Romania has implemented the Use of public speeches and public lectures (Art. 5.3(f) 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 excerpts from conferences, speeches, pleadings and other works of the same kind, which have been expressed orally in public, provided that these uses are for the sole purpose of providing information on current events.

Implementation details:

Beneficiaries:

• any user

Purposes:

• for the sole purpose of providing information on current events

Usage:

• reproduction
• distribution
• broadcasting
• communication to the public

Subject Matter:

• short excerpts from conferences, speeches, pleadings and other works of the same kind

Compensation:

• no compensation required

Attribution:

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

Other Conditions:

• use must not comprise any direct or indirect commercial or economic advantage
• use must be in accordance with good practice, must not hinder the normal exploitation of the work and harm the author
• works used must have been expressed orally in public

Introduced/last updated: 14 June 2018