Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

34.   Infringement by providing apparatus etc. for giving infringing performances

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    (1)   Where copyright in a work is infringed by a public performance of the work, or by the playing or showing of the work in public by means of apparatus for—

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      (a)     playing sound recordings;

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      (b)     showing films;

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      (c)     receiving visual images or sounds conveyed by electronic means,

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    the persons mentioned in the following subsections are also liable for the infringement.

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    (2)   A person who supplied the apparatus, or any substantial part of it, is liable for the infringement if when he or she supplied the apparatus or part—

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      (a)     he or she knew or had reason to believe that the apparatus was likely to be so used as to infringe copyright; or

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      (b)     in the case of apparatus whose normal use involves a public performance, playing or showing, he or she did not believe on reasonable grounds that it would not be so used as to infringe copyright.

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    (3)   An occupier of premises who gave permission for the apparatus to be brought on to the premises is liable for the infringement if when he or she gave permission he or she knew or had reason to believe that the apparatus was likely to be so used as to infringe copyright.

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    (4)   A person who supplied a copy of a sound recording of film used to infringe copyright is liable for the infringement if when he or she supplied it he or she knew or had reason to believe that what he or she supplied, or a copy made directly or indirectly from it, was likely to be so used as to infringe copyright.

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