Abstract

In the current legal situation, following the judgments of the Constitutional Tribunal of 23 June 2015 and 5 November 2019, the right holder may request the person who has infringed their proprietary copyrights to pay double the amount of respective remuneration. The automatism of applying the statutory multiplier (double the author’s remuneration) still arouses considerable doubts as it may lead to the compensation being awarded to the plaintiff in an amount greater that the actual loss.The article focuses on answering the question whether the existing legal regulations allow for the possibility of any moderation of statutory damages granted under Art. 79.1.3b of the Act on Copyright and Related Rights.