On 19 July 2018, the new Act on Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights of 15 June 2018 entered into force. In Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Attorney Janusz Piotr Kolczyński commented on the new provisions.

We are presenting the conversation of Janusz Piotr Kolczyński, Att. with Wirtualnemedia.pl website about some provisions of the draft EU directive amending copyright.

You are heartily welcome to read the newest comments by Janusz Piotr Kolczyński, Att. for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (hereinafter: “DGP”) and Wirtualnemedia.pl website (hereinafter: ‘WM”), pertaining to the precedent-setting decision of the Court of Appeal in Warsaw of 29 August 2017, file ref. No. VI ACa 600/16 with respect to the dissemination, through Chomikuj.pl website, of files deriving from illegal sources in the context of the size of the damage caused by such activity.

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?".