Dreptul de autor în societatea nformaţională sau Cui i-e frică de accesul la date?
Copyright in the information society or Who fears data access?

Summary/Abstract: Rapid technological developments transform the way works are created, produced, distributed and exploited, new business models and new actors are emerging, the relevant legislation must be designed and adapted permanently so as not to limit these technological developments; „in order to achieve a well-functioning and fair marketplace for copyright, there should also be rules on rights in publications, on the use of works or other subject matter by online service providers storing and giving access to user-uploaded content”; is it necessary to „assess the framework for intellectual property rights with a view to further enhance data access and use” – all these statements are fragments of the expected transformation at European level in order for digital Europe to reflect data-based innovation without deviating from its fundamental values. These „tumultuous” ideas, indisputably beneficial, had also inspired the reference in the title to the famous play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee. This article does not propose solutions, its aim being mostly a narrative one, describing the atmosphere of Act I of the „play” written at EU level, redefining the legal, economic, and social norms of society, in the context of technological developments with potential to reconfigure human relations in a new reality.

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