Copyright Act 1994

Miscellaneous provisions - Technological protection measures

226: Interpretation for sections 226A to 226E

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"What special words mean in sections 226A to 226E of the Copyright Act"

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When you read sections 226A to 226E, you need to know what some words mean. The "issuer of the TPM work" is the person who owns the copyright and shares the work with the public. You can also be the "issuer of the TPM work" if you have permission from the copyright owner to share the work. You will see the term "permitted act" which means doing something that is allowed under Part 3 or does not break copyright rules. It also means not breaking any rules related to performers' rights in the work. "Specified performers’ rights" refers to rights given by section 172 or subpart 4 of Part 9 for sound recordings that are also TPM works. You can find more information about these rights in the links to section 172 and subpart 4 of Part 9. "TPM" or "technological protection measure" is a way to stop people from breaking copyright rules. It is a process or system that prevents or stops copyright infringement in a TPM work. A "TPM circumvention device" is a tool that helps people get around technological protection measures. It is mainly designed to enable or make it easy to circumvent these measures. A "TPM work" is a copyright work that is protected by a technological protection measure.

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Part 11Miscellaneous provisions
Technological protection measures

226Interpretation for sections 226A to 226E

  1. In sections 226A to 226E, unless the context otherwise requires,—

    issuer of the TPM work or issuer of a TPM work means—

    1. a copyright owner of a TPM work that—
      1. issued a copy of the TPM work to the public; or
        1. communicated the TPM work to the public; or
        2. a person that, under licence from the copyright owner,—
          1. issued a copy of the TPM work to the public; or
            1. communicated the TPM work to the public

            permitted act means an act that—

            1. is permitted under Part 3 or otherwise does not infringe copyright in the TPM work; and
              1. 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

                  1. 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
                    1. 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—

                      1. is primarily designed, produced, or adapted for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of a technological protection measure; and
                        1. 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.

                          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).