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Due to the obligation to implement Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC (Official Journal of the EU L 130 of 17.05.2019, p. 92) (the DSM Directive), there has been a need to amend the Polish Copyright and Related Rights Act of 4 February 1994 (Dz.U.2022.2509 consolidated text of 6 December 2022 – the Act). The amendment to the Act, from 26 July 2024 (Journal of Laws 2024, item 1254) entered into force, with few exceptions, on 20 September...

Article 13(2) of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive provides that, where Member States require media service providers under their jurisdiction to contribute financially to the production of European works, including via direct investment in content and contribution to national funds, they may also require media service providers targeting audiences in their territories, but established in other Member States, to make such financial contributions which shall be proportionate and non-discriminatory. In the Polish legal order, pursuant to Article 47f(2)-(3) of the Broadcasting Act, providers...

Poland's obligation to implement Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 130 of 17 May 2019, p. 92) (the so-called "Digital Single Market" Directive), hereinafter referred to as the "DSM Directive", made it necessary to amend the Copyright and Related Rights Act. The proposed draft act introduces a significant change with regard to the author's rights in the event that the...

The development of artificial intelligence (in particular, the recently released fourth instalment of the popular ChatGPT) provokes more and more questions related to the copyright protection of "works" for the creation of which AI is responsible, or in the creation of which AI had a significant contribution. In the context of almost open access to generators of images, animations, texts and sometimes music, a number of questions arise, one of which comes to the fore: can AI be considered a creator or co-creator from the perspective of Polish legal regulations? According...

According to an announcement on the UKE (Office of Electronic Communications) website, a ban on four Russian TV channels (NTV Mir, Rossiya 1, REN TV, Pervyi Kanal) became effective in Poland on 2 February 2023. The above-mentioned ban results from Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/180 of 27 January 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2474 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine published on 30 January 2023. As a result, service providers are obliged to block access to information...