Productivity Commission study on the parallel importation of books
Copyright Society seminar: The Year in Review
Document Actions
Uses controlled by copyright owners
The uses controlled by a copyright owner vary according to the type of material. For nearly all copyright material, the owner controls the following:
Other uses controlled by copyright owners for certain material are summarised in the following table.
The rights of broadcasters in television and radio broadcasts, and of
publishers in typographical arrangements of editions of works such as
books and newspapers, are more limited. Broadcasters control the rights
to make an audio or audiovisual recording of the broadcast, copy a
recording of the broadcast, and rebroadcast or communicate the
broadcast. Publishers control the right to make a facsimile (exact)
copy of the typographical arrangement in an edition.
| Activity | Some examples |
|---|---|
| copying | * photocopying * scanning * copying by hand * duplicating a digital file * photographing a painting |
| performing, playing or showing “in public” (except still images) | * music concert * performance of play * playing recorded music in a shop * screening a film in a cinema |
electronic transmission “to the public” | * broadcasting * emailing to clients |
| making available on a website or network “to the public” | * uploading to a website |
Other uses controlled by copyright owners for certain material are summarised in the following table.
| form of expression | uses controlled by copyright owner |
|---|---|
| works made up of words or text | * make public for first time * translate from one language to another * make dramatic version of non-dramatic work (eg screenplay based on novel) * make non-dramatic version of dramatic work (eg novel based on screenplay) * make a version in pictures (eg a cartoon strip based on a novel) |
| computer program | * make public for first time * object code version of program in source code * rent out article containing program (such as CD-ROM) |
| music | * make public for first time * make an arrangement or transcription * rent out article containing recorded performance of music (such as audio CD) |
| two-dimensional images and representations | * make public for first time * make three-dimensional version |
| three-dimensional artistic objects | * make public for first time * make two-dimensional version |
| recorded sounds | * rent out article containing recorded sounds (such as audio CD) |
In some cases cases, importation of articles containing copyright material is controlled by the copyright owner.
More: