(1) It is permitted to communicate to the public a published work if that communication serves a non-profit-making purpose for the organiser of an event, if participants are admitted free of charge and, in the case of a lecture or performance of a work, if none of the performers (section 73) is paid special remuneration. Equitable remuneration is to be paid for the communication. The obligation to pay remuneration does not apply to events organised by the youth welfare service, the social welfare service, the geriatric and welfare service, and the prisoners’ welfare service insofar as they are only available to a specifically delimited circle of persons on account of their social or educational purpose. This does not apply where the event serves the profit-making purpose of a third party; in such cases the third party is required to pay the remuneration.
(2) It is also permitted to communicate to the public a published work in a religious service or at a religious celebration organised by a church or religious community. However, the organiser is to pay the author equitable remuneration.
(3) Public stage performances, the making available to the public and broadcasting of a work, and public screenings of a cinematographic work are always only permitted with the rightholder’s consent.
Sections 52a and 52b
(repealed)