Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Permitted Uses of Copyright Works and Protected Performances
187. Permitted uses that may not be excluded or restricted
Feedback & supportAny contract term is void to the extent that it purports, directly or indirectly, to exclude or restrict any permitted use under any provision in —
Division 6 (public collections), but not section 234 (supplying copies of published literary, dramatic or musical works or articles between libraries and archives);
Division 7 (computer programs);
Division 8 (computational data analysis); or
Division 17 (judicial proceedings and legal advice).
Without limiting subsection (1), a contract term is void to the extent that it purports, directly or indirectly, to prevent or restrict the doing of any of the following acts in circumstances that constitute a permitted use under the provisions mentioned in subsection (1):
making a copy of a work or a recording of a protected performance;
supplying (whether by communication or otherwise) a copy of a work or a recording of a performance;
performing a work or a recording of a protected performance.
This section applies to any contract made before, on or after 21 November 2021.