Re-use: czy re-wolucje? Ograniczenia podmiotowe i przedmiotowe w nowej regulacji
Re-use: or re-volutions? Subjective and object restrictions in the new law regulation

Summary/Abstract: The importance of information and the role of digital content is increasing. Public sector information is an important element for digital content products and services, allowing businesses to use their potential. On the European level this issue is regulated by Directive 2003/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amended in 2013. In the Polish legal system it was implemented initially in the Act on Access to Public Information and then in the Act on the re-use of public sector information. A fundamental change in relation to the previous regulation is the broadening of the scope of the subject matter to include libraries, museums and archives. However, there are more changes, especially the concept of public sector information, which is different from public information. The scope of the project is also different, which currently includes, among others, libraries, museums and archives or the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. The application of the Act has been restricted to information related to deposits (in certain circumstances), held by museums, libraries or archives due to author’s property rights, as well as copyright and related rights and, contrary to the Directive’s literal wording, industrial property rights belonging to entities other than obliged. Unfortunately, the current controversies concerning re-use of the public documents remain and the new law adds new doubts.

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