Greece has implemented the Temporary acts of reproduction (Art. 5.1 InfoSoc) exception in Article 28B of Law 2121/1993, Intellectual Property, Related Rights and Cultural Issues. The national exception closely resembles the EU exception.

Implementation summary:

Article 28B of the Greek copyright act is an almost literal implementation of the generic exception in Article 5(1) of the InfoSoc Directive. It allows temporary acts of reproduction - transient or incidental, which are an integral and essential part of a technological process and whose sole purpose is to enable: a) a transmission in a network between third parties by an intermediary or b) a lawful use of a work or other protected subject-matter, and which have no independent economic significance, are exempted from the reproduction right.

Implementation details:

Beneficiaries:

• intermediaries (transmission in a network)
• any user (other lawful uses)

Purposes:

• transmission in a network between third parties by an intermediary
• other lawful uses

Usage:

• temporary acts of reproduction

Subject Matter:

• works
• performances
• phonograms
• film fixations
• broadcasts

Compensation:

• no compensation required

Attribution:

• no attribution required

Other Conditions:

• the act of reproductions must be transient or incidental
• the act of reproductions must be an integral and essential part of a technological process
• the act of reproduction must have no independent economic significance

Introduced/last updated: 10 October 2002

Remarks: According to art. 52, the limitations applicable to the economic right of copyright apply mutatis mutandis to related rights.