New Zealand Legislation: Acts

29 Infringement of copyright

• (1) Copyright in a work is infringed by a person who, other than pursuant to a copyright licence, does any restricted act.

  (2) References in this Act to the doing of a restricted act are to the doing of that act—

  • (a) In relation to the work as a whole or any substantial part of it; and

  • (b) Either directly or indirectly;—

  and it is immaterial whether any intervening acts themselves infringe copyright.

  (3) This Part of this Act is subject to Parts 3 and 8 of this Act.

  Compare: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, s 16(2), (3), (4) (UK); 1962 No 33 ss 3(1)