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Copyright Act 1994

Acts permitted in relation to copyright works

43A: Transient reproduction of work

You could also call this:

"Temporary copying of a work is okay if it's part of a legal process"

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You do not infringe copyright when you reproduce a work if it is transient or incidental. It must be part of a technological process for making or receiving a communication that does not infringe copyright. It must also enable the lawful use of, or lawful dealing in, the work and have no independent economic significance.

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Part 3Acts permitted in relation to copyright works

43ATransient reproduction of work

  1. A reproduction of a work does not infringe copyright in the work if the reproduction—

  2. is transient or incidental; and
    1. is an integral and essential part of a technological process for—
      1. making or receiving a communication that does not infringe copyright; or
        1. enabling the lawful use of, or lawful dealing in, the work; and
        2. has no independent economic significance.

          Notes
          • Section 43A: inserted, on , by section 24 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).