Aleksandra Sewerynik

Education

• Doctor of Legal Sciences;
• Frederic Chopin University of Music in Warsaw;
• Faculty of Law and Administration, Warsaw University.

Professional career

• 2023 – Lecturer in copyright law at the Academy of Music in Lodz;
• 2021 – expert witness in the field of music, in particular music plagiarism and copyright law;
• 2020 – Music Export Poland Foundation – legal advice in the field of copyright law;
• 2018 – Lecturer at Collegium Civitas on postgraduate studies „Music in the Media”;
• 2018 – Lecturer at IP Centrum;
• 02.2016 – Legal advisor at Hasik, Rheims and Partners;
• 10.2013 – Sewerynik Prawo Autorskie – publications and workshops in the field of copyright law, integral comparative legal and musical opinions on plagiarism of musical works;
• 2009 – lecturer in copyright law at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw;
• 2005-2013 – Lawyer at Błeszynski and Partners Legal Advisors.

Membership in organizations

District Chamber of Legal Advisers in Warsaw.

Publications

1. A Musical Work as the Subject Matter of Copyright, C.H. Beck 2020;

2. The Act on Copyright and Related Rights. A Commentary, ed. A. Michalak, Art. 85-103 (related rights), C.H. Beck 2019;

3. Copyright in Cultural Institutions, CH Beck 2019;

4. Copyright in Music, Chopin University Press, 2014;

5. It’s about time to give the music producer her/his copyright due, IPKat blog 4.01.2022;

6. “Doh” may be a female deer and “re” a drop of golden sun, but „me” harmony be the basis for copyright infringement?, IPKat blog 8.07.2022.