Copyright protects the visual images and accompanying sounds of 'cinematographic films'. Cinematographic films includes feature films, TV programs, documentaries, short films, home videos, animated films and cartoons, television commercials, video podcasts and some multimedia products such as computer games.
Television broadcasts are protected separately and include free-to-air TV, pay TV, cable and satellite TV. For example, a TV program such as The Simpsons is protected as a cinematographic film. When The Simpsons is broadcast on Channel 10 an additional and separate copyright is created in the broadcast.
Films and broadcasts may also include literary works, dramatic works, musical works and/or sound recordings which have their own copyright and are protected separately. Films are protected regardless of their format, e.g. 16mm, film, video, DVD or digital formats.
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