Selected year snapshot
For 2016, the active event in this file is Act No. 1/021 of December 30, 2005, on the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights in Burundi.
60%
Current rationale
As of 2025, the Act No. 1/021 of December 30, 2005 remains the copyright law in force in Burundi. No amending legislation affecting copyright exceptions and limitations was found via web search on WIPO Lex, the Burundi government portal, or other official sources. The exception inventory remains the same as at the 2005 event. The most permissive research-relevant exception is Article 25(a) — private and personal use covering reproduction (and transformation) of full works of all types, but restricted to the user's own personal and private use. No sharing/communication is authorized. No TDM exception exists. This maps to LIGHT BLUE. The institutional exception in Article 26(c) remains limited to articles and short extracts (RED individually). Classification-neutral factors were not considered in the color assignment.
Exceptions considered
Reproduction, translation, adaptation, arrangement or other transformation of a work, exclusively for the user's own personal and private use, without authorization or remuneration.
Use of a lawfully published work for purposes of education, to the extent justified by the purpose, in publications, broadcasting or recordings for teaching, compatible with fair practice.
Reproduction for face-to-face teaching of a short part of a lawfully published work or a short work, for illustration.
Reprographic reproduction by a public library, non-commercial documentation center, scientific institution or educational establishment of an article in a periodical or short extract of a work (not computer programs), for study, scholarship or private research, on isolated occasions.
Reprographic reproduction by libraries/archives of a lawfully published article, short work or short extract for preservation or replacement of lost copies.
Quotation of a short part of a published work, compatible with fair practice and not exceeding the extent justified by the purpose.
Importation of a copy of a work by a natural person for his own personal and private use.
Law changes
Decree-Law No. 1/9 of May 4, 1978, regulating Copyright and Intellectual Property in Burundi
Baseline · Effective 1978-05-04
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Dates: Effective 1978-05-04 · Enacted 1978-05-04
Why this score
The baseline law in force on 1990-01-01 was Decree-Law No. 1/9 of May 4, 1978. Despite extensive web searching, the full text of this decree-law could not be located on any official source, WIPO Lex, or other statutory text repository. WIPO Lex does not host the text of the 1978 decree-law. The 2005 Act (which replaced it) references it in Article 96, confirming its prior existence. Without the actual statutory text, it is impossible to identify the exceptions and limitations it contained or to classify them. AMBIGUOUS is used because the statutory text itself could not be retrieved, making the scope of any research-relevant exceptions genuinely indeterminate.
Act No. 1/021 of December 30, 2005, on the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights in Burundi
Relevant update · Effective 2005-12-30
60%
Relevant section: Articles 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Dates: Effective 2005-12-30 · Enacted 2005-12-30
Why this score
The most permissive research-relevant exception is Article 25(a), which permits 'the reproduction, translation, adaptation, arrangement or other transformation of a work, exclusively for the user's own personal and private use.' This covers reproduction of full works of any type, by any individual user, but is restricted to 'personal and private use' — it does not authorize sharing, communication, or institutional use. The word 'exclusively' reinforces the private/personal restriction. Article 26(c) provides an institutional (library/scientific institution) exception but limits the works to 'an article lawfully published in a periodical or a short extract from a lawfully published work other than a computer program' — this does not permit full-work reproduction and is narrower (RED individually). Article 26(a) covers educational use but is limited to 'the extent justified by the purpose' for teaching, not general research. Article 26(g) is a quotation exception limited to 'a short part.' No fair use, fair dealing, general research exception, or TDM exception exists. The most permissive exception for research purposes is Article 25(a) — personal and private use covering reproduction of full works of all types but restricted to private/personal use and silent on sharing. This maps to LIGHT BLUE. Classification-neutral factors (non-commercial restriction, single-copy limits) were not factored into the color decision.
Exceptions considered
Reproduction, translation, adaptation, arrangement or other transformation of a work, exclusively for the user's own personal and private use, without authorization or remuneration.
Use of a lawfully published work for purposes of education, to the extent justified by the purpose, in publications, broadcasting or recordings for teaching, compatible with fair practice.
Reproduction for face-to-face teaching of a short part of a lawfully published work or a short work, for illustration.
Reprographic reproduction by a public library, non-commercial documentation center, scientific institution or educational establishment of an article in a periodical or short extract of a work (not computer programs), for study, scholarship or private research, on isolated occasions.
Reprographic reproduction by libraries/archives of a lawfully published article, short work or short extract for preservation or replacement of lost copies.
Quotation of a short part of a published work, compatible with fair practice and not exceeding the extent justified by the purpose.
Importation of a copy of a work by a natural person for his own personal and private use.
Original text
Article 25: Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 24, the following shall be permitted without the authorization of the author and without payment of remuneration: (a) the reproduction, translation, adaptation, arrangement or other transformation of a work, exclusively for the user's own personal and private use; [...] Article 26: Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 24, the following shall also be permitted without the authorization of the author and without payment of remuneration, subject to the obligation to indicate the source and the name of the author as far as practicable: (a) the use of a lawfully published work for the purposes of education, to the extent justified by the purpose, in publications, broadcasting or sound or visual recordings for teaching, provided that such use is compatible with fair practice; (b) the reproduction, for the purposes of face‐to‐face teaching, of a short part of a lawfully published work, to the extent justified by the purpose, or of a short work, for the purposes of illustration; (c) the reprographic reproduction, by a public library, a non‐commercial documentation center, a scientific institution or an educational establishment, of a work, to the extent justified by the purpose, where the reproduction is made in response to the request of a natural person and where the work reproduced is an article lawfully published in a periodical or a short extract from a lawfully published work other than a computer program, provided that: (i) the copy is intended to be used solely for the purposes of study, scholarship or private research; (ii) the act of reproduction is an isolated act occurring, if repeated, on separate and unrelated occasions; (d) the reprographic reproduction of a lawfully published article, short work or short extract of a work by a public library, a non‐commercial documentation center, a scientific institution or an educational establishment, where the purpose of the reproduction is to preserve and, if necessary, replace a copy, or to replace a copy that has been lost, destroyed or rendered unusable in the permanent collection of another similar library or archive, provided that it is impossible to obtain such a copy under reasonable conditions; (e) the reproduction, broadcasting or other communication to the public of articles on current economic, political or religious topics published in newspapers or periodicals, or of broadcast works of the same character, in cases in which the reproduction, broadcasting or such communication is not expressly reserved; (f) the reproduction, broadcasting or other communication to the public of any work that can be seen or heard in the course of the reporting of a current event by means of photography, cinematography or broadcasting, to the extent justified by the informatory purpose; (g) the quotation of a short part of a published work, provided that the quotation is compatible with fair practice and does not exceed the extent justified by the purpose, including quotations from newspaper articles and periodicals in the form of press summaries; (h) the use of a work for the purposes of a judicial or administrative procedure, to the extent justified by the purpose; (i) the reproduction of a work of art displayed in a place open to the public, or of an architectural work, where the reproduction is in the form of a painting, drawing, photograph or audiovisual work, provided that the reproduction is not made in the same form as the original, and provided that the copy is not used for the same purposes as the original; (j) the importation of a copy of a work by a natural person for his own personal and private use.
English rendering
[Official English translation from WIPO Lex]: Article 25: Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 24, the following shall be permitted without the authorization of the author and without payment of remuneration: (a) the reproduction, translation, adaptation, arrangement or other transformation of a work, exclusively for the user's own personal and private use; [...] Article 26(c): the reprographic reproduction, by a public library, a non‐commercial documentation center, a scientific institution or an educational establishment, of a work, to the extent justified by the purpose, where the reproduction is made in response to the request of a natural person and where the work reproduced is an article lawfully published in a periodical or a short extract from a lawfully published work other than a computer program, provided that: (i) the copy is intended to be used solely for the purposes of study, scholarship or private research; (ii) the act of reproduction is an isolated act occurring, if repeated, on separate and unrelated occasions.
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Act No. 1/021 of December 30, 2005, on the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights in Burundi
Current law confirmation · Effective 2005-12-30
60%
Relevant section: Articles 25, 26
Dates: Effective 2005-12-30 · Enacted 2005-12-30
Why this score
As of 2025, the Act No. 1/021 of December 30, 2005 remains the copyright law in force in Burundi. No amending legislation affecting copyright exceptions and limitations was found via web search on WIPO Lex, the Burundi government portal, or other official sources. The exception inventory remains the same as at the 2005 event. The most permissive research-relevant exception is Article 25(a) — private and personal use covering reproduction (and transformation) of full works of all types, but restricted to the user's own personal and private use. No sharing/communication is authorized. No TDM exception exists. This maps to LIGHT BLUE. The institutional exception in Article 26(c) remains limited to articles and short extracts (RED individually). Classification-neutral factors were not considered in the color assignment.
Exceptions considered
Reproduction, translation, adaptation, arrangement or other transformation of a work, exclusively for the user's own personal and private use, without authorization or remuneration.
Use of a lawfully published work for purposes of education, to the extent justified by the purpose, in publications, broadcasting or recordings for teaching, compatible with fair practice.
Reproduction for face-to-face teaching of a short part of a lawfully published work or a short work, for illustration.
Reprographic reproduction by a public library, non-commercial documentation center, scientific institution or educational establishment of an article in a periodical or short extract of a work (not computer programs), for study, scholarship or private research, on isolated occasions.
Reprographic reproduction by libraries/archives of a lawfully published article, short work or short extract for preservation or replacement of lost copies.
Quotation of a short part of a published work, compatible with fair practice and not exceeding the extent justified by the purpose.
Importation of a copy of a work by a natural person for his own personal and private use.
Original text
Article 25: Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 24, the following shall be permitted without the authorization of the author and without payment of remuneration: (a) the reproduction, translation, adaptation, arrangement or other transformation of a work, exclusively for the user's own personal and private use;
English rendering
[Official English translation from WIPO Lex]: Article 25: Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 24, the following shall be permitted without the authorization of the author and without payment of remuneration: (a) the reproduction, translation, adaptation, arrangement or other transformation of a work, exclusively for the user's own personal and private use;