New Zealand Acts

COPYRIGHT ACT 1994 - SECT 14

14 Copyright in original works

1 Copyright is a property right that exists, in accordance with this Act, in original works of the following descriptions:

a) literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works:

b) sound recordings:

c) films:

d) communication works:

e) typographical arrangements of published editions.

2 A work is not original if—

a) it is, or to the extent that it is, a copy of another work; or

b) it infringes the copyright in, or to the extent that it infringes the copyright in, another work.

3

Note: 1962 No 33 ss 7(1), 13(1), 14(1), 15(1), 17(1) ; Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ss 1(1), 5(2), 6(6), 7(6), 8(2) (UK)

History: Section 14(1): substituted, on 31 October 2008, by section 11(1) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).   Section 14(3): repealed, on 31 October 2008, by section 11(2) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).