Romania has implemented the Use for advertising the exhibition or sale of works of art (Art. 5.3(j) InfoSoc) exception in Article 35, para 1, (i) of the Law No 8/1996 on copyright and related rights. The national exception closely resembles the EU exception.

Implementation summary:

This exception allows for the use, for advertising purposes, of the images of works presented in an exhibitions with public access or for sale, of fairs, public auctions of works of art, as a means of promoting the event, excluding any commercial use

Implementation details:

Beneficiaries:

• any user

Purposes:

• for advertising of the works presented in public exhibitions or for sale, of fairs, public auctions of works of art, as a means of promoting the event

Usage:

• any use

Subject Matter:

• images of works

Compensation:

• no compensation required

Attribution:

• the source and name of the author must be stated, unless this proves impossible; in the case of works of plastic, photographic or architectural art, the place where the original is located must also be mentioned.

Other Conditions:

• use must be in accordance with good practice, must not hinder the normal exploitation of the work and harm the author
• use must be non-commercial
• works must be already made public

Introduced/last updated: 14 June 2018