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Reuses other publishers' content, in Samoa

Copyright Act 1998, news reproduction, quotation, and current-events reporting exceptionssince 4 lines

Copyright Act 1998, No. 25 (Samoa), ss. 8B, 9, 12 (quotation, reporting, and news-reproduction exceptions) · Read the law's page

  • You may reproduce a short part of a published work as a quotation, without the copyright owner's authorisation, if the reproduction is compatible with fair practice, does not exceed the extent justified by the purpose, and is accompanied by an indication of the source and the author's name where it appears in the source.
  • You may reproduce in a newspaper or periodical, or broadcast or communicate to the public, an article on a current economic, political or religious topic published in a newspaper or periodical, or a broadcast work of the same character, unless the author or other copyright owner has expressly reserved the right to authorise it.
  • You may reproduce, broadcast or otherwise communicate to the public short excerpts of a work seen or heard in the course of reporting current events, to the extent justified by that purpose.
  • You may reproduce or use a work to report Parliamentary or judicial proceedings, or an inquiry under an enactment, without infringing copyright.

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  1. Revision 1, : the entry was first published.

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