Czech Republic has implemented the Reproductions by Libraries, Archives & Museums (Art. 5.2(c) InfoSoc) exception in Section 37(1)a of the Copyright Act. The national exception is slightly more restrictive than the EU exception.
Implementation summary:
This exception allows for a library, archive, museum, gallery, school, university and other non-profit school-related and educational establishment to make a reproduction of a work for its own archiving and conservation purposes, in the quantities and formats needed for the permanent preservation of the work, and if such a reproduction does not serve any direct or indirect economic or commercial purpose. It also allows for reproductions works whose reproduction has been damaged or lost, provided that it is possible to verify with the exertion of reasonable effort that it is not being offered for sale, or a print reproduction of a minor part of the work, if such part has been damaged or lost, or in order to be lended.
Implementation details:
Beneficiaries:
- library, archive, museum, gallery, school, university and other non-profit school-related and educational establishment
Purposes:
- archiving and conservation purposes
- lending
Usage:
- reproduction
Subject Matter:
- works
- performances
- phonograms
- film fixations
- broadcasts
Compensation:
- no compensation required for archiving and conservation
- compensation required in certain cases of lending
Attribution:
- no attribution required
Other Conditions:
- use is limited to quantities and formats needed for the permanent preservation of the work and subsequent reproduction under the exception is allowed only when the initial copy is damaged or lost
Introduced/last updated: 22 May 2006
Remarks: The exception extends to performers' (§ 74), phonogram producers' (§ 78), film producers' (§ 82) and broadcasters' (§ 86) rights.
