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Collective management of the author's economic rights
Šindelář, Jiří ; Žikovská, Petra (referee) ; Wünschová Pujmanová, Alexandra (referee)
85 Summary The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of the collecting societies in the information society. What are their possibilities, task and challenges in the current technological development. Technological development encourages creativity, multiplies the creative process, supports new business models and makes information in general much more accessible for the general public. On the other hand unprecedented and unknown threats have developed - threats for both the copyright holders and copyright users. In such an environment it is necessary to maintain a balance between the rights of authors and public interest at large, particularly education, research and access to information (Quotation from the Preamble of WIPO copyright treaty). It is the task of copyright law in general and collecting societies in particular to accommodate the interest of the original rights holders (such as creators) as well as the general public interest to use the respective work of art. The solution to this potential conflict traditionally lies in "limitations and exceptions"to the author's rights. All limitations are listed in the so called "Information Directive", As a matter of interest, I would like to add that only one exception is mandatory, the rest is optional. As a response to the current situation the...
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Unlawful use of a copyrighted work, author's fee
Doležel, Emil ; Wünschová Pujmanová, Alexandra (advisor) ; Žikovská, Petra (referee)
For the entire existence of authorship, as the relationship between creator and his work, author crafts were sometimes also used wrongly, that is, without the knowledge and permissions of the author. However only by establishing of the Copyright law began the fight against this phenomenon, which is undesirable for both individuals (the authors) as well as for society as a whole. The society is lacking part of its progress as a result of this phenomenon, which is nothing more than theft - in terms of intellectual property - using author's craft without providing adequate reward, and thus are authors discouraged in their next work. Copyright law has almost perfectly described this problem and also laid down rules, which can help each author, but also the State as a defender of social interests, effectively intervene against unauthorized use of copyright crafts. This project provides a general overview of the issue of unauthorized use of author crafts and royalties, in particular by the legislation of the Czech Republic, effective on 31st August 2008.
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Copyright issues in television activities
Ludvíková, Veronika ; Wünschová Pujmanová, Alexandra (advisor) ; Žikovská, Petra (referee)
Copyright in Practise of television broadcasting Summary Copyright in practice of television broadcasting is an issue that is constantly becoming increasingly important. With development of instruments and devices and more and more liberal legislation in the sphere of telecasting, number of television stations has been increasing rapidly and other TV stations are going to occur along with advancing digital broadcasting. TV stations have to deal with copyrights in order to be able to use individual programmes (§ 18 and following paragraphs) which are part of their programme offers. With regard to the nature of this medium, copyrights of audiovisual materials and of materials used for audiovisual purposes are mainly going to be concerned, such as screenplay, music, camera, artistic design of the scene etc. Copyright Act gives the author an exclusive right to decide how s/he is going to use the work, as well as a right to permit third persons to use the work. It mostly happens on contract basis by means of a so called Special Licence Contract that was newly introduced in 2000 by current Copyright Act. Authorizations to use works are ex lege contained in other contracts too, on grounds of which a work designed for telecasting may be produced. I especially mean Contract for Work according to Civil Code or...
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Collective administration of copyright and neighbouring and relating rights
Theinová, Terezie ; Žikovská, Petra (referee) ; Wünschová Pujmanová, Alexandra (advisor)
61 Tůma, P., Základní charakteristika kolektivní správy autorských práv k dílům hudebním v USA, Právník, 11/2002 Utěšený, P., Autorské ochranné organizace ve světle antimonopolního práva v komunitární a české právní úpravě, Právní rádce, č. 11/2002 www.čt24.cz, Evropské komisi se nelíbí monopol autorských svazů v Česku, 27.11.2008 Zákon č. 121/2000 Sb., o právu autorském, o právech souvisejících s právem autorským a o změně některých zákonů (autorský zákon), ve znění pozdějších předpisů Resumé Collectiv Administration of Copyright and Rights similar to Copyright This work describes mainly the collective administration and its legal frame in the Czech Republic. Basic terms as copyright and collective administration are described and explained at the beginning. There is also a part dedicated to the history and establishment of the collective administration in general and also in the Czech Republic during the twentieth century. Among the sources of legal administration the international conventions and european law sources, especial several directives, are mentioned next to the Czech Copyright Act. The present Copyright Act is already in compliance with most of the european directives. Among the legal sources and also as a break 62 through the principles on which the continental collective administration is...
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Unlawful use of a copyrighted work
Bustová, Dita ; Žikovská, Petra (advisor) ; Wünschová Pujmanová, Alexandra (referee)
RESUMÉ Unauthorized use of author's work This diploma paper deals with the unmaintainable situation in which copyright law (author's law) appeared. In the preface the importance of copyright for industry is highlighted. The new digital age in which we live nowadays provides for copying the work in a good quality. Then this paper describes some chosen issues and talks about the alternatives to copyright law. Firstly, a basic legal institution of Czech copyright law are described, such as what is copyright law, what is a work, who is an author, which rights does he have, exceptions to these rights, author's remuneration etc. After that follow legal sources on the international, European and national level (especially TRIPS, WIPO Treaties, EU Directives concerning copyright and Czech Author's Act No 121/2000 Coll.). Secondly I chose three areas of up-to-date problems that are: the digitalization of works by libraries, peer to peer sharing of works via Internet and the protection of computer programmes. The last two sections are concerned with two possible alternatives to copyright law. A lot has been expected from so called Digital Rights Management which tries to keep all rights of the author. DRM joins the law with the technology. The weak point is that the technologies do not yet handle how to keep all the...
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