NepalCopyright Act, 2059, news and current-information reproduction exception
Copyright Act, 2059 (2002), s. 20
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A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- You may print in a newspaper or journal, or broadcast or otherwise communicate to the public, an article (including a political or religious one) published in a newspaper or journal, without authorisation, if you mention the source and the author's name and it is not prejudicial to the author's economic right (s. 20(1)(a)).
- You may, on the same conditions, reproduce, broadcast or otherwise communicate or report an event to inform the general public about a current event (s. 20(1)(b)).
- You may, on the same conditions, reproduce, broadcast or communicate to the public some portions of a regular newspaper or journal that regularly publishes information for the general public, or pleadings made in court proceedings, to disseminate current information (s. 20(1)(c)).
- Do not use any of these exceptions where the author has indicated that the work may not be reproduced, broadcast or otherwise communicated (s. 20(2)).
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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 20(1) permits, without the author's or copyright owner's authorisation and by mentioning the source and the author's name, three acts: (a) printing in a newspaper or journal, or broadcasting or otherwise communicating to the public, an article, including a political or religious article, published in a newspaper or journal, provided this is not prejudicial to the author's economic right; (b) reproducing, broadcasting, or otherwise communicating or reporting an event to inform the general public about a current event; and (c) reproducing, broadcasting, or communicating to the public some portions of a regular newspaper or journal that regularly publishes information for communication to the general public, or pleadings made in court proceedings, for the purpose of disseminating current information.
Section 20(2) makes the whole exception unavailable where the author has indicated that the work is prohibited from being reproduced, broadcast, or otherwise communicated. The provision carries no distinct headline-length or short-extract cap, no restriction naming an aggregator as opposed to a single publisher, and no reported Nepali decision has applied it to a systematic aggregator.
When LexLint raises it
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