New Zealand Legislation: Acts

90 Recording for archival purposes

• (1) A person (A) does not infringe copyright in a communication work, or in any work included in it, by recording it or making a copy of a recording of it, if—

  • (a) the communication work is in a class of communication work prescribed by regulations made under this Act; and

  • (b) A makes the recording or the copy for the purpose of placing it in an archive maintained by a body prescribed by regulations made under this Act.

  (2) A body shall not be prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section if it is established or conducted for profit.

  Compare: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, s 75 (UK)

  Section 90(1): substituted, on 31 October 2008, by section 51 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).