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Copyright Act 2021 s 372

s 372 Right to be identified — when should an author be identified

372.—(1) A person must identify the author of a dramatic or literary work (other than a literary work mentioned in subsection (2)) whenever the person —(a) publishes the work; (b) performs the work in public; (c) communicates the work to the public; (d) causes to be seen in public a film that includes the work; (e) supplies to the public copies of a film that includes the work; (f) supplies to the public copies of a sound recording that includes the work; or (g) does any of the acts mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f) in relation to an adaptation of the work. (2) A person must identify the author of a musical work, or a literary work consisting of words intended to be sung or spoken with music, whenever the person —(a) publishes the work; (b) causes to be seen in public a film, the soundtrack of which includes the work; (c) supplies to the public copies of a sound recording that includes the work; (d) supplies to the public copies of a film, the soundtrack of which includes the work; or (e) does any of the acts mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) in relation to an adaptation of the work. (3) A person must identify the author of an artistic work whenever the person —(a) publishes the work; (b) exhibits the work in public; (c) communicates a visual image of the work to the public; (d) causes to be seen in public a film that includes a visual image of the work; (e) supplies to the public copies of a film that includes a visual image of the work; or (f) in the case of the following works, supplies to the public copies of a photograph or graphic representation of the work:(i) a work of architecture in the form of a building or a model of a building; (ii) a sculpture; (iii) a work of artistic craftsmanship. (4) In addition to subsection (3), the author of an artistic work in the form of a building must be identified on the first building that embodies the work.

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