Czech Republic has implemented the Use for advertising the exhibition or sale of works of art (Art. 5.3(j) InfoSoc) exception in Section 32 of the Copyright Act. The national exception closely resembles the EU exception.

Implementation summary:

This exception allows for the use of works of art for the purposes of promoting an exhibition or sale of originals or reproductions thereof. Use is limited to the extent necessary for the promotion of such an event and any other use for direct or indirect economic or commercial advantage is expressly left out of the exception. 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, the title of the work and the source must be always indicated, if possible. Furthermore, the catalogue of the exhibited works may be also used further under the same conditions.

Implementation details:

Beneficiaries:

• any user

Purposes:

• promoting an exhibition or sale of originals or reproductions of works of art

Usage:

• any use

Subject Matter:

• works of art

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, the title of the work and the source must be always indicated, if possible

Other Conditions:

• use is limited to the extent necessary for the promotion of the event
• direct or indirect economic or commercial advantage is expressly left out of the exception

Introduced/last updated: 22 May 2006

Remarks: The exception does not extend to performers' (§ 74), phonogram producers' (§ 78), film producers' (§ 82) and broadcasters' rights (§ 86).