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DAMIANFLISAK
EVOLUTIONOFCOPYRIGHT
–REALITYORILLUSION?
Tereisnodoubtthatcopyrightprotectionhasgonetoofar.Inthisregard,
EuropeanCourtofJustice(“ECJ”)jurisprudenceisambiguous.Ontheonehand,
theCourthasrepeatedlysignalleditsbroadunderstandingoftheconceptofawork1.
Ontheotherhand,claimingthattheCourtisseekingtorestrictthescopeofprotec-
tionbyafunctionalinterpretationofcopyrightappearstobejustified.ECJrulings
regularlyusephraseologywhichinmyopinioncannotbeaccidentalbutsupportsthis
conclusion.Ifthisisthecase,thisstanceistobewelcomed,becausethemajorconse-
quencewillbetolimitsuchcopyrightprotectionwhichnowadayscannotberationally
justified.Tisshouldbetreatedasanadjustmenttopresentdayreality,inwhichweare
prosumers,simultaneouslyproducingandconsumingculturalgoodswhicharerapidly
growinginnumberduetotheavailabilityofcreationtools,amongotherreasons.Tese
factors,ifonlybywayofexample,shoulddefinitelyinfluencetheshapeofcopyright
legislation,especiallyrelatedtoanauthor’sexclusivemonopoly.
1.INTRODUCTION
SincecopyrightwasharmonizedatEuropeanlevel(atleastinrelationtocopyright
–exploitationrights,referredtoinDirective2001/292),theECJhashadtheopportu-
nitytoruleonmatterswhichmaybehelpfulindetermininghowfartheprotectionof
authors’interestsshouldbeextended.Ontheonehand,thebasicassumptionisthat
copyrightshouldbeinterpretedbroadly3,asitshouldprovideauthorswitha“high
levelofprotection”4.Ontheotherhand,thescopeoftheserightscannotbeextended5.
1Seeasanexample:InfopaqInternationalA/SvDanskeDagbladesForening,EU:C:2009:465.
Seealso:E.Traple,EuropeizacjaprawaautorskiegoworzeczeniachTrybunałuSprawiedliwości,ZNUJ
no4(126)/2014,p.202.
2Directive2001/29/ECoftheEuropeanParliamentandoftheCouncilof22May2001on
theharmonisationofcertainaspectsofcopyrightandrelatedrightsintheinformationsociety,
OfcialJournalL167,22/06/2001,p.0010–0019.
3SociedadGeneraldeAutoresyEditoresdeEspaña(SGAE)vRafaelHotelesSA,
EU:C:2006:764(paragraph36).
4Seerecital9ofDirective2001/29.
5”[ł]Article3(1)ofDirective2001/29mustbeinterpretedasprecludingaMemberStatefrom
givingwiderprotectiontocopyrightholdersbylayingdownthattheconceptofcommunicationto
thepublicincludesawiderrangeofactivitiesthanthosereferredtointhatprovision”–NilsSvensson,
StenSjögren,MadelaineSahlman,PiaGaddvRetrieverSverigeAB,EU:C:2014:76(paragraph41).
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