The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Quotation and Parody) Regulations 2014

These Regulations amend the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“the Act”). Directive 2001/29 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (OJ No L167, 22.6.2001. p.10) permits Member States to provide for exceptions to the copyright and related rights provided under the Directive in certain cases. Article 5(3)(d) permits an exception in the case of quotations for purposes such as criticism or review. Regulation 3 amends the way in which this exception is implemented in the UK. Article 5(3)(k) of the Directive permits an exception in the case of use for the purpose of caricature, parody or pastiche. Regulation 5 introduces this exception in the UK.