Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 53

    Where an article, thesis or literary, dramatic or musical work is accompanied by artistic works provided for the purpose of explaining or illustrating the article, thesis or other work (in this section referred to as the illustrations ), the preceding sections of this Division apply as if:

  (a)   where any of those sections provides that the copyright in the article, thesis or work is not infringed--the reference to that copyright included a reference to any copyright in the illustrations; and

  (b)   a reference in section   49, section   50 or section   51 to a reproduction of the article, thesis or work included a reference to a reproduction of the article, thesis or work together with a reproduction of the illustrations; and

  (c)   a reference in section   49 or section   50 to a reproduction of a part of the article or work included a reference to a reproduction of that part of the article or work together with a reproduction of the illustrations that were provided for the purpose of explaining or illustrating that part; and

  (d)   a reference in section   52 to the doing of any act in relation to the work included a reference to the doing of that act in relation to the work together with the illustrations.