Copyright Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 12 · Transitional
529. Copies of sound recordings bought before 16 April 1998
Feedback & supportSection 121(a)(ii) (nature of copyright in sound recordings) does not extend to entering into a commercial rental arrangement in respect of a sound recording if —
the copy of the recording was bought by a person (X) before 16 April 1998;
copy
“copy” has the meanings given by the provisions in Subdivision (2) of Division 3 of Part 2;
the copy is not an infringing copy;
the commercial rental arrangement is made in the ordinary course of a business conducted by X; and
commercial rental arrangement
“commercial rental arrangement”, in relation to a computer program or a sound recording, has the meaning given by section 75;
when X bought the copy, X was conducting the same business or another business that involved making commercial rental arrangements in respect of copies of sound recordings.