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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Copyright Act, 2003, fair dealing for criticism, review, and reporting current events
In force since .
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- You may deal fairly with a work for the purposes of criticism or review, of that or another work or of a performance, without infringing copyright, if you give a sufficient acknowledgement.
- You may deal fairly with a work other than a photograph to report current events, if you give a sufficient acknowledgement.
- Test whether a dealing is fair against what a court will weigh: the nature of the work, the extent and substantiality of the part affected, the purpose and character of the use, and the effect on the potential market for or commercial value of the work.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
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 51(1) of the Copyright Act, 2003 (Act No. 21 of 2003) permits fair dealing with a work for the purposes of criticism or review, of that or another work or of a performance, without infringing copyright, provided it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement. Section 51(2) extends a parallel fair-dealing permission, again subject to sufficient acknowledgement, to reporting current events using a protected work other than a photograph.
Section 52 directs a court determining whether a dealing is fair to consider the nature of the work, the extent and substantiality of the part of the work affected, the purpose and character of the use, and the effect of the act on the potential market for or commercial value of the work.
Neighbouring rights under the Act sit in a separate part headed Rights in Performances, covering a performer's rights and the rights of a person holding recording rights, and do not extend to a print or online news publisher's own reporting.
When LexLint raises it
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