Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 84

    In this Part:

"live performance" means:

  (a)   a performance (including an improvisation) of a dramatic work, or part of such a work, including such a performance given with the use of puppets; or

  (b)   a performance (including an improvisation) of a musical work or part of such a work; or

  (c)   the reading, recitation or delivery of a literary work, or part of such a work, or the recitation or delivery of an improvised literary work; or

  (d)   a performance of a dance; or

  (e)   a performance of a circus act or a variety act or any similar presentation or show; or

  (f)   a performance of an expression of folklore;

being a live performance, whether in the presence of an audience or otherwise.

"performer" in a live performance:

  (a)   means each person who contributed to the sounds of the performance; and

  (b)   if the performance includes a performance of a musical work--includes the conductor.

"qualified person" means:

  (a)   an Australian citizen or a person (other than a body corporate) resident in Australia; or

  (b)   a body corporate incorporated under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State.

"sound recording of a live performance" means a sound recording, made at the time of the live performance, consisting of, or including, the sounds of the performance.