Ley de Derecho de Autor y Derechos Conexos, Decreto 33-98 (news content and lawful-use exceptions)
Decreto Número 33-98, art. 66, usos lícitos y noticias de actualidad
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In force since 21 June 1998.
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 5 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 25 states that copyright protection does not apply to the informational content of current news published by any medium, but does apply to the text and the graphic representations in which that news appears.
Article 66 permits, without the rightsholder's authorization or payment, but with an obligation to name the source and the author if indicated, reproducing and distributing, by press, broadcast, or cable, newspaper or periodical articles on current economic, political, or religious topics that carry no specific reservation of rights.
The same article also permits reproducing and making available to the public, on the occasion of reporting a current event, fragments of works seen or heard in the course of that event, to the extent the informational purpose justifies, and permits communicating to the public, for informational purposes about current events, political or judicial speeches and similar works delivered publicly, while the speaker keeps the exclusive right to publish them for other purposes.
It further permits including fragments of another's already-divulged written, sound, audiovisual, or plastic-arts work in one's own work by way of citation or for analysis, for teaching or research purposes.
What it reaches
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Read the law
Decreto N° 33-98
Ley de Derecho de Autor y Derechos Conexos, official Spanish text as reproduced by WIPO Lex (reformado por el Decreto N° 11-2006)