BelizeCopyright Act, current-events reporting exception
Copyright Act, Cap. 252 (Act No. 12 of 2000, Revised Edition 2020), s. 57(2)
In force since .
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
What it requires
- You may deal fairly with a protected work, other than a photograph, for the purpose of reporting current events without infringing copyright, if the reporting is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement of the work's title and author.
- You need not give that acknowledgement where the reporting is by sound recording, film, broadcast or cable programme.
- Judge fairness by the section 58 four-factor test: the nature of the work, the extent of the part used, the effect on the work's potential market, and the purpose and character of the use; there is no fixed headline-length or short-extract cap.
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What this law does
Section 57(2) permits fair dealing with a protected work, other than a photograph, for the purpose of reporting current events, without infringing copyright, so long as the reporting is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement of the work's title and author. Section 57(3) dispenses with the acknowledgement requirement where the reporting of current events is by sound recording, film, broadcast, or cable programme.
The exception is subject to the section 58 four-factor fair-dealing test, which weighs the nature of the work, the extent of the part used, the effect on the work's potential market, and the purpose and character of the use, so it carries no fixed headline-length or short-extract cap of its own.
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