Copyright and Related Rights Law, Quotation and News-Reporting Exceptions
Lei n.º 15/14, de 31 de Julho de 2014 (Direito de Autor e Direitos Conexos), art. 51.º
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A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
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Article 51(1) permits, independent of the author's authorisation and without any remuneration, several uses of an already-lawfully-disclosed work provided its title and the author's name are stated and its genuineness and integrity respected. Alínea (e) of that article covers quoting short fragments of another's work, in written, sound, or visual form, where justified on scientific, critical, didactic, or informational grounds.
Alínea (c) of the same article covers reproducing works included in filmed or televised current-events reports, or works permanently exhibited in a public place. Article 51(2) excludes several categories from the private-reproduction exception at alínea (d) of the same article, including at alínea (c) reproducing the whole or an important part of a database in digital form.
Article 45 gives the holder of a database's patrimonial right the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit reproduction, translation, adaptation, or distribution of the database's structure. WIPO Lex records that the Law entered into force 30 days after its 31 July 2014 publication, per the Law's own Article 95 on entry into force.
Article 92's repeal clause revokes Lei n.º 4/90, de 10 de Março, the prior copyright statute, applying the new Law to any dispute not yet finally decided to the extent that benefits the author.
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Text of Lei n.º 15/14 (Direito de Autor e Direitos Conexos)
Diário da República I Série n.º 141 of 31 July 2014, reproduced by WIPO Lex, archived copy