Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00854:section:21
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00854
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 21
Character Range: 91408–93732

21  Reproduction and copying of works and other subject‑matter
 (1) For the purposes of this Act, a literary, dramatic or musical work shall be deemed to have been reproduced in a material form if a sound recording or cinematograph film is made of the work, and any record embodying such a recording and any copy of such a film shall be deemed to be a reproduction of the work.
 (1A) For the purposes of this Act, a work is taken to have been reproduced if it is converted into or from a digital or other electronic machine‑readable form, and any article embodying the work in such a form is taken to be a reproduction of the work.
Note: The reference to the conversion of a work into a digital or other electronic machine‑readable form includes the first digitisation of the work.
 (2) Subsections (1) and (1A) apply in relation to an adaptation of a work in the same way as they apply in relation to a work.
 (3) For the purposes of this Act, an artistic work shall be deemed to have been reproduced:
 (a) in the case of a work in a two‑dimensional form—if a version of the work is produced in a three‑dimensional form; or
 (b) in the case of a work in a three‑dimensional form—if a version of the work is produced in a two‑dimensional form;
and the version of the work so produced shall be deemed to be a reproduction of the work.
 (4) The last preceding subsection has effect subject to Division 7 of Part III.
 (5) For the purposes of this Act, a computer program is taken to have been reproduced if:
 (a) an object code version of the program is derived from the program in source code by any process, including compilation; or
 (b) a source code version of the program is derived from the program in object code by any process, including decompilation;
and any such version is taken to be a reproduction of the program.
 (6) For the purposes of this Act, a sound recording or cinematograph film is taken to have been copied if it is converted into or from a digital or other electronic machine‑readable form, and any article embodying the recording or film in such a form is taken to be a copy of the recording or film.
Note: The reference to the conversion of a sound recording or cinematograph film into a digital or other electronic machine‑readable form includes the first digitisation of the recording or film.