Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00854:section:97
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00854
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 97
Character Range: 246868–247656

97  Ownership of copyright in sound recordings
 (1) This section has effect subject to Parts VII and X.
 (2) Subject to subsection (3), the maker of a sound recording is the owner of any copyright subsisting in the recording by virtue of this Part.
 (2A) If there is more than one owner of the copyright in a sound recording of a live performance, the owners own the copyright as tenants in common in equal shares.
 (3) Where:
 (a) a person makes, for valuable consideration, an agreement with another person for the making of a sound recording by the other person; and
 (b) the recording is made in pursuance of the agreement;
the first‑mentioned person is, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, the owner of any copyright subsisting in the recording by virtue of this Part.