Copyright, in addition to industrial law and related rights, is part of intellectual property. As that, they are the product and creation of a certain individual, i.e. the created work is his property and property and as such is regulated and protected by the legal framework. Although the legal framework of the Republic of Croatia is very well and comprehensively written, and additionally its legislation is harmonized with the legislation of the European Union, the question arises as to how much copyright is protected in practice, especially in the age of new technologies and digital media when everything is available to us with just one click? By analyzing the laws, we arrive at clear definitions of what an author is, what an author's work is, what copyrights are, how they are exercised, how long they last and what happens if they are violated. In the general sense of protection, things are very clear, but if we take into account the time of new technology that changes from day to day, the law in copyright protection cannot really help that much. First, the laws should be there, as they are, amended and supplemented following the trends, but in the specific case of the described examples of copyright infringement in practice, more specifically copyright infringement on the Internet, they are not sufficient protection. The way to protect copyright lies in regulating the content before its release on the Internet, i.e. taking the necessary steps to protect it from illegal downloads and reduce copyright infringement to a minimum level. Although even then, copyrights will not be fully protected, their non-compliance will be significantly reduced, and the laws will remain there to answer those who commit such violations.