Slovenia has implemented the Use for the benefit of people with a disability (Art. 5.3(b) InfoSoc) exception in Article 48a of the Copyright and Related Rights Act. The national exception is much more restrictive than the EU exception.
Implementation summary:
This exception allows for the reproduction, distribution and public recitation of a work for the benefit of disabled persons if this work is not available in the required form and its use is directly related to the disability of such persons, limited in scope and not intended to achieve direct or indirect economic benefit.
Implementation details:
Beneficiaries:
- any user
Purposes:
- for the benefit of disabled persons
Usage:
- reproduction
- distribution
- public recitation
Subject Matter:
- works
- performances
- phonograms
- film fixations
- broadcasts
Compensation:
- no compensation required
Attribution:
- no attribution required
Other Conditions:
- the work used must not be available in the required form
- use must be directly related to the disability of disabled persons
- use must be limited in scope
- use must not be intended to achieve direct or indirect economic benefit
Introduced/last updated: 26 April 2004
Remarks: According to Article 4 of the CRRA, the provisions on 'the substantive restrictions on copyright' apply mutatis mutandis to related rights, unless otherwise provided in Chapter Five of the Act.
