Copyright Act Article 48

Libraries, museums, history museums, science museums, art museums, file archives, and other archive institutions open to the public may reproduce works in their collections in any of the following circumstances:1. Where a patron, for personal research purposes, requests reproduction of a part of a work that has been publicly released, or of a single article from a periodical or from a seminar paper that has been publicly released, and within the limit of one copy per person; provided, this may not be provided as a digital copy.2. Where preservation of the material is necessary, for purposes of avoiding loss or damage, or where common technology is not available for reading the storage format of the material, and it cannot be obtained through reasonable acquisition on the market.3. Where works are out of print or difficult to purchase, and have been requested by another similar institution.4. Where needed for restoration of works during the period of lawful licensing of a digital collection.The National Central Library, for purposes of promoting national cultural development, may digitally reproduce the following works:1.Works in the collection to be provided in lieu of the original collection for perusal within the institution to prevent loss, damage, or defacement of the original collection; provided, this shall not apply to works already available on the market in digital form.2.Materials provided to the public over Internet by a central or local government agency or a non-departmental public body.Works reproduced pursuant to subparagraphs 2 to 4 of paragraph 1 and to subparagraph 1 of the preceding paragraph, subject to compliance with all the subparagraphs below, or works reproduced pursuant to subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph, subject to compliance with subparagraph 2 below, may be publicly transmitted for perusal within the institution:1. The quantity of the same work that may be made available for perusal by users within the institution at the same time does not exceed the quantity of that work currently held in that institution's collection.2. The computers or other display equipment made available for purposes of perusal within the institution do not enable users to engage reproduction or transmission.Works reproduced by the National Central Library pursuant to subparagraph 1 of paragraph 2 may not be exploited for any purpose other than as provided in the preceding paragraph.
中文原文 著作權法第48條
供公眾使用之圖書館、博物館、歷史館、科學館、藝術館、檔案館或其他典藏機構,於下列情形之一,得就其收藏之著作重製之:
一、應閱覽人供個人研究之要求,重製已公開發表著作之一部分,或期刊或已公開發表之研討會論文集之單篇著作,每人以一份為限。
但不得以數位重製物提供之。
二、基於避免遺失、毀損或其儲存形式無通用技術可資讀取,且無法於市場以合理管道取得而有保存資料之必要者。
三、就絕版或難以購得之著作,應同性質機構之要求者。
四、數位館藏合法授權期間還原著作之需要者。
國家圖書館為促進國家文化發展之目的,得以數位方式重製下列著作:
一、為避免原館藏滅失、損傷或污損,替代原館藏提供館內閱覽之館藏著作。
但市場已有數位形式提供者,不適用之。
二、中央或地方機關或行政法人於網路上向公眾提供之資料。
依第一項第二款至第四款及前項第一款規定重製之著作,符合下列各款規定,或依前項第二款規定重製之著作,符合第二款規定者,得於館內公開傳輸提供閱覽:
一、同一著作同一時間提供館內使用者閱覽之數量,未超過該機構現有該著作之館藏數量。
二、提供館內閱覽之電腦或其他顯示設備,未提供使用者進行重製、傳輸。
國家圖書館依第二項第一款規定重製之著作,除前項規定情形外,不得作其他目的之利用。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.