03.02.2016
PERSONAL RIGHTS AND MEDIA CRISES
What is the price of copyright infringement?
The legal environment has been moved by the Constitutional Court ruling of 23 June 2015 (SK 32/14), in which the Court held that three times the remuneration for culpable violation of copyright is incompatible with the Polish Constitution. The problem is that this subject did not make it to the minds of Polish creative industry. [...]
23.06.2015
FASHION, CULTURE & ART
Triple the amount of respective remuneration is unconstitutional!
The Constitutional Tribunal has determined that triple the amount of respective remuneration in the case of culpable infringement of copyright is unconstitutional (file no. SK 32/13). This right was provided for in Article 79(1)(3)(b) of the Copyright and Related Rights Act and allows demanding the payment of triple the amount of respective remuneration for illegal, [...]
21.05.2015
FASHION, CULTURE & ART
Multiple the amount of respective remuneration under the copyright law prior to CJEU
A common request for payment in multiples of the amount of respective remuneration for the unlawful use of another person’s work is a widely debated problem in the jurisprudence. The right in question has been provided for in Article 79(1)(3)(b) of the Copyright and Related Rights Act and since the very beginning has stirred a [...]
05.03.2015
PERSONAL RIGHTS AND MEDIA CRISES
Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal: is it easy to become a criminal?
This reflection was inspired by the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal (“CT”) of February 17, 2015 (file no. K 15/13) which settled the matter of compliance with Article 115 clause 3 of Copyright and Related Rights Act of February 4, 1994 (“Copyright Act”) and Article 42 clause 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of [...]
02.02.2015
FILM, MEDIA & GAMING
(Not so) terrible consequences of not registering
In the previous post, we indicated that creating and running a blog may involve the obligation to register the blog in the register of dailies and magazines. In this entry, however, we would like to direct your attention to the fact that the failure to register may have some unpleasant consequences. The Press Law Act [...]
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