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Copyright Act 2021 s 281

s 281 Copying or communicating publicly disclosed material

281.—(1) If the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use to —(a) make a copy of any of the following material:(i) a work; (ii) a recording of a protected performance; or (b) communicate the material to the public. (2) The conditions are —(a) the material —(i) is already publicly disclosed material; or (ii) becomes publicly disclosed material by virtue of a copy of the material being supplied as part of, or incidentally to, the act of making or communicating the copy; (b) if the material is in the possession, custody or control of the Government — the copy or communication is made by or with the authority of the Government; (c) if the material is in the possession, custody or control of a public body — the copy or communication is made by or with the authority of the public body; and (d) the copy or communication is made —(i) to facilitate the more convenient viewing or hearing of the material; or (ii) for the purpose of supplying, communicating or disclosing the material as required or permitted by the law mentioned in section 280(1)(c). (3) Where —(a) an act is a permitted use of any material under this section; and (b) copies of the material are supplied to the public as part of, or incidentally to, that act, the supply of those copies — (c) is not to be treated, for the purposes of this Act, as publishing the material (or any work or recording included in the material); and (d) must be ignored in determining the duration of any copyright (or the included work).

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