Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Interpretation
24. What is a film; what are the visual images, sounds and soundtrack of a film
Feedback & supportA “film” —
is all the visual images embodied in a thing in a way that —
the images can be shown as a moving picture by using that thing; or
that thing can be used to embody the images in another thing, and the images can be shown as a moving picture by using that other thing; and
includes all the sounds embodied in —
that thing or any part of that thing; or
any disc, tape or other device that is made available by the maker of the film to be used together with that thing.
In relation to a film —
“visual images” is the visual images mentioned in subsection (1)(a);
“sounds” is the sounds mentioned in subsection (1)(b); and
a “soundtrack” is —
the thing or any part of the thing mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(i); or
the disc, tape or other device mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(ii).
In this section, “thing” includes an article.