(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.