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Right to quote

Right to quote or right of quotation or quotation right is one of the copyright exceptions[1] provided by the Berne Convention, article 10: "It shall be permissible to make quotations ... provided that their making is compatible with fair practice, and their extent does not exceed that justified by the purpose".[2] With different language, it was already present in the 1908 revision of the treaty.[3]

  1. ^ Senftleben, Martin (June 15, 2010). "Bridging the Differences between Copyright's Legal Traditions – The Emerging EC Fair Use Doctrine". Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. 57 (3): 521–552, Spring 2010 – via ssrn.com.
  2. ^ Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
  3. ^ «As regards the liberty of extracting portions from literary or artistic works [...] is not affected by the present Convention.» Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Berlin Act, 1908).

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