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Digital Single Market. Cyber Threats and the Protection of Digital Contents: An Overview

Publication date: 2020

Santander Art and Culture Law Review, 2020, 2/2020 (6), pp. 279 - 292

https://doi.org/10.4467/2450050XSNR.20.020.13023

Authors

Katarzyna Chałubińska-Jentkiewicz
Department of Cybersecurity Law and New Technologies Law, Law Institute, War Studies University, al. gen. A. Chruściela „Montera” 103 00-910 Warsaw, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0188-5704 Orcid
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Digital Single Market. Cyber Threats and the Protection of Digital Contents: An Overview

Abstract

Access to audio-visual and digitized heritage is crucial for the economy and overall well-being. It also offers important avenues for the development of creativity and intercultural dialogue, shaping people’s identity and contributing to cultural diversity. Yet the rise of the digital sector has also been accompanied by the proliferation of cyber or computer-related crime. Therefore, the harmonization of cybercrime legislation has widely been discussed in different international fora. At the same time, the protection of digital content has become a highly important issue in the context of the expanding policies aimed at ensuring public, open access to digitized resources for non-commercial, educational, and cultural purposes. This article offers an overview of these topical questions, with specific reference to the EU Digital Single Market.

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Information: Santander Art and Culture Law Review, 2020, 2/2020 (6), pp. 279 - 292

Article type: Original article

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Digital Single Market. Cyber Threats and the Protection of Digital Contents: An Overview

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Digital Single Market. Cyber Threats and the Protection of Digital Contents: An Overview

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0188-5704

Katarzyna Chałubińska-Jentkiewicz
Department of Cybersecurity Law and New Technologies Law, Law Institute, War Studies University, al. gen. A. Chruściela „Montera” 103 00-910 Warsaw, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0188-5704 Orcid
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Department of Cybersecurity Law and New Technologies Law, Law Institute, War Studies University, al. gen. A. Chruściela „Montera” 103 00-910 Warsaw, Poland

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