Slovakia has implemented the Temporary acts of reproduction (Art. 5.1 InfoSoc) exception in Section 54 of the Copyright Act. The national exception closely resembles the EU exception.

Implementation summary:

This exception allows for the making of transient copy of released work as an indivisible and substantive part of technological process, which copy is incidental or transient, for the purpose of enabling authorised use of the work or transmission of the work in an electronic communication network between third persons and an intermediary. The authorised use may not have a separate economic value.

Implementation details:

Beneficiaries:

• intermediaries (transmission between third persons in an electronic communication network)
• any user (authorised use)

Purposes:

• transmission in an electronic communication network between third parties and an intermediary
• authorised use of a work

Usage:

• making of a transient copy

Subject Matter:

• works
• performances
• phonograms
• film fixations
• broadcasts

Compensation:

• no compensation required

Attribution:

• no attribution required

Other Conditions:

• temporary acts of reproduction must be incidental or transient
• temporary acts of reproduction must be an indivisible and substantive part of technological process
• temporary acts of reproduction must have no separate economic value
• works used must be "released"

Introduced/last updated: 01 July 2015

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