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Copyright Act - Analysing and solving selected problematic situations
Pořádek, Jiří ; Doucek, Petr (advisor) ; Veber, Jaromír (referee)
This thesis dealing with copyright law of the Czech Republic and its reflection in practice is divided into two imaginary parts. The first part introduces the copyright as a part of the intellectual property rights in general, puts Czech copyright law - Act No. 121/2000 on Copyright and Rights Related to Copyright and an Amendment to Certain Acts (the Copyright Act) as amended by latest acts - into the context of history and international law and then describes copyright law relation to business informatics. Also it analyses the text of the mentioned Copyright Act. The second part is about three selected problem situations. It proposes a potential solution to their problems on copyrights base which are in accordance with the Czech Copyright Act and other related legislation. Each of them is described and then are discussed various important aspects of this situation that may affect its copyright essence. Various legal options which determine the final solution are then derived from the aspects. The first problem relate to the issue of co-authorship of a computer program, the second to the creation of digital libraries, and finally the third to creation of websites.
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Copyright in the digital age
Kuželka, Kryštof ; Pavlíček, Antonín (advisor) ; Smutný, Zdeněk (referee)
This work is devoted to analysis of the purposes of copyright using analysis of copyright history, current and proposed legal acts and recent lawsuits. It shows that one of the purposes, the one that is mostly the subject of the lawsuits, is the entertainment industry's effort to restrict copying and sharing of digital works to the public. The last part of the thesis offers a solution. The first part analyzes the very concept of copyright, what are the grounds of its protection, and what has changed with the start of the digital age. In the next section there is description and summary of the world's two most important legal acts in the area of copyright protection -- DMCA, representing an act that is in force and ACTA, representing a proposed act. Next section shows the impact of those acts using recent lawsuits divided according to their substance. This section is also showing unjustifiability of some purposes of the copyright protection, especially protection of the right to copy and share. The last part of this thesis introduces a model, which is using the Creative Commons and crowdfunding, and an application that would allow the public to share and copy digital works without limitations while ensuring remuneration to authors.
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Czech Electronic Book Market – Obstacles and Opportunities
Šperková, Lucie ; Koubský, Petr (advisor) ; Brodský, Jiří (referee)
This master dissertation "Czech Electronic Book Market -- Obstacles and Opportunities" analyzes Czech market with e-books. The aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of the current situation on the market in terms of technologies, distribution models and legal issues. It describes commercial, free and illegal sources in the market, including a description of digitisation projects in Czech libraries. The thesis also includes a theoretical introduction to e-books and their development in the past. Details are discussed, focusing on technology, modern electronic readers with electronic ink. For comparison, the thesis also analyzes the U.S. market with e-books. In analytical part the individual portals with e-books on the market, their supply and user interfaces are compared. The real example analyzes the costs of an e-book and its comparison to costs of a printed book. At the end of the thesis, alternative models of distribution requirements for establishment of a new portal with e-books are characterised, the Creative Commons licenses are described and the current trend of e-journals is mentioned. Finally, I suggest recommendations especially for sellers on the Czech market describe the advantages and disadvantages of e-books in terms of individual roles in the distribution model and estimate the future market development. More detailed information related to the comparison of different types of electronic ink, a list of electronic readers that are available on the Czech e-book market at this time and specific examples of various users' interfaces that are being used on Czech e-books portals can be found in Appendix.
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Copyright questions related to the position and activity of bands and organisers of musical performances
Machuta, Václav ; Boháček, Martin (advisor) ; Patočka, Radim (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with copyright questions related to bands, organisers of musical performances and collective rights managers. It analyses every subject separately as well as their mutual relations. The aim of this thesis is to assess whether the contemporary Copyright Act provides for the copyright position of bands, organisers of musical performances and collective rights managers sufficiently, and also for their mutual judicial relations. The main source of information is the qualitative research method in the form of interviews with musicians and other representatives of music industry and the longterm author's activity in this branch. The work also discusses the certain related rights to the copyright and deals with the admission of the amendment of the directive prolonging the protection of these rights.
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Implication of Copyright Law in Library Services
Šavelka, Jaromír
Příspěvek bude zaměřen na představení jádra autorskoprávní regulace dopadající na oblast poskytování knihovních služeb. Zvláštní pozornost přitom bude věnována specifickým ustanovením dopadajícím do této oblasti - knihovní licence, rozmnoženina pro osobní potřebu a knihovní databáze. Příspěvek je určen především pracovníkům veřejných knihoven, které do předmětné problematiky uvádí, a formou vhodně zvolených případů demonstruje, jakým způsobem přistoupit k situacím, s nimiž se v souvislosti se svojí prací mohou setkávat.
Slides: idr-299_1 -  PDF
Video: idr-299_2 -  MP4
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Publishing Grey Literature in On-Line Repositories (Copyright Law Perspective)
Šavelka, Jaromír ; Koščík, Michal
The aim of the paper is to provide easy-to-follow guidelines to determine if a document can be published in an on-line repository. It is suggested that the process of evaluation can be formalized to such a degree that the process would be carried out by a non-lawyer. There is a group of rather trivial properties that should decide to which regime the work should be assigned. The presentation outlines the basic principles of the evaluative process which is represented by a tree-like structured set of simple questions. Thus, the presentation generally assesses which properties should a work have in order to be eligible for being made available by a means of an online repository.
Fulltext: nusl-_3 - PDF
Slides: nusl-_2 - PDF; nusl-_4 - PDF
Video: nusl-_1 - MP4
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