What is the legislation that applies to copyright in Australia?
What is the legislation that applies to copyright in Australia?
The Copyright Act 1968
The Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (Copyright Act) regulates copyright in Australia in relation to original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, and subject matter other than works.
Is the copyright Act in Australia the copyright Act of 1994?
The scope of copyright in Australia is defined in the Copyright Act 1968 (as amended), which applies the national law throughout Australia. Designs may be covered by the Copyright Act (as sculptures or drawings) as well as by the Design Act. Since 2007, performers have moral rights in recordings of their work.
What is the purpose of the copyright Act 1968?
The Copyright Act gives authors and other copyright owners of original ‘works’ the exclusive right to reproduce, publish, communicate, and adapt their material; and to licence, transfer, or sell it to other people.
Does Australia have fair use?
Australian law sets out a series of clear exceptions to copyright infringement known as “fair dealing”. The “fair use” principle allows individuals and enterprises to use copyright material without permission, provided that the use is “fair”.
What is not protected by copyright Australia?
Copyright does not protect inventions, brands, utilitarian objects or circuit layouts which are protected by other areas of intellectual property (IP) – patent, trademark, designs, plant breeder’s rights and circuit layouts respectively. IP Australia is the best place to go for information on these areas of law.
What is not protected by the Copyright Act in Australia?
What does the Copyright Act do?
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, is the current UK copyright law. It gives the creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works the right to control the ways in which their material may be used. Normally the individual or collective who authored the work will exclusively own the rights.
