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Copyright Act 1968
112CCopyright subsisting in accessories etc. to imported articles
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112C Copyright subsisting in accessories etc. to imported articles
(1) The copyright in:
(a) a published edition of a work a reproduction of which is on, or embodied in, a non‑infringing accessory to an article; or
(b) a cinematograph film a copy of which is a non‑infringing accessory to an article; or
(c) a sound recording a record of which is a non‑infringing accessory to an article;
is not infringed by importing the accessory with the article.
Note: See the definition of accessory in subsection 10(1) and see also section 10AD for an expanded meaning of accessory in relation to certain imported articles.
(2) Section 103 does not apply to:
(a) a reproduction of a published edition of a work, being a reproduction that is on, or embodied in, a non‑infringing accessory to an article; or
(b) a copy of a cinematograph film, being a copy that is a non‑infringing accessory to an article; or
(c) a record embodying a sound recording, being a record that is a non‑infringing accessory to an article;
if the importation of the accessory is not an infringement of copyright in the edition, film or recording, as the case may be.
(3) The definition of article in section 103 does not affect this section.