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Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2007 (Act No. 39 of 2007)

 Copyright And Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2007

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Number 39 of 2007

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COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2007

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section 1. Short title and collective citations.

2. Interpretation.

PART 2

Amendments of Principal Act

3. Amendment of section 8 (laying of regulations and orders) of Principal Act.

4. Amendment of section 9 (expenses) of Principal Act.

5. Amendment of section 40 (making available right) of Princi- pal Act.

6. Amendment of section 42 (rental and lending right) of Prin- cipal Act.

7. New section 42A of Principal Act.

8. Substitution of section 58 (copyright not infringed by lending) of Principal Act.

9. Repeal of section 69 (copying by librarians or archivists: exemptions) of Principal Act.

10. Amendment of section 205 (making available to public cop- ies of recordings of qualifying performances) of Princi- pal Act.

11. Amendment of section 207 (rental and lending right of performer) of Principal Act.

12. Substitution of section 226 (performers’ rights not infringed by lending) of Principal Act.

13. Amendment of section 320 (interpretation) of Principal Act.

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PART 3

Consequential Amendment of the Local Government Act 2001

14. Amendment of section 79 (An Chomhairle Leabharlanna) of Local Government Act 2001.

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Acts referred to

Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 2000, No. 28

Copyright and Related Rights Acts 2000 and 2004

Local Government Act 2001 2001, No. 37

Local Government Acts 1925 to 2007

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Number 39 of 2007

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COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2007

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AN ACT TO AMEND THE COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS ACT 2000 TO MAKE PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC LENDING REMUNERATION SCHEME IN CONFORMITY WITH COUNCIL DIRECTIVE NO. 92/100/EC OF 19 NOVEMBER 1992 AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES, AND CONSE- QUENTIALLY TO AMEND SECTION 79 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2001.

[4th December, 2007]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

PART 1

Preliminary and General

1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2007.

(2) The Copyright and Related Rights Acts 2000 and 2004 and this Act (other than Part 3) may be cited together as the Copyright and Related Rights Acts 2000 to 2007.

(3) The collective citation “the Local Government Acts 1925 to 2007” includes Part 3.

2.—In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000.

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Short title and collective citations.

Interpretation.

Amendment of section 8 (laying of regulations and orders) of Principal Act.

Amendment of section 9 (expenses) of Principal Act.

Amendment of section 40 (making available right) of Principal Act.

Amendment of section 42 (rental and lending right) of Principal Act.

New section 42A of Principal Act.

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PART 2

Amendments of Principal Act

3.—Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting “, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government” after “by the Minister”.

4.—Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting “and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government” after “by the Minister”.

5.—Section 40 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1)(g) by deleting the words “without the payment of remuneration to the owner of the copyright in the work”.

6.—Section 42 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (6)(b) by substituting “Subject to subsection (7), there” for “There”, and

(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (6):

“(7) The lending right in relation to a work does not apply at any time in a period during which a scheme for the remuneration of authors is in effect, pursuant to section 42A, in relation to works of a class in which that work is included, whether the author, or (in the case of a work of joint authorship) any of the authors, is a partici- pant in that scheme or not.”.

7.—The following section is inserted in the Principal Act after section 42:

“Public Lending Remuneration Scheme.

42A.—(1) The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government may by regu- lation establish a scheme, to be known as the Public Lending Remuneration Scheme, to remunerate authors, out of moneys voted by the Oireachtas for the purpose, for the lending by public libraries of qualifying works.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a work is a qualifying work in relation to a particular period if—

(a) in relation to that period, it is a work included in a class of works declared by regulations made for the purposes of that subsection to be a class of works to which the scheme applies, and

(b) the author of the work (or, in the case of a work of joint authorship, any one or more of the joint authors) is a citi- zen or subject of, or is an individual domiciled or ordinarily resident in, a Member State of the EEA.

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(3) Regulations made for the purposes of sub- section (1) shall make comprehensive provision for the operation of the Public Lending Remuner- ation Scheme, and may include, in particular, pro- visions relating to—

(a) the manner of participation in the scheme by individual authors, includ- ing, but not limited to—

(i) a requirement for the registration of authors and their works as a condition of participation in the scheme, and

(ii) in the case of works of joint author- ship, provision for distinguishing, between those of the joint authors who are citizens or subjects of, or are individuals domiciled or ordi- narily resident in, Member States of the EEA and those who are not,

(b) in relation to any requirement for the registration of authors—

(i) the manner of maintaining the register, and

(ii) the form and particulars of entries in it,

(c) the manner of calculating the entitle- ments of participating authors, includ- ing, but not limited to—

(i) the manner of calculating, or esti- mating, the number of instances of lending of the works of individual authors or of individual works of individual authors,

(ii) the rate of remuneration, including—

(I) differential rates of remuner- ation for particular classes of work, and

(II) in the case of works of joint authorship, differential rates of remuneration for the indi- vidual joint authors,

(iii) the periods in respect of which pay- ments may be made under the scheme, and

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Substitution of section 58 (copyright not infringed by lending) of Principal Act.

Repeal of section 69 (copying by librarians or archivists: exemptions) of Principal Act.

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(iv) minimum and maximum amounts payable, in respect of a specified period, to individual participating authors,

(d) the manner in which payments under the scheme are to be made,

(e) the establishment or designation of one or more persons or bodies to exercise powers and perform duties in respect of the administration of the scheme or any part of it (including the making of payments under the scheme), and

(f) the making of arrangements with auth- orities in other countries for—

(i) reciprocal registration of authors and works, and

(ii) the sharing and exchange of data relating to the operation of the scheme and similar schemes in those countries.

(4) A person who contravenes a provision of regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) that is expressed to be a provision contra- vention of which attracts the operation of this sub- section is guilty of an offence punishable on sum- mary conviction by a fine not exceeding \5,000.

(5) In this section—

‘author’ includes, in relation to a recording of a performance, the performer;

‘public library’ means a library to which members of the public have access that is operated by or under the direction of a library authority within the meaning of section 77(1) of the Local Govern- ment Act 2001.”.

8.—The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following section for section 58:

“Copyright not infringed by lending by educational establishments.

58.—The copyright in a work is not infringed by the lending by an educational establishment of a copy of the work.”.

9.—Section 69 of the Principal Act is repealed.

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10.—Section 205 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (5)(g) by deleting “without the payment of remuneration to the rightsowner”.

11.—Section 207 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (2) by substituting “Subject to subsection (3A), a” for “A”,

(b) in subsection (3)(b) by substituting “Subject to subsection (3A), there” for “There”, and

(c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(3A) The lending right in relation to a recording does not apply at any time in a period during which a scheme for the remuneration of authors is in effect, pursuant to section 42A, in relation to works of a class in which that recording is included, whether the performer, or (in the case of a recording of a performance by a number of performers) any of the performers, is a participant in that scheme or not.”.

12.—The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following section for section 226:

“Performers’ rights not infringed by lending by educational establishments.

226.—The rights conferred by this Part are not infringed by the lending by an educational estab- lishment of a copy of a recording of a per- formance.”.

13.—Section 320 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (2) by deleting “that is prescribed by the Minister for the purpose of section 58”, and

(b) in subsection (3) by deleting “and that is prescribed by the Minister for the purpose of section 58”.

PART 3

Consequential Amendment of the Local Government Act 2001

14.—Section 79 of the Local Government Act 2001 is amended in subsection (6)(e) by inserting “or under section 42A of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000” after “subsection (7)”.

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Pt.2

Amendment of section 205 (making available to public copies of recordings of qualifying performances) of Principal Act. Amendment of section 207 (rental and lending right of performer) of Principal Act.

Substitution of section 226 (performers’ rights not infringed by lending) of Principal Act.

Amendment of section 320 (interpretation) of Principal Act.

Amendment of section 79 (An Chomhairle Leabharlanna) of Local Government Act 2001.