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Copyright Law, 5768-2007

חוק זכות יוצרים, תשס"ח-2007

Published: 2007-11-25Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2026-08-02 · Last amended 2026-07-28✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-29
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Chapter XI: Indirect Amendments

Repeal of the Order in Council on the Copyright Act 1911 (Its Application to Palestine)§

68.

The Order in Council on the Copyright Act, 1911 (Its Application to Palestine), 1924 – is hereby repealed, and the Copyright Act, 1911, shall no longer apply in Israel.

Amendment of the Copyright Ordinance – No. 9§

69.

In the Copyright Ordinance, sections 1 to 3a and 3f to 15 – are repealed.

Amendment of the Patents and Designs Ordinance – No. 8§

70.

In the Patents and Designs Ordinance –

(1)in section 2, in the definition "copyright", instead of "copyright" it shall read "design right";
(2)in section 31, instead of "the copyright in a design" it shall read "the design right";
(3)in section 33 –
(a)in subsection (1), instead of "copyright" it shall read "design right";
(b)in subsections (2) to (4), wherever appearing, instead of "the copyright" it shall read "the design right";
(4)in section 35 –
(a)in subsection (1), instead of "copyright" it shall read "design right";
(b)in subsection (2), instead of "the copyright" it shall read "the design right";
(5)in section 37(1), instead of "copyright" it shall read "design right";
(6)in section 43 –
(a)in subsection (1), instead of "in copyright" it shall read "in design right";
(b)in subsection (3), instead of "copyright" it shall read "design right";
(7)in section 51(1), instead of "and copyright" it shall read "and design right";
(8)in section 55(4), wherever appearing, instead of "copyright" it shall read "design right".

Amendment of the Customs Ordinance – No. 23§

71.

In the Customs Ordinance, in section 200a(a) –

(1)in the preamble, instead of "in section 7d of the Copyright Ordinance" it shall read "in section 65 of the Copyright Law, 5768-2007 (hereinafter – the Copyright Law)";
(2)in paragraph (1), instead of "the reproductions" it shall read "the copies";
(3)in paragraph (3), instead of "section 7d of the Copyright Ordinance" it shall read "section 65 of the Copyright Law".

Amendment of the Criminal Procedure Law – No. 54§

72.

In the Criminal Procedure Law [Consolidated Version], 5742-1982, in the Second Schedule, in item (3), instead of "section 10(c) and (d) of the Copyright Ordinance" it shall read "section 61(c), (d) and (e) of the Copyright Law, 5768-2007".

Amendment of the Courts Law – No. 46§

73.

In the Courts Law [Consolidated Version], 5744-1984, in section 40(4), instead of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) it shall read:

"(a) the Copyright Law, 5768-2007;".

Amendment of the Prohibition on Money Laundering Law – No. 7§

74.

In the Prohibition on Money Laundering Law, 5760-2000, in the First Schedule, in item (16), instead of "the Copyright Ordinance" it shall read "the Copyright Law, 5768-2007".

Amendment of the Fight Against Criminal Organisations Law§

75.

In the Fight Against Criminal Organisations Law, 5763-2003, in the First Schedule, in item 4, instead of "section 10(c) and (d) of the Copyright Ordinance" it shall read "section 61(c), (d) and (e) of the Copyright Law, 5768-2007".

Amendment of the Television Broadcasts from the Knesset Law – No. 2§

76.

In the Television Broadcasts from the Knesset Law, 5764-2003, in section 15, in the definition "intellectual property", instead of "copyright under the Copyright Act, 1911, and the Copyright Ordinance" it shall read "copyright under the Copyright Law, 5768-2007".

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Chapter XII: Commencement, Application and Transitional Provisions

Commencement§

77.

This Law shall commence six months from the date of its publication (hereinafter – the commencement date).

Application and Transitional Provisions§

78.
(a)The provisions of this Law shall apply also in respect of a work created before the commencement date, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) to (j).
(b)Copyright under the provisions of Chapter II of this Law shall not subsist in a work in which, on the eve of the commencement date, copyright did not subsist under the provisions of the law that applied to it on the eve of that date (in this section – the previous law); however, nothing in the provisions of this subsection shall prevent the subsistence of copyright under the provisions of this Law in such a work, by reason of the conditions prescribed in section 8 being fulfilled in respect thereof on and after the commencement date, or by virtue of an Order under section 9.
(c)The provisions of Chapter VIII shall not apply in respect of an act done in relation to a work before the commencement date, as regards infringement of copyright or moral right and as regards remedies, and the provisions of the previous law shall continue to apply to it in respect of those matters; however, in respect of such an act that does not constitute an infringement of copyright or moral right under the provisions of this Law, no right of action shall lie under the provisions of the previous law.
(d)A copy of a work made or imported into Israel before the commencement date shall constitute an infringing copy for the purposes of this Law if, on the eve of the commencement date, it constituted an infringing copy as defined in section 10(e) of the Copyright Ordinance as worded on the eve of the commencement date.
(e)The provisions of sections 33 to 36 shall not apply to a work created before the commencement date, and the provisions of the previous law shall continue to apply to it in respect of this matter.
(f)The provisions of section 37 shall not apply to a transfer of copyright made before the commencement date or to a licence granted in respect of copyright before that date, and the provisions of the previous law shall continue to apply to them in respect of this matter.
(g)The provisions of section 54 shall not apply to proceedings that were pending on the eve of the commencement date, and the provisions of the previous law shall continue to apply to such proceedings in respect of this matter.
(h)The copyright in rental as referred to in section 11(7), in relation to a computer program, shall not apply in respect of a copy of a computer program that was acquired before the 23rd day of Tevet 5760 (1 January 2000).
(i)In respect of the identity of the author of a photographic work under section 21 of the Copyright Act, 1911, created before the commencement date, and also in respect of the term of copyright in such a photographic work, the provisions of the previous law shall continue to apply.
(j)In respect of a sound recording made before the commencement date, the definition "producer" in section 1 shall not apply, and the person who, under section 19(1) of the Copyright Act, 1911, would have been treated as the author of the work shall be regarded as the producer.

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