Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this Act, copyright subsists in an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work that is unpublished and of which the author:
(a) was a qualified person at the time when the work was made; or
(b) if the making of the work extended over a period--was a qualified person for a substantial part of that period.
(2) Subject to this Act, where an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work has been published:
(a) copyright subsists in the work; or
(b) if copyright in the work subsisted immediately before its first publication--copyright continues to subsist in the work;
if, but only if:
(c) the first publication of the work took place in Australia;
(d) the author of the work was a qualified person at the time when the work was first published; or
(e) the author died before that time but was a qualified person immediately before his or her death.
(3) Notwithstanding the last preceding subsection but subject to the remaining provisions of this Act, copyright subsists in:
(a) an original artistic work that is a building situated in Australia; or
(b) an original artistic work that is attached to, or forms part of, such a building.
(4) In this section, qualified person means an Australian citizen or a person resident in Australia.