Aktor teatralny z perspektywy prawnoautorskiej
Theater actor from the copyright perspective

Summary/Abstract: The article describes a theatre actor from the point of the Act on Copyright and Related Rights using a dogmatic‑legal method consisting of an analysis of Polish law. The theatre actor belongs to the category of performing artists, protected by the construction of the right related to artistic performance. From the point of view of copyright law, all performers are protected in the same way insofar as they artistically perform a work or a work of folk art. However, the paper places particular emphasis on those activities and characteristics of a performer’s performance that relate to the work of a theatre actor. How artistic performance is defined in the 1994 Copyright and Related Rights Act is similar to the way in which a work is defined. Hence, some doctrines describe it using concepts characteristic of works. Such an approach is possible because these concepts are given meaning and adapted to the role played by the performer and artistic performance situated in copyright and related rights. This is the role of an intermediary between the creator of the work and its audience – the public and the viewer.

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