Part 11Miscellaneous provisions
Technological protection measures
226Interpretation for sections 226A to 226E
In sections 226A to 226E, unless the context otherwise requires,—
issuer of the TPM work or issuer of a TPM work means—
- a copyright owner of a TPM work that—
- issued a copy of the TPM work to the public; or
- communicated the TPM work to the public; or
- issued a copy of the TPM work to the public; or
- a person that, under licence from the copyright owner,—
- issued a copy of the TPM work to the public; or
- communicated the TPM work to the public
- issued a copy of the TPM work to the public; or
permitted act means an act that—
- is permitted under Part 3 or otherwise does not infringe copyright in the TPM work; and
- does not infringe any specified performers’ rights in the TPM work
specified performers’ rights means the rights conferred by section 172, or subpart 4 of Part 9, in respect of a recording that is a sound recording and a TPM work
TPM or technological protection measure—
- means any process, treatment, mechanism, device, or system that in the normal course of its operation prevents or inhibits the infringement of copyright in a TPM work; but
- for the avoidance of doubt, does not include a process, treatment, mechanism, device, or system to the extent that, in the normal course of operation, it only controls any access to a work for non-infringing purposes (for example, it does not include a process, treatment, mechanism, device, or system to the extent that it controls geographic market segmentation by preventing the playback in New Zealand of a non-infringing copy of a work)
TPM circumvention device means a device or means that—
- is primarily designed, produced, or adapted for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of a technological protection measure; and
- has only limited commercially significant application except for its use in circumventing a technological protection measure
TPM work means a copyright work that is protected by a technological protection measure.
- a copyright owner of a TPM work that—
Notes
- Section 226: substituted, on , by section 90 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).
- Section 226 heading: replaced, on , by section 37A(1) of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Amendment Act 2018 (2016 No 90).
- Section 226 issuer of the TPM work or issuer of a TPM work: inserted, on , by section 37A(2) of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Amendment Act 2018 (2016 No 90).
- Section 226 permitted act: inserted, on , by section 37A(2) of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Amendment Act 2018 (2016 No 90).
- Section 226 specified performers’ rights: inserted, on , by section 37A(2) of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Amendment Act 2018 (2016 No 90).


