Mizaras Vytautas, The influence of the European Union law on the Lithuanian Copyright Law
The influence of the European Union law on the Lithuanian Copyright Law
This article analyses the main features characteristic of the Lithuanian Copyright Law, the relationship of national legal regulations with the legislation of the European Union. Based on an analysis of relevant provisions related to subject matter, copyright ownership, economic rights, limitations of economic rights and enforcement of copyright and neighbouring rights, the existing issues of the implementation of the directives of the European Union are presented.
1.Introduction
After the independence of the State was reinstated for the second time in 1990 at the end of the Lithuanian occupation , not only the recognition of the Government, its inter-state relations and economic system had to be re-established, but also the reforming of the whole legal system was required. Actually, the system of law was recreated rather than reformed, since in many fields Lithuania had no legal traditions of its own. First of all, new legislation for the system of economics and an economy based on the principles of...
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