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Reuses other publishers' content, in Nepal

Copyright Act, 2059, news and current-information reproduction exceptionsince 4 lines

Copyright Act, 2059 (2002), s. 20 · Read the law's page

  • You may print in a newspaper or journal, or broadcast or otherwise communicate to the public, an article (including a political or religious one) published in a newspaper or journal, without authorisation, if you mention the source and the author's name and it is not prejudicial to the author's economic right (s. 20(1)(a)).
  • You may, on the same conditions, reproduce, broadcast or otherwise communicate or report an event to inform the general public about a current event (s. 20(1)(b)).
  • You may, on the same conditions, reproduce, broadcast or communicate to the public some portions of a regular newspaper or journal that regularly publishes information for the general public, or pleadings made in court proceedings, to disseminate current information (s. 20(1)(c)).
  • Do not use any of these exceptions where the author has indicated that the work may not be reproduced, broadcast or otherwise communicated (s. 20(2)).

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