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The Right to Flat-Rate Compensation for an Employer’s Infringement of an Employee’s Economic Copyright

Author(s): Wioletta Witoszko, Sebastian Kwiecień
Subject(s): Labor relations, Labour and Social Security Law
Published by: Temida 2
Keywords: economic copyrights; flat-rate compensation; intellectual property;

Summary/Abstract: The issue of determining the amount of flat-rate compensation for an employer’s infringement of an employee’s copyright of their own work remains disputed, particularly in practice. It is a claim for payment of a sum of money corresponding to twice the remuneration that at the time of its investigation would have been due by way of consent to the use of the work by the rightholder. The article presents a problematic issue regarding the award of compensation to an employee who proves copyright infringement but who is not obliged to determine the type of damage or its extent, nor to prove the fault of the employer.

  • Issue Year: 1/2022
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 227-242
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish