Saint LuciaCopyright Act, fair dealing for criticism, review and reporting current events
Act 10 of 1995 (as amended by Act 7 of 2000), Laws of Saint Lucia, ss. 3, 55-57
In force since .
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and 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 copyright, provided you give a sufficient acknowledgement; none is required where the reporting is by sound recording, film, broadcast or cable programme (section 56).
- You may deal fairly with a work for research or private study (section 55).
- Weigh fairness on the factors a court applies: the nature of the work, the extent and substantiality of the part used relative to the whole, and the effect of the use on the potential market for or commercial value of the work (section 57).
- Expect no text-and-data-mining exception: the Act has none, and it creates no press-publisher neighbouring right or compelled-bargaining regime and does not address hyperlinking or framing.
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What this law does
Section 56 provides that fair dealing with a work for the purpose of criticism or review, or for reporting current events, does not infringe copyright provided it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement, except that no acknowledgement is required where the reporting is by sound recording, film, broadcast, or cable programme. Section 55 separately permits fair dealing for research or private study.
Section 57 directs a court determining whether an act is fair dealing to weigh the nature of the work, the extent and substantiality of the part used relative to the whole, and the effect of the use on the potential market for or commercial value of the work. Section 3 binds the Crown. The Act creates no press-publisher neighbouring right, no compelled-bargaining regime, and no text-and-data-mining exception, and no provision addresses hyperlinking or framing a third party's content.
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