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COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 135ZZK

Retransmission of free - to - air broadcasts

  (1)   The copyright in a work, sound recording or cinematograph film included in a free - to - air broadcast is not infringed by the retransmission of the broadcast if:

  (a)   a remuneration notice given by, or on behalf of, the retransmitter to the relevant collecting society is in force; and

  (b)   the free - to - air broadcast was made by a broadcaster specified in the remuneration notice; and

  (c)   the retransmitter complies with section   135ZZN.

  (2)   The copyright in a work, sound recording or cinematograph film included in a free - to - air broadcast is not infringed by the making of a copy of the broadcast for the sole purpose of enabling a delayed retransmission of the broadcast to be made.

  (3)   Subsection   (2) does not apply if the retransmission of the broadcast would infringe the copyright in the broadcast.

  (4)   If a copy of a broadcast made for the purpose referred to in subsection   (2) is not destroyed within 7 days after it is made, subsection   (2) does not apply, and is taken never to have applied, in relation to the making of the copy.

  (5)   In this section, a reference to the making of a copy of a free - to - air broadcast is a reference to making a cinematograph film or sound recording of the broadcast, or a copy of such a film or sound recording.


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