The Minister of Administration and Digitization organized on March 5, 2012, the Congress on Freedom in the Internet, which has taken place in the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw. The subject of the Congress was, inter alia, discussion over legal issues of the free use of the Internet, open access and the digital business. Prof. Ryszard Markiewicz was invited to participate as leader of the debate devoted to agreements between authors, intermediaries and users of the copyrightable content.