Museum Exhibitions and Copyright

Abstract

Exhibitions represent one of the basic media through which museums present the results of their activities, but also their instrument for the realization of added revenues. They are the work of the author, who as a rule is employed in the museum and achieve copyrights by realizing permanent or occasional obligations from employment. Such an attitude raises issues related to the legal obligation and the real practice of exercising copyrights. The paper deals with the theme of the exhibition as an author's work, the rights of the museum as an employer and employees as an author, analyzes the key articles of the Copyright and Related Rights Act regarding author works created in the work relationship, and the special property rights of the author of the exhibition.

Keywords

• museum
• exhibition
• curator
• author work
• copyright
• employment