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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

284: Clause 42, page 47, line 23, at end insert— ““116E Registry of copyright (1) OFCOM shall maintain on the web a registry of other websites where copyright material may be located. (2) OFCOM shall, at the request of the website owner, add a website to the registry if that website complies with OFCOM’s rules for such additions as are then in force. (3) The rules under subsection (2) shall require— (a) that each copyright work on the site may be readily identified from information openly provided on that site, (b) that accurate and complete information on how to licence each copyright work is provided on that site, (c) that each copyright work on that site is available for licence, and that there are arrangements in place for binding arbitration of disputes relating to the extent or the cost of a licence, (d) that the architecture of the site allows the search facilities that OFCOM provides under subsection (4) full access. (4) OFCOM shall maintain, and may charge for the use of, facilities to enable a user to establish whether a copyright work of a given description exists in any of the websites listed on the registry maintained under this section, and to provide a certificate of what such works exist or that no such work is to be found. (5) No claim may be made under section 116A that a work is an orphan work if a certificate under subsection (4) has not beeen obtained.””””