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This page provides information about copyright protection in New Zealand including what works qualify, how to protect your copyright and exclusive rights given by copyright.
The Government is reviewing the Copyright Act 1994. In November 2018, we released an Issues Paper for the review, which was the first stage of public consultation on the copyright regime. Consultation closed on 5 April 2019.
New Zealand is party to various international copyright agreements that set out minimum standards of protection for copyright.
Copyright material on this website is protected by copyright owned by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on behalf of the Crown.
The Copyright Act 1994 gives performers limited rights to control the exploitation of their performances where they haven’t given consent.
Intellectual property refers to new or original innovations and creations of the mind. This section also covers copyright, trade marks, patents and other forms of intellectual property protection.
The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011 sets out a process for dealing with copyright infringements that occur via peer-to-peer file sharing networks.
The government is introducing a national Intellectual Property (IP) management policy that gives more rights to researchers to commercialise their own inventions.
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