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Copyright basics
Copyright protects original works, regardless of whether the work is published or unpublished.
Under the Copyright Act 1994, copyright automatically applies as soon as the work is put into material form – whether in print, stored on computer or recorded in some way.
As a signatory to the Berne Convention, New Zealand protects the rights of copyright owners from other countries in the same way it does for our own copyright owners.
It is unlawful to copy all or part of a work without a licence or without approval from the copyright owner, unless there is a statutory exception to such infringement.
Under the Copyright Act 1994, copyright automatically applies as soon as the work is put into material form – whether in print, stored on computer or recorded in some way.
As a signatory to the Berne Convention, New Zealand protects the rights of copyright owners from other countries in the same way it does for our own copyright owners.
It is unlawful to copy all or part of a work without a licence or without approval from the copyright owner, unless there is a statutory exception to such infringement.
