The subject of this article is form of copyright contracts, including form of contracts that actual Copyright Act 2004. provides for. Like previous copyright acts, current law requires written form as a condition for copyright contract to be valid. There is an exception concerning so - called small publishing contracts. The article contains a brief survey of domestic theory and legal practice, with examples that show certain different attitudes in regard to legal nature of required form and practical legal consequences. According to the author, required written form has ad solemnitatem legal character. But regardless of that, oral agreement is allowed to be treated as valid act if effected on the whole or in prevalent part. The same applies to oral arrangements about accessory items as part of contracts concluded in written. As far as other kinds of copyright contracts are concerned, Copyright Act is not explicit in regard to their form, so that the question is the matter of interpretation mostly. Finally, the question of formality of concluding copyright contracts has a relative importance, taking into account various legal, substantial and procedural possibilities of protection.