---
title: "Written consent for a film or a work in a film"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/sports-and-entertainment-law/film-moral-rights-written-consent"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a39-film-moral-rights-written-consent"
area_id: "A39"
kind: "agreement"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A39-D20261018-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/sports-and-entertainment-law/film-moral-rights-written-consent  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Agreement. A contract between two or more parties.
- Practice area: [Sports & Entertainment Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/sports-and-entertainment-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Commonwealth.

## 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

- [Prepare contributor moral-rights consents from the production template](https://ailawframework.com/practice/sports-and-entertainment-law/prepare-contributor-moral-rights-consents-from-the-production-template.md)

## 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

## Authorities

- [Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 195AW](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/s195aw.html)
- [Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 195AWB](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/s195awb.html)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/sports-and-entertainment-law/film-moral-rights-written-consent and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*