Causing work to be performed publicly
132AN Causing work to be performed publicly
Indictable offence
A person commits an offence if:
the person causes a literary, dramatic or musical work to be performed; and
the performance is in public at a place of public entertainment; and
the performance infringes copyright in the work.
An offence against subsection (1) is punishable on conviction by a fine of not more than 550 penalty units or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.
A corporation may be fined up to 5 times the amount of the maximum fine (see subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914).
Summary offence
A person commits an offence if:
the person causes a literary, dramatic or musical work to be performed; and
the performance is in public at a place of public entertainment; and
the performance infringes copyright in the work and the person is negligent as to that fact.
Penalty: 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
An offence against subsection (3) is a summary offence, despite section 4G of the Crimes Act 1914.
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