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Copyright Act 1994

Acts permitted in relation to copyright works - Literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works

73: Representation of certain artistic works on public display

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"Copying public artworks is allowed"

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You can copy certain artistic works on public display without infringing copyright. This applies to buildings and works like sculptures in public places. You can make a graphic work, photograph, or film of these works. You can also share a visual image of these works with the public. If you make a copy of one of these works, you can share it with the public. This is allowed because the original copy was not an infringement of copyright. You are allowed to issue copies of these works to the public or communicate them to the public. This means you can share pictures or videos of certain artistic works without breaking copyright laws.

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Part 3Acts permitted in relation to copyright works
Literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works

73Representation of certain artistic works on public display

  1. This section applies to the following works:

  2. buildings:
    1. works (being sculptures, models for buildings, or works of artistic craftsmanship) that are permanently situated in a public place or in premises open to the public.

      1. Copyright in a work to which this section applies is not infringed by—

      2. copying the work by making a graphic work representing it; or
        1. copying the work by making a photograph or film of it; or
          1. communicating to the public a visual image of the work.

            1. Copyright is not infringed by the issue to the public of copies, or the communication to the public, of anything the making of which was, under this section, not an infringement of copyright.

            Notes
            • Section 73(2)(c): substituted, on , by section 42(1) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).
            • Section 73(3): substituted, on , by section 42(2) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).