In short
This law clarifies that publicly displaying certain artistic or literary works does not infringe copyright under the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000.
What it regulates
- The lawfulness of displaying certain works in public.
- Amendments to Section 40 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000.
- The relationship between this Act and the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000.
Who it concerns
- Individuals or entities who display artistic or literary works in public.
- Those involved in legal proceedings related to copyright infringement before May 26, 2004.
Key points
- No copyright infringement occurs when an artistic or literary work, or a copy of it, is displayed in a place or premises accessible to the public.
- This Act does not affect legal proceedings that were started before May 26, 2004.
- This Act is to be read together with the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000.
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Copyright and Related Rights(Amendment) Act 2004
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Number 18 of 2004
COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS(AMENDMENT) ACT 2004
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Public exhibition of certain works:provision for avoidance of doubt.
2.
Saving.
3.
Short title and collective citation.
Acts Referred to
Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000
2000, No. 28
Number 18 of 2004
COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2004
AN ACT TO REMOVE DOUBT IN RELATION TO THE LAWFULNESS, UNDER THE COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS ACT 2000, OF DISPLAYING CERTAIN WORKS IN PUBLIC. [3rd June, 2004]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Public exhibition of certain works: provision for avoidance of doubt.
1.—
Section 40
of the
Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000
is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (7):
“(7A) For the avoidance of doubt, no infringement of any right created by this Part in relation to an artistic or literary work occurs by reason of the placing on display the work, or a copy thereof, in a place or premises to which members of the public have access.”.
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2.—(2) Nothing in this Act affects proceedings instituted before 26 May 2004.
Short title and collective citation.
3.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2004.
(2) The
Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000
and this Act may be cited together as the Copyright and Related Rights Acts 2000 and 2004.
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