Law No. 94-036, quotation and press-article reproduction exceptions
Loi n° 94-036, art. 44 et 46 (exceptions de citation et de reproduction de la presse)
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In force since 6 November 1995.
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 5 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 44 permits using analyses and short quotations lawfully published in another work, without the author's authorization and without payment, on condition of naming the source and the author.
Article 46(1) separately permits reproducing and distributing by press, or broadcasting or cable-communicating to the public, an economic, political, or religious article published in a newspaper or periodical, or a broadcast work of the same character, in cases where the right to reproduce or so communicate it has not been expressly reserved, again on condition of naming the source and the author where the author's name appears there.
Article 115, in the book on related (neighbouring) rights, separately exempts press reviews from the rights it grants to performers, phonogram producers, and broadcasting organisations. The article 46 reproduction exception can be defeated by the rightsholder's express reservation of the reproduction or communication right.
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English-and-Malagasy bilingual text of Loi n° 94-036 hosted by the Centre Europe-Tiers Monde (CEJA)