CHAPTER III: FREE USE OF RELATED RIGHTS
Article 247: General free use of a work
Notwithstanding the provisions of articles 242 to 246 of this Law, the following acts shall be
carried out without authorization of owners of rights stipulated in these articles and without
any remuneration:
1° using for personal purposes;
2° reporting current events, using short parts of a performance, a phonogram or a broadcast;
3°
reproduction solely for scientific research;
4° reproduction solely for the purpose of face-to-face teaching activities, except for
performances and phonograms which have been published as teaching or instructional
materials;
5° the reproduction, in the form of quotation, of a short part of a performance, a phonogram
or a broadcast, provided that the reproduction is compatible with fair practice and does not
exceed the extent justified by the purpose of information;
° any other case of use where, under provisions of this Law, a work can be used without the
authorization of the author or other owner of copyright.
Article 248: Free use of performances
At the time performers have authorized incorporation of their performances on fixation of
images or of images and sounds, the provisions of the article 242 cease of being applicable.
Article 249: Free ephemeral use by broadcasting organizations
Authorizations so required in accordance with provisions of articles 242 to 246 of this Law, to
make fixations of performances and broadcasts, to reproduce such fixations on phonograms
published for commercial purposes shall not be required when ephemeral fixations or
reproductions are made by broadcasting organisation using his or her own means and for his
or her own broadcasts subject that:
1° for each broadcast of fixation of a performance or its reproductions in accordance with the
provisions of this article, the broadcasting organization is authorized to broadcast the said
performance;
2° for each broadcast of fixed broadcasts, or of reproduction of such fixation in accordance
with the provisions of this article, the broadcasting organisation is authorized to broadcast
this broadcast;
3° for all fixation made in accordance with this article or its reproductions, the fixation and
its reproductions are destroyed within the same time limit of that are applicable to
fixations and reproductions of works protected by copyrights in accordance with