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Copyright Act 1994

Copyright licensing - References and applications with respect to licensing by licensing bodies

156: Licences to which sections 157 to 160 apply

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"What kind of licences are covered by the Copyright Act?"

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You need to know what kind of licences are covered by sections 157 to 160 in the Copyright Act 1994. These sections apply to licences granted by a licensing body that are not part of a licensing scheme. They cover licences for things like literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works. You can have a licence for works with more than one author that allows copying or performing the work in public. There are also licences for sound recordings, communication works, or the typographical arrangement of published editions. Some licences are for renting copies of computer programs, sound recordings, or films to the public. There are also licences for educational establishments to copy literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works. In these sections, a licence refers to any of these types of licences. When you see the term licence, it means any of the licences mentioned in sections 157 to 160, which you can find by following the link to sections 157 to 160.

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Part 8Copyright licensing
References and applications with respect to licensing by licensing bodies

156Licences to which sections 157 to 160 apply

  1. Sections 157 to 160 apply to the following descriptions of licences granted by a licensing body otherwise than under a licensing scheme:

  2. licences that—
    1. relate to copyright in literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works, or films, or film soundtracks when accompanying a film; and
      1. cover works of more than 1 author; and
        1. authorise the copying of the work or the performance, showing, or playing of the work in public or the communication of the work to the public:
        2. any licence relating to copyright in a sound recording (other than a film soundtrack when accompanying a film), communication work, or the typographical arrangement of a published edition:
          1. all licences relating to copyright in computer programs, sound recordings, or films, so far as the licences relate to the rental of copies to the public:
            1. licences that authorise the copying of literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works or the typographical arrangements of published editions by or on behalf of educational establishments;—
                1. and in those sections the term licence means a licence of any of those descriptions.

              Notes
              • Section 156(a)(iii): substituted, on , by section 69(1) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).
              • Section 156(b): amended, on , by section 69(2) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).