Czech Republic has implemented the Use for the benefit of people with a disability (Art. 5.3(b) InfoSoc) exception in Section 39(1)a of the Copyright Act. The national exception closely resembles the EU exception.
Implementation summary:
This exception allows for making a reproduction or having a reproduction made, as well as for the distribution and communication of the reproduction thus made, exclusively for the benefit of persons with disabilities, to the extend required by the specific disability and not for the purpose of direct or indirect economic or commercial advantage.
Implementation details:
Beneficiaries:
- persons with disabilities
Purposes:
- exclusively for the benefit of the beneficiaries
Usage:
- reproduction
- distribution
- communication
Subject Matter:
- works
- performances
- phonograms
- film fixations
- broadcasts
Compensation:
- no compensation required
Attribution:
- no attribution required
Other Conditions:
- the exception applies to audiovisual works only when they have been published
Introduced/last updated: 01 February 2019
Remarks: The exception extends to performers' (§ 74), phonogram producers' (§ 78), film producers' (§ 82) and broadcasters' rights (§ 86).
According to article 4(2) of the Copyright Act, a work is published 'by commencing of authorised public distribution of its reproductions'.
