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Law No. 04/L-065 on the Right of the Author and Related Rights, Quotation and Press-Article Exceptions

Law No. 04/L-065, arts. 50, 57 (quotations and press articles)

A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.

Instrument type
an act of a legislature

What it requires

  • Repealed: Law No. 08/L-205 repealed this Act on , so read this as context rather than a live duty; whether either mechanism below continues in the same form under the replacing law is unclear.
  • Under the repealed Act you could use excerpted parts of another's published work in your own work, or the complete published work of another in photography, fine arts, industrial design, architecture, applied arts or cartography, for criticism or commentary in accordance with good faith and fair dealing.
  • Under the repealed Act, reproduction by the press, communication to the public or making available to the public of published articles on current economic, political or religious topics, or of broadcast works, was permitted after payment of appropriate compensation, unless the rights holder had expressly reserved that use.

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Article 50 permitted using, in one's own work, excerpted parts of another's published work, or the complete published work of another person in the fields of photography, fine arts, industrial design, architecture, applied arts, or cartography, where this concerned criticism or commentary in the user's own work and accorded with the principles of good faith and fair dealing.

Article 57 required that reproduction by the press, communication to the public, or making available to the public of published articles on current economic, political, or religious topics, or of broadcast works, be permitted after payment of appropriate compensation, unless the rights holder had expressly reserved that use.

Law No. 08/L-205 repealed this Act on ; its own text is not available through the official gazette site, so it is not established whether either mechanism continues in the same form.

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