The Pre-emption Right within the Copyright Domain

Abstract

This essau annalyzes the right to pre-emption established in the field of copyright and regulated by art 52 from Law no. 8/1996 regarding the copyright and neighbouring rights. This right gives to the publisher who had signed a publishing contract with the author of a scientific, literary or artistic works priority to publish right the work in electronic format. The entire analysis of the conditions in which it can be exercised the right of pre-emption in this area is the authors' personal work in the conditions where in our country there are no studies that examine the right of preemption.