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Copyright Act 1994

Performers' rights - Miscellaneous provisions - Duration and transmission of rights

194A: Moral rights not assignable

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"You can't give away your special rights as a creator."

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You have rights under the Copyright Act 1994. These rights are not assignable, which means you cannot give them to someone else. This applies to the rights given to you by sections 170A and 170E.

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Part 9Performers' rights
Miscellaneous provisions: Duration and transmission of rights

194AMoral rights not assignable

  1. The rights conferred by sections 170A and 170E are not assignable.

Notes
  • Section 194A: inserted, on , by section 29 of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Amendment Act 2018 (2016 No 90).