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Section 12 Nigerian Copyright Act 2022

Section 12 Copyright Act

Section 12 Copyright Act 2022 is about Nature of copyright in sound recordings. It is under Part I (Objectives, Scope and Subsistence of Copyright) of the Act.

Subject to the exceptions specified in Part II of this Act, copyright in a sound recording shall be the exclusive right to do and authorise the doing of any of the following act —
(a) reproduce the sound recording ;
(b) broadcast the sound recording ;

(c) communicate the sound recording to the public ;
(d) make the sound recording available to the public by wire or wireless means in such a way that members of the public are able to access the sound recording from a place and at a time independently chosen by them ;

(e) distribute to the public for commercial purposes, copies of the sound recording, either by way of rental, lease, hire, loan or similar arrangement ; or
(f) distribute to the public, for commercial purposes, copies of the work, through sale or other transfer of ownership provided the work has not been subject to distribution authorised by the owner.

See also  Section 33 Nigerian Child's Right Act 2003

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