PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE ON COPYRIGHT IN THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET

Mogućnosti koje je donijelo digitalno okruženje korijenito su promijenile svakodnevni život običnog čovjeka, ali i načine poslovanja. Brzi razvoj tehnologije doveo je do lakšeg pristupa informacijama, a posljedično i do lakšeg umnožavanja, dijeljenja i prenošenja takvog sadržaja što omogućuje kretanje u marginama interneta potencirajući tako povrede autorskih prava. Zadatak aktualnih zakonodavaca i pravnih teoretičara nije nimalo jednostavan, uspostaviti ravnotežu između slobodnog pristupa informacijama i zaštite autorskih prava u ovakvom okruženju je vrlo zahtjevan zadatak. Europska Komisija pristupila je problematici nudeći set propisa kojima želi uspostaviti ravnotežu na jedinstvenom digitalnom tržištu Europske Unije, a jedan od njih je i Prijedlog Direktive o autorskim pravima na jedinstvenom digitalnom tržištu kojim se ovaj rad bavi.The possibilities generated by digital environment have thoroughly changed the everyday life of an average person as well as business models. The rapid development of technology has led to an easier access to information and, consequently, to easier copying, sharing and transfer of such content which enables the sharing of content on internet potentially causing copyright infringements. The task of current legislators and legal theorists is not simple at all; to establish a balance between free access to information and copyright protection in this environment is certainly a challenging task. The European Commission has tackled the issue by offering a set of regulations that aims at balancing the digital single market of the European Union, and one of those regulations is the Proposal for a Directive on copyright in the digital single market which is dealt with in this paper