Estonia has implemented the Use for public security purposes (Art. 5.3(e) InfoSoc) exception in §19, para 1(5) of the Copyright Act. The national exception is slightly more restrictive than the EU exception.
Implementation summary:
This exception allows for the reproduction of a work for the purposes of a judicial procedure or insurance of public security and to the extent justified by the purposes of a judicial procedure or insurance of public security.
Implementation details:
Beneficiaries:
- any user
Purposes:
- for the purposes of a judicial procedure
- for the purposes of insurance of public security
Usage:
- reproduction
Subject Matter:
- works
- performances
- phonograms
- film fixations
- broadcasts
- press publications
Compensation:
- no compensation required
Attribution:
- mention of the name of the author of the work, if it appears thereon, the name of the work and the source publication must be made
Other Conditions:
- use must be limited to the extent justified by the purposes of a judicial procedure or insurance of public security
Introduced/last updated: 30 June 2006
Remarks: The provision concerns copyrighted works. The exception is extended to related rights with a general reference to "other cases where the rights of authors of works are limited pursuant to Chapter IV of this Act" in § 75 (6).
