Copyright Law, News and Facts Exclusion and Press-Introduction Exception
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In force.
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 12 excludes documents for state management, current news, or information data from the object of copyright outright, unless a commercial purpose is pursued: current news as such is never a protected work under this Law.
Article 32(5) and (6) separately let any person broadcast or carry a copyrighted work in a newspaper or periodical for the purpose of introducing it, or quote a copyrighted work, without the copyright holder's permission; neither is capped at a headline-length or short-extract threshold, and no reported North Korean decision applies either to a systematic news aggregator as opposed to a traditional press report.
North Korea has no separate press-publisher neighbouring right, no compelled platform-to-publisher bargaining regime, and no located case law on hyperlinking or framed display.
What it reaches
Instrument type
statute
Categories
Snippet reproduction
When LexLint raises it
aggregates_content