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What does Infringement mean?

A copyright work is infringed when anyone other than its owner or licensor performs or authorises the performance of one of the 'restricted acts' set out in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 without permission, such as copying, issuing copies to the public, renting or lending to the public, performing or playing in public, communicating to the public or making an adaptation. Infringement does not need to involve the complete work; any use of a 'substantial part' will suffice.

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