KenyaCopyright Act, fair dealing for quotation and reporting of current events
Copyright Act (Cap. 130), Second Schedule, Part A [s. 26(3)] (general exceptions and limitations)
In force since .
A snippet reproduction rule binding private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
What it requires
- You may deal fairly with a work for criticism or review, or for reporting current events, without infringing the copyright owner's exclusive rights; the same holds for scientific research and private use, and for doing any of these by way of parody, pastiche or caricature.
- Sufficiently acknowledge the source of the reproduced work whenever you rely on the exception.
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- Open questions
- What makes a use 'fair dealing' for the purposes of 'criticism or review, or the reporting of current events' under paragraph 1(a) of Part A of the Second Schedule, when paragraph 1(c) separately lists a 'right to quote' that states no limit on length or purpose?
What this law does
The exclusive rights of a copyright owner under section 26 do not include the right to control fair dealing for the purposes of scientific research, private use, criticism or review, or the reporting of current events, doing any of those acts by way of parody, pastiche or caricature, or a standalone right to quote a work. The exception requires the source of the reproduced work to be sufficiently acknowledged.
When LexLint raises it
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