Bordans, Janis; Veiksa, Ingrida --- "LATVIA" [2019] ELECD 633; in Lindner, Brigitte; Shapiro, Ted (eds), "Copyright in the Information Society" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 535

Book Title: Copyright in the Information Society

Editor(s): Lindner, Brigitte; Shapiro, Ted

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 18

Section Title: LATVIA

Author(s): Bordans, Janis; Veiksa, Ingrida

Number of pages: 28

Abstract/Description:

In Latvia, copyright is guaranteed by the Constitution and protected by the Copyright Law which was adopted by the Latvian Parliament on 6 April 2000, with entry into force on 11 May 2000. The Law has been amended on several occasions, with the amendments of 2004 implementing Directive 2001/29/EC. It should be noted that some implemented rules are stronger than the European Directive requires, even though the Directive allows fewer strict regulations in some cases. For example, regarding exceptions to copyright, no provisions are included in Latvian Copyright Law regarding incidental inclusion (Art. 5(3)(i)), advertising in public exhibitions (Art. 5(3)(j)), demonstration and repair (Art. 5(3)(l)), reconstruction of buildings (Art. 5(3)(m)) and uses in cases of minor importance (Art. 5(3)(o)). All in all, it can however be concluded that Directive 2001/29/EC has been implemented successfully into Latvian law.