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Copyright Act 2021 s 24

s 24 What is a film; what are the visual images, sounds and soundtrack of a film

24.—(1) A “film” —(a) is all the visual images embodied in a thing in a way that —(i) the images can be shown as a moving picture by using that thing; or (ii) that thing can be used to embody the images in another thing, and the images can be shown as a moving picture by using that other thing; and (b) includes all the sounds embodied in —(i) that thing or any part of that thing; or (ii) any disc, tape or other device that is made available by the maker of the film to be used together with that thing. (2) In relation to a film —(a) “visual images” is the visual images mentioned in subsection (1)(a); (b) “sounds” is the sounds mentioned in subsection (1)(b); and (c) a “soundtrack” is —(i) the thing or any part of the thing mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(i); or (ii) the disc, tape or other device mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(ii). (3) In this section, “thing” includes an article.

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