Copyright protection overseas
New Zealand is party to various international copyright agreements that set out minimum standards of protection for copyright.
New Zealand is party to various international copyright agreements that set out minimum standards of protection for copyright.
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The government has prepared a draft bill to amend the Copyright Act 1994 and the Copyright (General Matters) Regulations 1995 to allow New Zealand to accede to the Marrakesh Treaty. This Bill is the Copyright (Marrakesh Treaty implementation) Amendment Bill.
Copyright material on this website is protected by copyright owned by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on behalf of the Crown.
This page describes the intellectual property regulatory system, its objectives and our qualitative assessment of it. It also lists the main statutes and changes to regulation either planned or in progress.
To support and affirm what we have heard from people throughout our region we have created a ‘Data Snapshot’ document comprised of quantitative data and further supplementary qualitative data. We have also given a progress update on existing actions from our 2022 Regional Workforce Plan (RWP).
The Copyright Act 1994 gives performers limited rights to control the exploitation of their performances where they haven’t given consent.
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