not be assigned by the
performer except to a collecting society for the purpose of enabling it to
enforce the right on his or her behalf.
(4) Notwithstanding
paragraph (3) the right to equitable remuneration is transmissible by
testamentary disposition or by operation of law as moveable property and may be
assigned or further transmitted by any person into whose hands it passes.
(5) Equitable
remuneration under this Article is payable by the person for the time being
entitled to the rental right, that is, the person to whom the right was
transferred or any successor in title of his or hers.
(6) The
amount payable by way of equitable remuneration is as agreed by or on behalf of
the persons by and to whom it is payable, subject to Article 305.
(7) An
agreement is of no effect in so far as it purports to exclude or restrict the
right to equitable remuneration under this Article.
(8) In
this Article a “collecting society” means a society or other
organization which has as a main object the exercise of the right to equitable
remuneration on behalf of more than one performer.
305 Equitable remuneration:
reference of amount payable under Article 304 to licensing authority
(1) In
default of agreement as to the amount payable by way of equitable remuneration
under Article 304, the person by or to whom it is payable may apply to the
licensing authority to determine the amount payable.
(2) A
person by or to whom equitable remuneration is payable may also apply to the licensing
authority –
(a) to
vary any agreement as to the amount payable; or
(b) to
vary any previous determination of the licensing
authority as to that matter.
(3) Except
with the permission of the licensing authority an application may not be made under
paragraph (2) within 12 months from the date of a previous
determination.
(4) An
order made on an application under paragraph (2) has effect from the date
on which it is made or a later date specified by the licensing authority.
(5) On
an application under this Article the licensing authority shall consider the
matter and make an order as to the method of calculating and paying equitable
remuneration that the licensing authority may determine to be reasonable in the
circumstances, taking into account the importance of the contribution of the
performer to the film or sound recording.
(6) Remuneration
shall not be considered inequitable merely because it was paid by way of a
single payment or at the time of the transfer of the rental right.
(7) An
agreement is of no effect in so far as it purports to prevent a person
questioning the amount of equitable remuneration or to restrict the powers of
the licensing authority under this Article.
306 Performers’
non-property rights: assignment or transmission
(1) A
performer’s non-property rights are not assignable or transmissible,
except to the following extent.
(2) On
the death of a person entitled to any such right –
(a) the
right passes to such person as he or she may by testamentary disposition
specifically direct; and
(b) if
or to the extent that there is no direction, the right is exercisable by his or
her executors or administrators.
(3) References
in this Part (apart from Chapter 7) to the performer, in the context of
the person having that right, shall be construed as references to the person
for the time being entitled to exercise those rights.
(4) Where
by virtue of paragraph (2)(a) a right becomes exercisable by more than one
person, it is exercisable by each of them independently of the other or others.
(5) Any
damages recovered by an executor or administrator by virtue of this Article in
respect of an infringement after a person’s death shall devolve as part
of that person’s estate as if the right of action had subsisted and been
vested in him or her immediately before his or her death.
307 Transmissibility of
rights of person having recording rights
(1) The
rights conferred by Chapter 2 on a person having recording rights are not
assignable or transmissible.
(2) This
Article shall not affect Article 268(2)(b) or (3)(b), so far as those
provisions confer rights under this Part on a person to whom the benefit of a
contract or licence is assigned.
308 Consent
(1) Consent
for the purposes of this Part (apart from Chapter 7) by a person having a
performer’s non-property rights, or by a person having recording rights,
may be given in relation to a specific performance, a specified description of
performances or performances generally, and may relate to past or future
performances.
(2) A
person having recording rights in a performance is bound by any consent given
by a person through whom he or she derives his or her rights under the
exclusive recording contract or licence in question, in the same way as if the
consent had been given by him or her.
(3) Where
a performer’s non-property right passes to another person any consent
binding on the person previously entitled binds the person to whom the right
passes in the same way as if the consent had been given by him or her.
309 Power of licensing authority to give consent on
behalf of performer in certain cases
(1) The
licensing authority may, on the application of a person wishing to make a copy
of a recording of a performance, give consent in a case where the identity or
whereabouts of the person entitled to the reproduction right cannot be
ascertained by reasonable inquiry.
(2) Consent
given by the licensing authority has effect as consent of the person entitled
to the reproduction right for the purposes of –
(a) the
provisions of this Part relating to performers’ rights; and
(b) Article 318(4),
in the case described in sub-paragraph (a) thereof,
and may be given subject to
any conditions specified in the licensing authority’s order.
(3) The
licensing authority shall not give consent under paragraph (1) except
after the service or publication of any notices required by an Order made under
Article 384 or as the licensing authority may in any particular case
direct.
(4) In
any case the licensing authority shall take into account –
(a) whether
the original recording was made with the performer’s consent and is
lawfully in the possession or control of the person proposing to make the
further recording; and
(b) whether
the making of the further recording is consistent with the obligations of the
parties to the arrangements under which, or is otherwise consistent with the
purposes for which, the original recording was made.
(5) Where
the licensing authority gives consent under this Article the licensing
authority shall, in default of agreement between the applicant and the person
entitled to the reproduction right, make any order it thinks fit as to the
payment to be made to that person in consideration of consent being given.
CHAPTER 5 – REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT OF
PERFORMER’S ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Performer’s property rights
310 Infringement actionable
by owner of performer’s property rights
(1) An
infringement of a performer’s property rights is actionable by the rights
owner.
(2) In
an action for infringement of a performer’s property rights all such
relief by way of damages, injunctions, accounts or otherwise is available to
the plaintiff as is available in respect of the infringement of any other
property right.
(3) This
Article has effect subject to Articles 311, 312 and 313.
311 Damages in action for infringement of performer’s property rights
(1) Where
in an action for infringement of a performer’s property rights it is
shown that at the time of the infringement the defendant did not know, and had
no reason to believe, that the rights subsisted in the recording to which the
action relates, the plaintiff is not entitled to damages against the defendant,
but without prejudice to any other remedy.
(2) The
Court may in an action for infringement of a performer’s property rights
having regard to all the circumstances, and in particular to –
(a) the
flagrancy of the infringement; and
(b) any
benefit accruing to the defendant by reason of the infringement,
award any additional damages
as the justice of the case may require.
312 Rights and remedies for
exclusive licensee: performer’s property rights
(1) An
exclusive licensee has, except against the owner of a performer’s
property rights, the same rights and remedies in respect of matters occurring
after the grant of the licence as if the licence had been an assignment.
(2) An
exclusive licensee’s rights and remedies are concurrent with those of the
rights owner and references in the relevant provisions of this Chapter to the
rights owner shall be construed accordingly.
(3) In
an action brought by an exclusive licensee by virtue of this Article a
defendant may avail himself or herself of any defence which would have been
available to him or her if the action had been brought by the rights owner.
313 Exercise of concurrent
rights: performer’s property rights
(1) Where
an action for infringement of a performer’s property rights brought by
the rights owner or an exclusive licensee relates (wholly or partly) to an
infringement in respect of which they have concurrent rights of action, the
rights owner, or, as the case may be, the exclusive licensee may not, without
the leave of the Court, proceed with the action unless the other is either
joined as plaintiff or added as a defendant.
(2) A
rights owner or exclusive licensee who is added as a defendant in pursuance of paragraph (1)
is not liable for any costs in the action unless he or she takes part in the
proceedings.
(3) Paragraphs (1)
and (2) do not affect the granting of interlocutory relief on an application by
the rights owner or exclusive licensee alone.
(4) Where
an action for infringement of a performer’s property rights is brought
which relates (wholly or partly) to an infringement in respect of which the
rights owner and an exclusive licensee have or had concurrent rights of action
whether or not both of them are parties to the action –
(a) the
Court shall in assessing damages take into account –
(i) the terms of the
licence, and
(ii) any
pecuniary remedy already awarded or available to either of them in respect of
the infringement;
(b) no
account of profits shall be directed if an award of damages has been made, or
an account of profits has been directed, in favour of the other of them in respect
of the infringement; and
(c) the
Court shall if an account of profits is directed apportion the profits between
them as the Court considers just, subject to any agreement between them.
(5) The
owner of a performer’s property rights shall notify any exclusive
licensee having concurrent rights before applying for an order under Article 315
or exercising the right of seizure conferred by Article 317 and the Court
may on the application of the licensee make any order under Article 315
or, as the case may be, prohibiting or permitting the exercise by the rights
owner of the right conferred by Article 317, that it thinks fit having
regard to the terms of the licence.
Performer’s non-property rights and recording rights
314 Performer’s non-property rights and
recording rights: infringement actionable
as breach of statutory duty
An infringement of –
(a) a
performer’s non-property rights; or
(b) any
right conferred by this Part (apart from Chapter 7) on a person having
recording rights,
is actionable by the person
entitled to the right as a breach of statutory duty.
Delivery up or seizure of
illicit recordings
315 Order for delivery up of illicit recording
(1) Where
a person has in his or her possession, custody or control in the course of a
business an illicit recording of a performance, a person having
performer’s rights or recording rights in relation to the performance
under this Part (apart from Chapter 7) may apply to the Court for an order
that the recording be delivered up to him or her or to any other person the
Court may direct.
(2) An
application shall not be made after the end of the period specified in Article 316,
and no order shall be made unless the Court also makes, or it appears to the
Court that there are grounds for making, an order under Article 321.
(3) A
person to whom a recording is delivered up in pursuance of an order under this
Article shall, if an order under Article 321 is not made, retain it
pending the making of an order, or the decision not to make an order, under
that Article.
(4) Nothing
in this Article affects any other power of the Court.
316 Period after which
remedy of delivery up not available under Article 315
(1) Subject
to paragraph (2), an application for an order under Article 315 may
not be made after the end of the period of 10 years from the date on which
the illicit recording in question was made.
(2) If
during the whole or any part of that period a person entitled to apply for an
order –
(a) is
under a disability; or
(b) is
prevented by fraud or concealment from discovering the facts entitling him or
her to apply,
an application may be made by
him or her at any time before the end of the period of 10 years from the
date on which he or she ceased to be under a disability or could with
reasonable diligence have discovered those facts.
(3) For
the purposes of paragraph (2) a person shall be treated as under a
disability while he or she is under the age of 18 years or is of unsound
mind.
317 Right to seize illicit
recordings
(1) An
illicit recording of a performance which is found exposed or otherwise
immediately available for sale or hire, and in respect of which a person would
be entitled to apply for an order under Article 315, may be seized and
detained by him or her or a person authorized by him or her.
(2) The
right conferred by paragraph (1) is exercisable subject to the conditions
set out in paragraphs (3), (4) and (5), and is subject to any decision of
the Court under Article 321.
(3) Before
anything is seized under this Article notice of the time and place of the
proposed seizure shall be given to the Connétable of the Parish in which
the proposed seizure is to take place.
(4) A
person may for the purpose of exercising the right conferred by this Article
enter premises to which the public have access but may not seize anything in
the possession, custody or control of a person at a permanent or regular place
of business of his or hers and may not use any force.
(5) At
the time when anything is seized under this Article there shall be left at the
place where it was seized a notice in the prescribed form containing the
prescribed particulars as to the person by whom or on whose authority the
seizure is made and the ground on which it is made.
(6) In
this Article “premises” includes land, buildings, fixed or moveable
structures, vehicles, vessels, aircraft and hovercraft.
Offences
318 Offences: making, dealing with or
using illicit recordings
(1) A
person shall be guilty of an offence who without sufficient consent –
(a) makes
for sale or hire;
(b) imports
into Jersey otherwise than for his or her private and domestic use;
(c) possesses
in the course of a business with a view to committing any act infringing the
rights conferred by this Part (apart from Chapter 7); or
(d) in
the course of a business –
(i) sells or lets for
hire,
(ii) offers
or exposes for sale or hire, or
(iii) distributes,
a recording which is, and
which he or she knows or has reason to believe is, an illicit recording.
(2) A
person who infringes a performer’s making available right –
(a) in
the course of a business; or
(b) otherwise
than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially
the owner of the making available right,
knowing or having reason to
believe that, by doing so, he or she is infringing the making available right
in the recording, shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) A
person shall be guilty of an offence who causes a recording of a performance
made without sufficient consent to be –
(a) shown
or played in public; or
(b) communicated
to the public,
thereby infringing any of the
rights conferred by this Part (apart from Chapter 7), if he or she knows
or has reason to believe that those rights are thereby infringed.
(4) In
paragraphs (1) and (3) “sufficient consent” means –
(a) in
the case of a qualifying performance, the consent of the performer; and
(b) in
the case of a non-qualifying performance subject to an exclusive recording
contract –
(i) for the purposes
of paragraph (1)(a), the consent of the performer or the person having
recording rights, and
(ii) for
the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), (c) and (d) and paragraph (3), the
consent of the person having recording rights.
(5) The
references in paragraph (4) to the person having recording rights are to
the person having those rights at the time the consent is given or, if there is
more than one person, to all of them.
(6) No
offence is committed under paragraph (1) or (3) by the commission of an
act which by virtue of any provision of Chapter 3 may be done without
infringing the rights conferred by this Part (apart from Chapter 7).
(7) A
person guilty of an offence against paragraph (1), in any of the cases
described in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (d)(iii) thereof, or under
paragraph (2) is liable to imprisonment for a term of 10 years and to
a fine.
(8) A
person guilty of any other offence against this Article is liable to
imprisonment for a term of 6 months and to a fine of level 3 on the
standard scale.[30]
(9) Where
an offence against this Article committed by a limited liability partnership or
body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance
of –
(a) a
person who is a partner of the partnership, or director, manager, secretary or
other similar officer of the body corporate; or
(b) any
person purporting to act in any such capacity,
the person shall also be
guilty of the offence and liable in the same manner as the partnership or body
corporate to the penalty provided for that offence.
(10) Where
the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (9)
shall apply in relation to acts and defaults of a member in connection with the
member’s functions of management as if the member were a director of the
body corporate.
319 Order for delivery up in
proceedings for offence against Article 318
(1) The
court before which proceedings are brought against a person for an offence against
Article 318 may, if satisfied that at the time of his or her arrest or
charge he or she had in his or her possession, custody or control in the course
of a business an illicit recording of a performance, order that it be delivered
up to a person having performer’s rights or recording rights in relation
to the performance or to any other person the court may direct.
(2) For
this purpose a person shall be treated as charged with an offence when he or
she is charged or is served with a summons.
(3) An
order may be made by the court of its own motion or on application by or on
behalf of the Attorney General or a person presenting the case and may be made
whether or not the person is convicted of the offence, but shall not be made –
(a) after
the end of the period of 10 years from the date on which the illicit
recording in question was made; or
(b) if it
appears to the court unlikely that any order will be made under Article 321.
(4) An
appeal shall lie to the Royal Court from an order made under this Article by
the Magistrate’s Court.
(5) A
person to whom an illicit recording is delivered up in pursuance of an order
under this Article shall retain it pending the making of an order, or the
decision not to make an order, under Article 321.
(6) Nothing
in this Article affects any other powers of a court with respect to forfeiture
in criminal proceedings.
320 Offence: false representation of
authority to give consent
(1) It
is an offence for a person to represent falsely that he or she is authorized by
any person to give consent for the purposes of this Part (apart from
Chapter 7) in relation to a performance, unless he or she believes on
reasonable grounds that he or she is so authorized.
(2) A
person guilty of an offence against this Article is liable to imprisonment for
a term of 6 months and to a fine of level 3 on the standard scale.[31]
(3) Where
an offence against this Article committed by a limited liability partnership or
body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance
of –
(a) a
person who is a partner of the partnership, or director, manager, secretary or
other similar officer of the body corporate; or
(b) any
person purporting to act in any such capacity,
the person shall also be
guilty of the offence and liable in the same manner as the partnership or body
corporate to the penalty provided for that offence.
(4) Where
the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, paragraph (3)
shall apply in relation to acts and defaults of a member in connection with the
member’s functions of management as if the member were a director of the
body corporate.
Disposal or forfeiture of illicit recordings
321 Order as to disposal of
illicit recording delivered up or seized under Article 315, 317 or
319
(1) An
application may be made to the Court for an order that an illicit recording of
a performance delivered up in pursuance of an order under Article 315 or
319, or seized and detained in pursuance of the right conferred under Article 317,
shall be –
(a) forfeited
to any person having performer’s rights or recording rights in relation
to the performance as the Court may direct; or
(b) destroyed
or otherwise dealt with as the Court may think fit,
or for a decision that no
such order should be made.
(2) In
considering what order (if any) should be made, the Court shall consider
whether other remedies available in an action for infringement of the rights
conferred by this Part (apart from Chapter 7) would be adequate to
compensate the person or persons entitled to the rights and to protect their
interests.
(3) Provision
shall be made by rules of court as to the service of notice on persons having
an interest in the recording, and any such person is entitled –
(a) to
appear in proceedings for an order under this Article, whether or not he or she was served with notice; and
(b) to
appeal against any order made, whether or not he or she appeared,
and an order shall not take
effect until the end of the period, specified in the rules, within which notice
of an appeal may be given or, if before the end of that period notice of appeal
is duly given, until the final determination or abandonment of the proceedings
on the appeal.
(4) Where
there is more than one person interested in a recording, the Court shall make
an order it thinks just and may (in particular) direct that the recording be
sold, or otherwise dealt with, and the proceeds divided.
(5) If
the Court decides that no order should be made under this Article, the person
in whose possession, custody or control the recording was before being
delivered up or seized is entitled to its return.
(6) References
in this Article to a person having an interest in a recording include any
person in whose favour an order could be made in respect of the recording
under –
(a) this
Article;
(b) Article 143;
(c) Article 377;
or
(d) Article 29(3)
of the Trade
Marks (Jersey) Law 2000.
(7) The
power in the Royal
Court (Jersey) Law 1948 to make
rules of court shall include the power to make rules for the purposes of this
Article.
322 Forfeiture of illicit
recordings in connection with offence
(1) Where
illicit recordings of a performance have come into the possession of any person
in connection with the investigation or prosecution of a relevant offence, that
person may apply under this Article for an order for the forfeiture of the
illicit recordings.
(2) For
the purposes of this Article “relevant offence” means –
(a) an
offence against Article 318; or
(b) an
offence involving dishonesty or deception.
(3) An
application under this Article may be made –
(a) where
proceedings have been brought in any court for a relevant offence relating to
some or all of the illicit recordings, to that court; or
(b) where
no application for the forfeiture of the illicit recordings has been made under
sub-paragraph (a), to the Magistrate’s Court.
(4) On
an application under this Article, the court shall make an order for the
forfeiture of any illicit recordings only if it is satisfied that a relevant
offence has been committed in relation to the illicit recordings.
(5) A
court may infer for the purposes of this Article that such an offence has been
committed in relation to any illicit recordings if it is satisfied that such an
offence has been committed in relation to illicit recordings which are
representative of the illicit recordings in question (whether by reason of being
part of the same consignment or batch or otherwise).
(6) Any
person aggrieved by an order made by the Magistrate’s Court under this
Article, or by a decision not to make such an order, may appeal against that
order or decision to the Royal Court.
(7) An
order under this Article may contain such provision as appears to the court to
be appropriate for delaying the coming into force of the order pending the
making and determination of any appeal.
(8) Subject
to paragraph (9), where any illicit recordings are forfeited under this
Article they shall be destroyed in accordance with such directions as the court
may give.
(9) On
making an order under this Article the court may direct that the illicit
recordings to which the order relates shall (instead of being destroyed) be
forfeited to the person having the performer’s rights or recording rights
in question or dealt with in such other way as the court considers appropriate.
General
323 Presumptions
relevant to recordings of performances
(1) In
proceedings brought by virtue of this Part with respect to rights in a
performance, where copies of a recording of the performance as issued to the
public bear a statement that a named person was the performer, the statement
shall be admissible as evidence of the fact stated and shall be presumed to be
correct until the contrary is proved.
(2) Paragraph (1)
does not apply to proceedings under Article 318.
(3) Paragraph (2)
is without prejudice to the application of paragraph (1) in proceedings
for an order under Article 319.
CHAPTER 6 –
LICENSING OF PERFORMER’S PROPERTY RIGHTS
324 “Licensing
scheme” and “licensing body” etc.
(1) In this Part a
“licensing scheme” means a scheme setting out –
(a) the
classes of case in which the operator of the scheme, or the person on whose
behalf he or she acts, is willing to grant performers’ property right
licences; and
(b) the
terms on which licences would be granted in those classes of case,
and for this purpose a “scheme” includes anything in the
nature of a scheme, whether described as a scheme or as a tariff or by any
other name.
(2) In this Part a
“licensing body” means a society or other organization which has as
its main object, or one of its main objects, the negotiating or granting,
whether as owner or prospective owner of a performer’s property rights or
as agent for him or her, of performers’ property right licences, and
whose objects include the granting of licences covering the performances of
more than one performer.[32]
(3) In this Article
“performers’ property right licences” means licences to do,
or authorize the doing of, any of the things for which consent is required
under Article 260, 261, 262 or 263.
(4) References in this Part
to licences or licensing schemes covering the performances of more than one
performer do not include licences or schemes covering only –
(a) performances
recorded in a single recording;
(b) performances
recorded in more than one recording where –
(i) the
performers giving the performance are the same, or
(ii) the
recordings are made by, or by employees of or commissioned by, a single
individual, firm, company or a holding company and its subsidiaries within the
meaning of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.
325 Referrals and applications in respect of licensing schemes
(1) This
Article applies to licensing schemes operated by licensing bodies in relation
to a performer’s property rights which cover the performances of more
than one performer, so far as they relate to licences for –
(a) copying
a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance;
(b) making
such a recording available to the public in the way mentioned in Article 263;
or
(c) renting
copies of a recording to the public.
(2) Articles 147
to 152 shall apply to licensing schemes to which this Article applies with the
following modifications –
(a) a
reference to a licensing scheme shall be construed as a reference to a
licensing scheme to which this Article applies;
(b) a
reference to a licensing body shall be construed in accordance with Article 324(2);
(c) the
references in Article 152(2) and (7) to infringement of copyright and the
owner of the copyright shall be construed, respectively, as references to
infringement of performers’ property rights and the owner of the
performers’ property rights, within the meaning of this Part.
326 Referrals and applications in respect of licences granted by
licensing bodies
(1) This
Article applies to licences relating to a performer’s property rights
which cover the performance of more than one performer granted by a licensing
body otherwise than in pursuance of a licensing scheme, so far as the licences
authorize –
(a) copying
a recording of the whole or any substantial part of a qualifying performance;
(b) making
such a recording available to the public in the way mentioned in Article 263;
or
(c) renting
copies of a recording to the public.
(2) Articles 154
to 157 shall apply to licences to which this Article applies with the following
modifications –
(a) a
reference to a licence shall be construed as a reference to a licence to which
this Article applies;
(b) a
reference to a licensing body shall be construed in accordance with Article 324(2);
(c) the
references in Article 157(1) to infringement of copyright and the owner of
copyright shall be construed, respectively, as references to infringement of
performers’ property rights and the owner of the performers’
property rights, within the meaning of this Part.
327 General
considerations on referrals and applications: unreasonable discrimination
(1) In
determining what is reasonable on a reference or application under Article 325
or 326 relating to a licensing scheme or licence, the licensing authority shall
have regard to –
(a) the
availability of other schemes, or the granting of other licences, to other
persons in similar circumstances; and
(b) the
terms of those schemes or licences,
and shall exercise the
licensing authority’s powers so as to secure that there is no
unreasonable discrimination between licensees, or prospective licensees, under
the scheme or licence to which the reference or application relates and
licensees under other schemes operated by, or other licences granted by, the
same person.
(2) This
does not affect the licensing authority’s general obligation in any case
to have regard to all relevant circumstances.
328 Notification
of licensing schemes
(1) For
the purposes of Article 280, a licensing scheme is notified if the
requirements of this Article have been complied with.[33]
(2) The
person operating or proposing to operate the scheme must –
(a) make
the scheme available for inspection, without charge, at a place in Jersey
during normal office hours; or
(b) publish
the scheme on an internet website that may be accessed by the public, without
charge.
(3) The
person operating or proposing to operate the scheme must take such steps as may
be reasonable to bring to the attention of persons likely to be affected by the
scheme –
(a) the
arrangements made in compliance with paragraph (2);
(b) the
Article or Articles of this Law for the purposes of which the scheme is being
notified; and
(c) the
date the scheme comes into operation.
(4) A
scheme shall not come into operation –
(a) less
than 8 weeks after paragraphs (2) and (3) are first complied with; or
(b) if the
scheme is the subject of a reference under Article 147 as applied by
Article 325, on any later date on which the order of the licensing
authority under that Article comes into force or the reference is withdrawn.
(5) Paragraph (3)
shall be taken to have been complied with if the information required by
sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of that paragraph is published in the Jersey
Gazette.
(6) This
Article applies to any modification made to a scheme as it applies to the first
operation of a scheme.
CHAPTER 7 – MORAL RIGHTS IN PERFORMANCES
329 Right to
be identified as performer
(1) Whenever
a person –
(a) produces or puts on a
qualifying performance that is given in public;
(b) broadcasts live a qualifying performance;
(c) communicates to the
public a sound recording of a qualifying performance;
or
(d) issues to the public
copies of such a recording,
the performer has the right
to be identified as such.
(2) The
right of the performer under this Article is –
(a) in the case of a
performance that is given in public, to be identified in any programme
accompanying the performance or in some other manner likely to bring the
performer’s identity to the notice of a person seeing or hearing the
performance;
(b) in the case of a performance that is
broadcast, to be identified in a manner likely to bring the performer’s
identity to the notice of a person seeing or hearing the broadcast;
(c) in the case of a sound recording that is
communicated to the public, to be identified in a manner likely to bring the
performer’s identity to the notice of a person hearing the communication;
(d) in the case of a sound recording that is
issued to the public, to be identified in or on each copy or, if that is not
appropriate, in some other manner likely to bring the performer’s identity
to the notice of a person acquiring a copy,
or (in any of the above
cases) to be identified in such other manner as may be agreed between the
performer and the person mentioned in paragraph (1).
(3) The
right conferred by this Article in relation to a performance given by a group
(or so much of a performance as is given by a group) is not
infringed –
(a) in a case falling within sub-paragraph (a),
(b) or (c) of paragraph (2); or
(b) in a case falling within sub-paragraph (d)
of that paragraph in which it is not reasonably practicable for each member of
the group to be identified,
if the group itself is
identified as specified in paragraph (2).
(4) In
this Article “group” means 2 or more performers who have a
particular name by which they may be identified collectively.
(5) If
the assertion under Article 330 specifies a pseudonym, initials or some
other particular form of identification, that form shall be used; otherwise any
reasonable form of identification may be used.
330 Requirement
that right conferred by Article 329 be asserted
(1) A
person does not infringe the right conferred by Article 329 by doing any
of the acts mentioned in that Article unless the right has been asserted in
accordance with this Article so as to bind the person in relation to that act.
(2) The
right may be asserted generally, or in relation to any specified act or
description of acts –
(a) by instrument in writing signed by or on
behalf of the performer; or
(b) on an assignment of a performer's property
rights, by including in the instrument effecting the assignment a statement
that the performer asserts in relation to the performance his or her right to
be identified.
(3) The
persons bound by an assertion of the right under paragraph (2)
are –
(a) in the case of an assertion under paragraph (2)(a),
anyone to whose notice the assertion is brought;
(b) in the case of an assertion under paragraph (2)(b),
the assignee and anyone claiming through the assignee, whether or not he or she
has notice of the assertion.
(4) In
an action for infringement of the right the court shall, in considering
remedies, take into account any delay in asserting the right.
331 Exceptions
to right conferred by Article 329
(1) The
right conferred by Article 329 is subject to the following exceptions.
(2) The
right does not apply where it is not reasonably practicable to identify the
performer (or, where identification of a group is permitted by virtue of
Article 329(3), the group).
(3) The
right does not apply in relation to any performance given for the purposes of
reporting current events.
(4) The
right does not apply in relation to any performance given for the purposes of
advertising any goods or services.
(5) The
right is not infringed by an act which by virtue of any of the following
Articles would not infringe any of the rights conferred by
Chapter 2 –
(a) Article 276(2);
(b) Article 277;
(c) Article 278(2);
(d) Article 282;
(e) Article 283.
332 Right to
object to derogatory treatment of performance
The performer of a qualifying
performance has a right which is infringed if –
(a) the
performance is broadcast live; or
(b) by
means of a sound recording the performance is played in public or communicated
to the public,
with any distortion,
mutilation or other modification that is prejudicial to the reputation of the
performer.
333 Exceptions
to right conferred by Article 332
(1) The
right conferred by Article 332 is subject to the following exceptions.
(2) The
right does not apply in relation to any performance given for the purposes of
reporting current events.
(3) The
right is not infringed by modifications made to a performance which are
consistent with normal editorial or production practice.
(4) Subject
to paragraph (5), the right is not infringed by anything done for the
purpose of –
(a) avoiding the commission of an offence;
(b) complying with a duty imposed by or under an
enactment; or
(c) in the case of the British Broadcasting
Corporation, avoiding the inclusion in a programme broadcast by them of
anything which offends against good taste or decency or which is likely to
encourage or incite crime or lead to disorder or to be offensive to public
feeling.
(5) Where –
(a) the performer is identified in a manner
likely to bring his or her identity to the notice of a person seeing or hearing
the performance as modified by the act in question; or
(b) the performer has previously been identified
in or on copies of a sound recording issued to the public,
paragraph (4) applies
only if there is sufficient disclaimer.
(6) In
paragraph (5) “sufficient disclaimer”, in relation to an act
capable of infringing the right, means a clear and reasonably prominent
indication –
(a) given in a manner likely to bring it to the
notice of a person seeing or hearing the performance as modified by the act in
question; and
(b) if the performer is identified at the time
of the act, appearing along with the identification,
that the modifications were
made without the performer's consent.
(7) In
paragraph (4)(b), “enactment” includes an enactment of the
United Kingdom, to the extent that it applies to and has effect in Jersey.
334 Infringement
of right conferred by Article 332 by possessing or dealing with infringing
article
(1) The
right conferred by Article 332 is also infringed by a person
who –
(a) possesses in the course of business;
(b) sells or lets for hire, or offers or exposes
for sale or hire; or
(c) distributes,
an article which is, and
which the person knows or has reason to believe is, an infringing article.
(2) An
“infringing article” means a sound recording of a qualifying
performance with any distortion, mutilation or other modification that is
prejudicial to the reputation of the performer.
335 Duration of
moral rights in performances
(1) A
performer's rights under this Chapter in relation to a performance subsist so
long as that performer's rights under Chapter 2 subsist in relation to the
performance.
(2) In
paragraph (1) “performer's rights” includes rights of a
performer that are vested in a successor of the performer.
336 Consent
and waiver of moral rights in performances
(1) It
is not an infringement of the rights conferred by this Chapter to do any act to
which consent has been given by or on behalf of the person entitled to the
right.
(2) Any
of those rights may be waived by instrument in writing signed by or on behalf
of the person giving up the right.
(3) A
waiver –
(a) may relate to a specific performance, to
performances of a specified description or to performances generally, and may
relate to existing or future performances; and
(b) may be conditional or unconditional and may
be expressed to be subject to revocation.
(4) A
waiver made in favour of the owner or prospective owner of a performer's
property rights in the performance or performances to which it relates, shall
be presumed to extend to his or her licensees and successors in title unless a
contrary intention is expressed.
(5) Nothing
in this Chapter shall be construed as excluding the operation of the general
law of contract or estoppel in relation to an informal waiver or other
transaction in relation to either of the rights conferred by this Chapter.
337 Application
of Articles 329 to 332 to parts of performances
(1) The
right conferred by Article 329 applies in relation to the whole or any
substantial part of a performance.
(2) The
right conferred by Article 332 applies in relation to the whole or any
part of a performance.
338 Moral rights in performances not assignable
The rights conferred by this Chapter are not assignable.
339 Transmission
of moral rights in performances on death
(1) On
the death of a person entitled to a right conferred by this
Chapter –
(a) the right passes to such person as he or she
may by testamentary disposition specifically direct;
(b) if there is no such direction but the
performer's property rights in respect of the performance in question form part
of his or her estate, the right passes to the person to whom the property
rights pass;
(c) if or to the extent that the right does not
pass under sub-paragraph (a) or (b) it is exercisable by his or her
personal representatives.
(2) Where
a performer's property rights pass in part to one person and in part to
another, as for example where a bequest is limited so as to apply –
(a) to one or more, but not all, of the things
to which the owner has the right to consent; or
(b) to part, but not the whole, of the period
for which the rights subsist,
any right which by virtue of
paragraph (1) passes with the performer's property rights is
correspondingly divided.
(3) Where
by virtue of paragraph (1)(a) or (1)(b) a right becomes exercisable by
more than one person –
(a) it is, in the case of the right conferred by
Article 332, a right exercisable by each of them and is satisfied in
relation to any of them if he or she consents to the treatment or act in
question; and
(b) any waiver of the right in accordance with
Article 336 by one of them does not affect the rights of the others.
(4) A
consent or waiver previously given or made binds any person to whom a right
passes by virtue of paragraph (1).
(5) Any
damages recovered by personal representatives by virtue of this Article in
respect of an infringement after a person's death shall devolve as part of his
or her estate as if the right of action had subsisted and been vested in the
deceased immediately before his or her death.
340 Remedies
for infringement of moral rights in performances
(1) An
infringement of a right conferred by this Chapter is actionable as a breach of
statutory duty owed to the person entitled to the right.
(2) Where –
(a) there is an infringement of a right
conferred by this Chapter;
(b) a person falsely claiming to act on behalf
of a performer consented to the relevant conduct or purported to waive the
right; and
(c) there would have been no infringement if he
or she had been so acting,
that person shall be liable,
jointly and severally with any person liable in respect of the infringement by
virtue of paragraph (1), as if he or she personally had infringed the
right.
(3) In
proceedings for infringement of the right conferred on a performer by this
Chapter, it shall be a defence to prove –
(a) that a person claiming to act on behalf of
the performer consented to the defendant's conduct or purported to waive the
right; and
(b) that the defendant reasonably believed that
the person was acting on behalf of the performer.
(4) In
proceedings for infringement of the right conferred by Article 332 the
Court may, if it thinks it an adequate remedy in the circumstances, grant an
injunction on terms prohibiting the doing of any act unless a disclaimer is
made, in such terms and in such manner as may be approved by the Court,
dissociating the performer from the broadcast or sound recording of the
performance.
Part 7
design right
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTORY
341 Interpretation of Part 7
(1) In
this Part –
“commission”
means a commission for money or money’s worth;
“competent
authority” has the meaning given in Article 342(1);
“computer-generated”,
in relation to a design, means that the design is generated by computer in
circumstances such that there is no human designer;
“Crown use” has
the meaning given in Article 342(1);
“design” means
the design of any aspect of the shape or configuration (whether internal or
external) of the whole or part of an article;
“design document”
means any record of a design whether in the form of a drawing, a written
description, a photograph, data stored in a computer or otherwise;
“design right”
shall be construed in accordance with Article 346;
“design right
owner” shall be construed in accordance with Article 343 and 378(2);
“designer”, in
relation to a design, means the person who creates it and, in the case of a
computer-generated design, the person by whom the arrangements necessary for
the creation of the design are undertaken shall be taken to be the designer;
“exclusive licence”
means a licence in writing signed by or on behalf of the design right owner
authorizing the licensee to the exclusion of all other persons, including the
person granting the licence, to exercise a right which would otherwise be
exercisable exclusively by the design right owner;
“infringing
article” shall be construed in accordance with Article 344;
“joint design”
means a design produced by the collaboration of 2 or more designers in which
the contribution of each is not distinct from that of the other or others;
“marketing”, in
relation to an article, has the meaning give in paragraph (3);
“original design”
shall be construed in accordance with Article 346(3);
“qualifying country”
means –
(a) Jersey;
or
(b) so
far as provision is made by Order under Article 399, a country prescribed
by the Order for the purpose of extending the application of a right conferred
by this Part;
“qualifying individual”
means –
(a) a
British citizen;
(b) an
individual domiciled or resident in Jersey; or
(c) so
far as provision is made by Order under Article 399, an individual
prescribed by the Order for the purpose of extending the application of a right
conferred by this Part;
“qualifying person”
means –
(a) a
qualifying individual; or
(b) a
body corporate –
(i) which is
incorporated in a qualifying country, and
(ii) which
has, in a qualifying country, a place of business at which substantial business
is carried on,
and includes the Crown, the Chief
Minister, the States, the States Assembly and the government of any other
qualifying country and, in determining for the purpose of this definition
whether substantial business activity is carried on at a place of business in
any country, no account shall be taken of dealings in goods which are at all
material times outside that country;
“semiconductor product”
means an article –
(a) the
purpose, or one of the purposes, of which is the performance of an electronic
function; and
(b) which
consists of 2 or more layers, at least one of which is composed of
semiconducting material and in or upon one or more of which is fixed a pattern
appertaining to that or another function;
“semiconductor
topography” means a design which is a design of –
(a) the
pattern fixed, or intended to be fixed, in or upon –
(i) a layer of a
semiconductor product, or
(ii) a
layer of material in the course of and for the purpose of the manufacture of a
semiconductor product; or
(b) the
arrangement of the patterns fixed, or intended to be fixed, in or upon the
layers of a semiconductor product in relation to one another;
“States use” has
the meaning given in Article 342(1).
(2) References
in this Part to the designer of a design shall, except as otherwise provided,
be construed in relation to a joint design as references to all the designers
of that design.
(3) References
in this Part to “marketing”, in relation to an article or, in the
application of this Part to designs which are semiconductor topographies, to a
semiconductor topography, are to its being sold or let for hire, or offered or
exposed for sale or hire, in the course of a business, and related expressions
shall be construed accordingly, but no account shall be taken for the purposes
of this Part of marketing which is merely colourable and not intended to
satisfy the requirements of the public.
(4) References
in this Part to an act being done in relation to an article “for
commercial purposes” are to its being done with a view to the article in
question being sold or hired in the course of a business.
(5) Except
where the context otherwise requires –
(a) expressions
used in this Part that are not defined for the purposes of this Part but are
defined for the purposes of Part 1 have the same meaning as in Part 1;
and
(b) other
rules of construction that apply for the purposes of Part 1 apply also for
the purposes of this Part.
342 “Crown
use”, “States use” and related expressions
(1) In
this Part –
“Crown use” or
“States use”, in relation to a design, means the doing of anything
by virtue of Article 365 which would otherwise be an infringement of
design right in the design;
“competent
authority” means –
(a) in
relation to Crown use, the government department of the United Kingdom by whom
or on whose authority the act was done;
(b) in
relation to States use, the Minister by whom or on whose authority the act was
done.
(2) In
this Part, references to “the services of the States” or “the
services of the Crown” are to –
(a) the
defence of the British Islands;
(b) foreign
defence purposes;
(c) health
service purposes; and
(d) during
a period of emergency, emergency purposes.
(3) In
this Part, any reference to the supply of articles for “foreign defence
purposes” is to their supply for –
(a) the
defence of a country outside the British Islands in pursuance of an agreement
or arrangement to which the government of that country and the government of
the United Kingdom are parties; or
(b) use
by armed forces operating in pursuance of a resolution of the United Nations or
one of its organs.
(4) In
this Part, any reference to the supply of articles for “health service
purposes” are to their supply for the purpose of providing the following
services under the Health
Insurance (Jersey) Law 1967 or under the health services of the States or, as the case
requires, under the health services of the United Kingdom –
(a) pharmaceutical
services;
(b) general
medical services;
(c) general
dental services.
(5) In
this Part, any reference to “emergency purposes” is a reference to
any purpose which appears to the competent authority necessary or
expedient –
(a) for
the efficient prosecution of any war in which His Majesty may be engaged;
(b) for
the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the
community;
(c) for
securing a sufficiency of supplies and services essential to the well-being of
the community;
(d) for
promoting the productivity of industry, commerce and agriculture;
(e) for
fostering and directing exports and reducing imports, or imports of any
classes, from all or any countries and for redressing the balance of trade;
(f) generally
for ensuring that the whole resources of the community are available for use,
and are used, in a manner best calculated to serve the interests of the
community; or
(g) for
assisting the relief of suffering and the restoration and distribution of
essential supplies and services in any country outside Jersey which is in grave
distress as the result of war.[34]
(6) For
the purposes of this Part, a “period of emergency” begins with such
date as the Lieutenant Governor declares a State of Emergency to exist under
Article 11 of the Emergency
Powers and Planning (Jersey) Law 1990 and ends with such date as the Lieutenant Governor declares to be
the end of a period of emergency for the purposes of this Article.
343 Design right
owner: construction of references
(1) Where
different persons are (whether in consequence of a partial assignment or
otherwise) entitled to different aspects of design right in a work, the design
right owner for any purpose of this Part is the person who is entitled to the
right in the respect relevant for that purpose.
(2) Where
design right (or any aspect of design right) is owned by more than one person
jointly, references in this Part to the design right owner are to all the
owners, so that, in particular, any requirement of the licence of the design
right owner requires the licence of all of them.
344 “Infringing
article”
(1) In
this Part “infringing article”, in relation to a design, shall be construed
in accordance with this Article.
(2) An
article is an infringing article if its making to that design was an
infringement of design right in the design.
(3) An
article is also an infringing article if –
(a) it
has been or is proposed to be imported into Jersey; and
(b) its
making to that design in Jersey would have been an infringement of design right
in the design or a breach of an exclusive licence agreement relating to the
design.
(4) Where
it is shown that an article is made to a design in which design right subsists
or has subsisted at any time, it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved
that the article was made at a time when design right subsisted.
(5) Nothing
in paragraph (3) is to be construed as applying to an article which it
would have been lawful to import into Jersey pursuant to any right available by
virtue of Article 2(1) of the European
Union (Jersey) Law 1973 if –
(a) that
Law had not been repealed;
(b) the
Protocol described in Article 1(4B)(a) of that Law was still in effect;
and
(c) the
United Kingdom was still a member State of the European Union.[35]
(6) The
expression “infringing article” does not include a design document,
notwithstanding that its making was or would have been an infringement of
design right.
(7) Paragraph (6)
does not apply where the design recorded in the document is a semiconductor
topography.
345 Application
to articles in kit form
(1) This
Part applies in relation to a kit (that is, a complete or substantially
complete set of components intended to be assembled into an article) as it applies
in relation to the assembled article.
(2) Paragraph (1)
does not affect the question whether design right subsists in any aspect of the
design of the components of a kit as opposed to the design of the assembled
article.
CHAPTER 2 – SUBSISTENCE, OWNERSHIP AND DURATION OF DESIGN
RIGHT
346 Subsistence
of design right
(1) Design
right is a property right which subsists in accordance with this Part in an
original design.
(2) Design
right does not subsist in –
(a) a
method or principle of construction;
(b) features
of shape or configuration of an article, which –
(i) enable the
article to be connected to, or placed in, around or against, another article so
that either article may perform its function, or
(ii) are
dependent upon the appearance of another article of which the article is
intended by the designer to form an integral part; or
(c) surface
decoration.
(3) A
design is not “original” for the purposes of this Part if it is
commonplace in the design field in question at the time of its creation.
(4) Design
right subsists in a design only if the design qualifies for design right
protection –
(a) by
reference to the designer, in accordance with Article 349, or the person
by whom the design was commissioned or the designer employed, in accordance
with Article 350; or
(b) by
reference to the person by whom and country in which articles made to the
design were first marketed, in accordance with Article 351.
(5) Design
right does not subsist unless and until the design has been recorded in a
design document or an article has been made to the design.
347 Who is first
owner of design right
(1) The
designer is the first owner of any design right in a design which is not
created in pursuance of a commission or in the course of employment.
(2) Where
a design is created in pursuance of a commission, the person commissioning the
design is the first owner of any design right in it.
(3) Where,
in a case not falling within paragraph (2), a design is created by an
employee in the course of his or her employment, his or her employer is the
first owner of any design right in the design.
(4) If
a design qualifies for design right protection by virtue of Article 351,
the above rules do not apply and the person by whom the articles in question
are marketed is the first owner of the design right.
(5) This
Article has effect, in its application to designs which are semiconductor
topographies, with the following modifications –
(a) the
addition, at the ends of paragraphs (2) and (3), of the words
“subject to any agreement in writing to the contrary”; and
(b) the
insertion after the words “the above rules do not apply and”, in
paragraph (4) of the words “, subject to Article 352,”.
348 Duration of
design right
(1) Subject
to paragraph (3), design right expires –
(a) 15 years
from the end of the calendar year in which the design was first recorded in a
design document or an article was first made to the design, whichever first
occurred; or
(b) if
articles made to the design are made available for sale or hire within 5 years
from the end of that calendar year, 10 years from the end of the calendar
year in which that first occurred.
(2) The
reference in paragraph (1) to articles being made available for sale or
hire is to their being made so available anywhere in the world by or with the
licence of the design right owner.
(3) The
design right in a semiconductor topography expires –
(a) 10 years from the end of the calendar
year in which the topography or articles made to the topography were first made
available for sale or hire anywhere in the world by or with the licence of the
design right owner; or
(b) if neither the topography nor articles made
to the topography are so made available within a period of 15 years
commencing with the earlier of the time when the topography was first recorded
in a design document or the time when an article was first made to the
topography, at the end of that period.
Qualification
for design right protection
349 Qualification
for design right protection by reference to designer
(1) This
Article applies to a design which is not created in pursuance of a commission
or in the course of employment.
(2) A
design to which this Article applies qualifies for design right protection if
the designer is a qualifying individual, or in the case of a computer-generated
design, a qualifying person.
(3) A
joint design to which this Article applies qualifies for design right
protection if any of the designers is a qualifying individual or a qualifying
person.
(4) Where
a joint design qualifies for design right protection under this Article only
those designers who are qualifying individuals or qualifying persons are
entitled to design right under Article 347(1).
350 Qualification
for design right protection by reference to person commissioning it or employer
(1) A
design qualifies for design right protection if it is created in pursuance of a
commission from, or in the course of employment with, a qualifying person.
(2) Where
a design is created by a person in circumstances in which, if the design was a
work to which Article 182 applied, the copyright in the work would be
States Assembly copyright, the States Assembly shall be regarded as the person
commissioning the design.
(3) Where
a design is created by a person in circumstances in which, if the design was a
work to which Article 183 applied, the copyright in the work would be
States copyright, the Chief Minister shall be regarded as the person
commissioning the design.
(4) Where
a design is created by a person in circumstances in which, if the design was a
work to which Article 184 applied, the copyright in the work would be
Crown copyright, the Crown shall be regarded as the person commissioning the
design.
(5) In
the case of a joint commission or joint employment a design qualifies for
design right protection if any of the persons commissioning it or employers is
a qualifying person.
(6) Where
a design which is jointly commissioned or created in the course of joint
employment qualifies for design right protection under this Article, only those
persons commissioning it or employers who are qualifying persons are entitled to
design right under Article 347(2) or (3).
(7) In
the case of a design that is a semiconductor topography created in pursuance of
a commission or in the course of employment and the designer of the design is,
by virtue of Article 347 as modified by paragraph (5) thereof, the
first owner of design right in the design –
(a) paragraphs (1),
(5) and (6) shall not apply; and
(b) Article 349(2)
to (4) shall apply to the design as if it had not been created in pursuance of
a commission or in the course of employment.
(8) Article 185
shall apply to design right owned by the States Assembly by virtue of paragraph (4)
and Article 347(2) as it applies to copyright owned by the States
Assembly.
351 Qualification
for design right protection by reference to first marketing
(1) A
design which does not qualify for design right protection under Article 349
or 350 qualifies for design right protection if the first marketing of articles
made to the design –
(a) is by
a qualifying person who is exclusively authorized to put such articles on the
market in Jersey; and
(b) takes
place in a qualifying country.
(2) If
the first marketing of articles made to the design is done jointly by 2 or more
persons, the design qualifies for design right protection if any of those
persons meet the requirements specified in paragraph (1)(a).
(3) In
such a case only the persons who meet these requirements are entitled to design
right under Article 347(4).
(4) In
paragraph (1)(a) “exclusively authorized” refers –
(a) to
authorization by the person who would have been first owner of design right as
designer, commissioner of the design or employer of the designer if the person
had been a qualifying person, or by a person lawfully claiming under such a
person; and
(b) to
exclusivity capable of being enforced by legal proceedings in Jersey.
(5) In
the application of this Article to a design that is a semiconductor
topography –
(a) in
paragraph (1)(a), for the word “Jersey” there shall be
substituted the words “a qualifying country”;
(b) in
paragraph (4)(b) the words “in Jersey” shall be deleted.
352 Confidential information
concerning semiconductor topography
In determining, for the
purposes of Article 346(4), 348 or 351 as they apply to designs which are
semiconductor topographies, whether there has been any marketing, or anything
has been made available for sale or hire, no account shall be taken of any sale
or hire, or any offer or exposure for sale or hire, which is subject to an
obligation of confidence in respect of information about the semiconductor
topography in question unless either –
(a) the
article or semiconductor topography sold or hired or offered or exposed for
sale or hire has been sold or hired on a previous occasion (whether or not
subject to an obligation of confidence); or
(b) the
obligation is imposed at the behest of the Crown, a Minister, or the government
of any country outside Jersey, for the protection of security in connection
with the production of arms, munitions or war material.
Infringement of design right
353 Primary
infringement of design right
(1) Subject
to paragraph (2), the owner of design right in a design has the exclusive
right to reproduce the design for commercial purposes –
(a) by
making articles to that design; or
(b) by
making a design document recording the design for the purpose of enabling such
articles to be made.
(2) Paragraph (1)
does not apply, in the case of a design that is a semiconductor topography,
to –
(a) the
reproduction of a design privately for non-commercial aims; or
(b) the
reproduction of a design for the purposes of analysing or evaluating the design
or analysing, evaluating or teaching the concepts, processes, systems or
techniques embodied in it.
(3) Reproduction
of a design by making articles to the design means copying the design so as to
produce articles exactly or substantially to that design, and references in
this Part to making articles to a design shall be construed accordingly.
(4) Design
right is infringed by a person who without the licence of the design right
owner does, or authorizes another to do, anything which by virtue of this
Article is the exclusive right of the design right owner.
(5) For
the purposes of this Article reproduction may be direct or indirect, and it is
immaterial whether any intervening acts themselves infringe the design right.
(6) This
Article has effect subject to Chapter 3.
354 Secondary
infringement: importing or dealing with infringing article
(1) Design
right is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the design right
owner –
(a) imports
into Jersey for commercial purposes;
(b) has
in his or her possession for commercial purposes; or
(c) sells,
lets for hire, or offers or exposes for sale or hire, in the course of a
business,
an article which is, and
which he or she knows or has reason to believe is, an infringing article.
(2) This
Article has effect subject to Chapter 3.
(3) This
Article does not apply, in the case of a design which is a semiconductor
topography, if the article in question has previously been sold or let for hire
within the protected area, by or with the licence of the owner of design
right in the semiconductor topography in question.
355 Infringement
in relation to part of semiconductor topography
Anything which would be an
infringement of the design right in a semiconductor topography if done in
relation to the topography as a whole is an infringement of the design right in
the topography if done in relation to a substantial part of the topography.
CHAPTER 3 – EXCEPTIONS TO RIGHTS OF DESIGN RIGHT OWNERS
356 Chapter 3:
introductory
(1) This
Chapter specifies acts which may be done in relation to a design notwithstanding
the subsistence of design right.
(2) This
Chapter relates only to the question of infringement of design right and,
except as expressly provided by this Law, does not affect any other right or
obligation restricting the doing of any of the specified acts.
(3) Where
it is provided by this Chapter that an act does not infringe design right, or
may be done without infringing design right, and no particular description of design
is mentioned, the act in question does not infringe design right in a design of
any description.
(4) No
inference shall be drawn from the description of any act which may by virtue of
this Chapter be done without infringing design right as to the scope of the
acts restricted by the design right in any description of design.
(5) The
provisions of this Chapter are to be construed independently of each other, so
that the fact that an act does not fall within one provision does not mean that
it is not covered by another provision.
357 Power to
amend Chapter 3
(1) The States may, by
Regulations, amend in this Chapter the acts which may be done in relation to
any article or document notwithstanding the subsistence of design right.
(2) Regulations under
paragraph (1) may also amend this Chapter so as to provide that an
agreement is void to the extent that it purports to prohibit or restrict an act
which would, but for a provision of this Chapter, infringe design right.
(3) Regulations under
paragraph (1) may also amend –
(a) any
other provision of this Law which applies or otherwise refers to any provision
of this Chapter;
(b) any
other provision of this Law, consequentially upon any amendment of this
Chapter.
358 Exceptions
relating to semiconductor topographies
It is not an infringement of design right in a semiconductor
topography to –
(a) create another original
semiconductor topography as a result of an analysis or evaluation of the first
topography or of the concepts, processes, systems or techniques embodied in it;
or
(b) reproduce that other
topography.
359 Infringement
of copyright
Where copyright subsists in a
work which consists of or includes a design in which design right subsists, it
is not an infringement of design right in the design to do anything which is an
infringement of the copyright in that work.
360 Licences of
right available in last 5 years of design right
(1) Any
person is entitled as of right to a licence to do in the last 5 years of
the design right term anything which would otherwise infringe the design right.
(2) The
terms of the licence shall, in default of agreement, be settled by the licensing
authority under Article 362.
(3) This
Article does not apply to a design that is a semiconductor topography.
361 Licensee
under licence of right not to claim connection with design right owner
(1) A
person who has a licence in respect of a design by virtue of Article 360
shall not, without the consent of the design right owner –
(a) apply
to goods which he or she is marketing, or proposes to market, in reliance on
that licence any indication that he or she is the licensee of the design right
owner; or
(b) use
that indication in an advertisement in relation to those goods.
(2) A
contravention of paragraph (1) is actionable by the design right owner.
(3) In
this Article “advertisement” includes a catalogue, circular or
price list.
362 Application
to settle terms of licence of right available under Article 360
(1) A
person requiring a licence which is available as of right by virtue of Article 360
may apply to the licensing authority to settle the terms of the licence.
(2) No
application for the settlement of the terms of a licence available by virtue of
Article 360 may be made earlier than one year before the earliest date on
which the licence may take effect under that Article.
(3) The
terms of a licence settled by the licensing authority shall authorize the
licensee to do, in the case of a licence available by virtue of Article 360,
everything which would be an infringement of the design right in the absence of
a licence.
(4) Where
the terms of a licence are settled by the licensing authority, the licence has
effect –
(a) in
the case of an application in respect of a licence available by virtue of Article 360
made before the earliest date on which the licence may take effect under that
Article, from that date; or
(b) in
any other case, from the date on which the application to the licensing
authority was made.
363 Settlement
of terms of licence under Article 362 where design right owner unknown
(1) This
Article applies where a person making an application under Article 362 is
unable on reasonable inquiry to discover the identity of the design right
owner.
(2) The
licensing authority may in settling the terms of the licence order that the
licence shall be free of any obligation as to royalties or other payments.
(3) If
such an order is made the design right owner may apply to the licensing
authority to vary the terms of the licence with effect from the date on which
his or her application is made.
(4) If
the terms of a licence are settled by the licensing authority and it is
subsequently established that a licence was not available as of right, the
licensee shall not be liable in damages for, or for an account of profits in
respect of, anything done before he or she was aware of any claim by the design
right owner that a licence was not available.
364 Undertaking
to take licence of right in infringement proceedings
(1) If
in proceedings for infringement of design right in a design in respect of which
a licence is available as of right under Article 360 the defendant
undertakes to take a licence on such terms as may be agreed or, in default of
agreement, settled by the licensing authority under that Article –
(a) no
injunction shall be granted against him or her;
(b) no
order for delivery up shall be made under Article 376; and
(c) the
amount recoverable against him or her by way of damages or on an account of
profits shall not exceed double the amount which would have been payable by him
or her as licensee if such a licence on those terms had been granted before the
earliest infringement.
(2) An
undertaking may be given at any time before final order in the proceedings,
without any admission of liability.
(3) Nothing
in this Article affects the remedies available in respect of an infringement
committed before licences of right were available.
365 Crown use or
States use of designs
(1) A
Minister, or a person authorized in writing by a Minister, may without the
licence of the design right owner –
(a) do
anything for the purpose of supplying articles for the services of the States;
or
(b) dispose
of articles no longer required for the services of the States,
and nothing done by virtue of
this Article infringes the design right.
(2) A
government department of the United Kingdom, or a person authorized in writing
by a government department of the United Kingdom, may without the licence of
the design right owner –
(a) do
anything for the purpose of supplying articles for the services of the Crown;
or
(b) dispose
of articles no longer required for the services of the Crown,
and nothing done by virtue of
this Article infringes the design right.
(3) The
authorization by the competent authority in respect of States use or Crown use
of a design may be given to a person either before or after the use and whether
or not the person is authorized, directly or indirectly, by the design right
owner to do anything in relation to the design.
(4) A
person acquiring anything sold in the exercise of powers conferred by this
Article, and any person claiming under him or her, may deal with it in the same
manner as if the design right were held on behalf of the Crown or the States.
366 Settlement
of terms for Crown or States use
(1) Where
Crown use or States use is made of a design, the competent authority shall –
(a) notify
the design right owner as soon as practicable; and
(b) give
the design right owner such information as to the extent of the use as he or
she may from time to time require,
unless it appears to the competent
authority that it would be contrary to the public interest to do so or the
identity of the design right owner cannot be ascertained on reasonable inquiry.
(2) Crown
use of a design shall be on such terms as, either before or after the use, are
agreed between the competent authority and the design right owner with the
approval of the Treasury of the United Kingdom, or, in default of agreement,
such terms as are determined by the Court.
(3) States
use of a design shall be on such terms as, either before or after the use, are
agreed between the competent authority and the design right owner with the
approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources or, in default of
agreement, such terms as are determined by the Court.
(4) Where
the identity of the design right owner cannot be ascertained on reasonable
inquiry, the competent authority may apply to the Court.
(5) On
an application under paragraph (4), the Court may order that no royalty or
other sum shall be payable in respect of Crown use or States use of the design
until the owner agrees terms with the competent authority or refers the matter
to the Court for determination.
367 Rights of
third parties in case of Crown use or States use
(1) The
provisions of any licence, assignment or agreement made between the design
right owner (or anyone deriving title from him or her or from whom he or she
derives title) and any person other than a competent authority are of no effect
in relation to Crown use or States use of a design, or any act incidental to
Crown use or States use, so far as they –
(a) restrict
or regulate anything done in relation to the design, or the use of any model, document
or other information relating to it; or
(b) provide
for the making of payments in respect of or calculated by reference to such
use,
and the copying or issuing to
the public of copies of any such model or document in connection with the thing
done, or any such use, shall be deemed not to be an infringement of any
copyright in the model or document.
(2) Paragraph (1)
shall not be construed as authorizing the disclosure of any such model,
document or information in contravention of the licence, assignment or
agreement.
(3) Where
an exclusive licence is in force in respect of the design –
(a) if
the licence was granted for royalties –
(i) any agreement
between the design right owner and the competent authority under Article 366
requires the consent of the licensee, and
(ii) the
licensee is entitled to recover from the design right owner such part of the
payment for Crown use or States use as may be agreed between them or, in
default of agreement, determined by the Court;
(b) if the
licence was granted otherwise than for royalties –
(i) Article 366
applies in relation to anything done which but for Article 365 and paragraph (1)
would be an infringement of the rights of the licensee with the substitution
for references to the design right owner of references to the licensee, and
(ii) Article 366
does not apply in relation to anything done by the licensee by virtue of an
authority given under Article 365.
(4) Where
the design right has been assigned to the design right owner in consideration
of royalties –
(a) Article 366
applies in relation to Crown use or States use of the design as if the
reference to the design right owner included the assignor, and any payment for
Crown use or States use shall be divided between them in such proportion as may
be agreed or, in default of agreement, determined by the Court; and
(b) Article 366
applies in relation to any act incidental to Crown use or States use as it
applies in relation to Crown use or States use of the design.
(5) Where
any model, document or other information relating to a design is used in
connection with Crown use or States use of the design, or any act incidental to
Crown use or States use, Article 366 applies to the use of the model,
document or other information with the substitution for the references to the
design right owner of references to the person entitled to the benefit of any
provision of an agreement rendered inoperative by paragraph (1).
(6) For
the purposes of this Article an act is –
(a) incidental
to Crown use if it is done, for the services of the Crown, to the order of the
competent authority;
(b) incidental
to States use if it is done, for the services of the States, to the order of
the competent authority,
by the design right owner in
respect of a design.
(7) In
this Article –
“payment for Crown use
or States use” means such amount as is payable by the competent authority
by virtue of Article 366;
“royalties”
includes any benefit determined by reference to the use of the design.
368 Crown use or
States use: compensation for loss of profit
(1) Where
Crown use or States use is made of a design, the competent authority shall pay –
(a) to
the design right owner; or
(b) if
there is an exclusive licence in force in respect of the design, to the
exclusive licensee,
compensation for any loss
resulting from his or her not being awarded a contract to supply the articles
made to the design.
(2) Compensation
is payable only to the extent that such a contract could have been fulfilled
from the owner’s or licensee’s existing manufacturing capacity, but
is payable notwithstanding the existence of circumstances rendering him or her
ineligible for the award of such a contract.
(3) In
determining the loss, regard shall be had to the profit which would have been
made on such a contract and to the extent to which any manufacturing capacity
was under-used.
(4) No
compensation is payable in respect of any failure to secure contracts for the
supply of articles made to the design otherwise than for the services of the
Crown or the States.
(5) The
amount payable shall, if not agreed between the design right owner or licensee
and the competent authority (together with, in the case of Crown use, the
approval of the Treasury of the United Kingdom, or, in the case of States use,
the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources), be determined by the
Court on a reference under Article 369, and it is in addition to any
amount payable under Article 366 or 367.
369 References
of disputes relating to Crown or States use
(1) A
dispute as to any matter which falls to be determined by the Court in default
of agreement under Article 366, 367 or 368 may be referred to the Court by
any party to the dispute.
(2) In
determining a dispute between the competent authority and any person as to the
terms for Crown use or States use of a design the Court shall have regard to –
(a) any
sums which that person or a person from whom he or she derives title has
received or is entitled to receive, directly or indirectly, from the competent
authority in respect of the design; and
(b) whether
that person or a person from whom he or she derives title has in the
Court’s opinion without reasonable cause failed to comply with a request
of the competent authority for the use of the design on reasonable terms.
(3) One
of 2 or more joint owners of design right may, without the concurrence of the
others, refer a dispute to the Court under this Article, but shall not do so
unless the others are made parties, and none of those others is liable for any
other costs unless he or she takes part in the proceedings.
(4) Where
the consent of an exclusive licensee is required by Article 367(3)(a)(i)
to the settlement by agreement of the terms for Crown use or States use of a
design, a determination by the Court of the amount of any payment to be made
for such use shall be of no effect unless the licensee has been notified of the
reference and given an opportunity to be heard.
(5) On
the reference of a dispute as to the amount recoverable as mentioned in Article 367(3)(a)(ii)
the Court shall determine what is just having regard to any expenditure
incurred by the licensee –
(a) in
developing the design; or
(b) in
making payments to the design right owner in consideration of the licence
(other than royalties or other payments determined by reference to the use of
the design).
CHAPTER 4 – DEALINGS WITH DESIGN RIGHT
370 Assignment
and licences
(1) Design
right is transmissible by assignment, by testamentary disposition or by
operation of law, as moveable property.
(2) An
assignment or other transmission of design right may be partial, that is,
limited so as to apply –
(a) to
one or more, but not all, of the things the design right owner has the
exclusive right to do; and
(b) to
part, but not the whole, of the period for which the right is to subsist.
(3) An
assignment of design right is not effective unless it is in writing signed by
or on behalf of the assignor.
(4) A
licence granted by the owner of design right is binding on every successor in
title to his or her interest in the right, except –
(a) a
purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and without notice (actual
or constructive) of the licence; or
(b) a
person deriving title from such a purchaser,
and references in this Part
to doing anything with, or without, the licence of the design right owner shall
be construed accordingly.
371 Prospective
ownership of design right
(1) Where
by an agreement made in relation to future design right, and signed by or on
behalf of the prospective owner of the design right, the prospective owner
purports to assign the future design right (wholly or partially) to another
person, then if, on the right coming into existence, the assignee or another
person claiming under him or her would be entitled as against all other persons
to require the right to be vested in him or her, the right shall vest in him or
her by virtue of this Article.
(2) A
licence granted by a prospective owner of design right is binding on every
successor in title to his or her interest (or prospective interest) in the
right, except –
(a) a
purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and without notice (actual
or constructive) of the licence; or
(b) a
person deriving title from such a purchaser,
and references in this Part
to doing anything with, or without, the licence of the design right owner shall
be construed accordingly.
(3) In
this Article –
“future design right”
means design right which will or may come into existence in respect of a future
design or class of designs or on the occurrence of a future event; and
“prospective owner”
shall be construed accordingly, and includes a person who is prospectively
entitled to design right by virtue of such an agreement as is mentioned in paragraph (1).
372 Assignment
of right in registered design presumed to carry with it design right
Where a design consisting of
a design in which design right subsists is registered under the Registered
Designs (Jersey) Law 1957 and the
proprietor of the registered design is also the design right owner, an
assignment of the right in the registered design shall be taken to be also an
assignment of the design right, unless a contrary intention appears.
373 Exclusive
licences
The licensee under an
exclusive licence has the same rights against any successor in title who is
bound by the licence as he or she has against the person granting the licence.
CHAPTER 5 – REMEDIES FOR
INFRINGEMENT OF DESIGN RIGHT
374 Rights and
remedies of design right owner
(1) An
infringement of design right is actionable by the design right owner.
(2) In
an action for infringement of design right all such relief by way of damages,
injunctions, accounts or otherwise is available to the plaintiff as it is available
in respect of the infringement of any other property right.
(3) The
Court may in an action for infringement of design right, having regard to all
the circumstances and in particular to –
(a) the
flagrancy of the infringement; and
(b) any
benefit accruing to the defendant by reason of the infringement,
award such additional damages
as the justice of the case may require.
(4) This
Article has effect subject to Article 375.
375 Restriction
of damages for innocent infringement
(1) Where
in an action for infringement of design right brought by virtue of Article 353
it is shown that at the time of the infringement the defendant did not know,
and had no reason to believe, that the design right subsisted in the design to
which the action relates, the plaintiff is not entitled to damages against him
or her, but without prejudice to any other remedy.
(2) Where
in an action for infringement of design right brought by virtue of Article 354
a defendant shows that the infringing article was innocently acquired by him or
her or a predecessor in title of his or hers, the only remedy available against
the defendant in respect of the infringement is damages not exceeding a
reasonable royalty in respect of the act complained of.
(3) In
paragraph (2) “innocently acquired” means that the person
acquiring the article did not know and had no reason to believe that it was an
infringing article.
376 Order for
delivery up of infringing article,
etc.
(1) Where
a person –
(a) has
in his or her possession, custody or control for commercial purposes an
infringing article; or
(b) has
in his or her possession, custody or control anything specifically designed or
adapted for making articles to a particular design, knowing or having reason to
believe that it has been or is to be used to make an infringing article,
the owner of the design right
in the design in question may apply to the Court for an order that the
infringing article or other thing be delivered up to him or her or to such
other person as the Court may direct.
(2) An
application shall not be made after the end of the period specified in paragraphs (3)
and (4), and no order shall be made unless the Court also makes, or it appears
to the Court that there are grounds for making, an order under Article 377.
(3) Subject
to paragraph (4), an application for an order under this Article may not
be made after the end of the period of 10 years from the date on which the
article or thing in question was made.
(4) If
during the whole or any part of that period the design right owner –
(a) is
under disability; or
(b) is
prevented by fraud or concealment from discovering the facts entitling him or
her to apply for an order,
an application may be made at
any time before the end of the period of 10 years from the date on which he or
she ceased to be under a disability or, as the case may be, could with
reasonable diligence have discovered those facts.
(5) For
the purposes of paragraph (4) a person is to be treated as under a
disability while he or she is under the age of 18 years or is of unsound
mind.
(6) A
person to whom an infringing article or other thing is delivered up in
pursuance of an order under this Article shall, if an order under Article 377
is not made, retain it pending the making of an order, or the decision not to
make an order, under that Article.
(7) Nothing
in this Article affects any other power of the Court.
377 Order as to
disposal of infringing articles
(1) An
application may be made to the Court for an order that an infringing article or
other thing delivered up in pursuance of an order under Article 376 shall
be –
(a) forfeited
to the design right owner; or
(b) destroyed
or otherwise dealt with as the Court may think fit,
or for a decision that no
such order should be made.
(2) In
considering what order, if any, should be made, the Court shall consider
whether other remedies available in an action for infringement of design right
would be adequate to compensate the design right owner and to protect his or
her interests.
(3) Provision
shall be made by rules of court as to the service of notice on persons having
an interest in the article or other thing, and any such person is entitled –
(a) to
appear in proceedings for an order under this Article, whether or not the
person was served with notice; and
(b) to
appeal against any order made, whether or not the person appeared.
(4) An
order shall not take effect until the end of the period specified by rules of court
within which notice of an appeal may be given or, if before the end of that
period notice of appeal is duly given, until the final determination or
abandonment of the proceedings on the appeal.
(5) Where
there is more than one person interested in an article or other thing, the
Court shall make such order as it thinks just and may in particular direct that
the thing be sold, or otherwise dealt with, and the proceeds divided.
(6) If
the Court decides that no order should be made under this Article the person in
whose possession, custody or control the article or other thing was before
being delivered up or seized is entitled to its return.
(7) References
in this Article to a person having an interest in an article or other thing
include any person in whose favour an order could be made in respect of it
under –
(a) this
Article;
(b) Article 143;
(c) Article 321;
or
(d) Article 29
of the Trade
Marks (Jersey) Law 2000.
(8) The
power in the Royal
Court (Jersey) Law 1948 to make
rules of court shall include the power to make rules for the purposes of this
Article.
378 Rights and
remedies of exclusive licensee
(1) An
exclusive licensee has, except against the design right owner, the same rights
and remedies in respect of matters occurring after the grant of the licence as
if the licence had been an assignment.
(2) The
rights and remedies of an exclusive licensee are concurrent with those of the
design right owner and references in the relevant provisions of this Part to
the design right owner shall be construed accordingly.
(3) In
an action brought by an exclusive licensee by virtue of this Article a
defendant may avail himself or herself of any defence which would have been
available to him or her if the action had been brought by the design right
owner.
379 Exercise of
concurrent rights
(1) Where
an action for infringement of design right brought by the design right owner or
an exclusive licensee relates (wholly or partly) to an infringement in respect
of which they have concurrent rights of action, the design right owner or, as
the case may be, the exclusive licensee may not, without the leave of the
Court, proceed with the action unless the other is either joined as a plaintiff
or added as a defendant.
(2) A
design right owner or exclusive licensee who is added as a defendant in
pursuance of paragraph (1) is not liable for any costs in the action
unless he or she takes part in the proceedings.
(3) Paragraphs (1)
and (2) do not affect the granting of interlocutory relief on the application
of the design right owner or an exclusive licensee.
(4) Where
an action for infringement of design right is brought which relates (wholly or
partly) to an infringement in respect of which the design right owner and an
exclusive licensee have concurrent rights of action –
(a) the
Court shall, in assessing damages, take into account –
(i) the terms of the
licence, and
(ii) any
pecuniary remedy already awarded or available to either of them in respect of
the infringement;
(b) no
account of profits shall be directed if an award of damages has been made, or
an account of profits has been directed, in favour of the other of them in
respect of the infringement; and
(c) the
Court shall, if an account of profits is directed, apportion the profits
between them as the Court considers just, subject to any agreement between
them,
and those provisions apply
whether or not a design right owner and the exclusive licensee are both parties
to the action.
(5) The
design right owner shall notify any exclusive licensee having concurrent rights
before applying for an order under Article 376 and the Court may on the
application of the licensee make such order under that Article as it thinks fit
having regard to the terms of the licence.
Part 8
LICENSING AUTHORITY
380 Interpretation
of Part 8
Except where the context
otherwise requires –
(a) expressions
used in this Part that are not defined for the purposes of this Part but are
defined for the purposes of Part 1 have the same meaning as in Part 1;
and
(b) other
rules of construction that apply for the purposes of Part 1 apply also for
the purposes of this Part.
381 Licensing authority
(1) The Minister may by
Order make provision as to who is the licensing authority.
(2) An Order under
paragraph (1) may provide that any of the following shall be the licensing
authority –
(a) an
individual or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, appointed in
accordance with the Order;
(b) a
body established by the Order.
(3) An Order under
paragraph (1) may specify a term for which and conditions subject to which
an individual or body of persons is appointed or established as the licensing
authority.
(4) An Order under
paragraph (1) that provides for an individual to be the licensing
authority may further provide for the appointment, for a term and subject to
such conditions as are specified, of individuals to deputize for or assist that
individual in the discharge of his or her functions.
(5) An Order under
paragraph (1) that provides for the establishment of a body to be the
licensing authority may further provide for –
(a) the
status of the body, that is to say, whether it is corporate or unincorporate;
(b) the
appointment and terms of membership of its members;
(c) the
remuneration and reimbursement of expenses of members of the body.
(6) An Order under
paragraph (1) may make such provision as may be necessary or convenient
for the administration of the licensing authority, whether the authority is an
individual or a body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, appointed in
accordance with the Order or a body established by the Order.
(7) An Order under
paragraph (1) may provide for such of the staff of the licensing authority
as are appointed or assigned to assist the authority in the discharge of its
functions under this Law to have the duties, powers and functions that they are
given by this Law or by the licensing authority.
(8) An Order under
paragraph (1) may further make provision –
(a) where
the licensing authority is a body of persons, whether appointed in accordance
with or established by the Order, for the composition of the body to hear any
description or class of application under this Law;
(b) where
the licensing authority is an individual for whom deputies or assistants are
appointed under paragraph (4), for the individual by whom any description
or class of application under this Law is to be heard; and
(c) for
the continuation of the hearing of a matter that is part-heard before any body
of persons or individual.
(9) An Order made under
paragraph (1) may further provide –
(a) for
the construction of references in this Law to the licensing authority, where a
matter is to be heard in accordance with provisions made under paragraph (8);
and
(b) for
the person hearing the matter to have, in relation to the matter, all the
powers that the licensing authority has in relation to such a matter.
(10) If no individual or body of
persons is appointed or established as licensing authority or if the term
specified in an Order under paragraph (1) for the appointment or
establishment of an individual or body as the licensing authority has expired
without renewal, or that office has been vacated without replacement, the
Minister is the licensing authority.
382 Limitation
of liability of licensing authority
(1) The licensing
authority, any person appointed under Article 381(4), any staff referred
to in Article 381(7) and any other person acting on behalf of the
licensing authority are not liable in damages for anything done or omitted in
the exercise or purported exercise of any function conferred on the licensing
authority by this Law.
(2) Paragraph (1)
shall not apply –
(a) if it
is shown that the act or omission was in bad faith; or
(b) so as
to prevent an award of damages in respect of an act or omission on the ground
that the act or omission was unlawful by virtue of Article 7(1) of the Human Rights (Jersey) Law 2000.
383 Applications
or references to licensing authority
(1) An
application or reference made to the licensing authority under this Law shall
be in the form approved by the licensing authority.
(2) A
party to an application or reference made to the licensing authority under this
Law shall pay to the licensing authority the prescribed fee (if any) in respect
of the application or reference.
(3) The
prescribed fees mentioned in paragraph (2) may be such as are necessary to
raise sufficient income to meet –
(a) the
costs incurred by the licensing authority in the discharge of its functions
under this Law; and
(b) where
the Minister is not the licensing authority, the costs of maintaining the
licensing authority and any deputies and staff or, as the case may be, the
costs of retaining the licensing authority.
384 Orders regulating
proceedings before the licensing authority
(1) The
Minister may by Order regulate proceedings before the licensing authority under
this Law.
(2) An
Order under paragraph (1) may apply, in relation to proceedings before the
licensing authority, any of the provisions of Part 2 of the Arbitration
(Jersey) Law 1998.
(3) Without
prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), an Order under it
may –
(a) prohibit
the licensing authority entertaining a reference under Article 147, 148 or
149 (including those Articles as they are applied by any other provision of
this Law) by a representative organization unless the licensing
authority is satisfied that the organization is reasonably representative of
the class of persons which it claims to represent;
(b) specify
the parties to any proceedings under this Law and enable the licensing
authority to make a party to the proceedings any person or organization
satisfying the licensing authority that they have a substantial interest in the
matter; and
(c) require
the licensing authority to give the parties to such proceedings an opportunity
to state their case, in writing or orally as the Order may provide.
(4) An
Order under paragraph (1) may make provision for regulating or prescribing
any matters incidental to or consequential upon any appeal from the licensing
authority under Article 388, other than matters in relation to which the
Court may make rules in accordance with Article 389.
(5) An
Order under paragraph (1) may make provision for and in relation to the
appointment of advisers to assist the licensing authority in proceedings before
the licensing authority under this Law.
385 Costs, proof
of orders, etc.
(1) The
licensing authority may order that the costs of a party to proceedings before
the licensing authority under this Law shall be paid by such other party as the
licensing authority may direct, and the licensing authority may tax or settle
the amount of the costs or give directions as to the manner in which they are
to be taxed.
(2) A
document purporting to be a copy of an order of the licensing authority and to
be certified by the licensing authority to be a true copy shall, in any
proceedings, be sufficient evidence of the order unless the contrary is proved.
386 Awards of
interest by licensing authority
Where the licensing
authority, on an application or referral under this Law, may order or direct
that an increase or reduction in any charge or payment has effect from a date
earlier than the date the order or direction is given, the licensing authority
may also award simple interest at such rate and for such period, beginning not
earlier than the date the increase or reduction has effect and ending not later
than the date of the order or direction, as the licensing authority thinks
reasonable in the circumstances.
387 Reference of
matter by licensing authority to the Court
(1) In
any proceedings before the licensing authority on an application or reference
made under this Law, the licensing authority may at any time order the whole
proceedings or any question or issue (whether of fact or law) to be referred,
on the terms the licensing authority may direct, to the Court.
(2) The
licensing authority shall make such an order if the parties to the proceedings
agree that the licensing authority should do so.
(3) The
licensing authority shall order the whole proceedings to be referred to the
Court where the licensing authority has an interest in the proceedings.
(4) Where
the Minister is the licensing authority, he or she shall also order the whole
proceedings to be referred to the Court where the States have an interest in
the proceedings.
(5) On
a reference under this Article –
(a) the
Court may exercise any power available to the licensing authority by virtue of
this Law as respects the matter referred to the Court and, following its
determination, may refer any matter back to the licensing authority; and
(b) any
decision, determination or order made by the Court in the exercise of a power
referred to in sub-paragraph (a) shall be taken under this Law to be a
decision, determination or order, as the case may be, made by the licensing
authority.
(6) In this Article
“States” means –
(a) the
Assembly of the States;
(b) any
Minister;
(c) any
committee established by or under Standing Orders of the States of Jersey.
388 Appeal to
Court from decision of licensing authority
An appeal to the Court lies
on any point of fact or law or of mixed fact or law arising from a decision of
the licensing authority on an application or reference made under this Law.
389 Rules of
court
(1) The power to
make rules of court under the Royal
Court (Jersey) Law 1948 shall
include a power to make rules in relation to matters referred to the Court
under Article 387 and appeals under Article 388.
(2) Without
prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the power to make rules of
court under the Royal
Court (Jersey) Law 1948 shall
include a power to make rules –
(a) limiting
the time within which an appeal under Article 388 may be brought;
(b) for
suspending, or authorizing or requiring the licensing authority to suspend, the
operation of orders of the licensing authority in cases where the licensing
authority’s decision is appealed against;
(c) for
modifying in relation to an order of the licensing authority whose operation is
suspended the operation of any provision of this Law as to the effect of the
order; and
(d) for
the publication of notices or the taking of other steps for securing that
persons affected by the suspension of an order of the licensing authority are
informed of its suspension.
(3) The
licensing authority shall comply with any requirement imposed by the Court
pursuant to rules made under paragraph (2).
Part 9
General and closing
390 Interpretation
of Part 9
Except where the context
otherwise requires –
(a) expressions
used in this Part that are not defined for the purposes of this Part but are
defined for the purposes of Part 1 have the same meaning as in Part 1;
and
(b) other
rules of construction that apply for the purposes of Part 1 apply also for
the purposes of this Part.
391 Rights and
privileges under other enactments or the customary law
(1) Nothing
in this Law affects –
(a) a
right or privilege of a person under any enactment (except where the enactment
is expressly repealed, amended or modified by this Law and subject to any
transitional provisions made in respect thereof under Article 408);
(b) a
right or privilege of the Crown subsisting otherwise than under statutory
provision;
(c) a
right or privilege of the States Assembly;
(d) a
right of the Agent of the Impôts to sell, use or otherwise deal with
articles forfeited under the laws relating to customs and excise; or
(e) the
operation of a rule of customary law relating to breaches of trust or
confidence.
(2) Subject
to the savings in paragraph (1), no copyright or right in the nature of
copyright subsists otherwise than by virtue of this Law or another statutory
provision in that behalf.
(3) Nothing
in this Law affects any rule of customary law preventing or restricting the
enforcement of any right conferred by this Law, on grounds of public interest
or otherwise.
(4) Nothing
in this Law affects a right of action or other remedy, whether civil or
criminal, available otherwise than under this Law in respect of acts infringing
any of the moral rights conferred by this Law.
(5) The
savings in paragraph (1) have effect subject to Articles 186(3)
and 187(4).
392 Civil
and criminal liability of service providers in respect of infringements of
rights
The
Schedule has effect –
(a) to
specify circumstances in which a person providing an information society
service is not liable for any specified remedies (pecuniary or otherwise) in
civil proceedings or is not liable to any criminal sanction that may, apart
from the Schedule, be imposed for infringement of any right conferred by this
Law to which the Schedule is expressed to apply or any right to which the
application of the Schedule is extended by Regulations under Article 406;
(b) to
confer powers on a court to grant injunctive relief against a service provider
where, in the circumstances specified, a right to which the Schedule applies is
infringed.
393 Territorial extent, Jersey ships
(1) For
the purposes of this Law the territorial waters of Jersey shall be treated as
part of Jersey.
(2) This
Law shall apply to things done on a Jersey ship, within the meaning of the Shipping
(Jersey) Law 2002, as it applies to things
done in Jersey.
394 Ministers’
powers of delegation
(1) Without
prejudice to the general power conferred by Article 28 of the States of
Jersey Law 2005 –
(a) the
Minister may delegate, wholly or partly, to any individual or body, any
function conferred upon or vested in the Minister by this Law, including the
function of being the licensing authority;
(b) the
Chief Minister may delegate, wholly or partly, to any individual or body, his
or her functions as the owner of any right, conferred by this Law, in any work
or other matter.
(2) Paragraph (1)
does not authorize a Minister to delegate any power to make an enactment under
this Law.
(3) The
delegation of functions by a Minister under this Article shall not prevent that
Minister exercising those functions personally.
(4) The
Chief Minister may, by Order, establish a body to which his or her functions
may be delegated under paragraph (1)(b).
(5) An
Order under paragraph (4) may further contain provisions as to the legal
capacity of the body established by the Order, including, but not by way of
limitation, its rights, powers and liabilities.
395 Limitation
of liability of Minister
(1) The
Minister, and any delegate or other person acting on behalf of the Minister is
not liable in damages for anything done or omitted in the exercise or purported
exercise of any function conferred on the Minister by this Law.
(2) Paragraph (1)
shall not apply –
(a) if it
is shown that the act or omission was in bad faith; or
(b) so as
to prevent an award of damages in respect of an act or omission on the ground
that the act or omission was unlawful by virtue of Article 7(1) of the Human
Rights (Jersey) Law 2000.
396 Requirement
of signature: application to body corporate
(1) The
requirement in the following definitions and provisions that an instrument be
signed by or on behalf of a person is also satisfied in the case of a body
corporate by the affixing of its seal –
(a) in
Part 1 –
(i) in the definition
“exclusive licence” in Article 2(1),
(ii) Article 106(3)(b),
and
(iii) Articles 118(3)
and 119(1) (including those provisions as applied by any other provision of
this Law);
(b) in
Part 6, Articles 299(3), 300(1) and 301;
(c) in
Part 7 –
(i) in the definition
“exclusive licence” in Article 341(1),
(ii) Articles 370(3)
and 371(1).
(2) The
requirement in the following provisions that an instrument be signed by a
person is also satisfied in the case of a body corporate by signature on behalf
of the body or by the affixing of its seal –
(a) in
Part 1, Articles 106(2)(b) and 115(2);
(b) in
Part 6, Articles 330(2) and 336(2).
397 Investigations
by inspectors
(1) Inspectors
shall have the duty to investigate offences against this Law.
(2) Article 3
of the 2008 Law shall apply for the purposes of the discharge of the duty
imposed by paragraph (1) as it applies for the purpose of determining
whether Regulations under that Law have been complied with.
(3) Articles 4,
7 and 8 of the 2008 Law shall apply in relation to the exercise of the
powers conferred by Article 3 of that Law as applied by paragraph (2).
(4) This
Article shall not be read as authorizing an inspector to prosecute an offence
against this Law.
(5) In
this Article –
“2008 Law” means
the Price and
Charge Indicators (Jersey) Law 2008;
“inspector” has
the same meaning as in the 2008 Law.
398 Search
warrants
(1) Where
the Bailiff or a Jurat is satisfied by information on oath given by a police
officer that there are reasonable grounds for believing –
(a) that
an offence against a provision listed in paragraph (5) has been or is
about to be committed in any premises; and
(b) that
evidence that the offence has been or is about to be committed is in those
premises,
he or she may issue a warrant
authorizing a police officer to enter and search the premises, using any
reasonable force necessary.
(2) The
power conferred by paragraph (1) does not extend to authorizing a search
for materials of the kinds mentioned in Article 16(2) of the Police
Procedures and Criminal Evidence (Jersey) Law 2003.
(3) A
warrant under this Article –
(a) may
authorize persons to accompany any police officer executing the warrant; and
(b) remains
in force for 28 days from the date of its issue.
(4) In
executing a warrant issued under this Article a police officer may seize an
article if he or she reasonably believes that it is evidence that any offence
against a provision listed in paragraph (5) has been or is about to be
committed.
(5) The
provisions mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (4) are –
(a) Article 139(1),
(2) or (3), including those provisions as they are applied by Articles 82(2)
and 224;
(b) Article 235(1),
(2), (3) or (4);
(c) Article 251(1);
(d) Article 318(1)
or (2).
(6) In
this Article “premises” includes land, buildings, fixed or moveable
structures, vehicles, vessels, aircraft and hovercraft.
399 Orders:
extension of protection to qualifying individuals, etc.
(1) The
Minister may, for the purpose of extending the application of any right
conferred by this Law, prescribe individuals, persons and countries who are to
be qualifying individuals, qualifying persons and qualifying countries for the
purposes of all or any of the provisions of this Law.
(2) An
Order under paragraph (1) may –
(a) modify
any provision of this Law in its application to any description or class of
individuals, persons or countries prescribed under it;
(b) make
different provision for different descriptions and classes of works,
performances and designs;
(c) contain
transitional provisions and savings in respect of the extension, by the Order,
of any right conferred by this Law; and
(d) without
prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) and of Article 11(4) of
the Interpretation
(Jersey) Law 1954, prescribe as qualifying
countries such countries as are, from time to time, parties to a convention or
agreement, specified in the Order, which concerns the protection of
unregistered rights in intellectual property and which either extends to Jersey
or the extension to Jersey of which is contingent upon the Order being made.
400 Orders: general provisions
(1) The
Minister may by Order make provision for the purpose of carrying this Law into
effect.
(2) Without
prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), an Order made under it may
make provision for or with respect to any matter that shall or may be
prescribed for the purposes of any provision of this Law by Order of the
Minister.
(3) An
Order made under this Law may, instead of, or as well as, making separate
provision, provide that a statutory instrument made under a corresponding
provision of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 of the United
Kingdom shall have effect in Jersey as part of the law of Jersey, subject to
any exceptions and modifications specified in the Order.
(4) An
Order made under this Law may contain such transitional, saving, consequential,
incidental or supplementary provisions as appear to the Minister to be
necessary or expedient for the purposes of the Order.
401 Regulations: international conventions
and EU Treaties[36]
(1) The
States may by Regulations amend this Law –
(a) for
the purpose of giving effect in Jersey to any international convention ratified
by or on behalf of Jersey or which, by its extension to the United Kingdom,
also extends to Jersey, or for the purpose of enabling the ratification or
extension of any international convention;
(b) for
the purpose of implementing, in Jersey, any obligation of the United Kingdom
under the EU Treaties, whether or not that obligation applies to Jersey.[37]
(2) The
power in paragraph (1)(b) does not derogate from any power to amend this
Law that arises under the European
Union Legislation (Implementation) (Jersey) Law 2014.[38]
(3) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may also make amendments to other enactments that are
consequential upon or supplemental to the amendments to this Law made under
that paragraph.
402 Regulations:
unidentified and lost rights owners
(1) The
States may by Regulations amend this Law to provide for the establishment or
extension of the application of schemes for the purpose of licensing or
otherwise authorizing the doing of any act which would, apart from the licence
or other authorization, be an act restricted by a right conferred by this Law
where –
(a) the
identity of the owner of the right is not known; or
(b) the
identity of the owner of the right is known, but the owner cannot be found.
(2) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may –
(a) impose
requirements as to the efforts that must be made to identify or find the owner
of the right before any licence or other authorization is given;
(b) require
the payment of a royalty for a licence or other authorization given under a
scheme;
(c) provide
that a person who acts in accordance with a licence or other authorization
given under a scheme shall not be liable for infringement of the right
conferred by this Law to which the licence or authorization relates or guilty,
by reason of the act, of specified offences against this Law;
(d) require
that a register of licences or other authorizations given under a scheme is
kept and made available to the public;
(e) provide
for the owner of the right being found, including –
(i) the consequences
for persons holding a licence or other authorization under a scheme,
(ii) the
payment to the owner of the right of royalties collected or due under the
scheme;
(f) extend
or restrict the jurisdiction of the licensing authority.
(3) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may require the payment of the royalty to be made at
the time the licence or other authorization is given or make the payment
contingent upon the owner of the right being found.
(4) Where
Regulations under paragraph (1) require the payment of the royalty at the
time the licence or other authorization is given, they may further provide for
the use to which the payments received may be put if the owner of the right is
not found within a specified period of time following the making of the
payment.
(5) Where
Regulations under paragraph (1) make the payment of a royalty contingent
upon the owner of the right being found, they may further require the person to
whom the licence or other authorization is given to guarantee the payment in a
manner permitted by the Regulations.
403 Regulations:
extension of application of licensing arrangements
(1) The
States may by Regulations amend this Law so as to provide that
where –
(a) the owner
of a right conferred by this Law has not transferred management of that right
to a licensing body; and
(b) there
exists a licensing body that represents a substantial number of owners of
rights of the same description,
the licensing body is deemed
to be mandated to manage the owner’s right.
(2) Regulations
under paragraph (1) –
(a) shall
confer the same right to royalties on the owner whose right is subject to such
imposed management as is enjoyed by owners of rights of the same description
who have transferred management of them to the licensing body;
(b) may
restrict the time within which an owner whose right is subject to such imposed
management may claim such royalties; and
(c) may
confer a right on an owner of a right to veto the operation of a deemed
mandate.
404 Regulations:
codes of practice for licensing bodies
(1) The
States may by Regulations require a licensing body to adopt a code of practice
which complies with requirements set out in the Regulations.
(2) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may in particular make provision requiring a code of
practice to include –
(a) provision
relating to any matter to which Regulations under Regulations 402 or 403
may relate;
(b) provision
for a person to be appointed to represent the interests of persons dealing with
the body in any capacity.
(3) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may provide that in the case of a licensing body that
fails to adopt a code of practice in accordance with the Regulations, a code of
practice approved by the Minister or by a person designated under the
Regulations by the Minister has effect as a code of practice adopted by the
body.
(4) The
powers conferred by paragraph (1) are exercisable only so as to make
provision applying in relation to a licensing body –
(a) for
the purposes of provision made under Article 402 or Article 403 as it
applies to that body; or
(b) where
it appears to the Minister that the body’s system of self-regulation is
failing to protect the interests of owners of copyright or any other right
conferred by this Law, licensees, prospective licensees or the public.
(5) Regulations
made under paragraph (1) may further establish –
(a) procedures
to be followed before any requirement to be imposed under paragraph (1)
applies in relation to a licensing body;
(b) where
such provision applies by virtue of sub-paragraph (4)(b), procedures to be
followed before such provision ceases to apply in relation to a licensing body.
(6) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may further provide for the consequences of a failure
by a licensing body or other person to comply with –
(a) a
code of practice which has effect, by virtue of the Regulations, in relation to
the body or other person;
(b) an
authorization given to the body or other person under Article 402 or 403;
or
(c) a
requirement imposed by the Regulations.
(7) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may in particular provide for the imposition of
financial penalties.
(8) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may further include provision –
(a) for
determining whether there has been a failure to comply with anything mentioned
in paragraph (6);
(b) for
determining any penalty that may be imposed pursuant to paragraph (7) in
respect of the failure; and
(c) for
an appeal against the imposition of any such penalty.
(9) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may provide for a determination within paragraph (8)(a)
or (b) to be made by the Minister or by a person designated by the Minister
under the Regulations.
(10) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may make provision for requiring a person to give the
person by whom a determination within paragraph (8)(a) falls to be made
(the “adjudicator”) any information that the adjudicator reasonably
requires for the purpose of making that determination.
(11) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may require a licensing body to which the Regulations
apply to pay fees to the Minister.
(12) The
aggregate amount of fees payable under the Regulations must not be more than
the cost to the Minister of administering the operation of Regulations under
this Article.
405 Regulations:
notification or advertisement of licensing schemes
In addition to any
requirement imposed by this Law for a licensing body to notify the Minister of
or publish any licensing scheme, the States may by Regulations require
licensing bodies to notify the Minister of or to publish information regarding
schemes operated by them.
406 Regulations
and Orders: power to amend the Schedule
(1) The
States may by Regulations amend the Schedule.
(2) Without
prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), Regulations made under it
may amend the Schedule so as to extend its application to all or any of
the rights conferred by the Patents
(Jersey) Law 1957,
the Registered
Designs (Jersey) Law 1957 and the Trade
Marks (Jersey) Law 2000.
(3) Regulations
which extend the application of the Schedule to all or any of the rights
mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) may also amend any enactment there mentioned
consequentially upon the extension.
(4) Without
prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the Minister may, by Order,
amend in the Schedule –
(a) the
period within which or the time by which anything must or may be done under it;
and
(b) the
contents and form of, and manner and place for service of, any notice that must
or may be given under it.
407 Regulations:
power to amend enactments
The States may by Regulations
amend any enactments consequentially upon the enactment of this Law.
408 Regulations:
application, transitional provisions and savings
(1) The
States may by Regulations –
(a) make
provision for the application of this Law or of any amendment of this Law;
(b) make
transitional provisions and savings in respect of the commencement of this Law
or in respect of the commencement of any amendment of this Law.
(2) Regulations
under paragraph (1) may revive expired rights in intellectual property,
with or without modification.
(3) If
Regulations made under paragraph (2) come into force before they have been
published, as required by Article 16 of the Legislation
(Jersey) Law 2021, the Regulations do
not –
(a) affect,
in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the States) the rights of
that person existing before they are published; or
(b) impose
liabilities on any person (other than the States) in respect of anything done
or omitted to be done before they are published.[39]
409 Regulations
and Orders: general provisions
(1) Regulations
and Orders made under this Law may contain such transitional, saving,
consequential, incidental or supplementary provisions as appear to the States
or the Minister, as the case may be, to be necessary or expedient for the
purposes of the Regulations or Order.
(2) Regulations
made under Articles 401, 402, 403, 404, 405 or 406 may create an offence
punishable by imprisonment for up to 2 years or a fine of up to
level 3 on the standard scale, or both.[40]
(3) A
power to amend any provision of this Law by Regulations does not include the
power to amend a provision of this Law that confers such a power.
410 Citation
This Law may be cited as the Intellectual
Property (Unregistered Rights) (Jersey) Law 2011.