Problematyka ochrony prawnej artystycznych wykonań w latach 1919–1994 w Polsce (część II)

Abstract

The article presents the views of the legal doctrine and the discussion concerning the attempts to extend the legal regulation of artistic performances in Poland in the period after World War II, including the discussions in the Sejm of the first and second term in the early 1990s, accompanying the enactment of the currently binding Act on Copyright and Related Rights. During this period, many bills – the first ones from the 1960s and 1970s – failed to be translated into the language of the current legislation. In the period immediately after World War II, the doctrine took the position that the protection of performers could be derived from the provisions protecting the creators themselves. In practice, however, protection was implemented through the provisions of civil law and labour law. It was only after the change of the social and political system in Poland in 1989 that the work of the Sejm of successive terms of office led to the enactment of legislation protecting the rights of performers.