Copyright Act, current-events reporting exception
Copyright Act, Cap. 252 (Act No. 12 of 2000, Revised Edition 2020), s. 57(2)
A citation is an address, not a summary. The first part names the law; what follows narrows it to the exact section, article or paragraph.
In force since 21 August 2000.
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 5 September 2026.
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
Section 57(2) permits fair dealing with a protected work, other than a photograph, for the purpose of reporting current events, without infringing copyright, so long as the reporting is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement of the work's title and author. Section 57(3) dispenses with the acknowledgement requirement where the reporting of current events is by sound recording, film, broadcast, or cable programme.
The exception is subject to the section 58 four-factor fair-dealing test, which weighs the nature of the work, the extent of the part used, the effect on the work's potential market, and the purpose and character of the use, so it carries no fixed headline-length or short-extract cap of its own.
What it reaches
Instrument type
statute
When LexLint raises it
aggregates_content