Duty LXD-2003
Reuses other publishers' content, in Jamaica
Copyright Act, 1993, current-events reporting exception and idea/expression exclusionsince 2 lines
Copyright Act, 1993 (Act 5 of 1993, as amended by Act 13 of 2015), s. 6(8) and s. 53(1)(b) · Read the law's page
- You may use a bare fact or news item freely: section 6(8) keeps copyright from extending to an idea, concept, process, principle, procedure, system, discovery or similar thing, so a fact or news item as such is never a protected work, whichever outlet reports it first.
- You may deal fairly with a protected work, other than a photograph, for the purpose of reporting current events without infringing copyright, provided the dealing is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement of the work and its author (section 53(1)(b)).