摘要：The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of Estonian legislation pertaining to copyright and related rights, and its perspectives. The article aims to show the role of copyright in the Estonian cultural and legal tradition from a historical point of view and describe the main trends of development in Estonian copyright and related rights legislation, which are mainly based on international devel- opments. The main emphasis in the article is on the aspect of —law in law books". Implementation, enforcement and case law, which in practice are as important as legislation, constitute a topic to be dealt with in a separate article
