Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000

Duration of copyright in cable programmes.

28.—(1) The copyright in a cable programme shall expire 50 years after the cable programme is first lawfully included in a cable programme service.

(2) The copyright in a repeat cable programme shall expire at the same time as the copyright in the original cable programme and no copyright shall subsist in a repeat cable programme which is included in a cable programme service after the expiration of the copyright in the original cable programme.