Hong Kong Ordinances

COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE - SECT 43

Performing, playing or showing work in course of activities of educational establishments

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

(1) The performance of a literary, dramatic or musical work before an audience
consisting of teachers and pupils at an educational  establishment and other
persons directly connected with the activities of the establishment-

   (a)  by a teacher or pupil in the course of the activities of the
        establishment; or

   (b)  at the establishment by any person for the purposes of instruction, is
        not a public performance for the purposes of infringement of
        copyright.

(2) The playing or showing of a sound recording, film, broadcast or
cable programme before such audience at an educational establishment for the
purposes of instruction is not a playing or showing of the work in public for
the purposes of infringement of copyright.

(3) A person is for this purpose directly connected with the activities of an
educational establishment if he is the parent or guardian of a pupil at the
establishment. [ cf. 1988 c. 48 s. 34 U.K.]