Denmark has implemented the Reproduction of broadcasts by social institutions (Art. 5.2(e) InfoSoc) exception in § 15 of the Copyright Act. The national exception closely resembles the EU exception.
Implementation summary:
This exception allows for the recordings of works broadcast on radio and television by hospitals, nursing homes, prisons and other 24-hour institutions within the social and welfare sector, the prison service, and similar institutions, for the brief use of the inmates and others of the institution, if this is not done for commercial purposes. Such recordings may be used only within the institution in question.
Implementation details:
Beneficiaries:
- hospitals, nursing homes, prisons and other 24-hour institutions within the social and welfare sector, the prison service, and similar institutions
Purposes:
- for the brief use of the inmates and others of the institution
- non-commercial
Usage:
- reproduction
Subject Matter:
- works (broadcast on radio and television)
- performances
- phonograms
- film fixations
- broadcasts
- photographic pictures
- press publications
Compensation:
- no compensation required
Attribution:
- no attribution required
Other Conditions:
- recordings may be used only within the institution in question
Introduced/last updated: 17 December 2002
Remarks: § 15 of the Copyright Act applies also to performances (§ 65(6) of the CA); sound recordings (§ 66(2) of the CA); film fixations (§ 67(2) of the CA), broadcasts (§ 69(3) of the CA), photographic pictures (§70 (3) of the CA) and press publications (§ 69a(5) of the CA - added with the ammendment of 3 June 2021).
