Javno saopštavanje dela i zaštita autorskog i srodnih prava u informacionom društvu: novine u pravu Evropske unije i njihov uticaj na pravni okvir zaštite u Srbiji

Abstract

U februaru 2014. godine Sud pravde Evropske unije (Sud Evropske unije) je, u slučaju povodom tužbe novina Göteborg-Posten protiv švedskog društva Retriever Sverige, stao na stanovište da, radi usklađivanja određenih aspekata autorskog i srodnih prava u informacionom društvu, Direktivu 2001/29/EZ treba tumačiti na način da stavljanje na internet stranicu hiperlinkova na koje je moguće kliknuti, a koji vode do dela slobodno dostupnih na drugoj internet stranici, ne predstavlja radnju javnog saopštavanja dela. To dalje znači da za te aktivnosti nije potrebno pribaviti ovlašćenje nosioca autorskog prava. Osim toga, Sud Evropske unije stao je na stanovište i da države članice nemaju pravo da pruže dodatnu zaštitu nosiocima autorskog prava određujući pojam javnog saopštavanja šire u odnosu na određenje stipulisano Direktivom 2001/29/EZ. U radu se ukazuje na osnove Direktive 2001/29/EZ, daje osvrt na stavove Suda Evropske unije koji su izneti u slučaju Nils Svensson, Sten Sjögren, Madelaine Sahlman, Pia Gadd v Retreiver Sverige AB i slučaju Sociedad General de Autores y Editores de España (SGAE) v Rafael Hoteles SA i analizira uticaj koji oni imaju na razvoj zaštite autorskog i srodnih prava u informacionom društvu.

In February 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ), decided on a preliminary ruling in the case where journalists, who wrote press articles that were published in the Göteborg-Posten newspapers and on the Göteborg- Posten website, brought an action against Retriever Sverige, that operates a website providing its clients with lists of clickable Internet links to articles published by other newspapers. The ECJ found that the relevant articles of Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, must be interpreted as meaning that the provision on a website of clickable links to works freely available on another website does not constitute an „act of communication to the public“ as refered to in the Article 3 (1) of this Directive. It means that the authorization of the copyright rightholders is not required for a communication to the public. In addition, the ECJ found that Member States are precluded from giving wider protection to copyright rightholders by laying down that the concept of communication to the public includes a wider range of activities than those stipulated by the Directive 2001/29/EC. The paper points out the fundamentals of Directive 2001/29/EC, considerations of the ECJ of the questions reffered in in the case of Nils Svensson, Sten Sjögren, Madelaine Sahlman, Pia Gadd v Retreiver Sverige AB and the case of Sociedad General de Autores y Editores de España (SGAE) v Rafael Hoteles SA and analyzes the impact that they have on the protection of copyright and related rights in the information society.