Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Permitted Uses of Copyright Works and Protected Performances
255. Making sound recordings or films of literary, dramatic or musical works for simulcasting
Feedback & supportIf the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use for a person to make a copy of a literary, dramatic or musical work.
copy
“copy” has the meanings given by the provisions in Subdivision (2) of Division 3 of Part 2;
The conditions are —
the copy is a sound recording or film of the work;
broadcasting the work would not infringe the copyright in the work;
the copy is made for the sole purpose of simulcasting the work in digital form;
the copy is used only —
for the purpose of simulcasting the work in circumstances that do not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the work; or
to make more copies for that purpose; and
every copy made under this section is destroyed within the prescribed time.
In this section and section 256, “simulcasting” means simultaneously broadcasting in both analogue form and digital form.