Reuses other publishers' content, in Malta

Copyright Act (Cap. 415), Art. 9(1) · Read the law's page

• You may, as the press, reproduce, translate, distribute or communicate to the public published articles on current economic, political or religious topics, or broadcast works of the same character, unless that use is expressly reserved and provided you indicate the source, including the author's name (Art. 9(1)).
• You may quote, for purposes such as criticism or review, from a work already lawfully made available to the public, if you indicate the source and the author's name, the use accords with fair practice, and it goes no further than the specific purpose requires.
• You may use works or other subject-matter in connection with the reporting of current events, to the extent justified by the informatory purpose, if you indicate the source, including the author's name, unless that is impossible (Art. 9(1)).

S.L. 415.08 (L.N. 261 of 2021), reg. 15 (Protection of press publications concerning online uses) · Read the law's page

• Applies to information society service providers that make online use of press publications (collections composed mainly of journalistic literary works, forming an item of a periodical under a single title and published under a service provider's editorial responsibility); scientific and academic periodicals are outside the definition.
• Obtain the press publisher's authorisation before reproducing its press publications, or making them available to the public, in any online use.
• You need not obtain it for mere facts reported in a press publication, for private or non-commercial use by individual users, for hyperlinking, or for individual words or very short extracts.
• You need not obtain it for press publications first published before 6 June 2019, or once the right has lapsed, two years from the end of the year following publication.