Copyright Act, Quotation Exception
Copyright Act, 2005 (Act 690), s. 19 (Quotation Exception)
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In force since 3 June 2005.
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As of 4 September 2026.
What this law does
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Section 19(1)(b) of the Copyright Act, 2005 (Act 690) permits, without the copyright owner's consent, the inclusion of quotations from a work in another work, including quotations from articles in newspapers or periodicals in the form of press summaries, provided the work quoted has been made public.
Section 19(3) makes this conditional on the quotation being compatible with fair practice, with its extent not exceeding what is justified for the purpose of the work in which it is used, and on the source and the author's name being indicated. Section 19 carries no headline-length or short-extract cap distinct from this fair-practice test, and no reported Ghanaian decision applies it to a systematic news aggregator rather than an individual quoting a published work.
Neighbouring rights under the Act, covering performers and broadcasting organisations, do not extend to a print or online news publisher's own reporting.
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