205. Interpretation of this Part
Feedback & supportIn this Part, the expression “photograph” shall, in lieu of the meaning given to that expression by section 7, have the meaning given by subsection (2).
photograph
“photograph” means a product of photography or of a process similar to photography, other than an article or thing in which visual images forming part of a cinematograph film have been embodied, and includes a product of xerography, and “photography” shall have a corresponding meaning;
For the purposes of any provision of this Part that provides that an expression is to have the meaning given to that expression by this section or that refers to an expression as defined by this section —[Aust. 1968, s. 204]
“collective works” means —
an encyclopaedia, dictionary, year book or similar work;
a newspaper, review, magazine or similar periodical; or
a work written in distinct parts by different authors, or in which works or parts of works of different authors are incorporated;
“deliver”, in relation to a lecture, includes deliver by means of a mechanical instrument;
“dramatic work” includes a piece for recitation, a choreographic work or entertainment in dumb show the scenic arrangement or acting form of which is fixed in writing or otherwise, and a cinematograph production where the arrangement, the acting form or the combination of incidents represented gives the work an original character;
dramatic work
“dramatic work” includes —(a)a choreographic show or other dumb show if described in writing in the form in which the show is to be presented; and(b)a scenario or script for a cinematograph film,but does not include a cinematograph film as distinct from the scenario or script for a cinematograph film;
“lecture” includes an address, speech and sermon;
“literary work” includes a map, chart, plan, table and compilation;
compilation
“compilation” means —(a)a compilation, or table, consisting wholly of relevant materials or parts of relevant materials;(b)a compilation, or table, consisting partly of relevant materials or parts of relevant materials; or(c)a compilation, or table, of data other than relevant materials or parts of relevant materials,which, by reason of the selection or arrangement of its contents, constitutes an intellectual creation;
“perform”, in relation to a dramatic work as defined by this section or a musical work, means to make an acoustic representation of the work or a visual representation of a dramatic action in the work, and includes such a representation made by means of a mechanical instrument;
action
“action” means a proceeding of a civil nature between parties, and includes a counterclaim.(2) In the application of this Part in relation to a counterclaim, references to the plaintiff and to the defendant shall be read as references to the defendant and to the plaintiff, respectively.[Aust. 1968, s. 114] In this Part,
“photograph” includes photo-lithograph and a work produced by a process similar to photography.