MoldovaCopyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, Mass-Media Current-Events Exception
Legea nr. 230 din 28 iulie 2022 privind dreptul de autor si drepturile conexe art. 57(1)(c) (excepţie pentru reproducerea de catre mass-media)
In force since .
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- As mass media, you may reproduce, communicate to the public or make available published articles on current economic, political or religious topics, or broadcast works or other subject-matter of the same character, without consent or payment, unless such uses are expressly reserved (Article 57(1)(c)).
- You may use works or other subject-matter for broadcasting current events, to the extent an informatory purpose justifies it (Article 57(1)(c)).
- You may quote a work already lawfully made available to the public for criticism or review, consistent with fair practice and to the extent a specific purpose justifies (Article 57(1)(d)).
- Expect no press-publisher neighbouring right or text-and-data-mining opt-out mechanism under this Law.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What this law does
Article 57(1)(c) of Law No. 230/2022 permits, without the rightholder's consent and without payment of remuneration, the reproduction by mass media, communication to the public, or making available of published articles on current economic, political, or religious topics, or of radio or television broadcast works or other subject-matter of the same character, in cases where such uses are not expressly reserved, and permits use of works or other subject-matter for broadcasting current events, to the extent an informatory purpose justifies it.
Article 57(1)(d) separately permits quoting a work already lawfully made available to the public for criticism or review, consistent with fair practice and to the extent a specific purpose justifies. Neither provision carries a headline-length or short-extract cap distinct from the informatory-purpose or fair-practice test, and no reported Moldovan decision applies either to a systematic news aggregator rather than conventional press-review reproduction.
The Law's neighbouring-rights chapter, covering performers, phonogram and videogram producers, and broadcasting organisations, does not extend to a print or online news publisher's own reporting, and the Law carries no press-publisher neighbouring right or text-and-data-mining opt-out mechanism.
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