Copyright Act 1968 Act No. 63 of 1968 as amended This compilation was prepared on 1 June 2011 taking into account amendments up to Act No. 39 of 2011 The text of any of those amendments not in force on that date is appended in the Notes section The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney-General‟s Department, Canberra
Contents
Part I—Preliminary 1
1 Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1
2 Commencement [see Note 1]............................................................. 1
4 Extension to external Territories ....................................................... 1
5 Exclusion of Imperial Copyright Act, 1911 ....................................... 1
6 Repeal of Copyright Acts .................................................................. 1
7 Act to bind the Crown ....................................................................... 2
8 Copyright not to subsist except by virtue of this Act ......................... 2
8A Prerogative rights of the Crown in the nature of copyright ................ 2
9 Operation of other laws ..................................................................... 2
9A Application of the Criminal Code ..................................................... 3
Part II—Interpretation 4
10 Interpretation ..................................................................................... 4
10AA Non-infringing copy of a sound recording ....................................... 24
10AB Non-infringing copy of a computer program ................................... 25
10AC Non-infringing copy of an electronic literary or music item ............ 26
10AD Accessories to imported articles ...................................................... 26
10A Declarations and notices relating to certain bodies and institutions ....................................................................................... 27
11 Residence in a country not affected by temporary absence ............. 28
12 References to Parliament ................................................................. 28
13 Acts comprised in copyright ............................................................ 28
14 Acts done in relation to substantial part of work or other subject-matter deemed to be done in relation to the whole .............. 28
15 References to acts done with licence of owner of copyright ............ 29
16 References to partial assignment of copyright ................................. 29
17 Statutory employment ..................................................................... 29
18 Libraries established or conducted for profit ................................... 29
19 References to Copyright Act, 1911.................................................. 29
20 Names under which work is published ............................................ 30
21 Reproduction and copying of works and other subject-matter ......... 30
22 Provisions relating to the making of a work or other subject-matter .................................................................................. 31
23 Sound recordings and records .......................................................... 34
24 References to sounds and visual images embodied in an article ............................................................................................... 34
25 Provisions relating to broadcasting .................................................. 34
27 Performance..................................................................................... 35
28 Performance and communication of works or other subject-matter in the course of educational instruction .................... 36
29 Publication ....................................................................................... 38
30 Ownership of copyright for particular purposes .............................. 40
30A Commercial rental arrangement ...................................................... 40
Part III—Copyright in original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works 42
Division 1—Nature, duration and ownership of copyright in works 42
31 Nature of copyright in original works .............................................. 42
32 Original works in which copyright subsists ..................................... 44
33 Duration of copyright in original works .......................................... 44
34 Duration of copyright in anonymous and pseudonymous works ............................................................................................... 45
35 Ownership of copyright in original works ....................................... 45
Division 2—Infringement of copyright in works 48
36 Infringement by doing acts comprised in the copyright ................... 48
37 Infringement by importation for sale or hire .................................... 48
38 Infringement by sale and other dealings .......................................... 49
39 Infringement by permitting place of public entertainment to be used for performance of work ..................................................... 50
39A Infringing copies made on machines installed in libraries and archives............................................................................................ 50
39B Communication by use of certain facilities ..................................... 51
Division 3—Acts not constituting infringements of copyright in works 52
40 Fair dealing for purpose of research or study .................................. 52
41 Fair dealing for purpose of criticism or review................................ 54
41A Fair dealing for purpose of parody or satire ..................................... 54
42 Fair dealing for purpose of reporting news ...................................... 54
43 Reproduction for purpose of judicial proceedings or professional advice .......................................................................... 55
43A Temporary reproductions made in the course of communication ................................................................................ 55
43B Temporary reproductions of works as part of a technical process of use .................................................................................. 55
43C Reproducing works in books, newspapers and periodical publications in different form for private use .................................. 56
44 Inclusion of works in collections for use by places of education ......................................................................................... 58
44A Importation etc. of books ................................................................. 58
44B Reproduction of writing on approved label for containers for chemical product ............................................................................. 61
44BA Acts done in relation to certain medicine ........................................ 62
44C Copyright subsisting in accessories etc. to imported articles ........... 63
44D Import of non-infringing copy of sound recording does not infringe copyright in works recorded ............................................... 63
44E Importation and sale etc. of copies of computer programs .............. 64
44F Importation and sale etc. of copies of electronic literary or music items ...................................................................................... 64
Division 4—Acts not constituting infringements of copyright in literary, dramatic and musical works 66
45 Reading or recitation in public or for a broadcast ............................ 66
46 Performance at premises where persons reside or sleep .................. 66
47 Reproduction for purpose of broadcasting ....................................... 66
47AA Reproduction for the purpose of simulcasting ................................. 68
47A Sound broadcasts by holders of print disability radio licences ........ 68
Division 4A—Acts not constituting infringements of copyright in computer programs 72
47AB Meaning of computer program ........................................................ 72
47B Reproduction for normal use or study of computer programs ......... 72
47C Back-up copy of computer programs ............................................... 73
47D Reproducing computer programs to make interoperable products ........................................................................................... 74
47E Reproducing computer programs to correct errors .......................... 75