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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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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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The Internet and copyright - modes of the use and scope of protection of the work (traditional usage, peer to peer networks, email ...)
Parezová, Andrea ; Holcová, Irena (advisor) ; Křesťanová, Veronika (referee)
This thesis is intended as a brief introduction to the issue of the specific aspects of use and protection of copyright works at the specific enviroment of the internet. The Internet is a growing phenomenon of modern age which significantly affects social interaction including use of copyright works. Due to this enormous development the using of copyright works is much easier and faster which changed the established business models. However, the Internet is also widely used for copyright infringement. The thesis consist of seven chapters. The first chapter is focused on defining the terms Internet and copyright law. The Internet is defined both from a technical and legal point of view and there is also a brief summary of the history of the Internet. Copyright law is also defined and further national, european and international law sources are assessed. The applicable law and subject-matter jurisdiction is briefly discussed too. The second chapter analyses the definition of a copyright work and its author in addition deals with copyright law exceptions and public domains. In the chapter three the author introduces the specific modes of use of the copyright works in the Internet environment and the various judgements of national courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union. Contractual and...
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Internet and copyright
Horn, David ; Holcová, Irena (advisor) ; Křesťanová, Veronika (referee)
1 Internet and Copyright Abstract This master's thesis discusses the role and effect of copyright in the ever-changing Internet environment which (due to its specifics) requires special legislature providing for exploitation of creative works. The main aim of this thesis is to analyze relevant legal aspects of important ways of use of author's works in cyberspace, identify the problematic areas in currently effective legal framework and evaluate the possible outcomes of recently adopted EU copyright reform on a digital single market. The thesis is divided into five chapters where the first two serve as a general introduction to the topic while the following three are rather analytically descriptive or almost exclusively analytic. The first chapter focuses on Internet's technical background and thus forms the necessary basis for subsequent reading. Its content is not limited to terminology but also encompasses the description of Internet's main technical features which largely affect the boundaries for digital copyright. Finally, legitimacy of regulation in cyberspace is discussed and eventually approved. The second chapter provides a general insight into the key aspects, principles and sources of copyright law which is vital for understanding the topics discussed in the following chapters. At the end, main...
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Internet and copyright
Tuček, Jakub ; Holcová, Irena (advisor) ; Křesťanová, Veronika (referee)
The thesis titled "Internet and Copyright" focuses on the effects of copyright in the Internet environment and challenges that the Internet represents for traditional copyright. The main purpose of this thesis is to define the most frequent ways of use of author's works and exercise of copyright on the Internet and to analyse the current Czech and European legislation, to what extent it is applicable to and suitable for common situations in the Internet environment and what are the weaknesses of the legislation. The first two chapters serve as the introduction to the issue. While the first chapter is devoted to the Internet phenomenon in respect of its definition, legal regulation, significance at the present time and current issues related to its use, the second chapter includes some basic knowledge of copyright that is essential to understand for the purposes of further text of the thesis - in particular the definition of the author's work, the system of exceptions and limitations of copyright and the most important international and EU copyright laws. The third chapter could be considered the essential part of the thesis. This chapter first presents what forms of works we can find on the Internet, underlining the fact that the Internet as a whole is primarily composed of results of creative...
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The Internet and copyright - modes of the use and scope of protection of the work (traditional usage, peer to peer networks, email ...)
Morávek, Radek ; Holcová, Irena (advisor) ; Křesťanová, Veronika (referee)
This thesis is intended to be a brief introduction of the Internet and specific aspects of use of copyrighted works in this specific internationally linked environment. The author tries to briefly summarize the history of copyright and technology that led to the development of the Internet. Since, nowadays, the Internet is a big part of human lives and is a platform where a large number of legal relationships have its origin, each individual should have at least the basic knowledge about use of copyrighted works on the Internet. The author intended his thesis to be understandable and readable even for a regular internet user, although, understanding of the legal constructions laid down herein might be challenging for a regular internet user and require a certain amount of patience and understanding. Apart from the Introduction and the Conclusion, the thesis is divided into nine chapters. In the first chapter author briefly summarizes the history of the Internet and copyright law. He also mentions fundamental legal sources in terms of international, European and Czech law. In the second comprehensive chapter, author acquaints readers with the general use of the copyrighted works, and deals in detail with contractual and non-contractual use of the copyrighted works. In chapter three to eight, the...
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Painting art work as the subject of the legal negotiations
Cenkerová, Markéta ; Dobřichovský, Tomáš (advisor) ; Wünschová Pujmanová, Alexandra (referee)
in English Painting as an Object of Jurudical Acts The work is focused on individual types of legal proceedings connected with the painter's artwork. First, it offers an excursion to the basics of copyright, its development and contemporary issues. The work provides classification of copyright in the system of intellectual property rights and briefly explains the differences between continental and Anglo-American concepts. The following chapters attempt to define the terms "author", "work" and "painting". Then, it deals in more detail with specific types of artworks, such as restoration, book illustrations, derived works, parody and cartoon and street-art. In the next chapter, the thesis explains the relationship between the author and the owner of the work and some copyright restrictions that this situation brings, in the subchapter the work analyzes the export of painting artworks abroad. In its main part, the work gradually focuses on the individual types of legal proceedings connected with the painting, their characteristics and their adaptation. In the sorting of different ways of using it proceeds according to the system of the law, the largest range is devoted to the sale and purchase of the painter's artwork. In the subchapters, the work deals with the issue of pricing of painting artworks,...
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The Internet and copyright - modes of the use and scope of protection of the work (traditional usage, peer to peer networks, email ...)
Souček, Martin ; Císařová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Wünschová Pujmanová, Alexandra (referee)
This thesis is intended as a brief introduction to the issue of use and protection of copyright works. Its aim is to elucidate the relationship between copyright law and the internet with regard to the issue of copyright works. The Internet has with its growing number users become an important element in copyright relations of the new millennium. But the speed at which this new phenomenon is evolving is for the law difficult to keep up and it is facing the additional issue of systematic copyright infringement. The work consists of four chapters. The introductory chapter defines the basic concepts of this work, namely the Internet and copyright law, describes their historical development and lists their basic sources in law. It does so from the perspective of international, european and domestic law. The second chapter deals with the definition of a copyright work with its types and uses. Uses are divided into contractual and non-contractual forms. The third and for the purposes of this thesis the most important chapter is focusing on specific methods of use of the work on the Internet and includes their detailed description. Basic forms of use of the work are analyzed, namely download and upload. From more specialized uses of the work on the internet has been selected the issue of linking, P2P,...
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The Internet and copyright - modes of the use and scope of protection of the work (traditional usage, peer to peer networks, email ...)
Frič, Antonín ; Holcová, Irena (advisor) ; Křesťanová, Veronika (referee)
The Internet and copyright - modes of the use and scope of protection of the work (traditional usage, peer-to-peer networks, email...) The purpose of my thesis is to analyse the relation between the internet and copyright. The aim of the thesis is to analyse modes of the use (traditional usage, peer-to- peer networks, inking, e-mail...) and scope of protection of the work on the internet from the legal point of view and also to explore new ways, alternatives and potential changes of this conception. The reason for my research is the fact, that the internet is new, dynamic, and one of the most important phenomena of the current interconnected world and copyright hardly keeps up with it. The thesis consists of five chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of copyright on the internet. Chapter One is introductory and defines basic terminology used in the thesis. Firstly, it describes the internet as a legal term and provides a short view of its history. The second term I am dealing with in this chapter is copyright - its principles, historical background and basic sources of copyright law including international, European and Czech law. Chapter Two examines relevant Czech legislation on copyright. The chapter is subdivided into two parts. Part One focuses on the work and its types and...
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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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