Czech Republic has implemented the Quotation for criticism or review (Art. 5.3(d) InfoSoc) exception in Section 31 of the Copyright Act. The national exception is slightly more restrictive than the EU exception.

Implementation summary:

This exception allows for the use, to a justified extent, in one's own work of other authors' works' excerpts or small works in their entirety, which have been made public. It also allows for the use of excerpts from a work, or small works in their entirety, for the purposes of critique or review related to such works and for the purposes of scientific or technical works, as long as such use complies with fair practices and is limited to the extent required by the specific purpose. The name of the author, unless the work is an anonymous work, or the name of the person under whose name the work has been introduced to the public and the title of the work and source, must always be indicated unless impossible.

Implementation details:

Beneficiaries:

• any user

Purposes:

• for use in the beneficiary's own work
• critique or review of the original work
• for the purposes of scientific or technical works

Usage:

• any use

Subject Matter:

• works
• performances
• phonograms
• film fixations
• broadcasts

Compensation:

• no compensation required

Attribution:

• the name of the author, unless the work is an anonymous work, or the name of the person under whose name the work has been introduced to the public and the title of the work and source must always be indicated, unless impossible

Other Conditions:

• use must comply with fair practices
• use must be limited to the extent required by the specific purpose
• works used must have been made public

Introduced/last updated: 22 May 2006

Remarks: The exception extends to performers' (§ 74), phonogram producers' (§ 78), film producers' (§ 82) and broadcasters' rights (§ 86).