Abstract
Abstract Croatia’s accession to the EU in 2013 left a mark on the Croatian Copyright Act. This mark was in the form of several amendments which aimed to implement the EU copyright harmonising measures. This implementation led to an uneven approach to copyright and related rights protection by prioritising implementation of the acquis communautaire over internal coherence and balance of rights. The new Croatian Copyright Act, adopted in October 2021, restores the internal coherence by substantially improving the layout of the act. Nevertheless, the formulation of some of the provisions it contains are inconsistent with international law, EU law and the Croatian Constitution. This paper focuses on three problematic legislative choices in the new Croatian Copyright Act – the gold-plating provision of the press publishers’ right, the automatic transfer of copyright made within public or state-owned institutions, and the nationalisation of audio-visual works.
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