Part IV.—Copyright in Subject-Matter other than Works.
Division 1.—Preliminary.
Definition. 84. In this Part, “qualified person” means—
- (a) an Australian citizen, an Australian protected person or a person (other than a body corporate) resident in Australia; or
- (b) a body corporate incorporated under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State.
Division 2.—Nature of Copyright in Subject-Matter other than Works.
Nature of copyright in sound recordings. 85. For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, copyright, in relation to a sound recording, is the exclusive right to do all or any of the following acts:—
- (a) to make a record embodying the recording;
- (b) to cause the recording to be heard in public;
- (c) to broadcast the recording.
Nature of copyright in cinematograph films. 86. For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, copyright, in relation to a cinematograph film, is the exclusive right to do all or any of the following acts:—
- (a) to make a copy of the film;
- (b) to cause the film, in so far as it consists of visual images, to be seen in public, or, in so far as it consists of sounds, to be heard in public;
- (c) to broadcast the film;
- (d) to cause the film to be transmitted to subscribers to a diffusion service.
Nature of television copyright in broadcasts and sound broadcasts. 87. For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, copyright, in relation to a television broadcast or sound broadcast, is the exclusive right—
- (a) in the case of a television broadcast in so far as it consists of visual images—to make a cinematograph film of the broadcast, or a copy of such a film;
- (b) in the case of a sound broadcast, or of a television broadcast in so far as it consists of sounds—to make a sound recording of the broadcast, or a record embodying such a recording; and
- (c) in the case of a television broadcast or of a sound broadcast—to re-broadcast it.
Nature of copyright in editions of publishing works. 88. For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, copyright, in relation to a published edition of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or of two or more literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, is the exclusive right to make, by a means that includes a photographic process, a reproduction of the edition.
