198 Criminal liability for making, dealing with or using illicit recordings
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (1988 c 48) | Legislation

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198  Criminal liability for making, dealing with or using illicit recordings

(1)     A person commits an offence who without sufficient consent—

(a)     makes for sale or hire, or

(b)     imports into the United Kingdom otherwise than for his private and domestic use, or

(c)     possesses in the course of a business with a view to committing any act infringing the rights conferred by [this Chapter], or

(d)     in the course of a business—

(i)     sells or lets for hire, or

(ii)     offers or exposes for sale or hire, or

(iii)     distributes,

a recording which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe is, an illicit recording.

[(1A)     A person (“P”) who infringes a performer's making available right in a recording commits an offence if P—

(a)     knows or

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