New Zealand Acts

COPYRIGHT ACT 1994 - SECT 5

5 Meaning of author

1 For the purposes of this Act, the
"author" of a work is the person who creates it.

2 For the purposes of subsection (1), the person who
"creates" a work shall be taken to be,—

a) in the case of a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work that is computer-generated, the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the creation of the work are undertaken:

b) in the case of a sound recording or film, the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the making of the recording or film are undertaken:

c) in the case of a communication work, the person who makes the communication work:

d) in the case of a typographical arrangement of a published edition, the publisher.

e)

3 The author of a work of any of the descriptions referred to in subsection (2) may be a natural person or a body corporate.

Note: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 s 9(1)–(3) (UK)

History: Section 5(2)(c): substituted, on 31 October 2008, by section 7 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).   Section 5(2)(d): substituted, on 31 October 2008, by section 7 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).     Section 5(2)(e): repealed, on 31 October 2008, by section 7 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).