Authorship Law 1

Tutor:

Jiří SRSTKA

Synopsis:

A two-semester lecture course of copyright law for the bachelor's study at the Production Dept. of DAMU (2nd and 3rd year simultaneously) is focused on Czech copyright in the context of non-tangible property rights in general.

Prerequisites:

credit

Study Objectives:

The aim of the presentation in the winter semester is an analysis of the copyright system including its arrangements in the intellectual property rights field, criteria for copyright, analysis of types of copyright works, analysis of personal and property copyright, statute of limitations of copyrights, licensing a work in relationship to the user and presentation of further issues contained in copyright law.

Outline and Syllabus:

- Introduction to issues

- The legal management system for non-tangible and intellectual property

- object management in copyright

- relationship of copyright law to the civil code and other legal regulations

- history of copyright issues and their management in the Czech Republic

- limits of a copyright work and its types

- the author as individual

- collaborative works

- personal rights of the author

- property rights of the author

- duration of property rights

- free use of copyright works

- non-valid legal license

- copyright protection

- license contracts

- employee works, collective works, school works, commissioned works

- audio-visual works

- computer programs

- performing artist rights

- sound recording production rights

- audio-visual recording production rights

- broadcast rights

- publishing rights

- database producer rights

Study materials:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2009/2010:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	místnost S202 Zasedací místnost (Karlova 26, Praha 1) SRSTKA J. 14:30–16:00 (přednášková par. 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri

Schedule for summer semester 2009/2010:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený bakalářský produkce (subject determining qualification)
• Doporučený magisterský dramaturgie ČD (optional subject)
• Doporučený magisterský režie ČD (optional subject)