Authorship Law 2

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Learning outcomes of the course unit:

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.

Mode of study:

Lectures

Classes with guests in the profession

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None.

Recommended optional programme components:

None.

Course contents:

- general introduction to the application of copyright in theatre stagings

- drama texts in theatre stagings

- architectural and creative works including light design in theatre stagings

- choreographic and pantomime works in theatre stagings

- incidental music

- muscial drama works

- issues of notation material

- performing artists in theatre stagings

- photographic works acquired from theatre stagings

- theatre program issues

- audio or audio-visual recording of a theatre staging

- practical contract issues

- collective management of copyright

- collective management systems in the Czech Republic

- international contracts and agreements regarding copyright

- Commuity law in the EU

- comparison of Czech copyright law with regulations of European countries

- license agreements with foreign elements

- consideration of „de lege ferenda“.

In the instruction is planned lectures by professional guests - ex., Mgr. Petra Ostrouchova - issues of audio-visual works, president of the Copyright Protection Association (OSA), topic - issues of collective management of rights of musical works with text and without, and the director of INTERGRAM, issues of collective managment of performing artists rights and producers of audio and audio-visual recordings.

Recommended or required reading:

Kříž, Jan; Holcová, Irena; Kordač Jiří; Křesťanová Veronika: „Autorský zákon a předpisy související-komentář“, Linde Praha,a.s. 2005

Telec, Ivo;Tůma Pavel: „Autorský zákon, komentář“, C.H.Beck,Praha 2007

Chaloupková, Helena; Svobodová, Hana; Holý, Petr: „Autorský zákon, komentář“, C.H.Beck, Praha 2001

-Holub,Milan; Fiala,Josef; Borovský Jaroslav: „Občanský zákoník-poznámkové vydání s judikaturou“, Linde Praha,a.s.,2000

-Srstka, Jiří: „Autorské právo v divadle“, nakladatelství AMU 2006

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

The core of instruction is in the theory lectures. Further planned are classes with guests - ex: Petra Ostrouchova (Audiovisual work issues), President of Representatives of the Copyright Association (OSA) (issues in the collective management of copyright for music works with and without lyrics), Director of INTERGRAM (issues in the collective management of performing artists', and sound and sound-image recording producers' rights).

Assessment methods and criteria:

Oral exam over the discussed instruction material

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No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Produkce (Bc.) (compulsory subject)
• Dramaturgie činoherního divadla (Mgr.) (optional subject)