IcelandHöfundalög nr. 73/1972, Arts. 1, 2, 54 and 56, Exclusive Rights and Infringement
Höfundalög nr. 73/1972 (Copyright Act), 1., 2., 54. og 56. gr.
In force since .
A copyright: the exclusive rights rule binding private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
What it requires
- Get the author's permission before you copy a work, in whole or in part, or make it available to the public, in its original or altered form, in translation or other adaptation, subject to the limits the Act sets elsewhere (art. 2).
- Treat any direct or indirect, temporary or permanent making of a copy of a work, in whole or in part, by any method and in any form, as copying (art. 2).
- Treat offering copies for sale, rent or loan, otherwise distributing them to the public, showing copies publicly, or performing the work publicly, including making it available so that anyone can reach it from a place and at a time of their choosing, as making the work available to the public (art. 2).
- Treat a computer program as protected in the same way as a literary work (art. 1).
- Expect imprisonment of up to two years for intentional or grossly negligent acts contrary to the author's exclusive right (art. 54).
- Expect to pay damages if you breach the Act intentionally or negligently (art. 56).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What this law does
Article 1 of the Copyright Act gives the author of a literary or artistic work ownership of it within the limits the Act sets. Article 1 extends the protection that its third paragraph gives to plans, drawings, models and similar explanatory material, the same protection as literary works, to computer programs. Article 2 gives the author the exclusive right to make copies of the work and to make it available to the public, in its original or altered form, in translation or other adaptation.
A copy under Article 2 is any direct or indirect, temporary or permanent making of a copy of the work, in whole or in part, by any method and in any form. A work is made available to the public under Article 2 when copies are offered for sale, rent or loan or otherwise distributed to the public, when copies are shown publicly, or when the work is performed publicly.
A public performance under Article 2 includes making the work available so that anyone can reach it from a place, at a time and with equipment of their own choosing. Article 54 makes a breach of the Act punishable only when it is committed intentionally or with gross negligence. Article 54 sets imprisonment of up to two years for the offences it lists, and the list includes acts contrary to the author's exclusive right.
Article 56 requires a person who has breached the Act intentionally or negligently to pay damages. The Act took effect on .
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