---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 142.4"
title: "32"
number: "142.4"
heading: "Procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/142.4"
---

# §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](/cfr/32/142.5.md), 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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 133.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 49452, Dec. 20, 1984, unless otherwise noted.