32 CFR § 142.4 - Procedures.

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title: "32 CFR § 142.4 - Procedures."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "142.4"
section_name: "Procedures."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN"
part_number: "142"
part_name: "COPYRIGHTED SOUND AND VIDEO RECORDINGS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "10 U.S.C. 133."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 49452, Dec. 20, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
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# 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.