DIGITISATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

MIRIĆ Aleksandra (Institut de Recherche sur l’Architecture Antique Université Lumière Lyon 2), aleksandramiric@yahoo.com
MIRIĆ Filip (Pravni fakultet u Nišu), filip.miric@gmail.com

Cultural heritage enjoys special protection in all modern legislation. The information society we live in has imposed the need to protect cultural heritage with new, modern methods. Not only does digitisation protect cultural heritage as a whole, but it also makes it more accessible. The importance of the digitisation process in this area was also recognised at the European Union (EU) level, which resulted in the adoption of the Commission\'s Recommendation on Digitisation and Online Availability of Cultural Goods and Digital Protection of August 24, 2006 (585/EK). Although we are talking about recommendations, their importance stems from the need to adequately protect cultural heritage and make it more accessible. Taking into account the interest of the states to act preventively in an adequate way on the protection of cultural property, the authors provide an overview of the legal framework for their criminal protection in the Republic of Serbia at the end of the paper.

Keywords: Cultural heritage, digitisation, EU, criminal legislation, Serbia