COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE
PART II—DIVISION I
Section 8
2-10
Cap. 528
(1) In this Part a “broadcast” (廣播) means a transmission by
wireless telegraphy of sounds or of visual images and sounds
or of representations thereof which—
(a) is capable of being lawfully received by members of the
public in Hong Kong or elsewhere; or
(b) is transmitted for presentation to members of the public
in Hong Kong or elsewhere,
otherwise than through a service for making available to the
public of copies of works or fixations of performances.
(2) An encrypted transmission is regarded as capable of being
lawfully received by members of the public in Hong Kong
or elsewhere only if decoding equipment has been made
available to members of the public in Hong Kong or
elsewhere by or with the authority of the person making
the transmission or the person providing the contents of the
transmission.
(3) References in this Part to the person making a broadcast,
broadcasting a work, or including a work in a broadcast are—
(a) to the person transmitting the programme, if he has
responsibility to any extent for its contents; and
(b) to any person providing the programme who makes with
the person transmitting it the arrangements necessary for
its transmission,
and references in this Part to a programme, in the context of
broadcasting, are to any item included in a broadcast.
(4) For the purposes of this Part the place from which a
broadcast is made is the place where, under the control
and responsibility of the person making the broadcast,
the programme-carrying signals are introduced into an
uninterrupted chain of communication (including, in the case
Last updated date
3.3.2014