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Copyright Act 2021 s 444

s 444 Commercial dealings, etc., in infringing copies

444.—(1) A person commits an offence if —(a) at any time when copyright subsists in a work, the person does any of the following acts:(i) makes an article for sale or hire; (ii) deals commercially in an article; (iii) imports an article for the purpose of commercial dealing; (iv) possesses an article for the purpose of commercial dealing; and (b) when doing the act, the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the article is an infringing copy of the work. (2) A person commits an offence if —(a) at any time during the protection period of a performance, the person does any of the following acts:(i) makes an article for sale or hire; (ii) deals commercially in an article; (iii) imports an article for the purpose of commercial dealing; (iv) possesses an article for the purpose of commercial dealing; and (b) when doing the act, the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the article is an infringing copy of the performance.

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