INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW IN CAMEROON

FREE REPRODUCTION FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9, and subject to those of Article 58, it shall be permitted, without the consent of the author and without payment of remuneration, to reproduce a lawfully published work exclusively for the private use of the user. This shall not be applicable to:

  • The reproduction of works of architecture in the form of buildings or other similar constructions;
  • The reprographic reproduction of works of fine art in a limited quantity, the graphical presentation of musical works (scores) and exercise manuals and other publications used once only;
  • The reproduction of the whole or of significant parts of database etc.

FREE REPRODUCTION IN THE FORM OF QUOTATION

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9, it shall be permitted, without the consent of the author and without payment of the remuneration, to quote a lawfully published work in another work, on condition that the source and the name of the author be stated, if the name of the author is given in the source, and on condition that such quotation is compatible with fair practice and that its extent does not exceed that justified by the intended purpose.

FREE USE FOR TEACHING

Notwithstanding the provision of Article 9 of the law, it shall be permitted, without the consent of the author and without payment of remuneration, but subject to the requirement of stating the source and the name of the author if such name is given in the source:

  • To use a lawfully published work as an illustration in publications, broadcasts or sound or visual recordings intended for teaching;
  • To reproduce, by reprographic means for teaching, or for examinations within teaching establishments whose activities are not directly or indirectly profit-making, and to the extent justified by the intended purpose, lawfully published individual articles from a newspaper or periodical, and short extracts from a lawfully published work.

REPROGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION BY LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVE SERVICES

Notwithstanding the provision of Article 9 of the law, a library or archive service which activities are not directly or indirectly profit-making may, without the consent of the author or other holder of copyright, make individual copies of a work by means of reprographic reproduction.

  • Where the work reproduced is an article or a short extract from a writ work, other than a computer program, with or without illustration, published in a collection of works or in an issue of a newspaper or periodical, and where the purpose of reproduction is to meet the request of a natural person;
  • Where the making of such copy is for the purpose of preserving and, if necessary, in the event of it having been lost, destroyed or made unusable, replacing it or, for replacing a copy that has been lost, destroyed or rendered unusable in the permanent collection of another library or other archive service.

FREE REPRODUCTION FOR JUDICIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9 of the law, it shall be permitted, without the consent of the author and without payment of remuneration, to reproduce a work intended for a judicial or administrative procedure to the extent justified by the intended purpose.