Version Recordings & Cover Versions – Part IV: Notes on Copyright Amendment, 2012
This post was first published on 27th June, 2014. The Copyright Amendment of 2012 moved the provisions with respect to cover versions of sound recordings out of fair dealing provisions under Section 52, into a specific statutory license provision. Making version recordings, re-recording of prior sound recordings, was earlier permitted under the Copyright Law, but codifying it as a statutory license provision formalizes the said activity in many ways. Furthermore, Section 31C, which deals with statutory licenses for cover versions clearly spells out specific conditions and limitations for making version recordings. The Section reads as follows: "31C. Statutory licence for cover versions. (1) Any...
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