Croatia has implemented the Temporary acts of reproduction (Art. 5.1 InfoSoc) exception in Article 182 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act. The national exception closely resembles the EU exception.
Implementation summary:
This exception allows for temporary acts of reproduction of the copyrighted work, which are transient or incidental, and constitute an integral and essential part of a technological process, whose sole purpose is to enable a transmission in a network between third parties by an intermediary, or authorized use of the work, and which have no independent economic significance.
Implementation details:
Beneficiaries:
- intermediaries (transmission between third parties in a network)
- any user (authorized use)
Purposes:
- transmission in a network between third parties
- other authorized use
Usage:
- temporary acts of reproduction
Subject Matter:
- works
- phonograms
- film fixations
- broadcasts
- informative publications
- written editions
Compensation:
- no compensation required
Attribution:
- no attribution required
Other Conditions:
- temporary acts of reproduction must be transient or incidental
- temporary acts of reproduction must constitute an integral and essential part of a technological process
- works used must be divulged
Introduced/last updated: 14 October 2021
Remarks: Under Article 181 (1) of the law, exceptions and limitations apply to both works (which must be divukged) and other subject-matter, subject to related rights. Article 181 (2) contains the requirements of the 3-step test.
