Technology has transformed the way information is created and acquired in digital andInternet environments. Many time this information is protected by copyright. As a result,there are new kinds of Copyright infringement that the civil liability system did notapproach.Currently in Colombia, determining the amount of economic damages for Copyrightinfringement in digital environments is based on the traditional property theory. This typeof theory does not reflect copyright law’s purpose nor achieves civil liability’s system goals.This dissertation proposes -through a dogmatic research (Lege -Ferenda)– some criteria todeterminate the amount of economic damages for Copyright infringement indigital environments. These criteria emerge from contrasting the Colombian legislationwith the American and Spanish legislation.As a result, these criteria are formulated based of statutory damages and the damageassessment from the earnings of the infractor. They have punitive, curative and dissuasivefunction to determine the amount of economic damages when happens copyrightinfringement on the Internet.