Baudžiamoji atsakomybė už literatūros, mokslo, meno kūrinio ar gretutinių teisių objekto neteisėtą atgaminimą, neteisėtų kopijų platinimą, gabenimą ar laikymą

The dissertation analyses criminal liability for illegal reproduction of literary, scientific, artistic work or object of related rights, distribution, transportation or storage of illegal copies thereof. Conception and attributes of intellectual property, evolution of laws of intellectual property in the world and in Lithuania and legal sources which provides criminal liability for illegal reproduction of literary, scientific or artistic work or object of neighboring rights, distribution, transportation or storage of illegal copies thereof are examined in the dissertation. The dissertation also discusses the elements of crimes prohibited in Article 192 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania, examines interpretation and application of Article 192 of the Criminal Code and distinguishes crimes prohibited in Article 192 from administrative offences. Furthermore, the dissertation discusses criminal legal consequences threatening the offender who commits crimes prohibited in Article 192 of the Criminal Code: sanctions according to Article 192 of the Criminal Code and confiscation of property. At the end of the dissertation a new wording of Article 192 and a new Article 1921 of the Criminal Code is proposed