Romania has implemented the Press review (Art. 5.3(c) 1st part InfoSoc) exception in Article 35, para 2, (a) of the Law No 8/1996 on copyright and related rights. The national exception is much more restrictive than the EU exception.

Implementation summary:

This exception allows for the reproduction, distribution, broadcasting or communication to the public, without any direct or indirect commercial or economic advantage, of short extracts from press articles and radio or television reports, for the purpose of informing on current issues, except for those for which such use is expressly reserved.

Implementation details:

Beneficiaries:

• any user

Purposes:

• for the purpose of informing on current issues

Usage:

• reproduction
• distribution
• broadcasting
• communication to the public

Subject Matter:

• press articles
• radio or television reports

Compensation:

• no compensation required

Attribution:

• the source and name of the author must be stated, unless this proves impossible

Other Conditions:

• use of only short extracts is allowed
• use must not comprise any direct or indirect commercial or economic advantage
• works must already be made public
• rightholders can explicitly forbid use under the exception (opt-out option)

Introduced/last updated: 14 June 2018