Law / Argentina

Ley 11.723, news exclusivity, speeches, and quotation exception

Ley 11.723, Régimen Legal de la Propiedad Intelectual, arts. 10, 27, and 28

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In force since 30 September 1933.

A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 5 September 2026.

What this law does

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Article 28 makes unsigned articles, anonymous contributions, reports, drawings, engravings, or other original material acquired by a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical, or by a news agency, with exclusivity, the property of that outlet or agency; general-interest news, by contrast, may be used, transmitted, or retransmitted, though its source must be stated whenever it is published in its original form.

Article 27 bars publishing a political or literary speech, or a lecture on an intellectual subject, without the author's express authorization, and separately bars publishing a parliamentary speech for profit without the author's authorization, except for press reporting on it.

Article 10 lets anyone publish, for didactic or scientific purposes, commentary, criticism, or notes on intellectual works, including up to one thousand words of a literary or scientific work or eight musical measures, limited to the portions indispensable for that purpose; it carries no headline-length cap distinct from that word count and is not confined to the press industry.

No reported Argentine decision applies article 28's exclusivity rule, or article 10's quotation exception, to a systematic news aggregator as opposed to a competing news outlet or an individual quoting a published work. Argentina has no separate press-publisher neighbouring right, no compelled platform-to-publisher bargaining regime, and no located case law on hyperlinking or framed display.

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Official consolidated text of Ley 11.723, InfoLEG (Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos)

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