93. Duration of copyright in cinematograph films
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Copyright subsisting in a cinematograph film by virtue of section 88(1) or (2) shall continue to subsist until the film is published and, after the publication of the film, until the expiration of 70 years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the film was first published.
cinematograph film
“cinematograph film” means the aggregate of visual images embodied in an article or thing so as to be capable by the use of that article or thing —(a)of being shown as a moving picture; or(b)of being embodied in another article or thing by the use of which it can be so shown,and includes the aggregate of the sounds embodied in a sound-track associated with such visual images;
Copyright subsisting in a cinematograph film by virtue only of section 88(3) shall continue to subsist until the expiration of 70 years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the film was first published. [Aust. 1968, s. 94]