NamibiaCopyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 6 of 1994, News Reporting and Quotation Exceptions
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 6 of 1994, s. 15(6)-(8)
In force since .
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- You may reproduce in the press, or communicate in a broadcast, for an informatory purpose, a lecture, address or other work of a similar nature delivered in public (s. 15(6)).
- You may reproduce in the press, or communicate in a broadcast, an article on a current economic, political or religious topic published in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical or in a broadcast, unless that was expressly reserved when it was first published or broadcast; clearly mention the source (s. 15(7)).
- You need not seek permission for the official text of a legislative, administrative or legal work, a political speech or one delivered in judicial proceedings, or news of the day: no copyright subsists in them, though the author of a political speech keeps the exclusive right to publish a collection of such speeches (s. 15(8)).
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In the frameworks
- NIST AI RMF
- MAP 4.1Approaches for mapping AI technology and legal risks of its components – including the use of third-party data or software – are in place, followed, and documented, as are risks of infringement of a third party’s intellectual property or other rights.
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What this law does
Section 15(6) provides that the copyright in a lecture, address, or other work of a similar nature delivered in public is not infringed by its reproduction in the press or its communication in a broadcast, made for an informatory purpose.
Section 15(7) provides that the copyright in an article published in a newspaper, magazine, or similar periodical, or in a broadcast, on a current economic, political, or religious topic, is not infringed by its reproduction in the press or its communication in a broadcast, unless such reproduction or communication was expressly reserved when the article was first published or the work was broadcast, provided the source is clearly mentioned in the reproduction or communication.
Section 15(8) provides that no copyright subsists in the official text of a legislative, administrative, or legal work, a political speech or one delivered in judicial proceedings, or publications or broadcasts of news of the day, though the author of a political speech retains the exclusive right to publish a collection of such speeches.
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