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Ethical and Law Issues in IT
Žila, Milan ; Honzík, Jan M. (referee) ; Křena, Bohuslav (advisor)
This thesis deals with the problem of software piracy. It analyses the legal issues and copyright law, describes the posibilities of copy protection and the impact software piracy has on society. It also describes various forms of software piracy and presents possible solutions to this problem.
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Copyright law and advertising
Boštičková, Aurora ; Dobřichovský, Tomáš (advisor) ; Holcová, Irena (referee)
Copyright law and Advertising This thesis deals with copyright law, a branch of law belonging to the field of intellectual property law, as well to intangible goods, and as a second topic it deals with advertising. The aim of the thesis is to introduce the reader firstly copyright law, advertising and then to unite these two main topics and last but not least to deal with prohibited advertising. The core of the thesis is to connect copyright law and advertising, specifically the subject of copyright, which is the copyright work, and advertising, and to highlight the use of specific copyrighted works in advertising. The thesis is divided into an Introduction, a General Part consisting of 8 chapters, a Special Part dealing in two chapters with decisions of Czech courts and a Conclusion. The first chapter deals with the concept and classification of copyright law, its origin, content and object. The second chapter provides an overview of international, EU and Czech sources of legislation. The third chapter deals with the concept of advertising, its types and legal regulation of advertising. This chapter is logically followed in Chapter Four by advertising entities, which are defined by the Advertising Regulation Act, and Chapter Five, which follows it, and deals with supervisory authorities defined by...
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Legal Protection of a Computer Program
Korčák, Václav ; Holcová, Irena (advisor) ; Křesťanová, Veronika (referee)
Computer programs make up a large part of assets of modern companies. Therefore, legal protection of computer programs is of great importance for supporting the creation and development of start-ups and technology companies in the Czech Republic. The legislator must take into account the special nature of computer programs and balance the interests of all actors. The aim of this thesis is to analyse the current state of legal regulations of computer programs in the Czech Republic, in particular copyright and patent protection. Furthermore, the thesis describes other valid methods of legal protection of computer programs (unfair competition, administrative law, criminal law) and influential alternative forms of protection that have emerged as a solution to the problem of the special nature of computer programs (WIPO sui generis protection, model software petite patent, Manifesto model, utility model). At the end of the analytical part, the thesis points out the types of computer programs that differ in some essential features (artificial intelligence, computer game, website). The synthetic part compares and comments on the various forms of legal protection of computer programs in force and alternative forms in terms of applicability under the Czech legal system, duration of protection, subject...
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Agreements and contracts within copyright law
Skoupá, Linda ; Císařová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Žikovská, Petra (referee)
Agreements and contracts within Copyright Law This thesis examines the Contractual Copyright Law, which is a part of the Intellectual Property Law. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the valid legislation dealing with license agreement in the Czech Republic. The thesis is composed of eleven chapters. Chapter One is introductory, it explains the importance of the Copyright Law and briefly describes the structure of the thesis. Chapter Two examines the sources of the Contractual Copyright Law on Czech, European and international level. Chapter Three provides the initial introduction to the Copyright and Intellectual Property Law in general. It explains specific terms of this branch of law, such as "the work" and "constitutive transfer of rights", which are crucial for understanding of the topic of thesis. Chapter Four describes the License Agreement itself and the legal relationship arising out of it, its purpose, subjects, object and content, while chapter Five examines the ways of classification of License Agreements. Chapter Six concentrates on problems of principles governing the License Agreement and its elements. Chapter Seven deals with the transfer of the license and chapter Eight with the special ways of a legal relationship termination based on the License Agreement. Chapter Nine contains...
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Information and library services for students of art schools with a focus on dramatic and musical art in the Czech Republic
Fialová, Zuzana ; Papík, Richard (advisor) ; Černá, Milena (referee)
Diploma thesis " Information and library services for students of art schools with a focus on dramatic and musical art in the Czech Republic " aims to analyze the environment of libraries with a fund focused on music and theater, which serves students of art schools. This thesis also describes library and information services and the impact of copyright law to provide services in libraries with a fund containing score, audio and audiovisual media. The last section describes methodology of qualitative research and evaluates research by force field analyzing method and also analyzed findings and recommendations to address the identified facts.
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The Internet and copyright-modes of the use and the scope of protection of a work (traditional usage, peer to peer network, email...)
Nebesář, Marek ; Holcová, Irena (advisor) ; Křesťanová, Veronika (referee)
80 Abstract The aim of this thesis is to describe various ways of use of works on the Internet and method of their copyright protection in this specific environment. Because without any doubt the Internet interferes with everyday life of today's society and subsequently has a significant effect on further development of a legal system, this topic becomes very relevant. The thesis itself is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is devoted to general description of the Internet and copyright law, and contains explanation of development of this private law area in the territory of the independent Czech Republic, including list of national and international legal sources. The second chapter defines the copyrighted work and its different types according to the Czech Copyright Act, an individual author, use of the work, whether in the form of a contractual or non-contractual disclosure and also important topic of making the work available through the Internet. The third chapter analyzes the copyright protection in the private and public spheres, and technical means of such protection (DRM). The last, and with respect to the discussed topic the most important, fourth chapter deals with various ways of use of works on the Internet, including their detailed description. Downloading and uploading, legislation...
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An outline of special regimes of protection with respect to individual types of copyrighted works including a comparison with general protection
Gelner, Radim ; Žikovská, Petra (advisor) ; Dobřichovský, Tomáš (referee)
Radim Gelner Overview of specific modes of authorial work protection including the comparison with the general mode of protection - Diploma Thesis Summary In this thesis we analyze specific modes of protection of authorial works provided by the Czech Copyright Act 121/2000 Sb. as amended. These specific modes of protection are invoked either by the type of authorial work (for example computer programs) or by legal circumstances at the time the authorial work is created (for example existing employment relationship). In the first part of the thesis we discuss the parties of intellectual property relationships. Although the author is the primary party of such relationships there are other subjects as well such as heirs, employers, licensees, movie producers etc. We briefly describe the natural rights and the property rights of the author relating to the authorial work and modes of their transferral to other subjects of the intellectual property relationships. Then we follow up with the description of authorial work as a subject of intellectual property relationships. The legal definition of authorial work is provided and analyzed as well as specifics of various kinds of authorial works and modes of its creation (such as joint-authorship). In the third part we discuss the content of natural and property rights...
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Right to a substitute fee for distribution of a copyrighted work - Czech and German regulation in the European contexts
Dvořák, Karel ; Dobřichovský, Tomáš (advisor) ; Císařová, Zuzana (referee)
Vergütungspflicht bei der Vervielfältigung von Urheberwerken - die tschechische und deutsche Regelung im europäischen Kontext Abstrakt Die Vervielfältigung zu privaten Zwecken ist eine der Schranken vom Recht des Urhebers, das Werk zu nutzen. Auf der Grundlage eines Konzepts, das in den 1960er Jahren in Deutschland entstanden ist, ist eine solche Vervielfältigung nur dann möglich, wenn dem Urheber für einen solchen Eingriff in seine wirtschaftlichen Interessen Vergütung gewährt wird. Wie auch in anderen Bereichen des Urheberrechts ist es auch im Falle des Systems der Vergütungen notwendig, ein Gleichgewicht zwischen den Interessen des Urhebers und der gesamten Gesellschaft zu finden. Ein weiteres typisches Zeichen im Zusammenahng mit dem Institut der Vergütungen ist die technologische Entwicklung, die auch der Motor bei der Einführung des Systems der Vergütungen in den 1960er Jahren war. Die Arbeit widmet sich im ersten Kapitel den Gründen für die Einführung des Systems der Vergütungen und den Möglichkeiten seiner Ausgestaltung. Das heißt der Einführung der Vergütungspflicht im Zusammenhang mit bestimmten Geräten, Trägern und dem Angebot einiger Dienstleistungen zu zahlen. Der Problematik der Vergütung wird eine große Aufmerksamkeit sowohl seitens der Fach- wie seitens der breiten Öffentlichkeit gewidmet -...
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Agreements and contracts withing copyright law
Stejskal, Vilém ; Císařová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Žikovská, Petra (referee)
CONTRACTUAL COPYRIGHT LAW This thesis is dedicated to the Czech Copyright Law, which is part of Intellectual Property Law. The core of this work is lying on description and recognition of contractual concepts of Copyright Law in Czech Republic, namely the last two Copyright Acts. The first Copyright Act was valid from 1965 till 2000. The second Copyright Act is effective since 2000. Chapter 1 covers the sources of Czech Contractual Copyright Law on different levels, from the constitutional grounds to the regulations. Chapters 2 and 3 are initial introduction to the Intellectual Property Law. It provides basic explanation of intangible property terms. Chapter 4 tries to briefly show the history and the development of the Copyright Law on the Czech territory, particularly Czech Contractual Copyright Law. Chapter 5 deals with provisions of Copyright Act 35/1965. It concentrates on contracts for the distribution of a work and contracts to produce a work. Chapter 6 is devoted to the effective czech Copyright Act 121/2000 and its provisions related to contractual law. With short notice about contract for a work done. Chapter 6 compares some important attributes of both mentioned Copyright Acts.
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A comparison of copyright protection of author and performing artist
Pivoda, Radomír ; Wünschová Pujmanová, Alexandra (advisor) ; Žikovská, Petra (referee)
Radomír Pivoda Srovnání autorskoprávní ochrany autora a výkonného umělce A comparison of copyright protection of authors and performing artists The main goal of this thesis is to compare the key aspects of the copyright protection of authors and performing artists in the Czech Republic. The basic differences are explained with respect to its historical evolution, which is put into context with the current social situation in the field of art. The paper is divided into six chapters. The first chapter gives an explanation of the basic terminology used in the area of copyright law and sets the frame for the comparison of authors and authorship and performing artists and their artistic performances. In the Czech Republic, authorship is based on the expression of a piece of art in any way perceivable by human senses. There is no registration principle in effect. This fact provides the starting point for the protection of authors' rights. Therefore it is important to precisely define what can be considered a piece of art and who can be recognised as an author or a performing artist. The second chapter deals with the legal treatment of authors according to the Czech Copyright Act and other legal regulations, including the recent case law and description of the most often infringements of the copyright...
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