TY - JOUR
TI - The Digitization of Cultural Heritage under Polish Law and Policy: Challenges Presented by Copyright Law
AU - Guss, Aleksandra
TI - The Digitization of Cultural Heritage under Polish Law and Policy: Challenges Presented by Copyright Law
AB - 
	Digitization in the narrow sense means the conversion of analogue data into digital form. Looking more broadly through the prism of the protection of cultural heritage, digitization of its objects means not only the conversion of analogue objects into their digital version, but is also related to the processing of the obtained material, file management, and finally, but not always, the sharing of digital documentation. It is not a simple procedure because it has many limitations, including those arising from issues of the copyright protection of digitized works. The aim of this article is to present the challenges related to copyright in relation to the digitization of cultural heritage in the light of Polish law and policy. Poland is one of the countries where the process of digitization of cultural heritage is developing dynamically, both through government programmes and grassroots digitization movements. However, there is no separate regulation in the Polish legal system devoted to the digitization of cultural heritage resources. This makes it difficult to ensure the digitization of a significant part of collections due to the limitations resulting from copyright and their relation to works that can potentially be transferred into the digital space.
VL - 2020
IS - 2/2020 (6)
PY - 2020
SN - 2391-7997
C1 - 2450-050X
SP - 377
EP - 406
DO - 10.4467/2450050XSNR.20.025.13028
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/saaclr/article/the-digitization-of-cultural-heritage-under-polish-law-and-policy-challenges-presented-by-copyright-law
KW - digitization
KW - cultural heritage
KW - copyrights
KW - digital heritage