SudanCopyright Act, News Exclusion, Quotation and Press-Reproduction Exceptions
Copyright Act, 2013 (Sudan), arts. 6(c), 27, 28 and 30
In force.
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
What it requires
- You need not obtain permission to use the news of ongoing events that is merely press news: article 6(c) excludes it from protection.
- You may take excerpts from a lawfully published work and include them in another work for clarification, explanation or critique, within the customary limit the purpose justifies and consistent with fair use, if you cite the source and the author's name (art. 27).
- You may give the public, or reproduce, articles published in newspapers and periodicals on current economic, political or religious discussions, or broadcast works of the same character, by newspaper, broadcast or wire transmission, where reproduction or transmission has not been expressly reserved, with the source clearly indicated (art. 28).
- You may reproduce or broadcast a work seen or heard during current events as part of preparing a news report on those events, within the limit the informational purpose justifies (art. 30).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What this law does
Article 6(c) excludes the news of ongoing events that is merely press news from the protection the Act otherwise grants, so such a news item is never a protected work under Sudanese copyright law. Article 27 lets excerpts be taken from a work that has been lawfully published and included in another work, for the purpose of clarification, explanation or critique, within the customary limit the purpose justifies and consistent with fair use, on condition the source and author's name are cited.
Article 28 lets the public be given, or a person reproduce, articles published in newspapers and periodicals on current economic, political or religious discussions, or broadcast works of the same character, by newspaper, broadcast or wire transmission to the public, in cases where the right to reproduce or transmit has not been expressly reserved, with the source clearly indicated.
Article 30 lets a work that is seen or heard during current events be reproduced or broadcast as part of preparing a news report on those events, within the limit the informational purpose sought justifies. The text of the Act states no day on which it comes into force, and no Gazette notice or commencement order for it has been located.
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