TaiwanCopyright Act, news-reporting and commentary-republication exceptions
Copyright Act (著作權法), Arts. 3, 49, 61
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Article 3, paragraph 1, subparagraph 4 excludes from copyright protection "oral and literary works for news reports that are intended strictly to communicate facts," so a bare factual news report carries no copyright to begin with. Where a report contains a protected expression, Article 49 lets a person reporting a current event by broadcasting, photography, film, newspaper, or internet exploit, within the scope necessary to the report, whatever work is seen or heard in the course of that event.
Article 61 separately lets a newspaper, magazine, or internet transmission republish, publicly broadcast, or publicly transmit commentary on a current political, economic, or social event that has already appeared in a newspaper, magazine, or on the internet, unless the original publisher has indicated that republishing is not authorized.
Neither provision creates a payment obligation or a registration or designation scheme; each is a copyright exception that either removes the underlying content from protection or permits its republication subject to an opt-out.
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