Part 1
Description, ownership, and duration of copyright

Description of copyright

14 Copyright in original works
  • (1) Copyright is a property right that exists, in accordance with this Act, in original works of the following descriptions:

    • (a) literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works:

    • (b) sound recordings:

    • (c) films:

    • (d) communication works:

    • (e) typographical arrangements of published editions.

    (2) A work is not original if—

    • (a) it is, or to the extent that it is, a copy of another work; or

    • (b) it infringes the copyright in, or to the extent that it infringes the copyright in, another work.

    (3) [Repealed]

    Compare: 1962 No 33 ss 7(1), 13(1), 14(1), 15(1), 17(1); Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ss 1(1), 5(2), 6(6), 7(6), 8(2) (UK)

    Section 14(1): substituted, on 31 October 2008, by section 11(1) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).

    Section 14(3): repealed, on 31 October 2008, by section 11(2) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).