Basic Principles of Copyright Law

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Aim: Students acquire a general basic overview of copyright, its arrangement into the legal system, purpose and legislation, and copyright content and rights related to copyright with consideration of audiovisual works.

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Lecture

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Basic knowledge of the formation of an audiovisual work.

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Course contents:

Insturction goals in the module course Basics of Copyright is a brief introduction of the basic concepts of rights to intellectual property in general and copyright and special copyright law. An emphasis will be placed on the particular types of orginal works, persons, content of copyright, protection against unauthorized infraction into rights, concluding licencing contracts and, finally, collective management (DILIA, OSA, INTTERGRAM, etc.). This is all with an emphasis on audio-visual works. Those who wish a more detailed glimpse into copyright may attend 305AP1 Copyright 1 and 305AP2 Copyright 2 at the Production Dept.

Recommended or required reading:

Petr Ostrouchov: Autorské právo; AMU 2005

Jan Kříž, Irena Holcová, Jiří Kordač, Veronika Křesťanová: Autorský zákon a předpisy souvisící, 1. vydání, Linde 2001; 2. vydání, Linde 2004

Zákon č.121/2000 Sb., autorský zákon

Ivo Telec: Přehled práva duševního vlastnictví, díl 1. (lidskoprávní základy, licenční smlouva), 1. vydání; Nadkladatelství Doplněk, 2002

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Credit conditions: 1 credit - 100% attendance in the module.

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Course may be repeated

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The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Animovaná tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
• Dokumentární tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
• Animovaná tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář (optional subject)
• Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Režie - bakalář (optional subject)
• Režie - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Kamera - bakalář (optional subject)
• Kamera - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Produkce - bakalář (optional subject)
• Produkce - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Audiovizuální studia - bakalář (optional subject)
• Střihová skladba - bakalář (optional subject)
• Střihová skladba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Zvuková tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
• Zvuková tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Fotografie CZ - bakalář (optional subject)
• Fotografie CZ - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Audiovizuální studia - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Fotografie CZ: Restaurování fotografie (optional subject)