Malta has implemented the Photocopying/photo-reproduction (Art. 5.2(a) InfoSoc) exception in Article 9(1)b of Chapter 415 of the Laws of Malta. The national exception closely resembles the EU exception.
Implementation summary:
This exception allows for the reproductions of works on paper or any similar medium, effected by the use of any kind of photographic technique or by some other process having similar effects, with the exception of sheet music, provided that the rightholders received fair compensation.
Implementation details:
Beneficiaries:
- any user
Purposes:
- no specific purpose
Usage:
- reproduction
Subject Matter:
- an audiovisual work
- a literary work other than in the case of a computer programme
- a musical or artistic work, except sheet music
- database
- performances
- phonograms
- film fixations
- broadcasts
Compensation:
- fair compensation required
Attribution:
- no attribution required
Introduced/last updated: 01 January 1970
Remarks: The exception applies mutatis mutandis to neighbouring rights under art. 21 of Cap.415.
