Abstract:

The article is an attempt to make a comprehensive analysis of the criminalizing regulations in force in Polish criminal law. intellectual piracy. In particular, the provisions of art. 116 of the Act of 4 February 1994 on copyright and related rights, which define the limits of liability for the offense of the so-called intellectual piracy. The work focuses on assessing the features of this crime both in the basic and qualified types, as well as in the variant consisting in the unintentional behavior of the perpetrator. The rest of the article is devoted to issues related to the prosecution mode of the so-called intellectual piracy and punishments threatening the perpetrator. An attempt was also made to estimate the potential losses of crimes resulting from this title in Poland against the background of selected EU countries and to indicate which entities bear the consequences of such actions.