Hungary has implemented the Quotation for criticism or review (Art. 5.3(d) InfoSoc) exception in Section 34(1) of the Copyright Act. The national exception closely resembles the EU exception.
Implementation summary:
This exception allows anyone to quote, true to the original and to the extent justified by the character and purpose of the recipient work, parts of works on the condition of indicating the source and the author specified in the original work.
Implementation details:
Beneficiaries:
- any user
Purposes:
- quotation
Usage:
- any use
Subject Matter:
- works
- performances
- phonograms
- film fixations
- broadcasts
- press publications
Compensation:
- no compensation required
Attribution:
- indicating the source and the author specified in the original work is required
Other Conditions:
- use must be limited to the extent justified by the character and purpose of the recipient work
- quotation must be true to the original
- use is limited to parts of works
Introduced/last updated: 01 May 2004
Remarks: Section 33 (1) of the law limits the applicability of exceptions and limitations to published works only.
