Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Permitted Uses of Copyright Works and Protected Performances
256. Copying sound recordings, recordings of performances, or films for simulcasting
Feedback & supportIf the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use to make a copy of any of the following material:
copy
“copy” has the meanings given by the provisions in Subdivision (2) of Division 3 of Part 2;
a sound recording;
a film;
a recording of a protected performance.
The conditions are —
broadcasting the material would not be a rights infringement in relation to the material;
the copy is made for the sole purpose of simulcasting the material in digital form;
the copy is used only —
for the purpose of simulcasting the material in circumstances that do not constitute a rights infringement in relation to the material; or
to make further copies for that purpose; and
every copy of the material made under this section is destroyed within the prescribed time.