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Public licenses and public domain as alternatives to copyright
Köppel, Petr ; Šisler, Vít (advisor) ; Fáberová Slušná, Kateřina (referee)
The work first introduces the area of public licenses as a space between the copyright law and public domain. After that, consecutively for proprietary software, free and open source software, open hardware and open content, it maps particular types of public licenses and the accompanying social and cultural movements, puts them in mutual as well as historical context, examines their characteristics and compares them to each other, shows how the public licenses are defined by various accompanying movements, and also analyses which obstacles to the usage of public licenses are put by the Czech law. Keywords Copyright, licenses, open source, creative commons, public domain, software, design.
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Copyright protection of software
Pech, Štěpán ; Holcová, Irena (advisor) ; Křesťanová, Veronika (referee)
The goal of this diploma thesis is to provide an overview of the increasingly more important world of copyright protection as it concerns computer programs. The focus of this overview being primarily that of the national law of the Czech Republic, however this diploma thesis takes into account international law where applicable as well. The thesis begins with an introduction into the very concept of copyright law, the definition of a copyrightable work and that of computer programs and terms related therein. What follows is a brief account of the history of computer programs and computer programing in general as a basis for the following legal perspective into the matter. An international overview of the subject matter follows, including a look at key moments from an international perspective at the field of copyright protection of computer programs, including a brief overview of the Berne Convention, the TRIPS Agreement as well as aspects of European Law. Computer programs as subjects of copyright protection, including additional classification, are the basis of the next chapter, while an account of the specifics of authorship, co-authorship, collective works and works created under employment follows thereafter. The subject matter of copyright itself, distinctions therein, the subject matter of...
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Collective administration in digital era
Bajáková, Eva ; Wünschová Pujmanová, Alexandra (advisor) ; Žikovská, Petra (referee)
The aim of the present thesis is to examine an impact of reproductive and recording technique and of the global network of the Internet on the institute of collective management of copyright and related rights which forms traditional part of the system of copyright law. Firstly, the thesis embeds an issue of the institute of collective management into the appropriate legal framework and historical context. The delimitation of collective management's purpose follows; an emphasis is placed on the position of the collective manager of copyright as an intermediary between the competing interests of the right holders and interests of users. It is explained that the change of manners of communication of the work to the public from "point-to-mass" to "point-to-point" tends to weaken such position. The real and legal monopoly of collective management is scrutinized and conclusions of academics drawn from the coexistence of copyright management companies on the market in the United States are contrasted in the following part of the thesis. The issue with licenses is addressed. The collision between the potential ubiquity of works made available on the Internet and the principle of territoriality (lex loci protectionis) is described and, simultaneously, legal issues connected with functioning of the system...
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The Internet in Relation to Information Science and Law
Fáberová Slušná, Kateřina ; Křesťanová, Veronika (referee) ; Holcová, Irena (referee)
The thesis focuses on the analysis of the effect of selected elements of public licenses on increasing the quality of information published in the informational environment of the internet. The objective of the thesis is to ascertain whether there is a real effect on the quality of information in the internet environment through improvements in the quality of the sources of such information, as well as the reflection of the results of the conducted analysis within the obligatory informational education in the Czech Republic. In the first section, the work deals with the copyright aspects relating to the analyzed issue and defines, from a legal standpoint, the individual components of the information environment being analyzed - the internet, the participants of the informational process, the information and the options of dealing with them. In the subsequent section, the matter of licenses is presented, with a focus on the issue of public licenses in general, as well as specific selected license types constituting a potential platform for qualified informational behavior. The last section of the thesis summarizes the results of qualitative research of the effect of licensing policy on the informational environment of the internet through the application of public licenses. The results of such...
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Information System for Software Licences
Rohovský, Tomáš ; Burget, Radek (referee) ; Hruška, Tomáš (advisor)
This project deals with the creation of an information system for the managing of software licenses. This system is developed in PHP, using the Nette Framework. The system architecture is built on the MVP design pattern, which ensures easy modifcation and extensibility of the current solution. The paper also deals with software licensing technology. Specifcally, it focuses on the LM-X license. It describes these licenses and the solution for their management. Analysis of this solution was the basis for the design of this system. The system supports the storage and management of orders and licenses, creation of predefned templates for creating of the licenses, generation of the XML input for license generator, and the storage of license fles.
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CLARIN-DSpace repository at LINDAT/CLARIN : LINDAT/CLARIN FAIR repository for language data
Straňák, Pavel ; Košarko, Ondřej ; Mišutka, Jozef
We will present a software solution for and experience in running a digital repository for language data and natural language processing tools - LINDAT/CLARIN. We will present unique support for licensing with an emphasis on Open Access, and how we support all 4 key FAIR principles. We will show the submission workflow including license choice, approval and publishing or submissions by editors, as well as the repository administration environment including license definition, signing and access control. We will also present repository integration with other services, and statistics of operation.
Fulltext: Stranak_Kosarko_Misutka_fulltext -  PDF
Slides: Stranak_prezentace_EN - PDF
Video: Stranak_video -  MP4
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Using the Software Tools for Teamwork at School
Slabý, Jiří ; Vaňková, Petra (advisor) ; Leipert, Jiří (referee)
TITLE: Use of Software Tools for Teamwork at School AUTHOR: Jiří Slabý DEPARTMENT: Department of Information Technology and Education SUPERVISOR: PhDr. Petra Vaňková, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The work is focused on software tools for teamwork including comparison and deployment in a pilot solution in a particular high school. By conducting searches in literature and Internet resources related to the given topic, basic concepts related to teamwork are described and activities that take place within the scope of teamwork are outlined. Software tools for teamwork are analyzed, suitable selection criteria and their weights are set, and a comparison of selected software tools is performed using multiple-criteria analysis. The aim is to choose a suitable tool for teamwork and to propose its use in a particular school. Based on the results of the comparison, the Microsoft Teams team collaboration tool is selected and deployed because it matches the needs of a particular school in the best way. The benefit of this work is an overview and comparison of tools that enable teamwork and communication; the proposed scenarios and practical use of software team tools at school are beneficial, too. Another benefit of the work lies in describing how to deploy the selected Microsoft Teams tool. The thesis work summarizes...
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Licence to operation of radio and television broadcasting
Kopecký, Pavel ; Rajchl, Jiří (advisor) ; Millerová, Ivana (referee)
Authorisation to radio and television broadcasting Abstract This thesis entitled Authorisation to radio and television broadcasting deals with issue of regulation of access to medial market in the Czech Republic. This thesis is based on analyse of legislation and case law of administrative courts. Main source of broadcasting regulation is Radio and Television Broadcasting Act no. 231/2001. There are two administrative acts authorises to broadcasting and rebroadcasting. Administrative act called licence authorises to broadcasting while registration authorises to rebroadcasting. Both licences and registrations are granted by Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting. This thesis primarily deals with granting, changes and termination of this administrative acts. This thesis is divided into ten parts. Part One deals with reasons of regulation of radio and television broadcasting by state. Broadcasting is primarily regulated because of limited resources and protection of public interests and some social wide values. Part Two briefly describes legislation related to broadcasting and its evolution after 1990. Part Three focuses on legal term broadcasting and rebroadcasting according to Radio and Television Broadcasting Act. This part compares single elements of broadcasting and rebroadcasting. Part Four...
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Production system of West End theatres in London
Příkopová, Michaela ; NEKOLNÝ, Bohumil (advisor) ; SVOBODOVÁ, Doubravka (referee)
Thesis deals with the production system of theatres in London and West End in particular. As an introduction it describes specific aspects of London as a capital city and cultural metropolis, furthermore it explains historical concept of theatres in a capital city and focusing more detailed West End’s past and present. In particular concept it deals with Arts Council England principles, financing system in the past and current situation from the general point of view as well as concrete. Moreover it brings up a topic of rights acquisition, copyrights and licensing.
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