Slovakia has implemented the Use for public security purposes (Art. 5.3(e) InfoSoc) exception in Section 53 of the Copyright Act. The national exception closely resembles the EU exception.

Implementation summary:

This exception allows for the reproduction, communication to the public, technical performance or public distribution by transfer of title of a work to the extent necessary for ensuring public security; due course of administrative proceedings, criminal proceedings or judicial proceedings or; meetings of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and its committees, meetings of municipal assemblies or assemblies of self-governing regions.

Implementation details:

Beneficiaries:

  • any user

Purposes:

  • ensuring public security
  • ensuring due course of administrative, criminal or judicial proceedings
  • ensuring meetings of public bodies

Usage:

  • reproduction
  • communication to the public
  • technical performance
  • public distribution by transfer of title

Subject Matter:

  • works
  • performances
  • phonograms
  • film fixations
  • broadcasts

Compensation:

  • no compensation required

Attribution:

  • attribution required (if possible depending on the nature of the work and the manner of use of the work)

Other Conditions:

  • use must be limited to the extent necessary for ensuring public security and due course of administrative, criminal or judicial proceedings or meetings of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and its committees, meetings of municipal assemblies or assemblies of self-governing regions

Introduced/last updated: 01 July 2015

Remarks: The exception applies to performers' (§ 103), phonogram producers' (§113), audiovisual producers' (§121) and broadcasters' (§127.1) rights.

Pursuant to §35(2) of the Copyright Act, the name of the author or his pseudonym, if it is not an anonymous work, or the name of the person under whose name, trade name or title the work is presented to the public, as well as the work title and source, must be stated in all cases under §38 and §§ 40 to 57, if this is possible depending on the nature of the work and the manner of use of the work.