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Artistic performance and its copyright protection
Ericssonová, Michaela ; Křesťanová, Veronika (advisor) ; Holcová, Irena (referee)
ENGLISH SUMMARY Art Performance and Its Copyright Protection The main goal of my thesis is to describe and explain the fundamental principles on which is based the copyright protection of art performance. My paper is divided into three parts, namely, The Sources of law, Art performance, and The Performer`s rights to his art performance. 1. Sources of Law The basic legislation is the Constitution of the Czech Republic, which considers the rights to the results of intellectual creative activity as fundamental human rights. International treaties, binding on the Czech Republic, are also very important. The performer`s rights are regulated especially by The Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (1961). The Czech Republic, as any other member of the European Union, has to comply with European legislation, especially European directives. This condition is met by the Copyright Act - No. 121/2000 Sb. (Collection of Laws), as amended, which regulates the copyright and related rights. The performer`s right is very close to copyright, that is why many provisions concerning the work and copyright is applied - mutatis mutandis - to the performer and his performance. 2. Art Performance The art performance comes into existence upon performing the work of...
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