Section 37: Broadcast reproduction right.

The Copyright Act, 1957Central Act · Act 14 of 1957

, [37. Broadcast reproduction right.-- (1) Every broadcasting organisation shall have a special right to be known as “broadcast reproduction right” in respect of its broadcasts.

(2) The broadcast reproduction right shall subsist until twenty-five years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the broadcast is made.

(3) During the continuance of a broadcast reproduction right in relation to any broadcast, any person who, without the licence of the owner of the right does any of the following acts of the broadcast or any substantial part thereof,--

(a) re-broadcast the broadcast; or

(b) causes the broadcast to be heard or seen by the public on payment of any charges; or

(d) makes any reproduction of such sound recording or visual recording where such initial recording was done without licence or, where it was licensed, for any purpose not envisaged by such licence; or

[(e) sells or given on commercial rental or offer for sale or for such rental, may such sound recording or visual recording referred to in clause (c) or clause (d).]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Copyright Act, 1957
Section	37
Marginal note	Broadcast reproduction right.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	9

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 38 of 1994. . Subs. by Act 38 of 1994, s. 12, for "RIGHTS OF BROADCASTING AUTHORITIES" (w.e.f. 10-5-1995).
substituted. . Subs. by s. 13, ibid., for section 37 (w.e.f. 10-5-1995).
substituted, Act 27 of 2012. . Subs. by Act 27 of 2012, s. 25, for clause (e) (w.e.f. 21-6-2012).

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