Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Copyright in Works
122. Duration of copyright in sound recordings
Feedback & supportSubject to subsections (2) and (3), any copyright in a sound recording expires —
if the recording is first published within 50 years after the end of the year in which the recording is made — 70 years after the end of the year in which the recording is first published; and
in any other case — 70 years after the end of the year in which the recording is made.
If a sound recording is first published on or before 31 December 2022, any copyright in the recording expires 70 years after the end of the year in which the recording is first published.
recording
“recording”, in relation to a protected performance, has the meaning given by section 38(1);
If the making of a sound recording was completed before 10 April 1987 —
this section does not apply to the recording; and
section 522 applies instead.