Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Queensland, 2004. / Includes bibliography.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 1996. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 288-307).

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-119) Also available in print.

Thesis, LLD--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Includes summaries in English and Afrikaans. Includes bibliographical references.

- Collective administration of copyright and neighbouring and related rights Key words: collective administration (kolektivní správa); copyright (autorské právo) This thesis is focused on the collective administration of copyright and neighbouring and related rights performed in accordance with Act No. 121/2000 Coll., on Copyright, as amended (the "Copyright Act"). I have chosen this topic for my thesis because I am interested in collective administration and because it is up-to-date topic for its close relation to the development of new ways of creation, production and use of works, to the mass use of computer and communication networks and also to the on-line sharing of works through the internet. The purpose of my thesis is to provide explanation of the collective administration and focus on certain issues which are not yet solved by the legal regulation and are not consistently interpreted by legal experts. This thesis is composed of nine chapters, in which I address to the concept, function and history of the collective administration. Further, I describe the institute of the collective administration, i.e. prerequisites and method of grating license for its operation and supervision over its operation. I also mention which rights is the collective administrator entitled to administer and how...

The thesis titled "The Internet and copyright - the scope of liability of individual parties involved and modes of protection against piracy" deals with both, the protection of copyright and the scope of liability of various actors in the Internet environment. The content of the thesis is divided into four chapters, which allows the reader to be gradually acquainted with the whole issue. The first part briefly mentions development of the Internet network and its incorporation into the Czech legal order. The second chapter is devoted to the copyright protection in the Internet environment. Its content focuses on the most common methods of use of the author's work via the Internet, which is a reproduction of the work and its publication. This chapter further describes the development and operation of data sharing through peer-to-peer systems. Furthermore, it also deals with the issue of downloading of the work and application of the statutory exemption from liability for personal use only. The scope of liability in the Internet environment is largely harmonized by European provisions. For this reason, the third chapter contains the development phase of liability of the Internet services providers in the European countries. The first part of the third chapter demonstrates different approaches to the...

(EN) Primary focus of this thesis is the copyright protection of databases. This thesis introduce the copyright protection of databases as an essential element of two pillar system of European Union database protection law that is based on the directive no. 69/9/ES on the legal protection of databases. First five chapters of this thesis are concerned with general questions related to the copyright protection of databases. Purpose of these chapters is to introduce roots of legal and other nature from which the copyright protection of databases arises. This part of the thesis thus defines the phenomenon of databases in relation to information society, available means of protection, the purpose of legal protection of databases, the legal framework and relevant legal traditions. Subject of sixth chapter is the definition of database as a specific category of work and compares it with other kinds of works with the emphasis on common and distinctive characteristics. Seventh chapter focuses on elementary features of the copyright protection of databases, ie. structural protection, concept of originality and rights related to the creation and the use of databases. Eight chapter introduces the sui generis regime as a second pillar of database protection based on directive no. 69/9/ES. This chapter further...

POSSIBILITIES OF LEGAL PROTECTION OF MARTIAL ARTS AND SELF DEFENCE SYSTEMS ABSTRACT This thesis has two, resp. three goals. First of them is attempt to improve knowledge about disciplines of martial systems which I believe could help to prevent many misunderstandings about purposes of those disciplines. For that reason I divided martial systems in three categories (disciplines), which conforms with categorization that slowly rises among professional public. Those categories are: martial arts, fighting sports and self-defence systems. There is also a brief summary and history of two of these disciplines. Second, or second and third goal of my thesis was an exploration and introduction of possibilities of legal protection not only of martial arts but also of self-defence systems. The main emphasis is on copyright of martial arts, which is described in great detail. Legal protection of martial arts in relation to industrial law is also briefly described. Self-defence systems are examined in the same way as martial arts are. This means that first I try to describe copyright protection and than protection in the sense of industrial law.

This thesis deals with collective administration of copyright and neighbouring and relating rights with focus on comparison of Copyright Act Amendment (Act No. 102/2017 Coll.) and previous effective law and collective administration in the nightclub and music bar area. The aim of this thesis is to describe the collective administration, including its purpose and its categories. It also focuses on collective administrators and includes a summary of collective administrators in the Czech Republic. The further aim is to compare Copyright Act Amendment, which became effective during finalization of this thesis, and previous effective law. The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter, which is structured chronologically, is about the development of the collective administration in the world and in the Czech Republic. The second chapter compares previous effective law regarding collective administration and Copyright Act Amendment. It includes a core, a purpose, principles and categories of collective management. It focuses also on an institute of the collective administrator and describes requirements and a method of grating license for its operation and Ministry of Culture supervision. I also mention relations between collective administrators and users, collective administrators and...

Diploma thesis defines the elements of legal protection of copyright and intellectual property rights, which plays an important role in nowadays software development. It contains a general evaluation of the legal protection of copyright and its dynamics in the near future, which depends on the situation on the IT market, changes in the structure of customers, including their requirements. Maps the feedback between copyright law and the problems of business processes accompanying technical side of software development and modifications. Maps software links with third party products, development tools and its relationship to copyright issues. It describes distribution models and promotion to promote protection of computer programs.