Chapter I

Copyright is the exclusive right of the author of a work of literature, science or art, or of their successors in title, to make this work public and…

Copyright shall pass by succession and is subject to total or partial transfer.

Where an author of a literary, scientific or artistic work has transferred or licensed the copyright to a publisher, such transfer or licence shall…

Unless evidence to the contrary is provided, the person who is designated as such on or in the work shall be deemed to be the author, or, in the…

With respect to a work of literature, science or art which consists of separate works by two or more persons, the person under whose direction and…

If a work has been created according to the design of another person and under their direction and supervision, that person shall be regarded as the…

If the work, performed in the service of another, consists of the creation of specific works of literature, science or art, then, unless otherwise…

If a public institution, an association, a foundation or a company makes a work public as originating from it, without mentioning any natural person…

If the author is not mentioned, or is not mentioned by their true name, on or in any printed copy of the work, the copyright may be exercised against…

For the purposes of this Act, works of literature, science or art are understood to mean:

There is no copyright in laws, decrees and ordinances issued by the public authority, nor in judicial decisions and administrative rulings.

The disclosure of a work of literature, science or art shall also be understood to include:

If the author has transferred the rental right, as referred to in Article 12, paragraph 1, under 3°, with regard to a work of literature, science or…

If a copy of a work of literature, science or art has been put into circulation by transfer of ownership for the first time in one of the Member…

Where a broadcasting organisation transmits programme-carrying signals directly to the party that provides for the transmission of a work via cable…

The reproduction of a work of literature, science or art shall also be understood to include the translation, the musical arrangement, the…

The reproduction of a work of literature, science or art does not include a temporary reproduction that is transient or incidental in nature, and…

The reproduction of a work of literature, science or art shall also be understood to include the fixation of that work or a part thereof on any…

The reproduction of reports or articles concerning current economic, political, religious or philosophical topics, as well as works of the same…

The quotation from a work of literature, science or art in an announcement, review, polemic or scientific treatise, or for a publication with a…

The further disclosure or reproduction of a work of literature, science or art that has been disclosed by or on behalf of public authority, and of…

The lending, as referred to in Article 12, paragraph 1, under 3°, of a copy of a work of literature, science or art that has been put into…

The amount of the remuneration referred to in Article 15c, paragraph 1, shall be determined by a foundation to be designated by Our Minister of…

Disputes regarding the compensation referred to in Article 15c, paragraph 1, shall be decided exclusively by the court (de rechtbank) The Hague in…

The payment of the remuneration referred to in Article 15c shall be made to a legal person deemed representative by Our Minister of Justice and…

The person who is obliged to pay the remuneration referred to in Article 15c, paragraph 1, is required, insofar as no other time has been agreed…

Unless otherwise agreed, it shall not be considered an infringement of copyright in a literary, scientific or artistic work to make available, by…

The reproduction or communication to the public that is intended exclusively for persons with a disability, provided that it is directly related to…

Any act that is necessary for the following shall not be considered an infringement of the copyright in a literary, scientific or artistic work:

The import by a person with a reading disability or an authorised entity of a work converted by an authorised entity in another Member State of the…

An authorised entity that makes an accessible format copy available across borders pursuant to Article 15j, paragraph 1, under 3°, or imports it…

For the application of Articles 15j, 15k and 15l, the following definitions apply:

The reproduction by research organisations and cultural heritage institutions for the purpose of carrying out text and data mining on works to which…

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 15n, a reproduction in the context of text and data mining shall not be considered an infringement of…

The reproduction or communication to the public of portions of a literary, scientific or artistic work shall not be considered an infringement of…

The short recording, reproduction and communication to the public of a work of literature, science or art shall not be considered an infringement of…

The reproduction of a work of literature, science or art which is limited to a few copies and which serves exclusively for the personal practice…

The reproduction of a work of literature, science or art, or a part thereof, on an object intended to perform, exhibit or display a work shall not be…

The payment of the remuneration referred to in Article 16c shall be made to a legal person designated by Our Minister of Justice and Security, which…

The amount of the remuneration referred to in Article 16c shall be determined by a foundation to be designated by Our Minister of Justice and…

The person who is obliged to pay the remuneration referred to in Article 16c is required to provide, without delay or within a period agreed upon…

Disputes relating to the compensation referred to in Articles 15i, 15j, 16, 16b, 16c and 16h shall be decided exclusively by the court (de rechtbank)…

The seller of the objects referred to in Article 16c, paragraph 1, is obliged, upon the request of the legal entity referred to in Article 16d…

A reprographic reproduction of an article in a daily, news or weekly newspaper or a magazine, or of a small part of a book and of other works…

The remuneration referred to in Article 16h shall be calculated for each page on which a work as referred to in the first and second paragraphs of…

A reprographic reproduction made in compliance with Article 16h may, without the consent of the author or his successor in title, only be provided to…

The obligation to pay the compensation referred to in Article 16h shall lapse three years after the time at which the reproduction was made.

The payment of the compensation referred to in Article 16h shall be made to a legal person to be designated by Our Minister of Justice and Security…

The person who is required to pay the remuneration referred to in Article 16h to the legal entity referred to in Article 16l, paragraph 1, is obliged…

The reproduction of a work of literature, science or art by a cultural heritage institution shall not be considered an infringement of copyright if:

The reproduction or making available by publicly accessible libraries, educational establishments and museums, as well as archives and institutions…

The diligent search for the rightholder, as referred to in Article 16o, paragraph 1, under b, shall be carried out by consulting the sources…

The use of a work of literature, science or art in accordance with Article 16o, paragraph 1, shall be terminated if a rightholder, with respect to…

The reproduction or making available by a public media institution as referred to in Chapter 2 of the Media Act 2008 of a work as referred to in…

Unless otherwise agreed, the authority to make a work public by broadcasting a radio or television programme via radio or television, or any other…

The congregational singing and the instrumental accompaniment thereof during a religious service shall not be considered an infringement of the…

A general administrative order (algemene maatregel van bestuur) established pursuant to Articles 15j, paragraph 3, 16b, paragraph 5, 16c, paragraph…

The reproduction or communication to the public of images of a work as referred to in Article 10, paragraph 1, under 6°, or of a work relating to…

The incidental inclusion of a work of literature, science or art as a component of minor significance in another work shall not be considered an…

The publication or reproduction of a work of literature, science or art in the context of a caricature, parody or pastiche shall not be considered an…

The making available to the public of a work for non-commercial purposes by a cultural heritage institution shall not be considered an infringement…

The reproduction of a portrait by, or on behalf of, the person portrayed or, after their death, their surviving relatives shall not be considered an…

Unless otherwise agreed, the person entitled to the copyright in a portrait is not authorised to make it public without the consent of the person…

If a portrait has been produced without an instruction to that effect having been given by or on behalf of the person portrayed, or for his benefit…

In the interest of public safety as well as for the investigation of criminal offences, images of any kind may be reproduced or made public by or on…

Unless otherwise agreed, the owner, possessor or holder of a drawing, painting, building or sculpture or a work of applied art is authorised to…

Unless otherwise agreed, the creator of any painting, notwithstanding the transfer of his copyright, remains entitled to produce similar paintings.

The reproduction of a database as referred to in Article 10, paragraph 3, made by the lawful user of the database, which is necessary to obtain…

The author of a work shall, even after having transferred his copyright, have the following rights:

In this paragraph, the term surviving relatives shall be understood to mean the parents, the spouse or the registered partner, and the children. The…