Copyright Act 1968
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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
(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
being a live performance, whether in the presence of an audience or otherwise.
performer in a live performance:
(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.
Division 2—Nature of copyright in subject‑matter other than works