Copyrights Law in Lithuania
Here’s an overview of Copyright Law in Lithuania:
📜 Copyright Law in Lithuania
1. Legal Framework
The primary legislation is the Law on Copyright and Related Rights of the Republic of Lithuania.
Lithuania is a member of the European Union (EU), so its copyright laws comply with EU Directives such as:
The InfoSoc Directive
The Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
Lithuania is also party to major international treaties:
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
TRIPS Agreement
Rome Convention (for related rights)
2. Protected Works
The law protects:
Literary works (books, articles, computer programs)
Artistic works (paintings, sculptures, drawings)
Musical works
Cinematographic works and audiovisual productions
Photographs
Databases (if there is creativity involved)
Dramatic, choreographic works, pantomimes
3. Rights Granted
Economic Rights:
Reproduction and distribution
Public performance and communication to the public
Adaptation, translation, and other derivative works
Rental and lending rights
Moral Rights:
Right to claim authorship
Right to prevent distortion, mutilation, or other modification of the work
Right to decide when and how to disclose the work
4. Duration of Protection
The general term is the life of the author plus 70 years after death.
For joint works, 70 years after the death of the last surviving author.
Anonymous or pseudonymous works: 70 years from publication.
For audiovisual works: 70 years from the death of the last surviving principal author.
Photographs and other special cases may have shorter terms (usually 50 years).
5. Limitations and Exceptions
Lithuania recognizes exceptions such as:
Private use (non-commercial copying)
Quotation for criticism or review with attribution
Use for educational and scientific purposes
Use in libraries and archives
Use in news reporting
6. Related Rights
Performers’ rights
Producers of sound recordings
Broadcasting organizations
7. Enforcement and Remedies
Civil remedies: Injunctions, damages, destruction of infringing copies
Criminal sanctions for willful infringement, especially commercial scale
Border measures to prevent import/export of infringing goods
8. Collective Management Organizations
Lithuania has collective rights management entities that represent authors and rights holders in licensing and royalty collection.
9. Digital and Internet Protections
Lithuania enforces EU standards regarding:
Protection against circumvention of technological measures (e.g., DRM)
Liability of Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Rights management information protection
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