Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 97

             (1)  This section has effect subject to Parts VII and X.

             (2)  Subject to subsection (3), the maker of a sound recording is the owner of any copyright subsisting in the recording by virtue of this Part.

          (2A)  If there is more than one owner of the copyright in a sound recording of a live performance, the owners own the copyright as tenants in common in equal shares.

             (3)  Where:

                     (a)  a person makes, for valuable consideration, an agreement with another person for the making of a sound recording by the other person; and

                     (b)  the recording is made in pursuance of the agreement;

the first‑mentioned person is, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, the owner of any copyright subsisting in the recording by virtue of this Part.