Regulations last checked for updates: May 19, 2024

Title 32 - National Defense last revised: May 10, 2024
§ 142.4 - Procedures.

(a) Permission or licenses from copyright owners shall be obtained for public performance of copyrighted sound and video recordings.

(b) Component procedures established pursuant to § 142.5, below provide guidance for determining whether a performance is “public.” These general principles will be observed:

(1) A performance in a residential facility or a physical extension thereof is not considered a public performance.

(2) A performance in an isolated area or deployed unit is not considered a public performance.

(3) Any performance at which admission is charged normally would be considered a public performance.

(c) Government audio and video duplicating equipment and appropriated funded playback equipment may not be used for reproduction of copyrighted sound or video recordings.

authority: 10 U.S.C. 133.
source: 49 FR 49452, Dec. 20, 1984, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 32 CFR 142.4