TanzaniaCopyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, free use for press reproduction and current events
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 1999 (Cap. 218, R.E. 2023), s. 12(c)-(d) (free use: reproduction of press articles and reporting of current events)
In force since .
A snippet reproduction rule binding private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
What it requires
- You may reproduce in the press, or communicate to the public, an article on a current economic, political or religious topic published in a newspaper or periodical, or broadcast or distributed by cable, without the author's consent, unless the original publication carried an express prohibition, and provided you clearly indicate the source.
- You may reproduce a work that can be seen or heard in the course of a current event when reporting that event by photography, cinematography or communication to the public, to the extent justified by the informatory purpose.
- Neither exception is capped at a headline-length or short-extract threshold.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What this law does
Where an article on current economic, political or religious topics has been published in a newspaper or periodical, or broadcast or distributed by cable, the reproduction of that article in the press, or its communication to the public, is permitted free of the author's consent unless the original publication carried an express prohibition on such use, and provided the source is clearly indicated when the article is used in that manner.
Separately, for the purpose of reporting a current event by photography, cinematography or communication to the public, reproduction of a work that can be seen or heard in the course of that event is permitted to the extent justified by the informatory purpose. Neither exception is capped at a headline-length or short-extract threshold, and no reported Tanzanian decision has tested whether either reaches a systematic news aggregator's reproduction of headlines and snippets.
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