Copyright Law and Library Exceptions and Limitations

There are no specific provisions in Surinamese law for library activities, although it does allow for limited copying for personal research and educational purposes, subject to payment of compensation. There are also various possibilities for news reporting.

The UAE local Copyright Law is Federal Decree-Law no. (38) of 2021 , repealing Federal Law No. 7 of 2002 on copyright and related rights.

The Law includes an exception for library copying for research, education and preservation (although only if it’s not been possible to obtain the work otherwise under reasonable circumstances), as well as a broader education exception and a good implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty (although much is left to secondary legislation). There are also provisions for private and non-profit/non-professional purposes, reproductions of works in public spaces, and transient copying.  However, there is no provision allowing libraries to circumvent technological protection measures, or reference to the non-applicability of contracts that undermine limitations and exceptions.

There are specific exceptions to enable library and archive activities including preservation and copying for the purposes of research and private study. There is a Public Lending Right in the UK.

The purpose of this Law is to regulate relations arising from the creation and use of scientific, literary, and artistic works (copyright), as well as performances, phonograms, and broadcasts by organisations that transmit programmes by air or cable (related rights).

The Act has a provision that covers basic library activities i.e. lending, copying and preservation. The copyright law has provisions for the copying and preservation of materials. A provision for copying and preservation is only given for librarians and archivists under set conditions i.e. to replace a copy that the institution may not be able to afford, and under the express permission of the author etc. The reforms or planned changes will be done in line with the Constitution and the Marrakesh Treaty.

The law allows for basic library activities as itemized below:  The following acts do not result in copyright infringement: Fair  dealing  with  a  work  for  private  study  or  for  the  purposes  of  research done by an individual for his personal purposes, otherwise than for profit. Fair  dealing  with  a  work  for  the  purposes of  criticism  or  review,  whether  of that    work    or    any    other    work,   provided    there    is    a    sufficient acknowledgement  The  reproduction  of  a  work  by  a  library  or  archive  designated  for the purpose of making a copy of any item in the permanent collection of the library or archive- (i) in  order  to  preserve  or  replace  that  item  by  placing  the  copy  in permanent collection either in addition to or in place of the item; or (ii) in order to replace in the permanent collection of another designated library   or   archive   an   item   which   has   been   lost,   destroyed   or damage  provided that it is not reasonably practicable to purchase a copy of the item in question.