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Who Owns Copyright in a Work?
General ownership rules The creator of an original work such as the author or artist is usually the first owner of any copyright in that work. There are two main exceptions: where a work is created in the course of employment, the employer will own ...
How Long Does Copyright Last?
General copyright duration rules In New Zealand, copyright in literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works lasts for the life of the author plus fifty years from the end of the year in which the author dies. For a work of joint authorship, the ...
Out of print works
If a work that you wish to copy from under the licence is not available for purchase in the marketplace at a reasonable commercial price then licenceholders may apply to us for permission to copy a proportion of the work in excess of the licence’s ...
Protecting Copyright Material
Automatic protection As mentioned, copyright arises automatically as soon as a work is put into a material form. There is no copyright registration system and no other formalities required to get copyright protection in New Zealand Copyright ...
Use of book covers in New Zealand schools and public libraries
A joint statement was recently issued by PANZ, NZSA, CLNZ, LIANZA and SLANZA concerning the use of book covers in schools and public libraries: Authors, publishers and libraries have a shared interest in the use of book covers to promote books to ...