Slovak Copyright Law
The Slovak Republic
Copyright Act
Act No. 618/2003 of 4th December 2003
Translation Version 1.1 (28. 9. 2004)
Translated by Slavomír Olšovský
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618
ACT
of December the 4th, 2003
on copyright and rights related to copyright (the Copyright Act)
The National Council of the Slovak Republic has adopted the following Act:
P A R T O N E
INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
Section 1
Subject Matter of Legislation
This Act shall govern the relations arising in connection with creation and use of literary work,
other artistic work and scientific work, artistic performance, making and use of phonogram,
audiovisual fixation, with the broadcasting and use of radio broadcast and television broadcast
(“broadcast” hereinafter) and in connection with making of database, in such a way as to protect the
rights and legitimate interests of author, performing artist, phonogram producer, producer of
audiovisual fixation, radio broadcaster and television broadcaster (“broadcaster” hereinafter) and
maker of database. Furthermore, this Act shall govern the exercise of collective administration of
rights granted hereby.
S c o p e o f t h e A c t
Section 2
(1) The provisions of this Act shall apply to the work
a) of author, who is state citizen of the Slovak Republic (“national of the Slovak Republic”
hereinafter) or who has his/her permanent residence within the territory of the Slovak Republic, or
b) first disclosed in the Slovak Republic, regardless of the nationality or permanent residence of the
author thereof.
(2) The provisions of this Act shall also apply to the work protected in the Slovak Republic under
international treaties or agreements binding on the Slovak Republic and proclaimed in a manner
determined in respective legislation.
(3) The provisions of this Act on the right to remuneration upon resale of original of work of
visual art shall apply to work of visual art of author who is not national of the Slovak Republic only if,
based on international treaties or agreements binding on the Slovak Republic and proclaimed in a
manner determined in respective legislation, reciprocity is guaranteed.
(4) The term of duration of the copyright in work of national of other country shall not be longer
than in the country of origin of the work.
Section 3
(1) The provisions of this Act shall apply to the artistic performance of performing artist, who
a) is national of the Slovak Republic,
b) is not national of the Slovak Republic, if
1. artistic performance took place on the territory of the Slovak Republic,
2. artistic performance is incorporated in the phonogram protected under this Act, or
3. artistic performance has not been fixed in a phonogram but is being communicated to the public
in the broadcast protected under this Act.
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(2) The provisions of this Act shall apply to the phonogram and the audiovisual fixation
a) of phonogram producer and producer of audiovisual fixation that are nationals of the Slovak
Republic or that have their permanent residence or seat in the Slovak Republic,
b) first fixations of which were made in the Slovak Republic,
c) first disclosed in the Slovak Republic.
(3) The provisions of this Act shall apply to the broadcast
a) of a broadcaster, provided that his/her/its permanent residence or seat is on the territory of the
Slovak Republic, or
b) provided the broadcast is realised by a broadcaster from the place within the territory of the Slovak
Republic.
Section 4
The provisions of this Act shall apply
a) to publisher of previously undisclosed work who is national of the Slovak Republic or who has
his/her/its permanent residence or seat within the territory of the Slovak Republic,
b) to performing artist, phonogram producer, producer of audiovisual fixation, broadcaster and
publisher of previously undisclosed work that are protected by virtue of international treaties or
agreements binding on the Slovak Republic, and, in the absence of these, if reciprocity is assured,
c) to maker of a database who is national of the Slovak Republic or who or which has his/her/its
permanent residence or seat within the territory of the Slovak Republic.
Section 5
Definitions of Certain Concepts
(1) A work of architecture is an entirely general architectural projection of the creative idea of an
author, in particular the graphic and three-dimensional projection of an architectural solution for a
building or urban arrangement of territory, and also the work of garden, interior and stage architecture
and the work of a building design.
(2) An audiovisual work is the work perceptible by means of a technical device as sequence of
related images with or without accompanying sound provided it is designed to be made available to
the public. Inter alia the main director, the author of the scenario, the author of the dialogues and
author of the music specially created for the work shall be considered to be the co-authors of such a
work.
(3) A work of applied art is a work, which is an artistic creation with utilitarian functions or which
is incorporated in a utilitarian article, whether made by hand or industrially or by other technical
method.
(4) A database is a collection of independent works, data or other material, arranged in systematic
or methodical way and individually accessible by electronic or other means. Computer program used
in the making or operation of database accessible by electronic means shall not be considered to
constitute the database.
(5) A photographic work is a fixing of light or other rays on any medium where an image is
produced, regardless of the method by which the fixing is done; a still picture from an audiovisual
work shall not be considered a photographic work but part of the audiovisual work.
(6) A cable retransmission is a simultaneous, unaltered and unabridged communication to the
public of broadcasted work by cable or microwave system realised by a person other then initial
broadcaster.
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(7) Rental of the original or copy of a work is temporary abandonment for use the original or copy
of a work realised to gain direct or indirect proprietary advantage/economic advantage.
(8) A computer program is a set of orders and instructions used directly or indirectly in a
computer. Orders and instructions may be written or expressed in source code or machine code. The
preparatory material necessary for the preparation of the computer program also forms an integral part
thereof; it shall be protected as a literary work if it conforms to the conceptual characteristics of work
(Section 7(1)).
(9) A reprographic or other technical device is a device that uses electromagnetic radiation for the
making of a copies of work or that makes copies in some other way, in particular photocopying
machine, scanner, fax machine and hard disk build-in into a personal computer.
(10) A satellite is any technical device operating on frequency bands allocated for the broadcast of
signals for reception by the public or which are reserved for closed, point-to-point communication. In
the case of point-to-point communication, the circumstances in which individual reception of signal
takes place must be comparable to those that apply in the case of reception of the signals for reception
by public.
(11) The making available to the public is the communication to the public of a work in such
a way that an individual may access it from a place and at a time individually chosen by him/her.
(12) A school work is a work created by pupil or student to fulfil school or study duties arising
from his/her legal relationship with the basic school, secondary school, college or the interest-based
education facility (“school” hereinafter).
(13) An artistic performance is playing, delivering or other creative performing of the artistic work
or work of folklore by action such as singing, acting, declaiming, dancing or in another way.
(14) Communication to the public is a dissemination or performance of work by any technical
means for dissemination of sound or sound and images simultaneously, or of the representation
thereof, by means of wire or without wire, in such a way that said work is perceivable by persons in
places where it would not be possible to perceive this work without such communication;
communication to the public includes cable retransmission, broadcasting and the making available to
the public.
(15) Public performance is
a) recitation, playing, dancing or any other performance of literary work, artistic work or folklore
work by performing artist on the public,
b) showing of the images of the audiovisual fixation in a sequence, with simultaneous presentation of
sounds accompanying said images; such performance of audiovisual fixation shall not be
considered to constitute the communication to the public.
(16) Public display is the showing of the original of work or of copy thereof on the public directly
or indirectly, by means of a slide, television image or by a similar means on a screen; in the case of an
audiovisual work the showing of an individual still image non-sequentially.
(17) Reproduction of work is transfer of work or part thereof on other material carrier, either
directly from the original of work or indirectly from another copy of work, temporarily or
permanently, all this by any means and in any form; copy of work might be realised in particular in the
form of print, photographic, sound and audiovisual copy, by construction of work of architecture, or in
form of other three-dimensional copy, or in electronic form including both analogue and digital
expressions.
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(18) A performing artist is a singer, musician, actor, dancer or other person who sings, acts, plays,
delivers or otherwise performs the literary work, artistic work or work of folklore.
(19) The lending of the original or copy of a work is temporary abandonment for use the original
or copy of a work, realised by facility accessible to public with no gain of either direct or indirect
economic advantage.
(20) The producer of an audiovisual fixation or of a phonogram is the natural person who or legal
entity which initiated or facilitated the final making thereof.
(21) Broadcasting is the communication to the public realised by a broadcaster, this also in the
case when it is technically carried on by other person acting under the direction and responsibility of
initial broadcaster, including broadcasting by satellite.
(22) An employee work is the work created by an author to fulfil his/her duties arising from
his/her labour law relation, servant relation or state servant relation to employer or from labour law
relationship between a cooperative and its member.
(23) The maker of a database is the natural person or legal entity on initiative, account and
responsibility of whose or of which the database was created.
(24) An audiovisual fixation is the fixation of sounds and images which are perceivable in aural
and visual manner, regardless of the method or of the medium by which or on which these sounds and
images are fixed.
(25) A phonogram is an exclusively aural fixation of sounds, regardless of the method or of the
medium by which or on which these sounds are fixed; a fixation of sound fixed with image shall not
be considered to be the phonogram.
P A R T T W O
COPYRIGHT
Section 6
An Author
(1) An author is any natural person that created the work.
(2) An author of a collection as whole is any natural person that selected or arranged its content;
the rights of authors of works selected or arranged in the collection shall not be affected thereby.
Section 7
A Work
(1) The subject matter of copyright is constituted by literary and other artistic work and scientific
work that is the result of creative intellectual activity of the author, in particular
a) literary work and computer program,
b) work delivered orally or declaimed, or literary work performed in another way, in particular the
speech and the lecture,
c) theatrical work, in particular dramatic work, dramatico-musical work, pantomimic work and
choreographic work as well as any other work created with a view to their being made public,
d) musical work with or without lyrics,
e) audiovisual work, in particular cinematographic work,
f) work of painting and drawing, sketch, illustration, sculpture and other work of visual art,
g) photographic work,
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h) architectural work, in particular the work of building architecture and urbanism, work of garden
and interior architecture and the work of building design,
i) work of applied art,
j) cartographic work in analogue or any other form1).
(2) The subject matter of copyright is also constituted by a collection, in particular chronicle,
periodical, encyclopaedia, anthology, review, exhibition or other database, provided that it is a set of
independent works or other components being, by manner of selection or arrangement of content, the
result of creative intellectual activity of an author.
(3) No protection under this Act shall extend to
a) any idea, procedure, system, method, concept, principle, discovery or mere information that has
been expressed, described, explained, illustrated or embodied in a work,
b) any text of legislation, official decision, public document, publicly accessible register, official file,
Slovak technical standards including the preparatory documentation and translations thereof, mere
news of the day and speeches delivered in the course of proceedings in public affairs; however, the
publication of a collection of such speeches or their inclusion into a chronicle requires the consent
of the person who delivered them.
Section 8
A Work of Joint Authorship
A work of joint authorship is a work that has been created by creative intellectual activity of two
or more authors as a single work, the rights in which belong jointly and inseparably to all the authors.
Section 9
A Combination of Works
A combination of two or more single works shall be realised only upon permission of authors
thereof and for the agreed purpose only; the combination of works is being disposed with by all the
authors jointly. The rights of the authors to dispose with works so combined in any other manner than
disposal with the whole combination of works shall be without prejudice thereto.
Section 10
A Collective Work
(1) A collective work is a work that has been created by the joint activity of two or more authors
who have agreed on the use of their own creative intellectual activity for its creation under the
direction of the natural person who, or legal entity which,
a) has initiated the creation of the work,
b) has directed or facilitated the creation of the work.
(2) Provisions on the employee work (Section 50) shall apply mutatis mutandis on the collective
work; this shall also apply in case the work was created in whole or in part on the basis of the contract
for the creation of work (Section 39) concluded between author and natural person or legal entity
pursuant to Subsection (1).
(3) Audiovisual work shall not be collective work.
1) Section 2(8) of Act No. 215/1995 of the National Council of the Slovak Republic on Geodesy and Cartography.
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Section 11
A Transformation and Translation of the Work
(1) A new original work created by original creative transformation of another work shall also be
eligible for copyright.
(2) The translation of a work into another language and the adaptation of the work shall likewise
be eligible for copyright.
Section 12
An Anonymous and Pseudonymous Work
(1) An anonymous work is a work made public without any mention of name and surname
(“name” hereinafter) of author; the name of the author may be disclosed only with his/her permission.
(2) A pseudonymous work is a work made public under a pseudonym; name of the author may be
disclosed only with his/her permission.
(3) Until such time as the identity of the author is revealed to the public, the copyright in the work
may be claimed by the person who or which has lawfully published it for the first time or, if it was not
published, by the person who or which disclosed it. The revelation of the identity of the author on the
public is not required if his/her true name is widely known.
Section 13
Disclosure and Publication of Work
(1) The work shall be considered disclosed on the day on which it is first lawfully performed,
displayed in public, published or otherwise made available to the public.
(2) The work shall be considered published on the day on which copies of it start to be lawfully
distributed to the public.
Section 14
Country of Origin of the Work
(1) The country of origin of the work shall be
a) the country of which the author is a national in the case of an unpublished work,
b) the country in which the first lawful publication of the work occurred in the case of a published
work.
(2) A work published in other state shall be considered a work published in the Slovak Republic if
it was published in the Slovak Republic within a period of 30 days since its publication in that other
state.
Section 15
Establishment of Copyright in a Work
(1) Copyright in a work is established as soon as the work is expressed in a form perceivable by
the senses, regardless of its form, content, quality, purpose or form of expression.
(2) The copyright in the work relates to finished work, to all of its particular development phases
and parts, including to the name of a work and names of characters, provided they conform to the
conceptual characteristics of work and are, as the subject matter of copyright, contained therein.
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Section 16
Content of Copyright
Copyright shall include exclusive moral rights (“moral rights” hereinafter) and exclusive
economic rights (“economic rights” hereinafter).
Section 17
Moral Rights
(1) The author shall have the right
a) to sign his/her work by his/her name or pseudonym and to require that his/her name or pseudonym
be indicated on all copies of the work in an appropriate manner in connection with any public use
thereof, the manner of the indication being determined by the nature of the use,
b) not to sign his/her work by his/her name or pseudonym,
c) to decide on the disclosure of his/her work,
d) to the inviolability of his/her work, and in particular to protection against any unauthorised change
or other unauthorised interference into his/her work, as well as against any derogatory disposal
with his/her work that would be detrimental to his/her honour or reputation. If the nature of the
work or the nature of the use of work does not exclude it, the author shall have the right of
supervision (the right of checking the proofs) over the disposal with his/her work; in the case of
work of architecture the supervision over the construction of the building shall be equivalent to
checking the proofs.
(2) The author may not waive the rights under Subsection (1); these rights shall be untransferable
and they cease to exist upon the death of the author.
(3) No other person shall usurp the authorship of the work after the death of author; the work shall
be used only in a manner not depreciating its value and the name or pseudonym of author shall be
indicated, unless it is anonymous work. Any person closely related to author2) may claim for this
protection, even in a case the economic rights in work ceased to exist. Union of authors, chamber of
profession or respective collective administration organisation may claim this protection alike.
Section 18
Economic Rights
(1) The author shall have the right to use his/her work.
(2) The author of the work shall have the right to authorise any use of the work, including
a) the making of a copy of the work,
b) the distribution of the original of the work or of a copy thereof to the public by sale or any other
form of transfer of ownership,
c) the distribution of the original of the work or of a copy thereof to the public by rental or lending,
d) transformation, translation and adaptation of the work,
e) the inclusion of the work into the collection,
f) public display of the work,
g) public performance of the work,
h) the communication to the public of the work.
(3) The rights under Subsections (1) and (2) shall not cease to exist upon the authorisation
pursuant to Subsection (2); the author shall only be obliged withstand the use of work by another
person in the extent of authorisation granted.
2) Section 116 of the Civil Code.
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(4) Other person may use the work without authorisation of the author only in cases provided for
in this Act.
(5) The rights under Subsections (1) and (2) shall be untransferable, author may not waive them
and they shall not be subject to either the enforcement of judicial decision or the execution conducted
in accordance with respective legislation; this shall not apply to claims arising from economic rights.
(6) The rights under Subsections (1) and (2) shall constitute the subject matter of inheritance. The
provisions of this Act concerning an author shall be, unless something else results from nature of these
provisions, applicable also on his/her inheritors. Where co-author has no heirs, his/her share shall
accrue to other co-authors.
(7) Shall an author grant the authorisation for the distribution to the public of the original of work
or of a copy thereof by rental or lending [Subsection (2)(c)] to the producer of a phonogram of the
work or to the producer of an audiovisual fixation of the work, the right to equitable remuneration
accrues to him payable by any person distributing to the public the original of work or copy thereof by
said rental or lending; this right may not be waived in advance.
(8) The provision of Subsection (2)(c) shall not apply to
a) the work of architecture embodied in a construction or in the form of garden, interior or stage set,
b) the work of applied art embodied in an appliance.
Section 19
Right to Remuneration upon Resale of the Original of the Work of Visual Art
(1) Shall the original of the work of visual art that was transferred into the property of other person
by an author be further sold, the author has right to remuneration, provided the sale is realised by
gallery operator, person conducting the auction (auctioneer) or other person acting in the course of its
own business (“seller” hereinafter), notwithstanding whether it acts on its own account or on the
account of the owner of the original of the work.
(2) The person obliged to pay the remuneration under Subsection (1) shall be the seller.
(3) The seller shall be obliged to pay to the collective administration organisation to which the
authorisation to exercise collective administration in extent covering the collection of remunerations
from said persons upon the resale of the original of work of visual art on the territory of the Slovak
Republic has been granted a remuneration that shall amount to
a) 5 % of sale price above 30 000 Sk up to 126 000 Sk,
b) 4 % of sale price above 126 000 Sk up to 2 100 000 Sk,
c) 3 % of sale price above 2 100 000 Sk up to 8 400 000 Sk,
d) 2 % of sale price above 8 400 000 Sk up to 14 700 000 Sk,
e) 0,5 % of sale price above 14 700 000 Sk up to 21 000 000 Sk,
f) 0,25 % of sale price above 21 000 000 Sk;
total remuneration, however, may not exceed 525 000 Sk.
(4) The seller obliged to pay to an author the remuneration under Subsection (1) shall report the
sale to respective collective administration organisation until the end of January of a year, following
the year in which the sale took place. The obligation to report also applies to specification of originals
sold and to information on actual sale price; it also includes obligation to allow respective collective
administration organisation to inspect the accounting and other documentation of the seller in an
extent necessary.
(5) For the purposes of exercise of the right under Subsection (1), the original of the work of
visual art shall mean in particular the painting, drawing, collage, tapestry, engraving, lithography or
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other graphics, sculpture, ceramics, glassware, photograph, if created by the author himself/herself, or
the copy thereof, shall it be considered to constitute the original of the work.
(6) As a copy for the purposes under Subsection (5) shall be considered the copy made in limited
number by an author or with his/her authorisation; such copy must be numbered and signed or
otherwise authorised by an author.
(7) The right to remuneration under Subsection (1) shall not apply to the work of architecture and
the work of applied art.
Section 20
Relation Between Copyright and Rights In Rem
(1) Acquirement of ownership or other right in rem that vests in an object in which a work is
embodied shall not affect the copyright, in particular the moral right under Section 17(1)(d), unless
else is agreed or resulting from this Act.
(2) Ownership or other right in rem that vest in an object in which a work is embodied shall not be
affected by the copyright, unless else is agreed or resulting from respective legislation or from this
Act; owner or other user of the object in which the work is embodied shall be obliged to abstain from
such a use of the object that would mean the use of the work, unless else is agreed or resulting from
respective legislation or from this Act.
(3) Owner or other user of an object in which the work is embodied shall not be obliged to do the
maintenance thereof or to protect it from the destruction, unless else is agreed or resulting from
respective legislation or from this Act.
(4) The copyright shall not cease to exist upon the destruction of the object in which the work is
embodied.
(5) Author shall have the right to demand from the owner of the object in which the work is
embodied that the object would be made available to him shall it be necessary for the exercise of the
right to use the work provided by this Act. The exercise of this right may not conflict with the
legitimate interests of the owner of the object; the owner of the object shall not be obliged to surrender
the object to the author, however, it is obliged to produce upon the request and on the expense of
author a photography or other copy of the work and hand it over to him/her.
(6) Owner or other user of the construction in which the work of architecture is embodied may
perform without the authorisation of the author only such construction changes and maintenance
works on the construction that are necessary to maintain it in a good order and preserve functionality
and do not depreciate the value of the work of architecture and do not infringe the copyright.
D u r a t i o n o f E c o n o m i c R i g h t s
Section 21
(1) Unless this Act provides otherwise, the economic rights shall last throughout the lifetime of
author and 70 year after his/her death.
(2) In the case of a work of joint authorship or composite work created for use in that form, the
economic rights shall last throughout the lifetime of the last surviving author and 70 years after his/her
death.
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(3) In the case of a collective work, the economic rights shall last 70 years from its disclosure. In a
case the work has been signed by the names of authors who created the work, the economic rights
shall last throughout the lifetime of the last of the authors and 70 years after his/her death.
(4) In the case of an audiovisual work the economic rights shall last throughout the lifetime of the
main director, the author of the scenario, the author of the dialogues and author of the music specially
created for the work and 70 years after the death of the last one of them; Subsections (2) and (3) shall
not apply.
(5) In the case of a work disclosed under a pseudonym or an anonymous work the economic rights
shall last 70 years after the disclosure. Shall there be no doubts as to the identity of the author or shall
the author of such a work became publicly known within the term under first sentence, Subsection (1)
applies on the duration of the economic rights; and, shall the work concerned be a work of joint
authorship, Subsection (2).
(6) Shall the duration of the economic rights in work published in volumes, parts, instalments or
episodes be determined by the disclosure thereof, the economic rights shall last for each such volume,
part, instalment or episode separately.
(7) If the work for which the calculation of duration of economic rights is not linked to death of an
author or authors is not disclosed within 70 years from its creation, economic rights cease to exist
upon the expiry of this term.
Section 22
The duration of economic rights shall be calculated from the first day of the year following the
event which gives rise thereto.
Section 23
The Distribution of the Original of the Work or of a Copy Thereof to the Public After First Sale
(1) The right of the author to authorise the distribution of the original of the work or of a copy
thereof to the public under the Section 18(2)(b) shall be exhausted for the territory of the Slovak
Republic on the first lawful sale or on any other act of transfer of ownership of the original of the work
or of a copy thereof realised on the territory of the Slovak Republic, this in respect of the original of
the work and any copies thereof that were subject to said sale or to any other act of transfer of
ownership.
(2) In the case of a work of architecture embodied in the construction and the work of applied art
embodied in an appliance, a lawful realisation of construction or production of appliance in which the
work of applied art is embodied shall be considered as first lawful sale within the meaning of
Subsection (1).
L i m i t a t i o n s o f E c o n o m i c R i g h t s
Section 24
The Making of Copy of Disclosed Work
(1) A natural person may make a copy of a disclosed work for his/her private use and for end that
is neither directly nor indirectly commercial without the authorisation of author thereof; no obligation
to pay remuneration to the author shall arise due to such a use.
(2) A natural person or legal person may make a copy of a disclosed work by transfer thereof onto
paper or similar medium by means of reprographic device or other technical device without the
authorisation of author thereof; this copy my be distributed to the public by sale or by other form of
transfer of ownership. No obligation to pay remuneration to the author shall arise due to such use.
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(3) The provisions of Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply on
a) the architectural work in the form of project documentation of a building or construction thereof,
b) the entire literary work or a substantial part thereof,
c) the entire cartographic work or a substantial part thereof,
d) the musical work fixed in written form,
e) a computer program, unless else is provided,
f) the database in electronic form.
(4) An author of the work, a copy of which may be made pursuant to Subsection (1), shall have
right to compensation of remuneration.
(5) An author of the work, a copy of which may be made and distributed to the public pursuant to
Subsection (2), shall have right to compensation of remuneration.
(6) Compensation of remuneration under Subsections (4) and (5) shall be paid trough the
collective administration organisation by
a) the manufacturer or importer of blank recording carriers (“the carrier” hereinafter) usually used for
reproduction pursuant to Subsection (1), in amount of 6 % of the sale price or import price of the
carrier,
b) the manufacturer or importer of equipment for the making of the copies of the phonograms or
audiovisual fixations (“the equipment” hereinafter), in amount of 3 % of the sale price or import
price of said equipment,
c) the manufacturer or importer of reprographic devices or other technical devices for the making of
the copies of work (“the device” hereinafter), in amount of 3 % of the sale price or import price of
said devices; shall the device be integral part of the material object, the compensation of
remuneration shall be paid of the aliquot share of the sale price or import price of such material
object,
d) the manufacturer or importer of personal computers, in amount of 0,5 % of the sale price or import
price of the hard disc incorporated into personal computer,
e) the natural person who, or legal entity which, provides the reproduction services against the
payment, in amount of 3 % from the total income resulting from said services,
f) the dealer of the carriers, equipment or devices instead of persons liable under (a) to (c), shall the
dealer fail to provide upon the written request from the collective administration organisation the
data necessary for the identification of the importer of manufacturer, this as provided for in (a) to
(c).
(7) Compensation of remuneration shall not be payable where the carriers, equipment or devices
mentioned in Subsection (6) (a) to (c) are exported for the purposes of the further sale thereof; the
compensation of remuneration shall not be payable also where the carrier, equipment or device is
destined for private use of the importer.
(8) Persons mentioned in Subsection (6) are obliged to pay the compensation of remuneration set
upon the first sale or importation to respective collective administration organisation on a quarter year
basis, at the end of the month following particular quarter year at the latest.
(9) Persons mentioned in Subsection (6) are obliged to present to respective collective
administration organisation the information on the type and number of the imported carriers,
equipment and devices as well as the information on the sale price and import price thereof and on
total income from the reproduction services. In the case these duties are not fulfilled even in the
additional term set by respective collective administration organisation, the rate of the compensation
of remuneration shall double.
(10) The provisions of Subsections (1) and (2) shall not prejudice the provisions of this Act on the
protection of measures to prevent unauthorized making of the copy of work as well as any other
unauthorised act.
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Section 25
Quotation from the Work
A short part of a disclosed work may be used in the form of a quotation in another work without
the authorisation of the author only for purposes of review or criticism of the disclosed work or for
teaching purposes, scientific research purposes or artistic purposes. Such use must be in compliance
with practice and its extent may not exceed that which is justified by the purpose of the quotation. The
quotation shall be accompanied by a mention of the name of author or his/her pseudonym unless it is
an anonymous work, or the name of the person under the name of which the work is being made
available to the public, as well as the title of the work and source thereof. There shall be no obligation
to pay remuneration to the author for such use.
Section 26
Advertisement of the Exhibition of Artistic Works or Auction of Artistic Works
(1) Without the authorisation of the author a work may be used for the advertisement of
exhibitions of artistic works or auction of artistic works by making a copy thereof, by its distribution
to the public by sale or any other form of transfer of ownership or by communication to the public, this
to the extent necessary for such advertisement. The provision of third sentence of Section 25 shall
apply mutatis mutandis on these uses.
(2) There shall be no obligation to pay remuneration to the author for use of the work pursuant to
Subsection (1).
Section 27
The Use of Work Located in a Public Place
(1) Without the authorization of the author a work permanently located in a public place may be
expressed by drawing, painting, graphics, relief picture or relief model or be fixed in a photography or
in a film; work such expressed or fixed may be used without authorisation of the author of work
permanently located in a public place by making a copy thereof, by its distribution to the public by
sale or any other form of transfer of ownership or by communication to the public. The provision of
third sentence of Section 25 shall apply mutatis mutandis on such uses.
(2) There shall be no obligation to pay remuneration to the author for use of the work pursuant to
Subsection (1).
Section 28
The Use of Work for Teaching Purposes
(1) The authorisation of an author shall not be required to make a copy of a short part of a
disclosed work, for its distribution to the public by any other form of transfer of ownership then sale or
for the communication to the public of the short part of a disclosed work, provided such use is not
exceeding the extent justified by teaching purposes in school and is not being realised to gain any
direct or indirect economic advantage.
(2) The authorisation of an author shall not be required to make a copy of a short part of a
disclosed work, disclosed short work or disclosed work of visual art by the transfer thereof onto paper
or similar medium by means of reprographic device, for its distribution to the public by any other form
of transfer of ownership then sale, provided such use is not exceeding the extent justified by teaching
purposes in school and is not being realised to gain any direct or indirect economic advantage.
(3) The provision of third sentence of Section 25 shall apply mutatis mutandis on uses under
Subsections (1) and (2).
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(4) There shall be no obligation to pay remuneration to the author for use of the work pursuant to
Subsections (1) and (2).
Section 29
The Use of Work to Cater for the Needs of the Handicapped
(1) The authorisation of an author shall not be required to make a copy of a disclosed work, for its
distribution to the public by any other form of transfer of ownership then sale, for its distribution to the
public by lending or for communication to the public, provided such use is being exclusively realised
to cater the needs of handicapped to the extent justified by their handicap and is not being realised to
gain any direct or indirect economic advantage.
(2) The provision of third sentence of Section 25 shall apply mutatis mutandis on the use pursuant
to Subsection (1).
(3) There shall be no obligation to pay remuneration to the author for use of the work pursuant to
Subsection (1).
Section 30
The Use of Work in the Course of Civil and Religious Ceremonies, in the Course of School
Performances and The Use of a School Work
(1) The authorisation of an author shall not be required for the use
a) of a work in the course of admission-free civil ceremonies or admission-free religious ceremonies,
b) in the course of the admission-free school performances in which exclusively pupils, students or
teachers of school perform,
c) of a school work in the course of charge-free fulfilment of duties falling under the subject matter
of the activity of a school.
(2) The provision of third sentence of Section 25 shall apply mutatis mutandis on the use pursuant
to Subsection (1).
(3) There shall be no obligation to pay remuneration to the author for use of the work pursuant to
Subsection (1).
Section 31
The Use of Work by Library or Archive
(1) A library3) or archive4) may make without the authorisation of the author a copy,
a) of the work from its own collections, provided the purpose of the making of a copy is to satisfy the
request of a natural person who will use that copy for the purpose of education or scientific
research exclusively within the premises of library or archive,
b) of any work from its own collections, provided the purpose of the making of a copy is
replacement, archiving or preservation of the original of work or of a copy thereof for the cases of
loss or destruction or damage, or where the permanent collection is being constituted.
(2) There shall be no obligation to pay remuneration to the author for use of the work pursuant to
Subsection (1).
3) Section 3(1) and (4) of Act No. 183/2000 on Libraries and on Amendments of the Act of the Slovak National Council No.
27/1987 on State Monument Preservation and on Changes and Amendments of Act No. 68/1997 on “Matica slovenská”
(translator’s note: Slovak Cultural Heritage Institution).
4) Section 4 of Act No. 395/2002 on Archives and Registries and on amendments of Certain Acts.
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(3) The provisions of Subsections (1) and (2) shall not prejudice the provisions of this act on the
protection of measures to prevent unauthorised making of a copy of work as well as any other
unauthorised acts (Section 59 to 61).
Section 32
Transient or Incidental Making of Copy of Work
(1) The authorisation of an author shall not be required to make a copy of a work that is either
transient or incidental and constitutes integral and essential part of a technological process, provided
the sole purpose is a lawful use of work or a realisation of the transmission of work in a
communication network between third parties by an intermediary, if it has no independent economic
significance.
(2) There shall be no obligation to pay remuneration to the author for use of the work pursuant to
Subsection (1).
Section 33
The Use of Work for Information Purposes
(1) The authorisation of an author shall not be required
a) to make a copy of a work disclosed in a newspaper or other information medium be it in particular
on current economic, political or religious events or topics, and for the communication to the
public with such content; this shall not apply where an author reserved the right to authorise
reproduction and communication to the public in particular cases,
b) to make a copy and for communication to the public of a short part of a work perceivable in the
course of current events being the subject of the news reporting,
c) to make a copy and for communication to the public of a lecture, speech or other work of similar
nature delivered in public,
d) for the distribution to the public of a copy made pursuant to a) to c) by sale or any other form of
transfer of ownership, provided an author had not reserved that right.
(2) The provision of third sentence of Section 25 shall apply mutatis mutandis on the use pursuant
to Subsection (1).
(3) There shall be no obligation to pay remuneration to the author for use of the work pursuant to
Subsection (1).
Section 34
The Use of Collection
(1) Lawful user of a copy of a collection may use the collection for the purposes of the access to
the contents and the normal use of the contents thereof without authorisation of an author of such work
by
a) making a copy,
b) transformation, translation, adaptation or any other alteration of the work,
c) distribution of the original of the work or of a copy thereof to the public by sale or any other form
of transfer of ownership,
d) the communication to the public,
e) public display,
f) public performance.
(2) Lawful user of a copy of a collection may use without authorisation of an author of such work
in a manner pursuant to Subsection (1)(a), (c) to (f) also a work created by transformation, translation,
adaptation or any other alteration of said collection, provided such use is being realised to the extent
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justified by purposes set under Subsection (1) and is not being realised to gain any direct or indirect
economic advantage.
(3) There shall be no obligation to pay remuneration to the author for use of the work pursuant to
Subsections (1) and (2).
Section 35
Reproduction and Modification of a Computer Program
(1) The lawful user of a copy of a computer program may, without the authorisation of the author,
make a copy of that copy of computer program or carry out adapting or translating thereon, provided
that such copy, adaptation or translation is necessary
a) for the conjunction of the computer program with the computer according to the purpose and
extent for which the program has been acquired, including the corrections of errors in the
computer program,
b) for the replacement of a lawfully acquired copy of the computer program (a back-up copy)
(2) The lawful user of a copy of a computer program may, without the authorisation of the author,
observe, study or test the functionality of the program to determine the ideas or principles underlying
any part thereof in the course of the downloading, display or transmission, functionality test and
storage of the program into computer memory that he/she has been authorised to do.
(3) Any such copy, adaptation or translation shall be destroyed where further use of the copy of
the computer program provided for in the Subsection (1) ceases to be lawful.
(4) The right provided for in Subsection (1)(b) and Subsection (2) may not be withheld by
contract.
(5) There shall be no obligation to pay remuneration to the author in the cases provided for in
Subsections (1) and (2).
Section 36
Decompilation of Computer Programs
(1) The authorisation of the author shall not be required for making of a copy of the code of a
computer program or translation of the form of that code if that is necessary for obtaining the
information required to achieve interoperability between independently created computer programs
and other computer programs, provided that
a) such act is performed by the lawful user of a copy of the computer program,
b) the information necessary to achieve interoperability has not previously been commonly available
to the persons entitled to reproduce or translate,
c) such acts are confined to a part of the original computer program only, and are necessary for the
interoperability of the independently created computer programs to be achieved.
(2) The information obtained pursuant to Subsection (1) shall not be used
a) to pursue any aim other then the achievement of interoperability of the independently created
computer programs,
b) for provision thereof to other persons, except where such a use would be necessary to achieve
interoperability between independently created computer programs,
c) to facilitate the development and production of, or trade in, a computer program that is similar in
expression,
d) for any act by which the right of author would be violated.
(3) The authorisation of the author for the acts provided for in Subsection (1) shall be required for
making of the copies of a computer program where such making of the copies would conflict with the
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fair exploitation of the computer program or otherwise unreasonably interfere with the legitimate
interests of the author of the computer program.
(4) Neither reproduction of the machine code of the computer program nor translation of its form
may be prevented by contract.
(5) There shall be no obligation to pay remuneration to the author in the cases provided for in
Subsection (1).
Section 37
Display of Work in Public
(1) The direct display to the public5) of an original of a work or a copy thereof shall not require
authorisation by the author in the following cases:
a) where the public display is of the original of a work that has been sold, or the ownership of which
has been otherwise transferred to a natural person or legal entity regarding whom the author knew
that the activity in question was part of his/her/its customary activity,
b) where the public display does not conflict with the fair exploitation of the original of the work or a
copy thereof and does not otherwise interfere with the rights of the author.
(2) There shall be no obligation to pay remuneration to the author in the cases provided for in
Subsection (1).
Section 38
Limitations of economic rights of author shall be permitted only in special cases provided in
provisions of Section 24 to 37; disposal with a work pursuant to said provisions may not conflict with
normal exploitation of the work and may not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of author.
A u t h o r s’ C o n t r a c t s
Section 39
Contract for the Creation of a Work
(1) Under a contract for the creation of a work the author undertakes to create a work for his/her
client.
(2) Author and client may agree upon remuneration for the creation of a work in the contract for
the creation of a work.
(3) The author is obliged to create the work himself/herself.
(4) Where the work has defects, client may withdraw from the contract; where defects are
eliminable the client may withdraw from the contract only if the author has failed to eliminate them
within a reasonable period granted to him/her by the client for such a purpose.
(5) Unless otherwise agreed, ownership of the object in which the work is embodied shall pass
onto the client upon the delivery thereof.
(6) Neither by a contract for the creation of a work nor upon the delivery of the object in which the
work is embodied shall client acquire a right to use the work, unless otherwise provided hereby, that is
when concurrently with a contract for the creation of a work a licensing contract is concluded with the
author or when the latter is concluded after conclusion of the former.
5) Section 1(2)(c) of Act No. 96/1991 of the Slovak National Council on Public Cultural Events.
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(7) The provisions of respective legislation6) shall apply mutatis mutandis on a contract for the
creation of a work.
L i c e n s i n g C o n t r a c t
Section 40
Basic Provisions
(1) Under a licensing contract an author grants to licensee the authorisation to use the work
(“licence” hereinafter). Licensing contract shall stipulate the manner of use of work, the extent of
licence, term for which the licence is granted by author or the modus to determine it and remuneration
or the modus to determine it, unless author and licensee agreed upon the grant of licence against no
remuneration.
(2) Licensing contract shall be in writing or else it is null and void.
(3) Shall other person (Section 50) exercise economic rights of author the provisions on licensing
contract apply on the grant of the licence by such person mutatis mutandis.
Section 41
Manner of Use of Work
(1) Author and licensee shall agree in the licensing contract upon for which manner of use of work
or particular manners of use of work (Section 18(2)) author grants the licence.
(2) The author may not grant the licensee the licence for a manner of use of work that is unknown
in a moment the contract is concluded.
Section 42
The Extent of Licence
(1) Author and licensee may agree in the licensing contract that licence is being granted in an
unlimited extent.
(2) When the author and the licensee agree upon the grant of the licence in a limited extent,
licensing contract shall stipulate territorial or material delimitation of the extent of such a licence.
Section 43
Exclusive Licence and Non-Exclusive Licence
(1) Author may grant licensee the licence as exclusive or non-exclusive one. It should be
presumed that author grants non-exclusive licence unless it is agreed in the contract that author grants
an exclusive licence.
(2) If author grants the exclusive licence, he/she shall not grant a licence to third person to use the
work by a manner of use of work for which the exclusive licence is granted and he/she shall be
required, unless other is agreed in the contract, to refrain from the exercise of the right to use the work
himself/herself by a manner for which the exclusive licence is granted.
(3) If author grants non-exclusive licence, his/her right to use the work by a manner for which the
non-exclusive licence is granted as well as his/her right to grant a licence to a third person shall not be
affected.
6) Section 631 to 643 of Civil Code.
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(4) Non-exclusive licence a licensee had acquired before an exclusive licence was granted to a
third person shall remain unaffected provided an author and the licensee holding such non-exclusive
licence had not agreed upon the contrary.
(5) A contract by the means of which author grants to third person a licence for a manner of use of
work for which the exclusive licence has been granted shall be, without written approval of the holder
of exclusive licence issued prior to conclusion thereof, null and void.
Section 44
Disposition with Licence
(1) Licensee shall have the right to grant third person the authorisation to use the work in extent of
licence granted to him/her/it (“sublicence” hereinafter) only upon approval of the author; provisions of
Section 40 to 43 shall apply mutatis mutandis. Approval for grant of a sublicence shall by granted by
author while license contract is concluded, or thereafter.
(2) Licensee may assign the licence by a contract only upon prior written approval thereof by
author; the licensee is obliged to inform author on assignment of licence and the identity of assignee
without undue delay. Approval of author shall not be required, unless agreed otherwise, for the sale of
enterprise of which the licence constitutes a part; this shall also apply in a case of the independent
organisation unit of an enterprise of which the licence constitutes a part.
Section 45
Remuneration
(1) When remuneration has been agreed to depend on the revenues arising from the exploitation of
licence, licensee shall be obliged to allow author to check the relevant accounting or other
documentation that would be inevitable to determine it. Shall the licensee thus provide to the author an
information that is confidential by its own designation, this information may be neither revealed by the
author to a third person nor used by the author for his/her own needs in conflict with a purpose for
which said information had been provided.
(2) The licensee shall be obliged to provide to the author the statement on remuneration pursuant
to Subsection (1) on a regular basis and in agreed time periods; shall it not be stipulated otherwise, the
licensee is obliged to provide to the author the statement on remuneration at least once a year.
Section 46
Passage of Licence and Termination of Licence
(1) Upon the dissolution of a legal entity to which a licence has been granted, rights and duties that
arise from licensing contract shall pass onto its successor-in-title; said passage of rights and duties
onto successor-in-title may be excluded by the contract.
(2) Upon the death of natural person to which a licence has been granted, rights and duties that
arise from licensing contract shall pass onto his/her heirs; said passage of rights and duties onto heirs
may be excluded by the contract.
(3) Except for cases under Subsections (1) and (2), the licence shall terminate.
Section 47
Special Provisions on the Licensing Contract for Publication of Work
(1) Contract by which an author grants to a licensee the licence to make and distribute to the
public the copies of literary, dramatic work, dramatico-musical work, musical work, work of visual
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art, photographic work or cartographic work in printed form shall be the licensing contract on
publication of work.
(2) Unless licensing contract stipulates otherwise, it shall be presumed that the licence is granted
exclusively; this shall not apply in the case of the work embodied in the periodical publication.
(3) Unless licensing contract stipulates otherwise, author shall have the right to make such changes
in the work prior to publication of work and in reasonable term granted by licensee that do not give
rise to a need of unreasonable expenses on the part of licensee or change the nature of work (author’s
check of proofs).
(4) The author may withdraw from the contract and demand that original of his/her work (the
object) be surrendered if licensee has not give him/her the possibility of making corrections to the
proofs of his/her work or if the work was used in a manner that detracted from its value; if ownership
of original of work has been transferred onto licensee, it shall pass onto author upon the surrender of
said original of work to the author.
Section 48
Special Provisions on the General Licensing Contract
(1) Collective administration organisation may conclude with a licensee also a general licensing
contract. By means of the general licensing contract the organisation grants to a licensee an
authorisation to use all works or some of the works rights in which it administers, in agreed manner or
manners, in agreed extent, during agreed term and the licensee obliges itself to pay, unless agreed
otherwise, remuneration.
(2) The general licensing contract shall be concluded in written form otherwise it is null and void.
(3) Provisions on the licensing contract shall apply mutatis mutandis, unless otherwise is provided
herein.
(4) It shall not be permitted to agree with the licensee in a general licensing contract on the
limitations that would exceed the scope of the protection provided by this Act.
Section 49
Special Provisions on the Collective Licensing Contract
(1) Collective administration organisation may conclude with a legal entity in which users of
works are associated a collective licensing contract. By means of the collective licensing contract this
organisation grants the authorisation to use all works or some of the works rights in which it
administers, in agreed manner or manners, in agreed extent, during agreed term and against agreed
remuneration.
(2) The collective licensing contract is arising rights and duties directly to individual member of a
legal entity in which users of works are associated, this from the moment of approval thereof by said
individual member. Provisions of respective legislation shall apply mutatis mutandis.7)
(3) Collective licensing contract shall be concluded in written form otherwise it is null and void.
(4) Provisions on the licensing contract shall apply mutatis mutandis, unless otherwise provided
herein.
7) Section 50 of Civil Code
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S p e c i a l P r o v i s i o n s o n S o m e W o r k s
Section 50
Employee Work
(1) Author’s economic rights in employee work shall exercise employer acting in its own name
and on its own account, unless agreed otherwise. The employer may assign author’s right to exercise
economic rights only with approval of the latter; this shall not apply in case of sale of enterprise or
independent organisation unit thereof.
(2) Shall the employer entitled to exercise author’s economic rights in an employee work die or
cease to exist with no successor-in-title, right of employer to exercise economic rights terminates and
economic rights in employee work are exercised by author.
(3) Shall employer exercise author’s economic rights in an employee work it is presumed that
author had granted authorisation for disclosure of the work as well as for making available to the
public of the work under the name of the employer, unless agreed otherwise; author’s moral rights in
employee work shall not be affected in any other manner.
(4) Author shall be obliged to refrain from exercise of economic rights in employee work
throughout exercise of his/her economic rights in such a work by employer.
(5) Computer program, collection or cartographic work that do not constitute the collective work
(Section 10) shall be deemed to constitute the employee work also if created wholly or in part on
a base of the contract for creation of a work (Section 39); if that is the case, client shall be considered
to be the employer. Withdrawal from contract for creation of a work shall terminate the right to
exercise author’s economic rights.
(6) Termination of labour law relation, servant relation, state servant relation or labour law
relationship between the cooperative and its member shall not affect right and duties pursuant to
Subsections (1) to (4).
Section 51
School Work
(1) School may conclude with author the licensing contract on the use of the school work under
usual terms; shall author refuse to conclude the licensing contract without serious reason, school may
demand court to determine the contents of such contract.8) Provision of Section 30(1)(c)) shall not be
hereby affected.
(2) Unless agreed otherwise, author of the school work may use his/her work or grant licence to
another person provided it is not contradiction with legitimate interests of school.
(3) School may demand from author of the school work a contribution in reasonable amount from
the remuneration he/she gained due to use of work or grant of licence pursuant to Subsection (2) to
cover expenses of work creation, this, depending on circumstances, up to their actual amount; while
doing so, the remuneration gained by school due to use of the school work pursuant to Subsection (1)
shall be taken into account.
Section 52
Rights in Previously Undisclosed Work
(1) Any person who publishes previously undisclosed work after the expiry of duration of
8) Section 161(3) of Civil Procedures Code.
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economic right shall accrue rights in such a work to the extent author of work would have if his/her
rights still lasted.
(2) Right pursuant to Subsection (1) shall last for 25 years since the disclosure of the work.
Provision of Section 22 shall apply in such a case likewise.
Section 53
Work in the Public Domain
(1) If the author has no heirs or his/her heirs refuse to accept their inheritance, his/her work shall
pass into the public domain, except in case pursuant to Section 18(6) third sentence; this shall apply
even before expiry of the tem provided for in Section 21.
(2) If work is in public domain, user shall be obliged neither to obtain authorisation for the use
thereof nor to pay remuneration.
(3) Provisions of Subsections (1) and (2) shall not affect provisions of Section 17(3) and Section
52(1).
Section 54
Presumption of Authorship
The natural person whose name is indicated on a work in the usual manner as being that of the
author shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be presumed to be the author of the work. This
provision shall be applicable also if a pseudonym is indicated on the work, if there are no doubts as to
the identity of the author.
Section 55
International Registration of Audiovisual Work
An entry concerning the work in an International Register of Audiovisual Works9) shall be
considered true until the contrary is proved, except
a) where the entry can not be valid pursuant to this Act,
b) where the entry is contradicted by another entry in the International Register.
P r o t e c t i o n o f C o p y r i g h t
Section 56
(1) The author whose copyright has been subject to illicit interference or whose copyright is
subject to danger of illicit interference may demand in particular
a) the determination of his/her authorship,
b) the prohibition of menace to his/her copyright, including the prohibition of the repeating menace
or the prohibition of illicit interference into his/her right, including the prohibition of the
interference pursuant to Section 59 and 60,
c) the information on the origin of a copy of the work or of a counterfeit of a work, on manner and
extent of use and on identity of persons that took part in the production of the copy, or eventually,
in the distribution to the public thereof,
d) removal of consequences of the interference into his/her copyright, in particular
1. by removal of unlawfully produced copy of the work or of a counterfeit of a work or of an
equipment pursuant to Section 59 and 60 from sale or other use,
9) Art. 3 of the Treaty on the International Registration of Audiovisual Works (Notification No.365/1992 of the Federal
Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
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2. by destruction of unlawfully produced copy of the work or of a counterfeit of a work or of an
equipment pursuant to Section 59 and 60,
e) appropriate compensation for the caused prejudice of a non-material character, in particular
1. by apology,
2. by monetary compensation, this in the case where provision of other compensation would
prove to be insufficient; the amount of the monetary compensation shall be determined by the
court that shall take into account in particular the gravity of the prejudice sustained and also
the circumstances of the interference into copyright; the possibility of an agreement on the
reconciliation shall not be hereby excluded.
(2) The right to be compensated for damages and to request the surrender of unjust enrichment as
provided in respective legislation shall not be hereby affected; the amount of unjust enrichment of who
unlawfully disposed with the work without having a licence shall be equivalent to remuneration that
would be usually payable for the grant of such a licence in the time of unlawful disposition with the
work.
Section 57
Shall author grant to other person an exclusive authorisation to exercise the right to use the work
or shall the authorisation or the exercise of economic rights of author be entrusted to other person on
the basis of the law, the right to make claims pursuant to Section 56(1)(b) to (d) and (2) shall vest only
with said person; the right of author to make other claims including the claims arising from use of
work in the extent exceeding granted exclusive licence shall not be hereby affected.
Section 58
(1) Author may request from customs authorities the information on content and scope of the
import of a commodity that
a) is a copy of his/her work in any form,
b) shall serve as a carrier [Section 24 (6) (a)] in making of said copy
c) is an equipment or device for the making of copies [Section 24 (6) (b), (c) and (d)],
d) is an equipment pursuant to Section 59 (1).
(2) Author may access the customs records to determine whether the importation of said
commodity for the use on the territory of the Slovak Republic is lawful under this Act or to gain the
data relevant for the enforcement of rights granted by this Act.
(3) The provisions of Subsections (1) and (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis in the case of export.
(4) Provisions of Subsections (1) and (2) shall also apply on relevant collective administration
organisation as well as any legal entity empowered to protect interests of authors.
Section 59
(1) Copyright is also infringed by anyone that in order to achieve economic gain by the provision
of services or by other manner develops, produces, offers for sale, rental or lending, imports,
distributes or uses equipment designed exclusively or partly for removal, disablement or inhibition of
the operation of any device or technological measure for the protection of rights pursuant to this Act.
(2) The technological measure mentioned in Subsection (1) shall mean any procedure, product or
component incorporated into procedure, product or equipment that shall prevent, restrict or exclude
the illicit interference into copyright to work.
Section 60
(1) Following shall be also deemed as illicit interference into copyright
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a) removal or alteration of any electronic rights-management information,
b) distribution to the public of original and copies of a work, including importation thereof, as well as
communication to the public of a work from which electronic rights-management information had
been removed or altered without the consent of author.
(2) The rights-management information mentioned in Subsection (1) shall mean data which
identify the work, the author of the work, the holder of any right in the work, information about the
terms and conditions of use of the work and any digits or codes that represent such information, when
any of these information items is attached to a copy of a work or appears in connection with the
communication of a work to the public.
Section 61
Illicit interference into copyright is also committed by anyone that uses for his/her work the title or
external design already used lawfully by another author for his/her work of the same kind, if it would
give rise to danger of confusion of said works, unless nature of the work or its designation exclude
such an effect.
P A R T T H R E E
RIGHTS RELATED TO COPYRIGHT
Section 62
Moral Rights of Performing Artist
The provisions of Section 17 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the performing artist and his/her
artistic performance.
Section 63
Economic Rights of Performing Artist
(1) Performing artist shall have right to use his/her artistic performance.
(2) The performing artist shall have right to authorise any of the following uses
a) the communication to the public of unfixed artistic performance; this shall not apply to
communication to the public of broadcasted unfixed artistic performance,
b) the making of the original of fixation of artistic performance,
c) the making of a copy of fixation of artistic performance,
d) the distribution of the original of fixation of artistic performance or copy thereof to the public by
sale or any form of transfer of ownership,
e) the distribution of the original of fixation of artistic performance or a copy thereof to the public by
rental or lending,
f) the making available to the public of a fixation of artistic performance.
(3) The right of the performing artist to authorise the distribution of the original of fixation of
artistic performance or a copy thereof to the public pursuant to Subsection (2)(d) shall be exhausted
for the territory of the Slovak Republic on the first lawful sale or any other act of transfer of ownership
of the original of fixation of artistic performance or a copy thereof realised on the territory of the
Slovak Republic, this in respect of original of fixation of artistic performance and any copies thereof
that were subject to sale or to any other act of transfer of ownership.
(4) Shall performing artist grant authorisation for distribution of the original of fixation of artistic
performance or a copy thereof to the public by rental or lending [Subsection (2)(e)] to producer of
such fixation, right accrues to him to equitable remuneration against any person that shall distribute
said original of fixation or artistic performance or a copy thereof to the public by rental or lending; this
right may not be waived in advance.
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(5) In the case of the disposal with the rights in performances that have been created jointly within
the performance of the same work by several performing artists, such as members of the orchestra,
choir, dance group or other artistic ensemble or artistic grouping said performing artists shall be
represented in their name and on their account by joint representative. Joint representative shall be
artistic principal of the ensemble or artistic grouping except for the case the majority of the members
of the artistic ensemble or artistic grouping designates another person as the joint representative, to
which it grants the full powers in written form.
(6) The provision of the Subsection (5) on the joint representative shall not be applied in the case
of the performing artist – soloist, conductor and director of theatrical performance; the right of said
persons to be designated as the joint representative of the performing artists is not hereby affected.
(7) The rights of the performing artist pursuant to Subsections (1), (2) and (4) shall last for 50
years from the moment in which the artistic performance takes place. However, where a fixation of an
artistic performance is disclosed within this period, the rights of the performing artist shall last for 50
years from the moment of such disclosure.
Section 64
Economic Rights of Producer of Phonogram
(1) Producer of phonogram shall have right to use his/her/its phonogram.
(2) Producer of phonogram shall have right to authorise any of the following acts
a) the making of a copy of phonogram,
b) the distribution of the original of phonogram or a copy thereof to the public by sale or any form of
transfer of ownership,
c) the distribution of the original of phonogram or a copy thereof to the public by rental or lending,
d) the broadcasting of a phonogram,
e) the making available to the public of phonogram.
(3) The right of the producer to authorise the distribution of the original of phonogram or a copy
thereof to the public pursuant to Subsection (2)(b) shall be exhausted for the territory of the Slovak
Republic on the first lawful sale or any other act of transfer of ownership of the original of phonogram
or a copy thereof realised on the territory of the Slovak Republic, this in respect of the original of
phonogram and any copies thereof that were subject to sale or to any other act of transfer of
ownership.
(4) Rights of producer of phonogram pursuant to Subsections (1) and (2) shall be transferable.
(5) The rights of the producer of phonogram pursuant to Subsections (1) and (2) shall last for 50
years from the moment in which the phonogram was produced. However, where the phonogram is
disclosed within this period, the rights of producer of phonogram shall last for 50 years from the
moment of such disclosure.
Section 65
Right of Performing Artist and of Producer of Phonogram To Equitable Remuneration
(1) Shall performing artist not have the exclusive right to grant authorisation for the
communication to the public of his/her artistic performance pursuant to Section 63(2), he/she has the
right to equitable remuneration for such a use.
(2) Shall producer of phonogram not have the exclusive right to grant authorisation for the
communication to the public of its phonogram pursuant to Section 64(2), it has the right to equitable
remuneration for such a use.
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(3) The provision of Section 63(7) shall apply to the right to equitable remuneration provided for
in Subsection (1).
(4) The provision of Section 64(5) shall apply to the right to equitable remuneration provided for
in Subsection (2).
Section 66
Economic Rights of Producer of Audiovisual Fixation
(1) Producer of audiovisual fixation shall have right to use his/her/its audiovisual fixation.
(2) Producer of audiovisual fixation shall have right to authorise any of the following acts
a) the making of a copy of audiovisual fixation,
b) the distribution of the original of audiovisual fixation or a copy thereof to the public by sale or any
form of transfer of ownership,
c) the distribution of the original of audiovisual fixation or a copy thereof to the public by rental or
lending,
d) public performance of audiovisual fixation
e) the broadcasting of audiovisual fixation
f) the making available to the public of audiovisual fixation.
(3) The right of producer to authorise the distribution of the original of audiovisual fixation or a
copy thereof to the public pursuant to Subsection (2)(b) shall be exhausted for the territory of the
Slovak Republic on the first lawful sale or any other act of transfer of ownership of the original of
audiovisual fixation or copy thereof realised on the territory of the Slovak Republic, this in respect of
the original of audiovisual fixation and any copies thereof that were subject to sale or to any other act
of transfer of ownership.
(4) Rights of producer of audiovisual fixation pursuant to Subsections (1) and (2) shall be
transferable.
(5) Rights of producer of audiovisual fixation pursuant to Subsections (1) and (2) shall last for 50
years from the moment in which the audiovisual fixation was produced. However, where the
phonogram is disclosed within this period, the rights of the producer of audiovisual fixations shall last
for 50 years from the moment of such disclosure.
Section 67
Right of Producer of Audiovisual Fixation To Equitable Remuneration
(1) Shall producer of audiovisual fixation not have the exclusive right to grant authorisation for the
communication to the public of its audiovisual fixation pursuant to Section 66(2), it has the right to
equitable remuneration for such use.
(2) The provision of Section 66(5) shall apply to the right to equitable remuneration provided for
in Subsection (1).
Section 68
Economic Rights of Broadcaster
(1) Broadcaster shall have right to use its broadcast.
(2) Broadcaster shall have right to authorise any of the following acts
a) the communication to the public of broadcast where realised in places accessible to the public
against payment of an entrance fee,
b) the making of the original of fixation of broadcast,
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c) the making of a copy of fixation of broadcast,
d) the distribution of the original of fixation of broadcast or a copy thereof to the public by sale or
any form of transfer of ownership,
e) the cable retransmission of broadcast,
f) the making available to the public of fixation of broadcast.
(3) The right of broadcaster to authorise the distribution of the original of fixation of broadcast or
a copy thereof to the public pursuant to Subsection (2)(d) shall be exhausted for the territory of the
Slovak Republic on the first lawful sale or any other act of transfer of ownership of the original of
fixation of broadcast or copy thereof realised on the territory of the Slovak Republic, this in respect of
the original of fixation of broadcast and any copies thereof that were subject to sale or to any other act
of transfer of ownership.
(4) Rights of broadcaster pursuant to Subsections (1) and (2) shall be transferable.
(5) Rights of broadcaster pursuant to Subsections (1) and (2) shall last for 50 years from the
moment of the disclosure of the broadcast.
Section 69
Limitations of Economic Rights of Performing Artist, Producer of Phonogram,
Producer of Audiovisual Fixation and Broadcaster
(1) The provisions of Section 24(1) and (6) to (10), Section 25, Section 28(1), (3) and (4), Section
30(1)(a) and (2) and (3), Section 31, Section 33(1)(a), (b) and (d), (2) and (3) and Section 38 shall
apply mutatis mutandis to the rights of performing artist, producer of phonogram, producer of
audiovisual fixation and broadcaster.
(2) Broadcaster may
a) use a short part of the work, artistic performance, phonogram, audiovisual fixation or broadcast of
another broadcaster within its news reporting, this to justified extent,
b) make an ephemeral fixation of his/her/its broadcast by means of its own equipment and for its own
broadcasting; broadcaster is entitled to archive such ephemeral fixation only if it has exceptional
documentation value, otherwise it is obliged to destroy it within the term of 30 days.
(3) Performing artist, producer of phonogram, producer of audiovisual fixation, broadcaster and
their successor-in-title shall have the right to compensation of remuneration for use pursuant to
Section 24(1).
Section 70
Calculation of the Duration of Rights Related to Copyright
The duration of rights of performing artist (Section 63(7), Section 65(3)), phonogram producer
(Section 64(5), Section 65(4)), producer of audiovisual fixations (Section 66(5), Section 67(2)) and
broadcaster (Section 68(5)) shall be calculated from the first day of the year following the event which
gives rise thereto.
Section 71
(1) The provisions of Section 5(6), (7), (11), (14), (15), (17), (19), (21), Section 8 to 10, Section
12, 13, 15, Section 18(3) to (6), Section 20(1) to (4), Section 39 to 49, Section 53, 54, 56 to 61 shall
apply mutatis mutandis to performing artist and his/her performance.
(2) The provisions of Section 5(6), (7), (11), (14), (15), (17), (19), (21), Section 8 to 10, Section
13, Section 15(2), Section 18(3), Section 20(1) to (4), Section 39 to 49, Section 53, 54, 56 to 61 shall
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apply mutatis mutandis to producer of phonogram and its phonogram, producer of audiovisual fixation
and its audiovisual fixation and broadcaster and its broadcast.
P A R T F O U R
SUI GENERIS RIGHT IN DATABASE
Section 72
The maker of a database which shows qualitatively or quantitatively a substantial investment in
either the obtaining, verification or presentation of the contents thereof shall have sui generis right in
database, irrespective of the protection of that database or the contents thereof by copyright or by other
rights.
Section 73
Sui Generis Right of Maker of Database
(1) The maker of a database shall have the right to authorise any extraction and re-utilisation of all
contents of a database or, evaluated qualitatively or quantitatively, of a substantial part thereof.
(2) The extraction pursuant to Subsection (1) shall be the permanent or temporary transfer of all or
a substantial part of the contents of a database to another medium by any means or in any form.
(3) The re-utilisation pursuant to Subsection (1) shall be any form of making available to the
public all or a substantial part of the contents of a database by the distribution of copies thereof, by
renting, by on-line transmission or other form of transmission.
(4) The lending of the original of a database or copy thereof is neither the extraction under
Subsection (2) nor the re-utilisation under Subsection (3).
(5) The repeated and systematic extraction, re-utilisation of insubstantial parts of the contents of a
database and other act of use that is not normal or reasonable and that is prejudicial to legitimate
interests of the maker of the database shall be prohibited.
(6) The rights of the maker of a database shall be transferable.
Section 74
Rights and Duties of User of Database
(1) The maker of a database which is made available to the public in whatever manner may not
prohibit a user of database or a part thereof the extraction, re-utilisation of qualitatively and
quantitatively insubstantial part of the contents thereof, for any purposes whatsoever.
(2) The user of a database which is made available to the public in whatever manner may not use it
otherwise than in normal and reasonable way and with no prejudice to the legitimate interests of the
maker of a database.
(3) The user of a database which is made available to the public in whatever manner may not
cause prejudice to the author or other person to which belong the rights pursuant to this Act in respect
of works or other protected subject matter contained in the database.
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Section 75
Limitation of Sui Generis Right in Database
The lawful user of a database that is made available to the public in whatever manner may,
without the authorisation of the maker thereof, extract, re-utilise a substantial part of its contents in the
case of
a) extraction for private purposes of the contents of a non-electronic database,
b) extraction for the purposes of illustration within teaching or scientific research, as long as the
source is indicated and as long as the extent of extraction is not focused to gain any direct or
indirect economic advantage,
c) extraction and re-utilisation realised for public protection and within the administrative or judicial
procedure.
Section 76
Duration of Sui Generis Right of the Maker of a Database
(1) The sui generis right of the maker of a database shall last for 15 years.
(2) The duration of sui generis right of the maker of a database shall be calculated from the first
day of the year following the year when the making of a database was completed. However, where the
database is disclosed within this period, the duration of sui generis right of the maker of a database
shall be calculated from the first day of the year following the year in which the database was
disclosed.
(3) Any new qualitatively or quantitatively substantial contribution to the database consisting of
the addition, deletion or other alteration shall result into the constitution of a new database.
Section 77
Provisions of Section 5(4), (7), (11) and (14), Section 7(3), Section 13, Section 18(3) and (4),
Section 20(2) to (4), Section 40 to 46, Section 53 and 54, Section 56 to 61 shall apply mutatis
mutandis also to maker of a database.
P A R T F I V E
COLLECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF RIGHTS
Section 78
(1) The purpose of the collective administration of rights under this Act („collective
administration“ hereinafter) is collective exercise and collective administration of the economic rights
of author and economic rights of performing artist, phonogram producer, producer of audiovisual
fixation and broadcaster and facilitation of making available to the public of subject matter of these
rights.
(2) Collective administration is representation of several persons that
a) have the economic rights in work, artistic performance, phonogram, audiovisual fixation or
broadcast („subject matter of protection“ hereinafter),
b) exercise the economic rights on the basis of this Act (Section50) or
c) gained on the basis of a contract the exclusive licence for the entire term of duration of economic
rights in subject matter of protection and for the territory of the Slovak Republic with the right to
grant the sublicence
(„rightholders“ hereinafter), to joint benefit thereof and within the exercise of their economic rights in
disclosed or offered-to-disclose subject matter of protection provided that other then the collective
exercise of such rights is not permitted (Subsection (3)) or would not serve their purpose; as the
offered-to-disclose subject matter of protection shall be considered any subject matter of protection
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that has been in written notified by the rightholder to collective administration organisation for
inclusion of such a subject into the registry of the subjects matter of protection.
(3) Following are the economic rights subject to compulsory collective administration:
a) the right to remuneration upon resale of the original of work of visual art (Section 19 (1)),
b) the right to compensation of remuneration (Section 24 (4) and (5) and Section 69 (3)),
c) the right to grant the authorisation for cable retransmission of a work [Section 18 (2) (h)]; this shall
not apply on those rights in subjects matter of protection embodied in the broadcasting of
a broadcaster which said broadcaster exercises on the basis of legislation, licensing contract or any
other similar contract,
d) the right of performing artist and phonogram producer to the equitable remuneration for cable
retransmission of their subject matter of protection pursuant to Section 65; this shall not apply on
those rights in subjects matter of protection that are embodied in the broadcasting of a broadcaster
which said broadcaster exercises on the basis of legislation or licensing contract,
e) the right to grant the authorisation for lending [Section 18(2)(c) and Section 63(2)(e)].
(4) Collective administration shall be performed in particular in following fields:
a) the public performance of work,
b) the communication to the public by presentation of subject matter of protection by any technical
means,
c) the broadcasting of subject matter of protection,
d) the cable retransmission of the subject matter of protection,
e) the distribution of the original of subject matter of protection or copies thereof to the public by
rental and lending,
f) the making of a copy of subject matter of protection for private use,
g) the making of a copy of work by means of reprographic device or other technical device,
h) the resale of original of work of visual art.
(5) Collective administration is being performed by the collective administration organisation in
continuous manner, under its own name, on its responsibility and as a main subject of activity thereof.
Section 79
The Collective Administration Organisation
(1) The collective administration organisation shall be a legal entity to which an authorisation to
exercise the collective administration has been granted.
(2) The authorisation to exercise the collective administration may be granted only to the legal
entity which has its seat within the territory of the Slovak Republic and which is established for the
non-business purpose pursuant to respective legislation.10)
Section 80
Terms of the Grant of Authorisation
(1) Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic („ministry“ hereinafter) shall decide upon grant of
the authorisation to exercise the collectives administration on the basis of written application of a legal
entity („applicant“ hereinafter).
(2) Written application shall contain
a) the name, seat, identification number if it has been assigned and identification of statutory body of
the applicant, name and surname and permanent residence of person being the statutory body, or
persons that are members thereof,
b) the enumeration of the rights that would be subject to collective administration,
10) For example Act No. 83/1990 on the Association of Citizens as Changed and Amended by Subsequent Legislation.
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c) the identification of the subject matter of protection pursuant to (b), or, shall works be concerned,
identification of the types thereof,
d) the enclosures as in Subsections (3) and (4).
(3) The applicant shall enclose following to the application
a) the document attesting actualities under Subsection (2)(a) and Section 79(2),
b) a proof of the membership or the pledge to accept as a member in the international organisations, a
proof of cooperation with foreign organisations,
c) information on the professional, technological and economic aptitude to exercise the collective
administration, including the documents proving said information,
d) the list of names of the rightholders which showed interest in the collective administration of their
rights by the applicant containing data on the residence, nationality and signature of said
rightholders,
e) the draft of rules of distribution that shall enshrine basic principles of distribution of collected
remuneration and compensations of remuneration to the entitled rightholders,
f) the declaration on word of honour of the applicant stating the enclosures pursuant (c) and (d) are
current, exhaustive and authentic.
(4) Documents pursuant to Subsection (3)(a) and (b) shall be enclosed in an original or the
certified copy; documents given in a foreign language shall be accompanied by a certified translation
thereof into the Slovak language.
(5) Party to the procedure pursuant to Subsection (1) shall be the applicant.
(6) Ministry shall decide on the application for the grant of the authorisation within 90 days since
the filing thereof. Within the procedure on the grant of authorisation, the ministry shall take into
account in particular if it might be presumed that the applicant is apt to exercise collective
administration in proper and effective manner.
(7) Ministry shall grant authorisation to an applicant
a) the application of which complies with conditions pursuant to Subsection (2),
b) which is eligible to ensure proper and effective exercise of collective administration.
(8) Ministry shall publish its decision on the grant of authorisation in its bulletin and on its web
site.
(9) Ministry shall keep the register of the collective administration organisations to which the
authorisation has been granted; the register shall include the name, seat of collective administration
organisation and identification of rights managed collectively as well as of subjects matter in which
those rights vest, or, shall works be concerned, identification of the types thereof.
T h e D u t i e s o f C o l l e c t i v e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n O r g a n i s a t i o n a n d
T h o s e o f U s e r o f S u b j e c t M a t t e r o f P r o t e c t i o n
Section 81
(1) Collective administration organisation shall be obliged to carry out in proper manner, with due
professional diligence and within the extent of granted authorisation following
a) to represent any rightholder in exercise of his/her right that is being administered on the basis of
this Act,
b) to accept on usual terms the representation of any rightholder in the exercise of his/her rights
provided he/she so requests and submits the proof the subject matter of protection is being used in
a relevant manner and provided said rightholder is not represented by other person in the exercise
of the right in subject matter of protection or, shall works be concerned, in exercise of the right in
work,
c) to represent any rightholder in the exercise of his/her right to the extent agreed with him/her,
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d) to represent rightholders on equal terms,
e) to keep the register of rightholders represented on the basis of a contract; the register shall contain
only the data necessary for the exercise of collective administration,
f) to keep the register of subject matter of protection being subject to collective administration
exercised by the organisation, provided said subject matter of protection is known to it; the
register shall contain only the data necessary for the exercise of collective administration,
g) to inform any person submitting a written request on whether it represents particular rightholder,
and, on the request and expense of such person, to issue a written confirmation in such respect,
h) to conclude on equitable and equal terms with users or entities empowered to advocate interests of
in-them associated users of the subjects matter of protection or with persons obliged to pay the
compensation of remuneration contracts by the means of which
1. the licence is granted to a user to use the subject matter of protection a right in which is being
administered collectively,
2. it agrees with a user or liable person on the remuneration or compensation of remuneration and
on the manner of payment thereof,
i) to claim in its own name and for the benefit of rightholders the unjustified enrichment due to the
unlawful exercise of the right being collectively administered; this shall not apply when the
rightholder so entitled makes his/her claim individually or when it would be inefficient,
j) to collect pursuant to this Act and contracts under h) for rightholder remunerations, compensations
of remuneration and potential gains stemming from surrendered unjustified enrichment, to
distribute them and pay in accordance with its distribution rules,
k) to keep the records of collected remunerations, compensations of remuneration and gains
stemming from surrendered unjustified enrichment and to allow a rightholder to check upon a
request the accuracy of the remuneration paid to him or accuracy of the gain stemming from the
unjustified enrichment,
l) to make provisions in the field of the registration and entry into international lists of the
rightholders and subjects matter of protection and to provide upon the approval of rightholders the
ministry with the information related to registration and records as under (f) and (k),
m) to create out of collected remunerations, compensations of remuneration and potential gains
stemming from unjustified enrichment a reserve fund,
n) to keep the books of account,
o) to prepare until 30th June of any year the annual report on the activities and economic
management („annual report“ hereinafter) covering previous calendar year containing also a
statement of finances and to submit it to the ministry with any undue delay; the annual report shall
contain exhaustive and true description of all decisive facts and has to be made available to all the
rightholders,
p) to inform the ministry on all changes of any data presented in the application for the grant of the
authorisation pursuant to Section 5 including the changes in a person that is statutory body of the
collective administrator or of a member of such body, and to document such changes within 15
days at the latest from a day the change occurred,
r) to provide the ministry with
1. a copy of change in documents enclosed to the application for the grant of the authorisation
pursuant to Section 80(3), this within 15 days from a day of the change,
2. the information on contract-based mandate for collective administration obtained from other
collective administration organisations including the foreign ones as well as with copies of
any other documents related to the exercise of collective administration, this within 15 days
since a day when the ministry made such a request,
3. a copy of a decision of a court or that of any other competent body provided the collective
administration is party to the procedure, this within 15 days since a day when the ministry
made such a request,
s) to publish in a suitable manner the list of tariff rates,
t) to inform the ministry on a decision of courts or that of any other competent bodies in procedures
to which the collective administration organisations constitutes a party and which have an
essential importance for its activities.
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(2) The duty pursuant to Subsection (1)(a) and (b) shall only apply in a case of the rightholder
which is national of the Slovak Republic or who or which has his/her/its permanent residence or seat
within the territory of the Slovak Republic.
(3) Collective administration organisation shall represent a rightholder in its own name and on its
own account. Collective administration organisation shall exercise the collective administration on
non-profit basis. However, collective administration organisation shall be entitled to claim deductions
for coverage of effectively spent means.
(4) A user as well as any person liable to pay the compensation of remuneration (Section 24(6))
shall be obliged to allow a collective administration organisation to exercise the collective
administration in a proper manner and it shall not, unless there is serious reason, refuse to provide the
collective administration organisation with any information necessary for the purpose. The collective
administration organisation shall not use the information acquired through the exercise of collective
administration for any other purpose then exercise of collective administration. Collective
administration organisation shall have the right to supervise the timely and proper performance of
duties under contracts concluded with it within the exercise of collective administration; a user as well
as any person liable to pay the remuneration or other party to such contract shall be obliged to allow
the collective administration organisation to conduct such activity.
(5) User of a musical work with or without lyrics being subject to non-dramatic performance
thereof shall be considered to be a person that operates a facility or any other room if said facility or
room is being ceded without notifying the relevant collective administration organisation with data
necessary to determine the identity of organiser of such music performance.
(6) The organiser of a live music performance shall be obliged to always notify the respective
collective administration organisation with a program of such production including the names of
authors and titles of works that would be performed, this 12 days at the latest before the performance
takes place. Shall organiser fail to do so, it is deemed that during the performance only such works of
authors will be performed the rights of live music performance in which are being administered by the
collective administration organisation.
Section 82
(1) Shall collective administration organisation fail to agree with a user on conclusion of the
licensing contract or the general licensing contract, or with legal entity in which users are associated
upon the conclusion of a collective licensing contract, by the means of which it grants the
authorisation to use subjects matter of protection rights in which it administers pursuant to this Act
(„administered subjects matter of protection“ hereinafter), or on conclusion of the agreement on
equitable remuneration for use of subjects matter of protection by a user, the collective administration
organisation, user or legal entity in which users of subjects matter of protection are associated may
require a court to determine the terms of such a contract or agreement;8) when determining the terms of
the contract or agreement a court shall take into account the type of administered subject matter of
protection, manner and extent of the use thereof, time during which the use of the administered subject
matter of protection shall take place and conditions pursuant to Section 81(1)(h).
(2) Petition pursuant to Subsection (1) may be filed by a collective administration organisation,
user or legal entity in which users are associated also in the case when the right to use administered
subjects matter of protection lasts but any of the parties has been served with a written instrument
directed towards the termination thereof; when the contract concluded for limited period of time is
concerned, petition may be filed within a term since the first day of a month preceding the month in
which the contract shall be terminated until the moment when the right to use administered subject
matter of protection shall arise.
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(3) Right to use administered subjects matter of protection against the payment of remuneration
pursuant to Subsection (5) shall arise to the user provided he/she/it files the petition pursuant to
Subsection (1) within the term of 60 days at the latest since the moment of extinguishment of the right
to use of administered subjects matter of protection or if he/she/it started to use administered subjects
matter of protection, provided he/she/it proves
a) within said term to collective administration organisation that banker’s guarantee11) that user fulfils
its duties has been established at least in amount calculated pursuant to remuneration due to use of
subjects matter of protection during 12 months stated in the petition pursuant to Subsection (1), or
b) to collective administration that it deposits in regular manner, at least once in three calendar
months, the finances in amount equal to remuneration due to use of administered as stated in the
petition pursuant to Subsection (1) to a notary deposit, court deposit or to its account set only for
such purpose.
(4) Right to use administered subjects of protection pursuant to Subsection (3) shall extinguish
upon valid decision of the court on a petition pursuant to Subsection (1); if the right to use subjects
matter of protection arose to the user sooner, the right pursuant to Subsection (3) shall extinguish upon
that moment.
(5) Remuneration due to use of the administered subjects matter of protection pursuant to
Subsection (3) shall the collective administration agree with user after the extinguishment of the right
to use the administered subjects matter of protection pursuant to Subsection (4). Shall the collective
administration organisation and user fail to reach the agreement on the remuneration pursuant to
previous sentence, it shall be determined by a court acting on the motion of one of the parties; when
determining the remuneration, the court shall take into account the type of the administered subject
matter of protection, manner and extent of the use thereof, time of the use and the conditions pursuant
to Section 81(1)(h).
(6) Shall the petition pursuant to Subsection (1) be filed in the term pursuant to Subsection (3) by
a collective administration organisation or legal entity in which users are associated, it shall be deemed
that condition of filing the petition pursuant to Subsection (3) by a user has been fulfilled. The amount
of banker’s guarantee pursuant to Subsection (3)(a) or amount of the finances deposited into deposit or
on account pursuant to Subsection (3)(b) may be calculated by user also in accordance with the
remuneration and conditions as under last valid contract by the means of which the collective
administration organisation granted the authorisation to use the administered subjects matter of
protection.
(7) Shall rights in particular subjects matter of protection fail to be represented in the Slovak
Republic by any collective administration organization, right to use such subjects matter of protection
shall arise to user if he/she/it creates a reserve fund to pay the remunerations due to use thereof; user
shall not be obliged to create the reserve fund to pay the remuneration for such use of the subjects
matter of protection since the moment of which at least three years have elapsed. Provisions of
Subsection (5) shall apply mutatis mutandis.
(8) Shall right to use the subjects matter of protection arise to a user pursuant to Subsection (3) or
Subsection (7), the documents on fulfilment of conditions mentioned in those provisions substitute the
written document proving conclusion of a contract with the collective administration organisation and
the written declaration or authorisation to use subjects matter of protection to be submitted pursuant to
respective legislation.12)
11) Section 313 of Commercial Code.
12) For example Section 16(f), Section 17(1)(c), Section 46(2)(d) and Section 57(2)(d) and (e) of the Act No. 308/2000 on
Broadcasting and Retransmission and on Change of the Act No. 195/2000 on Telecommunications.
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Section 83
Supervision by the Ministry
(1) Ministry shall be entitled
a) to request from a collective administration organisation any information and the submission of any
documents that are necessary for exercise of supervision,
b) to investigate whether a failure to comply with the duties imposed by this Act does not occur on
the part of a collective administration organisations,
c) to give to a collective administration organisation a reasonable term for the correction of
deficiencies in compliance with duties pursuant to this Act and to impose a fine; shall no
correction occur or shall it be impossible to make the correction, ministry may decide on the
forfeiture of the authorisation.
(2) Ministry shall impose on a collective administration organisation in a case of the obstructions
to the exercise of supervision and in a case of the failure to comply with duties pursuant Section
81(1)(k), (m), (n) and (o) the fine up to 50 000 Sk. When determining the amount of fine, the gravity
and consequences of a failure to comply with the duties shall be taken into account. The fine may be
imposed within one year since a detection of a failure to comply with duty pursuant to this Act, not
later, however, then within three years since a failure to comply with the duty occurs. Fines shall be
the revenue of state budget.
(3) Party to the procedure on the imposition of a fine and to the procedure on the forfeiture of the
authorisation shall be the collective administration organisation on which the fine should be imposed
or authorisation of which should be forfeited.
Section 84
Rights and Duties of User
Shall a user fail to present the proof that a rightholder explicitly excluded the collective
administration of his/her rights and shall for the field of use of subjects matter of protection an
authorisation be granted pursuant to Section 80, user is obliged to perform its duties arising due to use
of the subject matter of protection through the collective administration organisation to which the
authorisation to exercise collective administration in particular field of use of subjects matter of
protection had been granted.
Section 85
Financial Management and Assets of Collective Administration Organisations
(1) Expenses related to the exercise of collective administration shall be covered, based upon
agreement of represented rightholders, from the deduction from the collected remunerations and
compensations of remuneration, from membership fees and other income.
(2) Manner of disposal with assets shall govern the statute of collective administration
organisation and respective legislation.
(3) If a collective administration organisation ceases to exist or if the authorisation thereof is
forfeited pursuant to Section 83(1)(c) the property settlement shall be realised in accordance with
respective legislation.
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Section 86
On procedures pursuant to present part of this Act the general legislation of administrative
procedure13) shall apply, unless this Act provides otherwise.
P A R T S I X
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Section 87
(1) Duration of the economic rights of author, performing artist, phonogram producer and
broadcaster shall be governed by this Act also if it had started before this Act entered into force.
(2) The provisions of this Act shall govern also legal relationships that had arisen before the entry
into force thereof; rise of said legal relationships as well as claims arising thereupon before entry into
force of this Act shall be reviewed pursuant to heretofore legislation.
(3) Authorisations to exercise the collective administration granted pursuant to the heretofore
legislation shall be deemed to be authorisations to exercise collective administration pursuant to this
Act. Content and extent of said authorisations shall be brought into conformity with this Act by the
ministry that shall render to concerned persons the authorisations pursuant to this Act within 90 days
since the day of entry into force of this Act.
(4) Procedures commenced before entry into force of this Act shall be governed by the legislation
heretofore.
(5) Condition to file a petition pursuant to Section 82(4) shall be deemed fulfilled provided a user
filed the petition pursuant to Section 82(1) within 60 days since the day of entry into force of this Act.
Section 88
This Act shall transpose the legal acts of European Communities listed in the enclosure thereto.
Section 89
Following shall be revoked
1. Act No. 383/1997 the Copyright Act and the Act by which Customs Act as Changed and Amended
by Subsequent Legislation is Being Changed and Amended, as Changed and Amended by Act No.
234/2000.
2. Act No. 283/1997 on the Collective Administration of Rights Pursuant to the Copyright Act and on
the Changes and Amendments of Some Acts, as Changed and Amended by Act No. 234/2000.
Section 90
Entry into Force
This Act shall enter into force on 1st January 2004.
Rudolf Schuster a. s.
Pavol Hrušovský a. s.
Mikuláš Dzurinda a. s.
13) Act No. 71/1967 on Administrative Procedure (Administrative Code) as Changed and Amended by Subsequent
Legislation.
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Enclosure
to Act No. 618/2003
LIST OF TRANSPOSED DIRECTIVES
This Act transposes following directives:
1. Directive of the Council and the European Parliament 2001/29/EC of 22 May 2001 on the
harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (OJ L
167, 22/06/2001, p. 0010 – 0019).
2. Directive of the Council and the European Parliament 2001/84/EC of 27 September 2001 on the
resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art (OJ L 272, 13/10/2001, p. 0032
– 0036).
3. Directive of the Council and the European Parliament 96/9/EC of 11 March 1996 on the legal
protection of databases (OJ L 077, 27/03/1996, p. 0020 – 0028).
4. Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning
copyright and related rights of copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable
retransmission (OJ L 248, 06/10/1993, p. 0015 – 0021).
5. Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 harmonizing the term of protection of copyright
and certain related rights as changed and amended by Directive of the Council and the European
Parliament 2001/29/ /EC (OJ L 290, 24/11/1993, p. 0009 – 0013).
6. Council Directive 92/100/EEC of 19 November 1992 on rental right and lending right and on
certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property as changed and amended by
Council Directive 93/98/EEC and Directive of the Council and the European Parliament
2001/29/ /EC (OJ L 346, 27/11/1992, p. 0061 – 0066).
7. Council Directive 91/250/EEC of 14 May 1991 on the legal protection of computer programmes as
changed and amended by Council Directive 93/98/EEC (OJ L 122, 17/05/1991, p. 0042 – 0046).
The translation of said directives is at Central Translating Unit of Institute for Approximation of Law,
section of the Office of the Government of Slovak Republic.
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Article 1. Contracting parties.
1. The Parties of this Public Offer (paid service agreement), hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement” or “Offer”, are, as follows:
1. The Parties of this Public Offer (paid service agreement), hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement” or “Offer”, are, as follows:
a) Executor is a person, who makes this Offer and who executes this Agreement in accordance with its terms and conditions: Solcity World Investment and Development; and
b) Customer is a person, who accepts this Offer and who is the author of any publication.
Article 2. Acceptance.
1. The Customer shall accept this Offer in case of and after the following activities:
a) fill in and send to the Executor an application in electronic format in the form established by this Agreement and posted on the Executor’s official website; and
b) provide the author’s abstract specifying what material was created by the author; and
c) provide a list of all key words (tags) that enable finding the location of the author’s abstract of the Customer on the Executor’s website; and
d) post (“upload”) the material itself on the Executor’s official website; and
e) pay for the Executor’s services in the amount and following the procedure set forth by this Agreement.
2. The Executor shall verify the Customer’s data and post the information about the Customer and his/her work of authorship on SciReg.org in Internet. From this moment on, the Customer shall be considered as an acceptor of this Offer and a Party to this Agreement.
3. The Executor shall be entitled, without giving any reasons, to refuse the Customer to accept this Offer and the Customer unconditionally, entirely and irrevocably agrees with this provision.
Article 3. Scope of the Agreement.
1. The Executor hereof shall render services on establishing, formation and maintenance of the Copyright register in electronic format on the Executor’s official website in Internet.
2. The Executor hereof shall render to the Customer paid services on posting (publishing) of information about the applicant as the author of the material under the terms and in accordance with this Agreement.
3. The work of authorship shall be understood by the Parties as a subject matter of copyright established by the Civil Code or other laws of the Author’s Country of domicile.
4. The Executor shall publish information (data), hereinafter referred to as the “summary”, about the applicant as the author of the material in the Register posted on the Executor’s official website in Internet under the terms set forth by this Agreement.
5. The Executor shall be entitled, at his own discretion and without coordination with the Customer, to assign his obligations for execution of this Agreement to any third party, and the Customer unconditionally agrees with this provision.
Article 4. Register.
1. The Register shall be an ordered and standardized register containing a summary of the Customer: Author’s information, including co-authors, name of the work of authorship, publication date, author’s abstract revealing the content of the work of authorship and its unique character, as well as a unique number of posting in the Register assigned to the author and his/her material automatically by the Executor, key words (tags) that enable any person to find information about the author and his/her publication posted in the Register on the Executor’s official website in Internet.
2. The author’s abstract shall be a brief description of the author’s publication designating its unique character and showing that the Customer is its author.
3. The Register shall be maintained in electronic form on the Executor’s official website in Internet.
4. Information about the author, work of authorship and other information required by the rules for information posting in the Register, set forth by the Executor, except for the unique number, shall be posted by the Customer individually on the Executor’s official website in Internet.
5. Both the Register and the official website shall be the Executor’s property.
6. Any and all information posted by the Customer in the Register in accordance with the terms set forth by this Agreement shall be the Executor’s property. Hereby, the Customer shall not transfer copyright for his/her work of authorship to the Executor.
7. The rules for maintenance of the Register, its execution, posting of any details (information) in it shall constitute Appendix 1 to this Agreement forming an integral part hereof. The rules shall be issued exclusively by the Executor. The Executor, without coordination with the Customer and the Customer’s consent, shall have the right to make any changes in and/or amendment to the Register maintenance rules and the Customer unconditionally agrees with this provision. The Register maintenance rules shall be unconditionally mandatory for the Customer.
Article 5. Obligations of the Parties.
1. The Parties hereto shall (hereby shall be obliged to) unconditionally, voluntarily, conscientiously, and accurately follow all provisions of this Agreement, as well as any and all supplements, amendments and/or alterations hereto made under the terms set forth by this Agreement.
2. The Customer shall pay for the Executor’s services following the procedure and in the amount established by this Agreement.
3. The Customer, in contemplation of his/her death, shall be obliged to bind defendants to the terms of this Agreement.
4. If the Customer’s copyright is assigned to a third party, he/she shall be obliged to bind such third party to his/her obligations hereunder.
5. The Customer shall have an exclusive right to refer, in any form, to his/her summary (synopsis, author’s abstract) posted in the Register on the Executor’s official website in Internet in case of complete and fair execution of his/her obligations under this Agreement.
Article 6. Payment for the Executor’s services. Agreement price.
1. The Customer shall pay for the Executor’s services following the procedure and in the amount established by the provisions of this Article.
2. The price for one posting by the applicant of one his/her summary in the Register shall be 20 (twenty) US Dollars – price of this Agreement.
3. The procedure for paying the amount set forth by this Article of the Agreement shall be determined in Appendix 1 to this Agreement.
4. The applicant shall pay the amount stated in para 2 of this Article (pay for the Executor’s service) to the Executor at the time of registration.
5. The amounts paid hereunder by the Customer to the Executor shall be nonreturnable.
6. Each Party shall individually pay any and all own taxes, duties and/or fees established by the legislation of the Party in connection with execution of the terms hereof by the Party. Neither party shall be a fiscal agent of the other Party.
Article 7. Withdrawal from the Agreement.
1. The Customer shall be entitled to withdraw from execution of this Agreement in the form of non-payment of a next settlement set forth by this Agreement.
2. The Executor shall have the right, including in his sole discretion, to withdraw from execution of this Agreement without reimbursement to the Customer of any expenses and/or losses (damages), as well as without payment of any penalty and/or penalty fee and/or any other forfeit, and the Customer unconditionally and entirely agrees with this provision, in the following case (cases):
a) failure to pay by the Customer for the services to the Executor in the amount and under the terms set forth by this Agreement; and/or
b) provision of false information by the Customer; and/or
c) any other technical reasons.
Article 8. Information sharing.
1. Unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement, the Parties hereto may share information, and this information for the Parties shall be regarded as official, by phone, fax, sms, Skype, via e-mail and/or in writing (in hard copy).
2. The Parties hereto may share documents and these documents shall be legally effective for the Parties and considered properly received by the Parties by fax, Skype, via e-mail, in writing in hard copy, unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement. A signature affixed to the document forwarded by any Party via e-mail shall be accepted by the Parties. A signature affixed to the document forwarded by any Party by fax shall be accepted by the Parties. A signature affixed to the document forwarded by any Party via Skype shall be accepted by the Parties.
3. Along with the afore-mentioned, the Parties may have electronic documentary interchange and affix their electronic digital signatures (EDS) on any and all documents.
Article 9. Arbitration.
1. All disputes arising between the Parties in relation to interpretation of this Agreement and/or execution of this Agreement shall be settled by the Parties in the form of bilateral negotiations.
2. If the Parties fail to reach a compromise during negotiations, they shall settle their dispute in the arbitration court (arbitration) of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of British Virgin Islands.
3. As the rules of procedural law based on which the Parties shall settle their dispute, the Parties shall accept the rules of arbitration court (arbitration) of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of British Virgin Islands.
4. As the rules of substantive law based on which the Parties settle their dispute, the Parties shall accept this Agreement and rules of international agreements (conventions) regulating copyright legal relationship.
Article 10. Other terms and conditions.
1. This Agreement is made in written and electronic form, in one counterpart, which:
a) Agreement in writing is kept in the Executor’s office, and
b) posted in electronic form on the Executor’s official website in Internet.
2. Alteration, amendments and/or supplements to this Agreement shall be made in written and electronic form by the Executor individually, in a single hard counterpart and a single electronic counterpart posted on the official website in Internet and the Customer unconditionally agrees with this provision.
3. Changes in this Agreement shall be made by the Executor as a new version of the Agreement.
4. If the Customer disagrees with new terms and conditions, he/she shall have a right to withdraw from the Agreement following the procedure and terms set forth by this Agreement.
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