Lithuania has implemented the Preservation of cultural heritage (Art. 6 DSM) exception in Article 23 of the Law No VIII- 1185 on Copyright and Related Rights. The national exception closely resembles the EU exception.

Implementation summary:

This exception allows cultural heritage institutions or third parties or other persons acting on their behalf and under their responsibility to reproduce works permanently held in their holdings and collections in any format or on any medium for the purposes of preservation of such works, and to the extent that is necessary to preserve such works. Contractual terms contradicting the exception are considered null and void.

Implementation details:

Beneficiaries:

• cultural heritage institutions
• third parties or other persons acting on cultural heritage institutions' behalf and under their responsibility

Purposes:

• preservation

Usage:

• reproduction (in any format or on any medium)

Subject Matter:

• works
• performances
• phonograms
• film fixations
• broadcasts
• electronic press publications

Compensation:

• no compensation required

Attribution:

• the source and the author's name must be acknowledged where possible

Other Conditions:

• works used must be permanently held in beneficiaries' holdings and collections
• use must be limited to the extent that is necessary to preserve such works
• contractual terms contradicting the exception are considered null and void

Introduced/last updated: 24 March 2022

Remarks: The exception also covers neighbouring rights under art 58(1), p.4 of the Law, according to which it is allowed to 'reproduce an object of related rights permanently held in the collection or fonds of a cultural heritage institution, other than an object of related rights published on computer networks (the Internet), where a copy of the object of related rights is made in any format or medium for the purposes of preserving such works, and to the extent necessary for the preservation of such works'.