Except for subject matters that must not be copyrighted in terms of the Copyright Act (for example, laws, orders, and speeches and news releases drafted by civil servants - please refer to Article 9 of the Copyright Act), all narrations in words, photographs, pictures, recordings, images, and other information published on the Department of Rapid Transit Systems' Website (hereinafter called the Website) are subject to copyright protection.
Any person may freely exploit the abovementioned subject matters that cannot be copyrighted. All circles are welcomed to widely exploit them.
Where any content of the Website is protected in terms of the Copyright Act, and any person is required to obtain consent or authorization from the copyright holder of the work prior to using the content and apart from his, her or its fair use of the work, the person may exploit the work only after it has obtained the consent or authorization.
In regard to "fair use", please refer to Articles 44-65 of the Copyright Act.
To respect authorized copyrights, the origins of documents are posted on the Website. Should the said information be required for use, the person who requires it can consult the copyright holders.
No person can remove or alter electronic rights management information indicated on the Website without authorization, unless the reason for the removal or alteration of the information conforms to Article 80-1 of the Copyright Act. The provision prescribes the following legitimate reasons for the removal or alteration of the information: A removal or an alteration of electronic rights management information of a work is unavoidable in the lawful exploitation of the work because of technological limitations at the time of the act, or the removal or alteration is technically necessary to a conversion of a recording or transmission system.
(Most of the English edition of the Declarations of Copyright is excerpted from the Judicial Yuan website amended on May 25, 2010. )
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2384
Updated:
2012-12-7 12:03
Reviewed:
2012-12-7 12:03
Source:
Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei City Government
