Estonia has implemented the Reporting by the press on current events (Art. 5.3(c) 2nd part InfoSoc) exception in §19, para 4 of the Copyright Act. The national exception is slightly more restrictive than the EU exception.

Implementation summary:

This exception allows for the reproduction in the press and communicating to the public for the purpose of reporting of current events, of works seen or heard in the course of an event, to the extent justified by the purpose, in the form and to the extent required by the purpose of reporting current events.

Implementation details:

Beneficiaries:

• the press (for reproduction)
• any user (for communication to the public)

Purposes:

• reporting of current events

Usage:

• reproduction
• communication to the public

Subject Matter:

• works
• performances (short excerpts)
• phonograms (short excerpts)
• film fixations (short excerpts)
• broadcasts (short excerpts)
• press publications (short excerpts)

Compensation:

• no compensation required

Attribution:

• mention must be made of the name of the author of the work, if it appears thereon, the name of the work and the source publication

Other Conditions:

• works used must be seen or heard in the course of an event
• use must be limited to the extent justified by the purpose
• use must be in the form and to the extent required by the purpose of reporting current events

Introduced/last updated: 30 June 2006

Remarks: The provision concerns copyrighted works. The exception is extended to related rights in § 75 (3), however with a slightly different scope - it envisages the use of short excerpts only, in connection with the reporting of current events to the extent justified by the informational purposes to be achieved and on condition that the source is indicated, if possible.