SWS Academic Research eLibrarySocial Sciences & Art

Scholarly record

OFFENCES UNDER POLISH LAW ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS

M. Treder

First published: 2017https://doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2017/12/S02.075View metrics

Abstract

Some offences under Polish law are codified in Acts other than the Criminal Code. For example, Criminal Liability is regulate in the 14th chapter of the Act of 4th February 1994 “Law on Copyright and Related Rights”. The most important offences legislated are acts of plagiarism and copyright piracy. The first offence is codified in Article 115 and the second in Articles 116 and 117. Plagiarism is prosecuted ex officio, with maximum penalty up to 3 years imprisonment, and Copyright piracy is prosecuted on a complaint basis with maximum 2 years imprisonment. Aggravated offences, such as the offender making a regular source of income or organizing or managing criminal activity, are prosecuted ex officio with maximum jail sentence up to 5 years. Different legal systems exist where plagiarism is a delict and not a crime, so the victim of an act of plagiarism can only proceed to a civil court to seek justice. It is therefore important to describe herein penal protection under copyright laws.

Publication Impact Profile

PlumX
No metrics available.
PLUMX see details

Publication details

Title
OFFENCES UNDER POLISH LAW ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
Authors
M. Treder
Proceedings
4th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2017
Publisher
STEF92 Technology
Year
2017
Pages
601-606
SWS Citekey
Treder20172601606
ISSN
2367-5659
ISBN
978-619-7408-14-0
Language
en
Publication type
Proceedings Paper
Keywords
copyrightcriminal lawpolish lawplagiarismunlawful disseminationreceiving stolen goodsreceiving stolen goods.
ReferencesPending
Pendingreferences will be imported from Crossref/SWS source data

Structured references will appear here after the reference import pass. The count is preserved now so the scholarly record is not incomplete.

View or Download full articleAccess options
Full paper accessChoose SWS login, librarian support, or instant article download.

SWS access login

Login as SWS Scientific Committee

Authors and approved SWS contributors will read and export their own linked papers after identity matching by SWS profile, email and SGEM GlobalID.

For librarian assistance: [email protected]

Purchase Instant Access

48-hour online accessComing soon
Online-only accessComing soon
Download the full article in PDF formatEUR 35
  • Article can be downloaded after successful payment.
  • Article may be used according to SWS library access terms.
  • Article cannot be redistributed.
Get full paper

Back to publication list