The document discusses the history and current state of copyright law as it relates to various types of creative works. It began in the 1700s in England with the Statute of Anne, which established the first copyright term of 14 years. Each new technology has impacted copyright law. In New Zealand, copyright law is based on UK law and protects photographs, sound recordings, films, communication works, and some government works. The key questions to determine if a work can be copied are when it was made, who owns the copyright, and if the copyright has expired. Certain libraries and archives have exceptions to copy and distribute some in-copyright works digitally under certain conditions.
7. “ Printers, Booksellers, and other Persons, have of late frequently taken the Liberty of Printing, Reprinting, and Publishing… Books, and other Writings, without the Consent of the Authors or Proprietors of such Books and Writings, to their very great Detriment, and too often to the Ruin of them and their Families….
8. “… For Preventing therefore such Practices for the future, and for the Encouragement of Learned Men to Compose and Write useful Books…”
27. Photographs Anything where an image is produced by recording light or other radiation on media, but excluding film
28. Sound recordings Where sound can be reproduced including the recording of a literary, dramatic or musical work www.flickr.com/photos/litlnemo
29. Film Any recording on a medium from which a moving image can be produced
30. Communication works Including any wireless broadcast, cable transmission or internet streaming of sounds and visual images for reception by the public
31. Crown Copyright is a fifth category covering works by Government departments, Parliamentary offices, Ministers and the Monarch
35. Published and unpublished photographs, sound recordings and film taken or completed before 1944 have no copyright in New Zealand
36. Broadcasts made before 1 April 1963 have no copyright in New Zealand, (although a recorded copy made after 1958 will still have copyright)
37. Photographs after 1944: life + 50 years Film and sound recordings after 1944: 50 years from when made or made available to the public Communication works after 1963: 50 years from when first made available to the public Crown works after 1944: 100 years from when made
38. Copying of in-copyright works for preservation is only allowed by prescribed libraries and archives unless permission is given first
39. Digital copying of in-copyright works for preservation has a different set of rules from non-digital copying
40. the original item is at risk of loss, damage, or destruction the digital copy replaces the original item the original item is not accessible by members of the public after replacement by the digital copy (with minor exceptions) it is not reasonably practicable to purchase a copy of the original item.
41. Prescribed libraries and archives can place in-copyright digital copies on the the internet or provide them to users under certain conditions
42. it has to be a lawfully obtained digital copy users have to be informed about the legal limits on copying the digital copy communicated cannot be altered or modified the number of users accessing at a time is no more than the copies originally bought or licensed
43. You cannot issue a licence for an in-copyright work unless you own the copyright