Solomon IslandsCopyright Act, Fair Dealing and Current-Events Reporting Exception
Copyright Act (Solomon Islands), Chapter 138, s. 7 (General Exceptions)
In force since .
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- You may deal fairly with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work for research or private study, or for criticism or review, if accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement (s. 7(1)).
- You may deal fairly with a literary, dramatic or musical work for the purpose of reporting current events in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical, or by means of broadcasting or in a cinematograph film, if accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement (s. 7(2)).
- Neither provision states a headline-length or short-extract cap: the fair-dealing and acknowledgement conditions themselves decide whether a use is allowed.
- Treat a compilation of news content as protected by ordinary copyright: a literary work is defined to include any written table or compilation (s. 2).
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In the frameworks
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What this law does
Section 7(1) of the Copyright Act (Chapter 138) permits, without infringing copyright, fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work for the purposes of research or private study, or for criticism or review, if accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.
Section 7(2) separately permits fair dealing with a literary, dramatic or musical work for the purpose of reporting current events in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical, or by means of broadcasting or in a cinematograph film, again if accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement. Neither provision states a headline-length or short-extract cap distinct from the fair-dealing and acknowledgement conditions themselves.
"Literary work" is defined in section 2 to include any written table or compilation, so a compilation of news content attracts ordinary copyright protection under the Act. The Act's other Parts create neighbouring rights only for sound recordings, cinematograph films, broadcasts, and published editions, not for a news publisher's compiled text distinct from the copyright it holds as author or assignee of the underlying articles.
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