Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000

Transient and incidental copies.

244.—(1) The rights conferred by this Part are not infringed by the making of a transient and incidental copy of a recording of a performance which is technically required for the viewing of or listening to the recording by a member of the public to whom the recording is lawfully made available.

(2) Where a copy which would otherwise be an illicit recording is made under this section but is subsequently sold, rented or lent, or offered or exposed for sale, rental or loan, or otherwise made available to the public, it shall be treated as an illicit recording for those purposes and for all subsequent purposes.