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An Author's Right in the Information Society and Across the Internal European Union Market
Mikita, Peter ; Kříž, Jan (advisor) ; Srstka, Jiří (referee) ; Hendrychová, Michaela (referee)
Copyright law is a special category of civil law which, with the upswing of the Internet, has become important for different types of stakeholders in the global information society. The 'participative web' operates with content generated by users. This user-generated content has often disputable origins in terms of copyright clearance. The Internet has opened the possibility for developing new forms of communication between anonymous or individual users who are not easily identifiable. Especially peer-to-peer file sharing and recently the information services offered and operated by the so-called 'cyberlockers' are the reason of questioning the role of copyright protection online which needs a beneficial solution. Copyright infringement in the era of information society is a complex phenomenon with a multiplicity of contributing factors like the importance of information data with big business potential, personal attitudes shown by internet users towards the value and scarcity of intellectual property, or legal responsibility of internet service providers (ISP) who paradoxically act from the safety of the so-called safe harbours as intermediaries of information exchange, representing a new element in the communication chain between rights holders and users. Commercial and business models operating...
Analysis of the present approaches to DRM for electronic books and design of an alternative approach
Kolář, Martin ; Sigmund, Tomáš (advisor) ; Čermák, Radim (referee)
This thesis deals with problems associated with the distribution of the electronic books. Those problems are mainly caused by the use of the digital rights management technologies and techniques. In the thesis those technologies and techniques are further explored as there are several stakeholder groups identified who are affected by them. It also explores ethical aspects of using those technologies and techniques and those aspects are then used as one of the starting points of the design of an alternative approach to the digital rights management. This approach is the primary objective of this thesis.

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