Equatorial GuineaBangui Agreement, Annex VII, Free Use for Informational Purposes
Acuerdo de Bangui por el que se establece una Organización Africana de la Propiedad Intelectual Acta de 14 de diciembre de 2015, Anexo VII (Propiedad Literaria y Artística), art. 15
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A snippet reproduction rule binding private bodies.
What it requires
- Annex VII applies directly in Equatorial Guinea as the uniform copyright law of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), of which it is a member state.
- You may reproduce by print or audiovisual press an economic, political or religious article published in a newspaper or periodical, or a broadcast work of the same character, without the author's authorisation or payment, unless reproduction, broadcast or communication to the public has been expressly reserved (art. 15).
- Credit the source and the author's name where the source states it.
- You may reproduce or make accessible, for reporting a current event, a work seen or heard in the course of that event, to the extent the informational purpose justifies.
- You may reproduce by print or audiovisual press a political speech, lecture, address or sermon delivered in public, or courtroom pleadings, for informational purposes, unless the author has expressly reserved the right; the author keeps the right to publish a collection of such works.
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What this law does
Annex VII Article 8 gives an author the exclusive right to reproduce, translate, adapt, distribute, and publicly perform a work.
Article 15 carves out a free-use exception for informational purposes: without the author's authorisation or any payment, but subject to crediting the source and the author's name where the source states it, any person may reproduce by print or audiovisual press an economic, political, or religious article published in a newspaper or periodical, or a broadcast work of the same character, in any case where the right of reproduction, broadcast, or communication to the public has not been expressly reserved; reproduce or make accessible, for reporting a current event, a work seen or heard in the course of that event, to the extent the informational purpose justifies; and reproduce by print or audiovisual press a political speech, lecture, address, or sermon delivered in public, or courtroom pleadings, for informational purposes, unless the author has expressly reserved the right.
Authors retain the right to publish a collection of such works. Equatorial Guinea is a signatory government named in the 2015 Act and an OAPI member state, so Annex VII applies to it directly as the Organization's uniform copyright law.
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