Agreement · Sports & Entertainment Law
Written consent for a film or a work in a film
A written consent under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) section 195AW for a cinematograph film, or for a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work as included in a film.
- Kind
- Agreement. A contract between two or more parties.
- Where it applies
- Commonwealth
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a contributor is asked to consent to an act or omission that would otherwise infringe a moral right in a film or in a work included in a film. It is the consent, not a note that a consent will be prepared.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may insert the work, the acts and the parties the principal supplies into the section 195AW consent, and must not say that a moral right has been infringed or that the consent is effective.
AI may
- Insert the title of the film or the work, and the acts or omissions the principal has listed
- Record whether the consent is the employee form in subsection 195AW(4)
AI must not
- Must not list moral rights that section 195AW does not list
- Must not say the consent has effect if duress, or a statement within section 195AWB(2), is in issue
- Must not use this consent for a work that is not a film and is not included in a film
The lawyer checks
- The work is a cinematograph film, or a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work as included in a film
- The person signing is the author or a person representing the author, as the principal decides
- Any contrary intention to the subsection 195AW(5) presumption is written in the instrument
- The author signs, and section 195AWB is considered before the consent is relied on
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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