Search this website: Home Copyright Owners Copyright Users Library NZ Copyright Links Membership Contact Us Site Map Copyright Owners Overview Owner Categories Creative Industries Electronic Media Music Object / Craft Art Performing Arts Radio, Television, Film Visual Arts Writing General / Other Complete Index   Home . Copyright Owners . Complete Index Complete Index This section covers copyright owned by everyone. Articles 25-05-2009 On Creative Commons     Frequently Asked Questions Reporting infringement: Can I report copyright infringements to the Copyright Council?   Quotes - I'd like to know what the rules are regarding using well known short quotes on our website Names & titles - Can I get copyright protection for my band name?   Ownership - If a client commissions me to make a sculpture, but doesn’t pay me, do I own the copyright in the sculpture? 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Case Studies Copyright infringement –photographing and commercialising public sculptures   Copyright ownership – design drawings made by employee Moral rights - Artist’s integrity right backed by Indian court     News Items 07-04-2010 Reporting Copyright Infringement   10-10-2009 Revised Google Settlement 19-05-2009 Opt-out deadline for Google settlement extended   16-04-2009 Commissioning Rule Amendment Bill no longer on agenda 31-03-2009 Artists’ Resale Right rejected   25-11-2008 English language schools in Spotlight for Breach of Copyright 29-09-2008 Commissioning rule to be repealed   01-08-2007 The Commissioning Rule - Second discussion paper 12-06-2007 Inside man found guilty of theft and copyright charges   16-04-2007 Resale royalty right to be considered 27-03-2007 Pirate Internet Downloader Sentenced to $21,000   31-01-2007 Pirate Internet Downloader Sentenced to Community Service, Pay Damages 20-10-2006 Copyright, contract and the commissioning rule   25-08-2006 NZ Movie Pirate Sentenced to Two Years Imprisonment Information Sheets Infringement of copyright: what should I do?   Film & television producers Songwriters & composers   An introduction to copyright in New Zealand Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008   Public administration Photographers   Visual artists Writers   Moral rights Related Links New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) http://www.authors.org.nz   Book Publishers Association of New Zealand Inc (BPANZ) http://www.bpanz.org.nz New Zealand Television Broadcasters' Council http://www.nztbc.co.nz   Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) http://www.ccli.com Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand http://www.sdgnz.co.nz   Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ) http://www.dinz.org.nz Screen Production and Development Association of New Zealand (SPADA) www.spada.co.nz   New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) http://www.nzipp.org.nz New Zealand Book Month http://nzbookmonth.co.nz/default.aspx   New Zealand Federation Against Copyright Theft (NZFACT) http://www.nzfact.co.nz/about.html The New Zealand Software Association http://www.nzsa.org.nz/   VISCOPY http://www.viscopy.com Report Music Piracy http://www.reportmusicpiracy.co.nz   New Zealand Engineering Printing & Manufacturing Union (EPMU) http://www.epmu.org.nz The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) http://www.rianz.org.nz   Phonographic Performances (NZ) Limited (PPNZ) http://www.ppnz.co.nz Motion Picture Distributers Association of New Zealand (MPDA) http://www.mpda.org.nz   Video Assocation of New Zealand (VANZ) http://www.mpda.org.nz Independent Music New Zealand (IMNZ) http://www.indies.co.nz   APRA http://www.apra.co.nz New Zealand Writers Guild http://www.nzwg.org.nz   Advertising & Illustrative Photographers Association (AIPA) http://www.aipa.org.nz Screenrights http://www.screenrights.org   Artists Alliance http://www.artistsalliance.org.nz New Zealand Film Commission http://www.nzfilm.co.nz   Copyright Licensing Ltd (CLL) http://www.copyright.co.nz   Home | Copyright in New Zealand | Owners | Users | Links | Contact Us | Membership | Site Map

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