Copyright Act 1994

Acts permitted in relation to copyright works - Communication works

90: Recording for archival purposes

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"Copying for archives is allowed if it's for a non-profit group."

You do not break copyright law by recording a communication work or making a copy of it if the work is in a certain class prescribed by regulations under the Copyright Act 1994. You must record or copy it to put it in an archive kept by a body also prescribed by regulations. This body cannot be one that is established or run to make a profit.

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89: Provision of subtitled copies of communication work, or

"Getting subtitled copies of shows and movies if you're deaf or hard of hearing"

91: Recording by media monitors, or

"Recording news and reports for personal use or transcription"

Part 3Acts permitted in relation to copyright works
Communication works

90Recording for archival purposes

A person (A) does not infringe copyright in a communication work, or in any work included in it, by recording it or making a copy of a recording of it, if—
the communication work is in a class of communication work prescribed by regulations made under this Act; and
A makes the recording or the copy for the purpose of placing it in an archive maintained by a body prescribed by regulations made under this Act.

A body shall not be prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) if it is established or conducted for profit.

Notes

Section 90(1): substituted, on 31 October 2008, by section 51 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).