Annotated Republic of China Laws/Copyright Act/Article 22

Promulgated amendment on 2003-07-09

 * Article 22


 * Except as otherwise provided under this Act, authors have the exclusive right to reproduce their works.


 * Performers have the exclusive right to reproduce their performances by means of sound recording, video recording, or photography.


 * The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to temporary reproduction that is transient, incidental, an essential part of a technology process, and without independent economic significance, where solely for the purpose of network relay transmission, or for the use of a lawful work; provided, this shall not apply to computer programs.


 * In the preceding paragraph, the phrase "temporary reproduction... for the purpose of network relay transmission" includes technically unavoidable phenomena of the computer or machine occurring in network browsing, caching, or other processes for enhancing transmission efficiency.

Promulgated amendment on 2004-09-01

 * Article 22
 * Except as otherwise provided in this Act, authors have the exclusive right to reproduce their works.
 * Performers have the exclusive right to reproduce their performances by means of sound recording, video recording, or photography.
 * The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to temporary reproduction that is transient, incidental, an essential part of a technology process, and without independent economic significance, where solely for the purpose of lawful network relay transmission, or for the lawful use of a work; provided, this shall not apply to computer programs.
 * In the preceding paragraph, the phrase "temporary reproduction… for the purpose of lawful network relay transmission" includes technically unavoidable phenomena of the computer or machine occurring in network browsing, caching, or other processes for enhancing transmission efficiency.