Lithuania has implemented the Temporary acts of reproduction (Art. 5.1 InfoSoc) exception in Article 29(1) of the Law of 18 May 1999 No VIII- 1185 on Copyright and Related Rights. The national exception closely resembles the EU exception.

Implementation summary:

This exception allows for temporary acts of reproduction which are transient or incidental and an integral and essential part of a technological process and whose sole purpose is to enable an efficient transmission in a network between third persons by an intermediary, or a lawful use of a work to be made (when it is permitted by the owner of copyright or is not restricted by this Law), and which have no independent economic significance

Implementation details:

Beneficiaries:

• intermediaries (transmission between third persons in a network)
• any user (lawful use)

Purposes:

• transmission in a network between third parties
• other lawful use

Usage:

• temporary acts of reproduction

Subject Matter:

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

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
• temporary acts of reproduction must have no independent economic significance

Introduced/last updated: 05 March 2003

Remarks: The exception extends to neighbouring rights as per Section 58(1)1 of the CA