Selected year snapshot
For 1999, the active event in this file is Copyright Act (Cap. 57) (Laws of Tuvalu, applied from United Kingdom Copyright Act 1956).
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Current rationale
Tuvalu gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1978. At that time, the applicable copyright law was the UK Copyright Act 1956, which continued to apply in Tuvalu as received law. The UK Copyright Act 1956 contained fair dealing provisions for research and private study (Section 6). However, I was unable to retrieve and verify the actual statutory text in force in Tuvalu as of 1990-01-01 via web search. The WIPO Lex page for Tuvalu does not host the full text of any copyright statute for Tuvalu, and no official Tuvaluan legal database with the full text of the applicable copyright law could be located. Without being able to verify the actual statutory text, the classification must be AMBIGUOUS.
Exceptions considered
Fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work for purposes of research or private study — inherited from UK Copyright Act 1956, but text not verified for Tuvalu application
Law changes
Copyright Act (Cap. 57) (Laws of Tuvalu, applied from United Kingdom Copyright Act 1956)
Baseline · Effective 1990-01-01
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Dates: Effective 1990-01-01
Why this score
Tuvalu gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1978. At that time, the applicable copyright law was the UK Copyright Act 1956, which continued to apply in Tuvalu as received law. The UK Copyright Act 1956 contained fair dealing provisions for research and private study (Section 6). However, I was unable to retrieve and verify the actual statutory text in force in Tuvalu as of 1990-01-01 via web search. The WIPO Lex page for Tuvalu does not host the full text of any copyright statute for Tuvalu, and no official Tuvaluan legal database with the full text of the applicable copyright law could be located. Without being able to verify the actual statutory text, the classification must be AMBIGUOUS.
Exceptions considered
Fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work for purposes of research or private study — inherited from UK Copyright Act 1956, but text not verified for Tuvalu application
Copyright Act (Cap. 57) (Laws of Tuvalu)
Current law confirmation · Effective 2025-01-01
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Dates: Effective 2025-01-01
Why this score
As of 2025, Tuvalu does not appear to have enacted a new or modernized copyright statute. The WIPO Lex page for Tuvalu references Television Licence Regulations but does not host the full text of any copyright act. No standalone Tuvaluan copyright act could be located via web search. The applicable law appears to remain the inherited UK Copyright Act 1956 (as received law), possibly consolidated in the Laws of Tuvalu as Cap. 57, but the full text could not be retrieved or verified. Without access to the actual statutory text, the classification remains AMBIGUOUS. The UK Copyright Act 1956's fair dealing for research or private study (Section 6) would likely yield GREEN if confirmed to be in force, but this cannot be verified from available online sources. No relevant amendments between 1990 and 2025 could be identified or verified.
Exceptions considered
Fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work for purposes of research or private study — inherited from UK Copyright Act 1956, but text not verified for current Tuvalu application