Den andliga odlingens vara eller icke vara - En studie av klassikerskyddet och dess utveckling in i ett modernt kultursamhälle
(2023) LAGF03 20232Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Enligt 51 § lagen (1960:729) om upphovsrätt till litterära och konstnärliga verk (URL) har domstol rätt att förbjuda offentliga återgivanden av litterära eller konstnärliga verk som kränker den andliga odlingens intressen. Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka vilka ageranden som omfattas av det så kallade klassikerskyddet, hur regeln har utvecklats sedan lagen infördes, samt till att problematisera dess funktion i dagens kulturlandskap. För att bestämma klassikerskyddets syfte redogörs i uppsatsen för hur diskussionerna gick i förarbetena till lagen. Slutsatsen är att 51 § URL syftar till att skydda verk som betraktas som kulturarv – klassiker – mot vad allmänheten skulle betrakta som grova kränkningar. Det är inte upphovspersonens enskilda... (More)
- Enligt 51 § lagen (1960:729) om upphovsrätt till litterära och konstnärliga verk (URL) har domstol rätt att förbjuda offentliga återgivanden av litterära eller konstnärliga verk som kränker den andliga odlingens intressen. Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka vilka ageranden som omfattas av det så kallade klassikerskyddet, hur regeln har utvecklats sedan lagen infördes, samt till att problematisera dess funktion i dagens kulturlandskap. För att bestämma klassikerskyddets syfte redogörs i uppsatsen för hur diskussionerna gick i förarbetena till lagen. Slutsatsen är att 51 § URL syftar till att skydda verk som betraktas som kulturarv – klassiker – mot vad allmänheten skulle betrakta som grova kränkningar. Det är inte upphovspersonens enskilda intresse utan allmänhetens kulturarvsmässiga intresse som är skyddsobjektet.
För att försöka fastställa vad som kränker den andliga odlingens intressen studeras förutom förarbetena även tillsynsmyndigheternas ärendehantering samt den domstolspraxis som finns på området. Slutsatsen är att vad som anses kränka den andliga odlingens intressen har förändrats mycket sedan lagen infördes 1960, då exempelvis jazzparafraser på klassiska verk i förar-betena ansågs vara en sådan kränkning. Vad som kränker den andliga odlingens intressen i modern tid är svårt att säga säkert eftersom inget återgivande någonsin i domstol har blivit förbjudet. Tillsynsmyndigheterna har emellertid i modern tid reagerat på framställningar av klassiska verk som används i reklamsammanhang, och i domstol är nu fastslaget att endast be-arbetningar av verk omfattas.
I uppsatsen diskuteras slutligen huruvida klassikerskyddet fortfarande är ett bra sätt att uppnå syftet. De problem som identifieras är för det första att den sortens allmänna, gemensamma kulturuppfattning som rådde när lagen stiftades saknas idag, och för det andra att avsaknaden av kontinuerlig domstolspraxis i allmänhet och i högsta instans i synnerhet gör förarbetena, som skrevs i ett helt annat kulturellt sammanhang än dagens, till den enda formella rättskällan. (Less) - Abstract
- According to § 51 of the Swedish Copyright Act, the court has the authority to prohibit any public renditions of literary or artistic works that offends the interests of spiritual cultivation. This thesis aims to examine which actions are comprised by this so called ’protection of classics’, how the rule has de-veloped since its establishment, and it problematizes the rule’s function in the cultural landscape of today. In order to establish the purpose of the pro-tection of classics, the thesis presents the discussions made in the preambles of the Copyright Act. The conclusion is that § 51 aims to protect works that are regarded as cultural heritage, or classics, against what in the eyes of the public would constitute severe violations.... (More)
- According to § 51 of the Swedish Copyright Act, the court has the authority to prohibit any public renditions of literary or artistic works that offends the interests of spiritual cultivation. This thesis aims to examine which actions are comprised by this so called ’protection of classics’, how the rule has de-veloped since its establishment, and it problematizes the rule’s function in the cultural landscape of today. In order to establish the purpose of the pro-tection of classics, the thesis presents the discussions made in the preambles of the Copyright Act. The conclusion is that § 51 aims to protect works that are regarded as cultural heritage, or classics, against what in the eyes of the public would constitute severe violations. The protected interest is not the originator’s individual interest but the cultural interest of the public.
In order to estsablish what constitutes a violation of the spiritual cultivation, the case handling of the supervising authorities and the existing case law is studied as well as the preambles. The conclusion is that what is considered as a violation of the spiritual cultivation has changed drastically since the establishment of the act in 1960, when practises like making jazz paraphrases on classical music pieces were considered such a violation in the preambles. What constitutes a violation of the spiritual cultivation i modern time is dif-ficult to say with certainty, since no rendition has ever been prohibited in court. The supervising authorities have, however, in modern time reacted to renditions of classical works used in commercial contexts, and in court has been established that only adaptations of works are comprised.
Finally, the thesis discusses if the protection of classics still is a suitable way of achieving its purpose. The problems identified are firstly that the kind of general, common idea of culture that were prevaling at the time of the establishment of the act does not exist nowadays, and secondly, that the absence of continous case law, especially from supreme court, makes the preambles, which were written in a cultural context very different from to-day, the only official source of law. (Less)
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- author
- Holmlund, Lydia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20232
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- immaterialrätt, upphovsrätt, klassikerskyddet
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9142767
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- 2024-02-02 12:12:51
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In order to estsablish what constitutes a violation of the spiritual cultivation, the case handling of the supervising authorities and the existing case law is studied as well as the preambles. The conclusion is that what is considered as a violation of the spiritual cultivation has changed drastically since the establishment of the act in 1960, when practises like making jazz paraphrases on classical music pieces were considered such a violation in the preambles. What constitutes a violation of the spiritual cultivation i modern time is dif-ficult to say with certainty, since no rendition has ever been prohibited in court. The supervising authorities have, however, in modern time reacted to renditions of classical works used in commercial contexts, and in court has been established that only adaptations of works are comprised.
Finally, the thesis discusses if the protection of classics still is a suitable way of achieving its purpose. The problems identified are firstly that the kind of general, common idea of culture that were prevaling at the time of the establishment of the act does not exist nowadays, and secondly, that the absence of continous case law, especially from supreme court, makes the preambles, which were written in a cultural context very different from to-day, the only official source of law.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Den andliga odlingens vara eller icke vara - En studie av klassikerskyddet och dess utveckling in i ett modernt kultursamhälle}},
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