This work named When actor writes a play is mostly dedicated to the Authorial theatre and the Authorial acting. I tried to describe the creation and the production of graduate and other authorial performances that I personally contributed to. I also described the creation of the play Siegfried´s Idyll, which I wrote and staged. The original text of the play is included in my dissertation work. By writing the paper I recapitulated my present theatre life and hopefully I learnt my lesson for the future career.

- English In the 21st century the Internet constitutes very specific and important domain where the copyrighted works and their users encounter. It is the unique character of the Internet that in connection with the traditional concept of copyright as a law protecting a tangible medium creates this interesting problem of the use of copyrighted works in Internet environment. Resolving this problem and depicting what is actually happening on the web everyday is important also for the public in their daily use of the Internet. The majority of users does not even know what exactly they do on the Internet - which acts they perpetrate are legal and which are not. The aim of this thesis is mainly to describe particular modes of use of copyrighted works, and the scope of protection of a work. In the field of Internet these are according to §12 in association with §13 and §18 of the Czech Copyright Act reproduction and communication to public, for these are the only modes that doesn't require a tangible medium. The thesis solves in which case the Fair use concept of §30 is applied and when a consent of author or collective administrator is required. The thesis also deals with the distinction between public and private law definition of broadcasting. The paper also handles the use of copyrighted work in...

Copyrighted work and advertising This diploma thesis explores the field of intellectual property law and deals with the current legal regulation of copyrighted work and advertising. The thesis aspires to introduce the basic attributes of the individual legislative regulations of the concepts of copyrighted work and advertising and to show the basis on which works are protected by the Copyright Act, what rights the authors have concerning their works and how can this issue be reflected in the process of creating advertising. At its core the thesis discusses the relationship between the copyrighted work and advertising and points out the factual intersection and proximity of these two areas. This thesis also looks into the decisions of Czech courts in the area of copyright infringement when using a specific foreign copyrighted work in advertising. The thesis consists of an introduction, which presents the topic to the reader, and continues to introduce the two main areas, the copyrighted work and advertising, which are further divided into 8 chapters. The first chapter describes the systematic incorporation of the copyright law in the field of intellectual property law, the constitutional basis which the copyright law relies upon and intangible assets, as the subject of protection of this legal...

This work describes author's ways to authorial acting in connection with her studies at the Department of Authorial Creativity and Pedagogy. The first part deals with the notions of authorial theatre and authorial acting in the context of Czech and international theatre. The second part deals with reflexion and analysis of author's experience in the field of authorial acting. In individual chapters of this part the author describes how her approach to authorial theatre and her stage personality have developed through study, author's presentations and experience with other areas of theatre. As an outcome of this work the author formulates her principles of authorial acting which are based on the notion of authorial acting as an open playing, creative acting and personal development.

The topic of this thesis is copyright protection of databases. The aim of the thesis is to find out, via comparison of the different legal systems, if the European legislation of legal protection of databases is proper, adequate and if it reflects the current needs of the European society. The thesis contains a brief historical description leading to the current legislation. Next to descriptive and comparative method of research author uses also analytical method of research for analyzing the legislation and provides to readers his own opinion toward the chosen topic. The thesis deals with the European Union and USA legislation in the field of database legal protection. As for European legislation, the author puts emphasis on copyright law protection and on so-called sui generis right. The thesis consists of Introduction, Conclusion and another 9 chapters. The second chapter provides the basic terms and problems of the topic. The third chapter contains international treaties relating to databases. The following three chapters relate to the European Union legislation, where the author describes the historical process leading to adoption of directive on the legal protection of databases in 1996. This directive is analyzed and the author articulates his opinions toward the directive. Chapter number...

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This thesis follows the genesis of three authorial performances, that I and my partners created in collaboration during my study at the Department of authorial creativity and pedagogy DAMU. From the perspective of my own experience I am trying to monitor the specifics of such cooperation, the issues of rehearsing and performing with a fixed script and without a fixed script but with a list of points/a score instead. I am describing the influence of impulses and reflections from pedagogues given to us during our quest and I am also mentioning the working methods and exercises used when discovering the performance and my reflections of rehearsals. DVD of the three performances and two examples of point scripts is attached. One of which of a performance described in this thesis, the other of a solo authorial/devising work is attached for comparison.

The objective of the present thesis is to clarify the term of software piracy and to determine responsibility of individual entities as to actual realization of software piracy. First, the thesis focuses on a computer programme, causes, realization and pitfalls of its inclusion under copyright protection. Subsequently, it observes methods of legal usage of a computer programme. This is the point of departure for the following attempt to define software piracy, accompanied with methods of actual realization of piracy, mainly by creation and distribution of piracy software. Moreover, the thesis aims to delve into recent events exerting impact on software piracy, and it intends to consider the future development of intellectual property rights. The thesis is divided into twelve chapters. The introduction engages in the phenomenon of piracy of intellectual assets and the history of software piracy. The second chapter comprises definitions of basic terms largely of a non- legal nature, the interpretation of which terms is important to appreciate the thesis contents. A substantial part of the chapter defines a computer programme. The following part of the thesis analyses a computer programme as a copyright work. It describes reasons for inclusion of a computer programme under the regime of copyright protection,...

- English The topic of my thesis is non-contractual legal institutions of the use of copyrighted work. It describes the ways of use of copyrighted work without the contractual arrangement with the author. Namely, I talk about free work and exceptions and limitations of copyright. Exceptions are further divided into free use and statutory licences. I also deal with so-called three-step test. The largest part of the thesis is devoted to the free use and thoughts about its possible changes. Of course, I also mention the copyright law in general.

- English The thesis deals with the issue of non-contractual legal institutions of the use of copyrighted works. It describes the ways of use of copyrighted work without the contractual arrangement with the author. Namely, I talk abou the free use and statutory licences. The statutory licenses, which are the major focus of the work, are divided into chargeable and free-of-charge statutory licences. I also entertain the interpretation of the so-called three-step test. In the thesis, I also deal with issue of copyright law in general.