Crawls the web, in Bulgaria
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Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act (ZAPSP), Arts. 26e, 26zh and 26k, Text-and-Data-Mining Exception for Crawling and Trainingsince 2 lines
ZAPSP crawling-training TDM exception (Закон за авторското право и сродните му права, Zakon za avtorskoto pravo i srodnite mu prava), chl. 26e, 26zh i 26k, izm. i dop. DV br. 100 ot 1 dekemvri 2023 g. · Read the law's page
- Honor an express, machine-readable rights reservation before relying on the general text-and-data-mining exception to reproduce or extract a lawfully accessed work, per ZAPSP Article 26e(4).
- A university, library, or scientific research institute mining for scientific research is not subject to that opt-out, per Article 26zh.
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act (ZAPSP), Arts. 26e, 26zh and 26k, Text-and-Data-Mining Exception for News Aggregationsince 4 lines
ZAPSP news-aggregation TDM exception (Закон за авторското право и сродните му права, Zakon za avtorskoto pravo i srodnite mu prava), chl. 26e, 26zh i 26k, izm. i dop. DV br. 100 ot 1 dekemvri 2023 g. · Read the law's page
- You may reproduce a work you have lawful access to, including a press publication, or extract data from it, for automated text-and-data analysis without the rightsholder's consent.
- Before mining, check for a reservation: a rightsholder, including a press publisher, may reserve this use by technical means that the software performing the analysis can recognize, and for works available electronically the prohibition has effect only if so established.
- Honour that reservation; a news aggregator indexing press content must do so to remain within the exception.
- If you are a university, library or research institute mining for scientific research, a separate exception applies that does not depend on a reservation.
Draft Horizontal AI Act (proposed by 'Da, Bulgaria' parliamentary group, late 2025)proposed0 lines
Draft legislation, proposed by 'Da, Bulgaria' party, Bulgarian National Assembly, late 2025 — not yet enacted as of August 2026
Criminal Code (Nakazatelen kodeks), Art. 319a, Unauthorized Access to an Information Systemin force1 line
Наказателен кодекс (НК, Nakazatelen kodeks), chl. 319a, obn. DV br. 26 ot 1968 g., izm. DV br. 53 ot 2022 g. · Read the law's page
- Do not unlawfully access an information system or a part of it; a non-immaterial unauthorized access carries imprisonment of up to six years under Article 319a(1), rising with aggravating circumstances.
Criminal Code (Nakazatelen kodeks), Art. 319b, Interference with Data in an Information Systemin force1 line
Наказателен кодекс (НК, Nakazatelen kodeks), chl. 319b, obn. DV br. 26 ot 1968 g., izm. DV br. 53 ot 2022 g. · Read the law's page
- Do not unlawfully add, copy, use, change, transfer, delete, damage, degrade, hide or destroy computer data in an information system, or stop access to such data, in a case that is not immaterial.