Reuses other publishers' content, in Costa Rica

Ley No. 6683, arts. 67-70 (art. 67 según reforma por Ley No. 7979 de 6 de enero de 2000; arts. 68 y 70 según reforma por Ley No. 8686 de 21 de noviembre de 2008) · Read the law's page

• Treat news of a strictly informational press character as unprotected by copyright, but state the original source when you reproduce or retransmit it (art. 67).
• You may reproduce, by press, broadcast or wire transmission, current-affairs articles on economic, political or religious topics published in newspapers or periodicals unless reproduction is expressly reserved, and you must always clearly indicate the source (art. 68).
• You may publish speeches given at public assemblies or meetings, and court pleadings, in the press, radio or periodic television without authorization; do not put them in a separate printed work or a collection without the author's permission (art. 69).
• You may quote an author and transcribe the pertinent passages of a work lawfully made available to the public, provided they are not so numerous and continuous that the quotation could be considered a simulated and substantial reproduction to the detriment of the original work's author, and their extent does not exceed what the purpose justifies (art. 70).
• Costa Rica has no press-publisher neighbouring right, compelled platform bargaining regime or hot-news doctrine, and no reported decision has tested whether articles 68 and 70 reach a systematic aggregator's reproduction of headlines and snippets.