Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 112DA

             (1)  If, in relation to a published edition of a work:

                     (a)  the work is, or is part of, an electronic literary or music item; and

                     (b)  the edition has been published in Australia or a qualifying country;

then the copyright in the published edition is not infringed by a person who:

                     (c)  imports into Australia an article that has embodied in it a non‑infringing copy of the electronic literary or music item; or

                     (d)  does an act mentioned in section 103 involving an article that has embodied in it a non‑infringing copy of the electronic literary or music item and that has been imported into Australia by anyone.

Note:          Section 130C deals with the burden of proof a defendant bears in a civil action for infringement of copyright.

             (2)  The definition of article in section 103 does not affect this section.