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Copyright Act

Version of section 29.5 from 2002-12-31 to 2012-11-06:


Marginal note:Performances

 It is not an infringement of copyright for an educational institution or a person acting under its authority to do the following acts if they are done on the premises of an educational institution for educational or training purposes and not for profit, before an audience consisting primarily of students of the educational institution, instructors acting under the authority of the educational institution or any person who is directly responsible for setting a curriculum for the educational institution:

  • (a) the live performance in public, primarily by students of the educational institution, of a work;

  • (b) the performance in public of a sound recording or of a work or performer’s performance that is embodied in a sound recording; and

  • (c) the performance in public of a work or other subject-matter at the time of its communication to the public by telecommunication.

  • 1997, c. 24, s. 18

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