Loi n°1/87, exception de courte citation et revue de presse
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In force since 29 July 1987.
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 4 September 2026.
What this law does
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Loi n°1/87 permits, provided the title of the work and the author's name are given, an analysis or short quotation drawn from a work already lawfully made accessible to the public, conforming to fair practice and justified by a scientific, critical, polemical, educational, or informational purpose, expressly including a quotation from a newspaper article or periodical reproduced as part of a press review, in either the original or a translation.
Separately, provided the author's name and source are given and the right of reproduction has not been expressly reserved, the press may reproduce or broadcast for informational purposes a current economic, political, or religious news article published or broadcast in the original or in translation, or a speech delivered before a deliberative assembly, a public court hearing, or a public political meeting or official ceremony.
Reproducing a protected work outside these exceptions is illicit and, for a work made available to the public without authorization, exposes both the person who let it happen on their premises and whoever materially committed the reproduction to civil liability.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Reproducing a protected work outside a statutory exception is punished under the Penal Code's provisions on literary and artistic property, referred to rather than stated in this law itself, so no specific fine amount is established here.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Agence Nationale de Promotion Artistique et Culturelle (ANPAC); ordinary civil and criminal courts
What it reaches
Instrument type
statute
Categories
Snippet reproduction
Obligation class
Attribution, Access restriction
When LexLint raises it
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