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Copyright Act 1994

Moral rights - Supplementary provisions

106: Duration of rights

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"How long your copyright rights last"

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You have rights under the Copyright Act 1994. These rights expire when the copyright in a work ends. This applies to rights like being identified as the author or director, found in section 94, and objecting to derogatory treatment of a work, found in section 98. You also have rights that expire 20 years after you die. This applies to rights like stopping false attribution of your identity as an author or director, found in section 102. Other rights expire after a certain time too, like stopping false representations as to literary or artistic works, found in section 103 and section 104. These rights are part of the law to protect you and your work. You can find more information about these rights in the Copyright Act 1994. The law is in place to help you and other creators.

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Part 4Moral rights
Supplementary provisions

106Duration of rights

  1. The rights conferred by the following provisions of this Act expire when the copyright in any work that is the subject of the right expires:

  2. section 94 (which relates to the right to be identified as author or director):
    1. section 98 (which relates to the right to object to derogatory treatment of a work):
      1. section 105 (which relates to the right to privacy of certain photographs and films).

        1. The rights conferred by the following provisions of this Act expire at the end of the period of 20 years from the end of the calendar year in which the person who is entitled to the right dies:

        2. section 102 (which relates to false attribution of the identity of an author or director):
          1. section 103 (which relates to a false representation as to literary, dramatic, or musical works):
            1. section 104 (which relates to false representations as to artistic works).

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              • 1962 No 33 s 62(5)