Copyright Act 1994

73 Representation of certain artistic works on public display

• (1) This section applies to the following works:

  • (a) buildings:

  • (b) works (being sculptures, models for buildings, or works of artistic craftsmanship) that are permanently situated in a public place or in premises open to the public.

  (2) Copyright in a work to which this section applies is not infringed by—

  • (a) copying the work by making a graphic work representing it; or

  • (b) copying the work by making a photograph or film of it; or

  • (c) communicating to the public a visual image of the work.

  (3) Copyright is not infringed by the issue to the public of copies, or the communication to the public, of anything the making of which was, under this section, not an infringement of copyright.

  Compare: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 s 62 (UK)

  Section 73(2)(c): substituted, on 31 October 2008, by section 42(1) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).

  Section 73(3): substituted, on 31 October 2008, by section 42(2) of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).