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Copyright Act 1994

Acts permitted in relation to copyright works - Libraries and archives

51: Copying by librarians of parts of published works

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"Librarians can copy parts of books and music for you to use for research or study"

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You can get a copy of part of a published work from a librarian. The librarian can make a copy for you if they follow certain rules. They can copy a reasonable amount of a literary, dramatic, or musical work. You can only use the copy for research or private study. The librarian can charge you for the copy, but only enough to cover costs. They cannot charge you more than that. This rule does not apply to computer programs. If the copy is digital, section 56B also applies. You can get a digital copy, but you must follow the rules.

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Part 3Acts permitted in relation to copyright works
Libraries and archives

51Copying by librarians of parts of published works

  1. The librarian of a prescribed library may, if the conditions contained in subsection (2) are complied with, make from a published edition (other than a published edition that is an article in a periodical), for supply to any person, a copy of a reasonable proportion of any literary, dramatic, or musical work, and may include in the copy any artistic work that appears within the proportion copied, without infringing copyright in the literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work or the typographical arrangement of the published edition.

  2. The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are—

  3. that no person is supplied on the same occasion with more than 1 copy of the same material; and
    1. that, where any person to whom a copy is supplied is required to pay for the copy, the payment required is no higher than a sum consisting of the total of the cost of production of the copy and a reasonable contribution to the general expenses of the library.

      1. Where any person is supplied with, or otherwise comes into possession of, a copy made in accordance with this section, that person may use the copy only for the purposes of research or private study.

      2. This section does not apply to a literary work that is a computer program.

      3. In this section, copy includes a digital copy, but in that case section 56B applies as well.

      Compare
      • 1962 No 33 s 21(1)
      Notes
      • Section 51(5): added, on , by section 31 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).