Another commentary of Janusz Piotr Kolczyński, attorney-at-law, for Dziennik Gazety Prawnej. The commentary refers to the recently issued decision of the District Court in Lublin in case with ref. No. I C 758/16 pertaining to the issue of copyright trolling.

The C.R.O.P.A. Law Firm offered legal advice in relation to the publication of the book. Therefore, we also attended the première of the book.

Around two weeks ago, the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter: CJEU) issued a decision in case C-610/15, where the parties were Stichting Brain – a Dutch foundation fighting fraud in the area of intellectual property and Ziggo BV – a supplier of Internet services.

The discussion on the legality of sharing videos using the Torrent network used to share files on the Internet does not stop. Recently, it resurged again due to sharing one of the Polish comedies over the Torrent. The issue was discussed by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna in its article of January 4, 2017 titled "Sharing of "Wkręcani" through Torrrent is not a criminal offence?".

An amendment to Act on Copyright and Related Rights (Journal of Laws of 2016, item 666, as amended), passed a few years ago, has introduced a procedure for approving remuneration tables before the Copyright Commission (hereinafter: “CC”, “Tables”).

C.R.O.P.A., the TMT and IP Law Firm, has successfully ended court proceedings conducted on behalf of well-known actress, Anna Przybylska, and her heirs, with the publisher of FAKT daily newspaper, Ringier Axel Springer Sp. z o.o. Legal services in the case were provided by attorneys-at-law Janusz Piotr Kolczyński and Maciej Tomaszewski.

The Gazeta Prawna daily paper published commentaries of practicing lawyers on the high-profile decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 8 September 2016 in case C-160/15 GS Media BV. The C.R.O.P.A. lawyers were also requested to provide their answers; Janusz Piotr Kolczyński, attorney-at-law, presented his standpoint.