You can do something with a work that is an adaptation without breaking copyright laws. This is because the law says you are not infringing copyright in the original work. The adaptation is based on the original work, but you are allowed to use the adaptation.
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91: Recording by media monitors, or
"Recording news and reports for personal use or transcription"
92A: Internet service provider must have policy for terminating accounts of repeat infringers, or
"Internet companies must have a plan to stop accounts of people who keep breaking copyright rules"
An act that under this Act may be done without infringing copyright in a literary, dramatic, or musical work does not, where that work is an adaptation, infringe any copyright in the work from which the adaptation was made.
