IcelandHöfundalög nr. 73/1972, Art. 15, Reprinting of Topical Articles and Images of Current Events
Höfundalög nr. 73/1972 (Copyright Act), 15. gr.
In force since .
A snippet reproduction rule binding private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
What it requires
- You may reprint in a newspaper or periodical, or broadcast on radio, topical articles on economic, political or religious subjects taken from other newspapers or periodicals, and broadcast material of the same kind (art. 15).
- Do not reprint such an article where a notice with the articles, or in the broadcast, says that reprinting is prohibited (art. 15).
- Always name the source of a reprinted article (art. 15).
- You may publish in newspapers, periodicals, television and films images or drawings of published works of art in connection with an account of current events, but not works made for the purpose of being published in that way (art. 15).
- Do not assume this exception reaches an online aggregator: the provision speaks of newspapers, periodicals, radio, television and films.
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What this law does
Article 15 of the Copyright Act permits newspapers and periodicals to reprint, and radio to broadcast, topical articles on economic, political or religious subjects from newspapers or periodicals, and broadcast material of the same kind. Article 15 does not permit reprinting where a notice with the articles, or in the broadcast, states that reprinting is prohibited. Article 15 requires the source to be named whenever such an article is reprinted.
Article 15 permits newspapers, periodicals, television and films to publish images or drawings of published works of art in connection with an account of current events, and this does not extend to works made for the purpose of being published in that way. The Act took effect on .
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