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Copyright Act 1994

Acts permitted in relation to copyright works - Libraries and archives

57: Playing or showing sound recordings or films

You could also call this:

"Playing or showing old recordings or films without breaking copyright rules"

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You can play sound recordings or show films from certain archives without breaking copyright rules. Radio New Zealand Limited and the New Zealand Film Archive Incorporated have archives with sound recordings and films. They can play or show these to the public if people do not have to pay too much to hear or see them. You are allowed to pay a small amount to help maintain the archive. This is okay as long as you are not paying to hear or see the sound recording or film for profit. The archive must make sure that the amount you pay is reasonable. If there are licences available to play sound recordings or show films, this rule does not apply. This means that if an archive knows it can get a licence to play or show something, it must do so instead of following this rule. You must follow the rules of the licence if one is available.

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

57Playing or showing sound recordings or films

  1. The sound archive maintained by Radio New Zealand Limited may play a sound recording held in the archive to an audience consisting of members of the public, without infringing copyright in the sound recording or in any work included in the sound recording, if the condition contained in subsection (3) is complied with.

  2. The film archive maintained by Television New Zealand Limited or by the New Zealand Film Archive Incorporated may show a film, and play any sound recording associated with the film, held in the archive to an audience consisting of members of the public, without infringing copyright in the film or in any sound recording associated with the film or in any work included in the film or sound recording, if the condition contained in subsection (3) is complied with.

  3. The condition referred to in subsections (1) and (2) is that, where any person is required to pay to—

  4. hear any sound recording played under subsection (1); or
    1. see any film shown, and hear any sound recording associated with the film played, under subsection (2),—
        1. the payment required is no more than a reasonable contribution towards the maintenance of the archive in which the sound recording or film is held.

      1. This section does not apply if or to the extent that licences authorising the playing of a sound recording, or the showing of a film and the playing of a sound recording associated with the film, by an archive to which this section applies are available and if the archive knew that fact.