Duty LXD-2093
Reuses other publishers' content, in Taiwan
Copyright Act, news-reporting and commentary-republication exceptionsin force4 lines
Copyright Act (著作權法), Arts. 9, 49, 61 · Read the law's page
- You need not license a news report intended strictly to communicate facts: oral and literary works of that kind are not protected by copyright.
- You may exploit, within the scope necessary to the report, any work seen or heard in the course of a current event when you report that event by broadcasting, photography, film, newspaper or the internet.
- You may republish, publicly broadcast or publicly transmit, in a newspaper, magazine or internet transmission, commentary on a current political, economic or social event that has already appeared in a newspaper, magazine or on the internet, unless the original publisher has indicated that republishing is not authorized.
- You need not pay or register to use these exceptions: neither provision creates a payment obligation or a registration or designation scheme.
Fair Trade Act, general clause against deceptive or unfair competitive conductin force1 line
Fair Trade Act (公平交易法), Arts. 6, 25, 42 · Read the law's page
- Do not engage in deceptive conduct, or conduct that is obviously unfair and capable of affecting trading order, toward a competitor; Article 25 is a residual clause the Fair Trade Commission can apply to a novel unfair-competition claim, including one framed around reuse of a competitor's content or data, that no more specific provision of the Act covers.