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Copyright Act 1994

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57A: Making archived works available for public viewing

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"Watching old TV shows and movies in public without breaking copyright laws"

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You can view archived works without infringing copyright if they are shared according to section 29C of the Television New Zealand Act 2003. An archived work is something that has the same meaning as in section 29A of the Television New Zealand Act 2003. This means you can watch or look at these archived works in public without breaking copyright laws.

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57AMaking archived works available for public viewing

  1. The communication of an archived work in accordance with section 29C of the Television New Zealand Act 2003 does not infringe copyright (if any) in the archived work under this Act.

  2. In this section, archived work has the same meaning as in section 29A of the Television New Zealand Act 2003.

Notes
  • Section 57A: inserted, on , by section 14 of the Television New Zealand Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 52).