Law / Maldives

Copyright and Related Rights Act, quotation and current-events reproduction exceptions

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In force.

A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 6 September 2026.

What this law does

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Section 14 permits quoting a short part of a published work without the author's authorization where the quotation is compatible with fair practice, does not exceed the extent the purpose justifies, and carries an indication of source and the author's name.

Section 17(a) permits reproducing, broadcasting or otherwise communicating to the public a newspaper or periodical article on current economic, political or religious topics, unless the right to authorize reproduction has been expressly reserved on the copies, and section 17(c) permits reproducing short excerpts of a work for the purpose of reporting a current event, in each case with source and author attribution.

Neither provision creates a text-and-data-mining exception or a machine-readable opt-out mechanism, and no separate press-publisher neighbouring right, bargaining-code obligation, or hot-news doctrine exists in Maldivian law.

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Courtesy English translation of the Copyright and Related Rights Act (Law No. 23/2010), WIPO Lex
the current Dhivehi text is amended through Act No. 31/2024 and this English translation reflects only the earlier 2010 version

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