Bulgaria has implemented the Temporary acts of reproduction (Art. 5.1 InfoSoc) exception in Article 24, para 1, p.1 of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law (Член 24, ал.1, т.1 от Закона за авторското право и сродните му права).. The national exception closely resembles the EU exception.

Implementation summary:

This exception allows for temporary reproduction of works, having transient or incidental nature, which do not have independent economic significance, constituting an integral and essential part of the technological process and with the sole purpose to enable: i) a transmission in a network by an intermediary, or ii) other permitted use of a work.

Implementation details:

Beneficiaries:

• intermediaries (transmission in a network)
• any user (other lawful uses)

Purposes:

• transmission in a network between third parties by an intermediary
• other permitted uses

Usage:

• temporary reproduction

Subject Matter:

• works
• performances
• phonograms
• film fixations
• broadcasts

Compensation:

• no compensation required

Attribution:

• no attribution required

Other Conditions:

• the nature of reproductions must be transient or incidental
• the reproductions must be an integral and essential part of a technological process
• the reproduction must have no independent economic significance

Introduced/last updated: 01 January 2003

Remarks: The exception extends to performers (art. 84), phonograms producers (art. 90), film producers (art.90v) and broadcasting organisations (art. 93).