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Overview

Taskforce reviewers

EL to reach out to Ivo Kruusamägi

‘Other photographs’ related rights

No

Overview

14th article has been directly added to § 5 in the copyright law. Change is active from January 2022

Scope

Retroactivity

None (and nothing significant has changed in this area compared to the previous situation)

Statutory Law

Source language

English

Provision on copyright 

Revised provision on copyright 

§ 5. Intellektuaalse tegevuse tulemused, millele käesolevat seadust ei kohaldata

(9) ühelegi kujutava kunsti teose reprodutseerimisel saadud materjalile, kui kõnealuse teose kaitsetähtaeg on lõppenud vastavalt käesoleva seaduse VI peatükis sätestatule, välja arvatud juhul, kui reprodutseerimise tulemusel saadud materjal on originaalne selles mõttes, et see on autori enda intellektuaalse loomingu tulemus.

§ 5.  Results of intellectual activities to which this Act does not apply

(9) materials resulting from the reproduction of any work of visual art, if the term of protection of such work has expired pursuant to the provisions of Chapter VI of this Act, unless the material resulting from the reproduction is original in the sense that it is the author’s own intellectual creation.
[RT I, 28.12.2021, 1 – entry into force 07.01.2022]

Comments / analysis

Paragraph § 2. Autoriõigusaktide ja teiste õigusaktide kohaldamine”, n. 3 modifies the national copyright law. Autoriõiguse seaduse muutmise seadus, Official publication: Elektrooniline Riigi Teataja ; Number: RT I, 28.12.2021, 1 ; Publication date: 1001-01-01. Official translation of the Estonian Copyright Act: https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/527122022006/consolide  

Provision on related rights for “other photographs”

Revised provision on related rights for “other photographs” 

Comments / analysis

Case Law

English

Originality in photography

Takeaways

Limitations for CHIs

Reflections

That wasn't really a problem in Estonia. What has been a problem is that decent-sized repros have often not been made available.

Sources

Open GLAM Examples