Here is an article that seems to say that reading aloud is included in "fair dealing", as long as it isn't broadcast or recorded in any way, at least in Wales:
http://www.literaturewales.org/infor...vice/i/124039/
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For authors what are important are the rights to your published work and the permissions required to quote from it or to use it again. Once published it may well be that your work will be selected for anthology appearance, for use on the stage in some presentation, be broadcast, or even used as part of a critical treatise or text book. In most cases permission will be required from the copyright holder for the work’s use and invariably means the payment of a fee. They’ll write to you, or to your publisher, and make an offer. If your publisher has any expertise in this field follow their lead otherwise you’ll have to decide for yourself if what you are being offered is fair payment or not. However, the Copyright Acts do allow certain circumstances where permission for use of copyright material need not be sought. This practice is known as fair dealing and the circumstances are roughly as follows:
a) For use in research and private study
b) For use in criticism and review
c) For the recording of current events
d) Reproduction for a judicial proceeding
e) Reading aloud in public, (but not broadcast, or recorded)
f) Inclusion, under certain circumstances, of a short extract in a collection intended for schools
Sufficient acknowledgement must always be made. A “less than substantial” part of a work may also be used without permission in certain other circumstances. Unfortunately Copyright law does not define what is meant by “substantial”. Further advice on this matter can be found by consulting the Society of Authors' pamphlet Quick Guide to Permissions. The Society of Authors also carry useful information along with sample charges on their web site http://www.societyofauthors.org/faqs-about-writing
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