Azerbaijan

Baseline

Baseline · Effective 1990-01-01

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Dates: Effective 1990-01-01

Why this score

On 1990-01-01, Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union. The applicable copyright law would have been the USSR Fundamentals of Civil Legislation (1961) and the Azerbaijan SSR Civil Code, which contained copyright provisions. I was unable to retrieve or verify the actual statutory text of the Azerbaijan SSR Civil Code copyright provisions in force on 1990-01-01 via web search. Soviet-era copyright law generally permitted personal use and quotation but the exact scope of research exceptions in the Azerbaijan SSR Civil Code cannot be verified from available sources.

Müəllif hüququ və əlaqəli hüquqlar haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qanunu (Law No. 115-IQ on Copyright and Related Rights)

Relevant update · Effective 1996-10-08

20%

Relevant section: Article 19, Article 20, Article 21, Article 22

Dates: Effective 1996-10-08 · Enacted 1996-06-05

Why this score

The 1996 Law introduced several exceptions relevant to research. Article 19 permits reproduction of a lawfully published work exclusively for personal purposes (which encompasses private study and individual research), covering all users acting personally. However, Article 19(2) excludes: works of architecture, databases or substantial parts thereof, computer programs, and books in their entirety and musical texts (via reprography). This means full-work reproduction is permitted for some types of works (e.g., articles, short literary works, audiovisual works, photographs) but NOT for books in their entirety, databases, computer programs, architectural works, or musical texts. This is a work-type restriction that maps to ORANGE. Article 20 permits reprographic reproduction by libraries and archives of lawfully published works upon request of individuals for educational and research purposes — but only of individual articles and small excerpts (not full books), so this is narrower. Article 21 permits free use for informational, scientific, educational and cultural purposes — but limited to quotations (short excerpts) for scientific/research/educational purposes. Article 22 permits reproduction for educational purposes. None of these other exceptions are broader than Article 19 for research reproduction. The most permissive exception is Article 19 (personal use), which permits full-work reproduction but excludes several categories of works. This maps to ORANGE. Non-commercial restriction and lawful-publication requirement are classification-neutral.

Exceptions considered

Original text

Article 19. Reproduction of a work for personal purposes

1. Without the consent of the author or other copyright holder and without payment of author's remuneration, it shall be permissible to reproduce a lawfully published work exclusively for personal purposes, except for the cases provided for in Article 20 of this Law.

2. Paragraph 1 of this article shall not apply to:
1) reproduction of works of architecture in the form of buildings and similar structures;
2) reproduction of databases or substantial parts thereof;
3) reproduction of computer programs, except for the cases provided for in Article 24 of this Law;
4) reproduction (reprography) of books in their entirety and of musical texts, except for the cases provided for in Article 20 of this Law.

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Müəllif hüququ və əlaqəli hüquqlar haqqında Qanunda dəyişikliklər (Law No. 1079-IIIQD amending the Law on Copyright and Related Rights)

Relevant update · Effective 2010-11-01

20%

Relevant section: Article 19, Article 20, Article 21, Article 22

Dates: Effective 2010-11-01 · Enacted 2010-09-30

Why this score

The 2010 amendment (Law No. 1079-IIIQD of 30 September 2010) made various changes to the Copyright and Related Rights Law, but the core exceptions in Articles 19-22 relevant to research remained substantively the same in the consolidated text available on WIPO Lex. Article 19 still permits personal-purpose reproduction of lawfully published works but excludes architecture, databases, computer programs, and books in their entirety/musical texts via reprography. The classification remains ORANGE: full-work reproduction is permitted for some types of works (articles, photographs, audiovisual works, etc.) but not for all types (books in their entirety, databases, computer programs, architectural works, musical texts are excluded). No TDM exception was added. No fair use or fair dealing clause was introduced. The quotation and library exceptions remain limited to excerpts. Non-commercial and lawful-publication requirements are classification-neutral.

Exceptions considered

Original text

Article 19. Reproduction of a work for personal purposes

1. Without the consent of the author or other copyright holder and without payment of author's remuneration, it shall be permissible to reproduce a lawfully published work exclusively for personal purposes, except for the cases provided for in Article 20 of this Law.

2. Paragraph 1 of this article shall not apply to:
1) reproduction of works of architecture in the form of buildings and similar structures;
2) reproduction of databases or substantial parts thereof;
3) reproduction of computer programs, except for the cases provided for in Article 24 of this Law;
4) reproduction (reprography) of books in their entirety and of musical texts, except for the cases provided for in Article 20 of this Law.

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Müəllif hüququ və əlaqəli hüquqlar haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qanunu (Law on Copyright and Related Rights, as last amended)

Current law confirmation · Effective 2025-01-01

20%

Relevant section: Article 19, Article 20, Article 21, Article 22

Dates: Effective 2025-01-01

Why this score

As of 2025, the Law on Copyright and Related Rights of Azerbaijan (originally enacted 1996, last amended 2010 per WIPO Lex) remains in force. The most permissive research-relevant exception is Article 19 (reproduction for personal purposes), which permits reproduction of lawfully published works exclusively for personal purposes — encompassing private study and individual research. However, it excludes: (1) works of architecture, (2) databases or substantial parts thereof, (3) computer programs, and (4) books in their entirety and musical texts via reprography. This means full-work reproduction is available for some categories (articles, photographs, audiovisual works, short literary works, etc.) but not for all categories. This work-type restriction maps to ORANGE. Article 19 covers only reproduction (not sharing/communication), and is limited to personal purposes (individual users). Article 20 (library reprographic reproduction) is limited to articles and small excerpts for research — RED. Article 21 (quotation for scientific purposes) is limited to excerpts — RED. Article 22 (educational reproduction) is limited to short excerpts — RED. No TDM exception exists. No fair use or fair dealing clause exists. No three-step-test enabling clause exists as a standalone exception. The non-commercial nature of personal use and the lawful-publication requirement are classification-neutral factors that do not affect the color.

Exceptions considered

Original text

Article 19. Reproduction of a work for personal purposes

1. Without the consent of the author or other copyright holder and without payment of author's remuneration, it shall be permissible to reproduce a lawfully published work exclusively for personal purposes, except for the cases provided for in Article 20 of this Law.

2. Paragraph 1 of this article shall not apply to:
1) reproduction of works of architecture in the form of buildings and similar structures;
2) reproduction of databases or substantial parts thereof;
3) reproduction of computer programs, except for the cases provided for in Article 24 of this Law;
4) reproduction (reprography) of books in their entirety and of musical texts, except for the cases provided for in Article 20 of this Law.

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