-- JonathanMo - 14 Sep 2015

Economic or commercial rights

These are the main type of rights, and the ones which are more commonly infringed upon. In respect of economic rights, the copyright owner of a literary, dramatic or musical work or artistic work (the CA Part III category) generally has the exclusive right to:

• publish or reproduce the work in a material form
• perform the work in public or communicate it to the public
• make an adaptation of the work
• enter into a commercial rental arrangement for the work

or authorise another party to do so.

For other subject matter (the CA Part IV categories), the exclusive rights include the exclusive right to [CA ss.85-88]:

• make a copy of the sound recording or film
• cause the sound or film to be heard in public or otherwise communicate it to the public
• enter into a commercial rental arrangement in respect of the sound recording
• make a film or sound recording of a TV or sound broadcast, copy it, and re-broadcast it or otherwise make it publicly available.

In respect of printed editions of published works, the rights are limited to making a facsimile, or authorising another party to do so.