The BCC’s response to the consultation on proposed changes to Section 72 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 which permits the free public showing or playing of a film contained in a broadcast, does not support the option preferred by Government in its Impact Assessment. Instead, the BCC supports Option 3, that is, to delete “film” entirely from the exception in Section 72 (1) (c). The BCC’s response with its reasoning, can be found below.
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