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Reuses other publishers' content, in Sudan

Copyright Act, News Exclusion, Quotation and Press-Reproduction Exceptionsin force4 lines

Copyright Act, 2013 (Sudan), arts. 6(c), 27, 28 and 30 · Read the law's page

  • You need not obtain permission to use the news of ongoing events that is merely press news: article 6(c) excludes it from protection.
  • You may take excerpts from a lawfully published work and include them in another work for clarification, explanation or critique, within the customary limit the purpose justifies and consistent with fair use, if you cite the source and the author's name (art. 27).
  • You may give the public, or reproduce, articles published in newspapers and periodicals on current economic, political or religious discussions, or broadcast works of the same character, by newspaper, broadcast or wire transmission, where reproduction or transmission has not been expressly reserved, with the source clearly indicated (art. 28).
  • You may reproduce or broadcast a work seen or heard during current events as part of preparing a news report on those events, within the limit the informational purpose justifies (art. 30).

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