Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Offences
444. Commercial dealings, etc., in infringing copies
Feedback & supportA person commits an offence if —
at any time when copyright subsists in a work, the person does any of the following acts:
makes an article for sale or hire;
deals commercially in an article;
imports an article for the purpose of commercial dealing;
possesses an article for the purpose of commercial dealing; and
when doing the act, the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the article is an infringing copy of the work.
A person commits an offence if —
at any time during the protection period of a performance, the person does any of the following acts:
makes an article for sale or hire;
deals commercially in an article;
imports an article for the purpose of commercial dealing;
possesses an article for the purpose of commercial dealing; and
when doing the act, the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the article is an infringing copy of the performance.