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Peer to peer networks and copyright
Vavříková, Michaela ; Čermák, Jiří (advisor) ; Holcová, Irena (referee)
53 14. Název diplomové práce v angličtině - Diploma Thesis Title Peer to Peer Networks and Copyright Law 15. Resumé v anglickém jazyce - English Summary Peer to Peer Networks and Copyright Law Peer to peer networks are used to share various types of content within the environment of the Internet. The content shared via peer to peer networks comprises in a vast majority of copyrighted materials such as music, movies and computer programs. The aim of this thesis is to assess the behaviour of peer to peer network users and other subjects who are involved from the perspective of copyright law. In the Czech Republic, no special legal regulation exists on the use of copyrighted works on the Internet. Therefore, this assessment of the legal conformity of behaviour of all involved subjects shall be based on the general legal regulation of copyrights, particularly Act no. 121/2000 Coll., the Copyright Act, as amended. A fundamental feature of peer to peer networks is that its users simultaneously operate both as providers as well as receivers of content. In practise, users who are willing to obtain (download) content from other users are simultaneously making some content stored on their own computer accessible to rest of the users. Under the Copyright Act, the downloading of copyrighted material is classified as...
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Peer to peer networks and copyright
Vavříková, Michaela ; Čermák, Jiří (advisor) ; Holcová, Irena (referee)
53 14. Název diplomové práce v angličtině - Diploma Thesis Title Peer to Peer Networks and Copyright Law 15. Resumé v anglickém jazyce - English Summary Peer to Peer Networks and Copyright Law Peer to peer networks are used to share various types of content within the environment of the Internet. The content shared via peer to peer networks comprises in a vast majority of copyrighted materials such as music, movies and computer programs. The aim of this thesis is to assess the behaviour of peer to peer network users and other subjects who are involved from the perspective of copyright law. In the Czech Republic, no special legal regulation exists on the use of copyrighted works on the Internet. Therefore, this assessment of the legal conformity of behaviour of all involved subjects shall be based on the general legal regulation of copyrights, particularly Act no. 121/2000 Coll., the Copyright Act, as amended. A fundamental feature of peer to peer networks is that its users simultaneously operate both as providers as well as receivers of content. In practise, users who are willing to obtain (download) content from other users are simultaneously making some content stored on their own computer accessible to rest of the users. Under the Copyright Act, the downloading of copyrighted material is classified as...
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