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Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Interpretation
16. When is a literary, dramatic or musical work made
Feedback & support(1)
A literary, dramatic or musical work is made at the time when, or over the period during which, the work is first fixed in a material form, including —
(a)
in writing; or
(b)
by storage —
(i)
in a computer;
(ii)
on any medium by electronic means; or
(iii)
on any other medium from which the work, or a substantial part thereof, can be directly reproduced.
(2)
A literary, dramatic or musical work in the form of sounds embodied in an article or a thing is considered —
sounds
Defined · s 7
“sounds”, in relation to a film, has the meaning given by section 24(2)(b);
(a)
to have been fixed in a material form; and
(b)
to have been so fixed when those sounds were embodied in that article or thing.