Digitalizacja i udostępnienie w Internecie dorobku kulturowego oraz ochrona zasobów cyfrowych

Digitalization and sharing of the cultural works on the Internet and protection of the digital resources Digitalization is an introduction of traditional, printed or manuscript library materials or archival materialsin the form of digital data to the computer’s memory by scanning. The purpose of digitalization is primarily the protection of a collection by permanent preservation of the digital mapping of the object that belongs to the national heritage, protection of the original piece of work from excessive exploitation, devastation, theft, and finally support of the development of collections as a result of supplementing the existing original description based on a digital copy. Digitalization restricts the access to the original piece of work; however, the user while using the digital copy gets the impression of using the original. The problem of digitalization in the area of the European Union law is regulated by the recommendations of the European Parliament and of the Council and European directives, not to mention the lower-order acts. However such documents – as demonstrated in the article – lack of proper detail and accuracy.