Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2000, Reproduction and Communication for Informatory Purposes
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 2000 (PNG), No. 21 of 2000, s. 13
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In force.
A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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Without the author's or copyright owner's authorization, and subject to indicating the source and author as far as practicable, a person may reproduce in a newspaper or periodical, or broadcast or otherwise communicate to the public, an article published in a newspaper or periodical on a current economic, political, or religious topic, or a broadcast work of the same character, except where the right to authorise that reproduction, broadcasting, or communication is expressly reserved on the copies or in connection with the broadcast.
Separately, for the purpose of reporting current events, a person may reproduce and broadcast or otherwise communicate to the public short excerpts of a work seen or heard in the course of those events, to the extent justified by the purpose. Neither provision creates a blanket exception for an aggregator's routine reproduction of headlines or extracts outside a current-events or informatory purpose.
What it reaches
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Snippet reproduction