Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Permitted Uses of Copyright Works and Protected Performances
299. Private and domestic use
Feedback & supportIf the condition in subsection (2) is met, it is a permitted use for a person to —
make a copy of any of the following material:
a broadcast;
a cable programme;
a recording of a protected performance; or
record a protected performance live.
The copy or recording must be for the private and domestic use of the person.
copy
“copy” has the meanings given by the provisions in Subdivision (2) of Division 3 of Part 2;
A permitted use under subsection (1)(a) is also a permitted use of a work or protected performance included in the material.
A permitted use under subsection (1)(b) is also a permitted use of a work included in the performance.
performance
“perform” and “performance”, in relation to an authorial work, have the meanings given by section 67;
For the purposes of this section, a copy or recording is not made for private and domestic use if it is made for the purpose of —
recording
“recording”, in relation to a protected performance, has the meaning given by section 38(1);
commercial dealing;
broadcasting;
inclusion in a cable programme; or
causing the relevant visual images and sounds to be seen or heard (or both) in public.