COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE PART II—DIVISION II 2-48 Section 27 Cap. 528 27. Infringement by performance, playing or showing of work in public (1) The performance of the work in public is an act restricted by the copyright in a literary, dramatic or musical work. (2) In this Part “performance” (表演), in relation to a work— (a) includes delivery in the case of lectures, addresses, speeches and sermons; and (b) in general, includes any mode of visual or acoustic presentation, including presentation by means of a sound recording, film, broadcast or cable programme of the work. (3) The playing or showing of the work in public is an act restricted by the copyright in a sound recording, film, broadcast or cable programme. (4) Where copyright in a work is infringed by its being performed, played or shown in public by means of apparatus for receiving visual images or sounds transmitted by electronic means, the person by whom the visual images or sounds are sent, and in the case of a performance the performers, shall not be regarded as responsible for the infringement. [cf. 1988 c. 48 s. 19 U.K.] 28. Infringement by broadcasting or inclusion in a cable programme service The broadcasting of the work or its inclusion in a cable programme service is an act restricted by the copyright in— (a) a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work; (b) a sound recording or film; or (c) a broadcast or cable programme. Last updated date 3.3.2014