Copyright Act Art. 21, Quotation Exception
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 1 May 2022.
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 21 permits reproducing, publishing, and communicating to the public, including online, a small part of a lawfully published or publicly disclosed work, in the original language or in translation, as a quotation for criticism or review in another work, without the author's permission or remuneration, provided the source and author's name are cited where possible and the use is fair and does not exceed what the purpose of quotation requires.
The article's current wording took effect 1 May 2022, per the INFOLEX mirror's own redaction-history field, though its quotation exception itself dates to an earlier amendment (Law No. XI-1833 of 21 December 2011).
What it reaches
Instrument type
statute
Categories
Snippet reproduction
When LexLint raises it
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