Category Archives: Drepturi de autor

Cristian Mungiu irrevocably wins the trial with performers Angela Similea and Cornel Constantiniu

We successfully represented the movies producer – Mobra Film

Performer Tudor Chirila is no longer allowed to play the songs of Vama Veche

The High Court of Cassation and Justice decided irrevocably that the former vocalist of Vama Veche will no longer be allowed to play the old songs without the consent of former bandmates.

Legal use of music tracks on the Internet

Any person responsible for the content of his own web site who allows to download music has the obligation to hold the following authorizations:

About including the image of a sculpture in the movie

The shooting in a public space implies, in most cases, incidental filming of intellectual creation works. The Romanian Copyright Act allows the reproduction, distribution or communication to the public of the image of a work of art, plastic art, photographic art or applied art, permanently located in public places, without the consent of the author, unless the image of the work is the main subject of such reproduction, distribution or communications and whether used for commercial purposes.

Communication of the music for environmental purposes

Any person using, in any title, spaces, closed or open (such as bars, restaurants, hotels, etc.) in which music are communicate for environmental purposes is legally obliged to hold the following authorizations:

“Dragostea din tei” remains at Dan Balan

In data de 14 februarie 2005, Judecatoria Sectorului 2 Bucuresti l-a obligat pe Bogdan Popoiag, membru al trupei <> sa plateasca liderului trupei O-Zone, Dan Balan, suma de 60.000.000 lei cu titlu de daune morale, pentru repararea prejudiciul de imagine cauzat de declaratiile din presa prin care a sustinut ca ar fi compozitorul piesei “Dragostea din tei”. Dan Balan a declarat telefonic: “Ma bucur ca s-a facut dreptate. Voi dona suma incasata cu titlu de daune morale unui tanar care va castiga premiul pentru cea mai buna compozitie muzicala in cadrul unuia dintre concursurile organizate anul acesta in Romania”.

3 practical tips on protecting an intellectual creation work

In Romania, the copyright protection of original works of intellectual creation in the literary, artistic or scientific field, regardless of the way of creation, the way or the concrete form of expression and regardless of their value and destination, is protected by copyright. Also, derivative works that have been created from one or more pre-existing works are protected, provided that they do not prejudice the rights of the original work creator.