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Copyright Act 1994

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

77: Making of subsequent works by same artist

You could also call this:

"Creating new artworks without copying your old ones"

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You can make another artistic work without infringing copyright if you are the author. You must not repeat or imitate the main design of your earlier work. This rule applies even if you are not the copyright owner of your earlier work.

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

77Making of subsequent works by same artist

  1. Where the author of an artistic work is not the copyright owner, he or she does not infringe copyright in that work by copying the work in making another artistic work, if the main design of the earlier work is not repeated or imitated.

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