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An extract of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1994 is below:-

  
  Extracts from the Copyright Act 1994

Part 3 Acts permitted in relation to copyright works (s 40 to s 93)
Education
44 Copying for educational purposes of literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works or typographical arrangements 
  
 (1)Copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work or the typographical

arrangement of a published edition is not infringed by the copying of the whole or part of

the work or edition if—

 (a)The copying is done by means of a reprographic process or by any other means; and

 (b)The copying is done—

 (i)In the course of preparation for instruction; or

 (ii)For use in the course of instruction; or
 
 (iii)In the course of instruction; and

 (c)The copying is done by or on behalf of the person who is to give, or who is giving, a

lesson at an educational establishment; and
 (d)No more than one copy of the whole or part of the work or edition is made on any one

occasion.
 (2)Copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work or the typographical

arrangement of a published edition is not infringed by the copying of the whole or part of

the work or edition if—

 (a)The copying is not done by means of a reprographic process; and

 (b)The copying is done—
 
 (i)In the course of preparation for instruction; or
   (ii)For use in the course of instruction; or
 
 (iii)In the course of instruction; or

 (iv)After the course of instruction; and

 (c)The copying is done by a person who is to give, is giving, or has given the lesson or by

a person who is to receive, is receiving, or has received the lesson; and
 (d)One or more copies of the whole or part of the work or edition is or are made on any one

occasion.
 (3)Copyright in a literary, dramatic, or musical work or the typographical arrangement of a

published edition is not infringed by the copying of part of the work or edition if—
 (a)The copying is done by means of a reprographic process or by any other means; and
 (b)The copying is done for an educational purpose; and
 (c)The copying is done by or on behalf of an educational establishment; and
 (d)One or more copies of part of the work or edition is or are made on any one occasion;

and
 (e)No charge is made for the supply of a copy to any student or other person who is to

receive, is receiving, or has received a lesson; and

 (f)Subject to subsection (4) of this section, either,—
 
 (i)In the period beginning with the commencement of this Act and ending with the close of

the 31st day of December 1997, the copying is of no more than the greater of 5 percent of

the work or edition or 5 pages of the work or edition; or
 
 (ii)On and after the 1st day of January 1998, the copying is of no more than the greater of

3 percent of the work or edition or 3 pages of the work or edition.

 (4)If the effect of subparagraph (i) or subparagraph (ii) of subsection (3)(f) of this

section would be that the whole of a work or edition is copied, those subparagraphs shall

not apply and the copying that is permitted under subsection (3) of this section shall be of

no more than 50 percent of the whole work or edition.
 
 (5)Copyright in an artistic work is not infringed by the copying, by means of a

reprographic process or by any other means, of the whole or a part of that work if the

artistic work is included within the part of any work or edition copied under subsection (3)

of this section.

 (6)Where any part of a work or edition is copied under subsection (3) of this section by or

on behalf of an educational establishment,—
 
 (a)That part of that work or edition may not, within 14 days of that copying, be copied

again under that subsection by or on behalf of that educational establishment; and

 (b)No other part of that work or edition may, within 14 days of that copying, be copied

under that subsection by or on behalf of that educational establishment.
 (7)In subsections (3) to (6) of this section,— 
 Published edition or edition, in relation to a collective work, means that part of the

edition containing each work or part of a work:
 
 
 Work, in relation to a collective work, means each of the works or parts of works in the

collective work. 
  
 

Duration of copyright in literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works  
 
 (1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work expires at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author dies.
  
   
 (2)If the work is computer-generated, copyright expires at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work is made.
  
   
 (3)If the work is of unknown authorship, copyright expires at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is first made available to the public by an authorised act.
 
Duration of copyright in typographical arrangement of published editions  
 
   
 
25.  Copyright in a typographical arrangement of a published edition expires at the end of the period of 25 years from the end of the calendar year in which the edition is first published.
 

67Acts permitted on assumptions as to expiry of copyright or death of author in relation to anonymous or pseudonymous works  
   
 
 (1)Copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work is not infringed by any act done at a time when, or in pursuance of arrangements made at a time when,—
  
   
 
 (a)It is not possible for a person who wishes to do so to ascertain the identity of the author by reasonable inquiry; and

Schedule 1,

5.(2). A work first published in New Zealand before the 1st day of April 1963 does not qualify for copyright under section 19(1)(a) of this Act if the work was published elsewhere more than 14 days before the publication in New Zealand.

Please respect the letter and the intent of the copyright legislation

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