GhanaCopyright Act, Quotation Exception
Copyright Act, 2005 (Act 690), s. 19 (Quotation Exception)
In force since .
A snippet reproduction rule binding private bodies.
What it requires
- You may include quotations from a work that has been made public in another work, including quotations from newspaper or periodical articles in the form of press summaries, without the copyright owner's consent (s. 19(1)(b)).
- Keep the quotation compatible with fair practice and no longer than the purpose of the work in which it is used justifies (s. 19(3)).
- Indicate the source and the author's name.
- Section 19 has no headline-length or short-extract cap beyond that fair-practice test, no reported Ghanaian decision applies it to a systematic news aggregator, and the Act's neighbouring rights for performers and broadcasting organisations do not extend to a news publisher's own reporting.
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In the frameworks
- NIST AI RMF
- MAP 4.1Approaches for mapping AI technology and legal risks of its components – including the use of third-party data or software – are in place, followed, and documented, as are risks of infringement of a third party’s intellectual property or other rights.
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Who enforces it
Settledness
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- Open questions
- Does an aggregator that repeats short quotations from many newspaper articles in press summaries meet the requirement in section 19(3) that the quotations be "compatible with fair practice" and that their extent "does not exceed what is justified for the purpose of the work in which the quotations are used"?
What this law does
Section 19(1)(b) of the Copyright Act, 2005 (Act 690) permits, without the copyright owner's consent, the inclusion of quotations from a work in another work, including quotations from articles in newspapers or periodicals in the form of press summaries, provided the work quoted has been made public.
Section 19(3) makes this conditional on the quotation being compatible with fair practice, with its extent not exceeding what is justified for the purpose of the work in which it is used, and on the source and the author's name being indicated. Section 19 carries no headline-length or short-extract cap distinct from this fair-practice test, and no reported Ghanaian decision applies it to a systematic news aggregator rather than an individual quoting a published work.
Neighbouring rights under the Act, covering performers and broadcasting organisations, do not extend to a print or online news publisher's own reporting.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app reuses other publishers' content.
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