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Copyright
Copyright is a property right that exists in original literary,
dramatic, artistic and musical works. Like the name suggests,
copyright laws protect against unauthorised copying of a copyright
work. Copyright does not protect the idea embodied in a copyright
work, only the way in which that idea has been expressed.
Under NZ copyright law "original" means not copied from anything
else. Another way of expressing this is that the work must be the
product of the author's own time, labour, skill and judgment.
For more detailed information about copyright click on the
headings below, or to learn more about the expertise of our Copyright team click
here.