Internet „Piracy” and Fair Personal Use

The article aims to analyze the institution of fair personal use in Polish law. The article discusses the concept of fair personal use regulated in Art. 23 of the Act of February 4, 1994, on Copyright and Related Rights. The article also attempts to indicate the boundaries of fair private use and answers what can be downloaded from the Internet under fair use and when such action becomes illegal. In the era of the constantly developing Internet, the legality of uploading and downloading multimedia files is of fundamental importance. The article tries to show when downloading files constitutes Internet piracy and what are the characteristics that prove that the crime of Internet piracy was committed, as well as the legal consequences associated with it.