NA-LaEC Lecture 9 Copy and Copyright right Protection A. Rudysarova

Regulation in Czech  Copyright in the Czech Republic is subject to an organisation for the protection of artists which engages in criminal practices.  121/2000 Coll.

Intellectual property law  covers all legal property rights over original creations such as commercial and artistic products. Protection is granted to both tangible and intangible works (i.e. musical, literary and artistic works, ideas, discoveries and inventions, words, phrases, symbols and designs).

Industrial property rights cover:  technical products (inventions and utility models);  industrial design items (industrial models, including designs);  identification rights (designations of origin and trade marks);  other kinds of work, such as improved integrated circuits (semiconductor topographies), or new animal breeds and farming methods.

Type of industrial property  A utility model is a new, industrially-useful technical solution which goes beyond the bounds of mere professional know-how. For items with a lower level of inventiveness or less economic importance, a simpler quicker and less costly form of protection than a patent may be chosen for the invention.  The topography of semiconductor products is a series of fixed or coded interrelated patterns representing a three-dimensional permanent arrangement of layers.  An "industrial model" is understood to mean the appearance of a product or the parts thereof (marks of lines, outlines, colours, shape and the materials or decorations used).

Registration The following links provide a more detailed description of the steps necessary for registering the following categories of intellectual and industrial property:  Invention  Utility model  Topography of semiconductor products  Industrial model  Trade mark  Designations of origin and geographical indications  Application forms

Obtaining certificates The Industrial Property Office issues certificates relating to the protection of :  the results of technically creative activities ( inventions and utility models ),  items of industrial property ( industrial models ),  identification rights ( designations of origin and trade marks ),  design schemes for semiconductor products.

Copyright  This grants to the creator of an original piece of work exclusive rights to his/her work for a certain period. It is not necessary to register pieces of work to be entitled to protection. This intellectual property right is, in fact, automatic.  personal rights of the author - the personal interests of the author and his/her connection to his/her work;  property rights of the author - the asset value of the work.

General description  Commonly find in videotapes, CD’s, DVD’s  Companies publish works under copy protection because they believe that the cost of implementing the copy protection will be less than the revenue produced by consumers who buy the product instead of acquiring it through casually copied media.  Opponents of copy protection argue that people who obtain free copies only use what they can get for free, and would not purchase their own copy if they were unable to obtain a free copy. Some even argue that free copies increase profit; people who receive a free copy of a music CD may then go and buy more of that band's music, which they would not have done otherwise.

Technology side From a technical point, it theoretically impossible to completely prevent users from making copies of the media they purchase. The basic technical fact is that all types of media require a "player" — a CD player, DVD player, videotape player, computer, or videogames console. The player has to be able to read the media in order to display it to a human. In turn, then, logically, a player could be built that first reads the media, and then writes out an exact copy.

Subjects- multimedia  Software  Video games  Video tape  Audio CD  Other media the producer of an audiovisual recording has exclusive property rights to use the audiovisual recording and to assign to another by contract an entitlement to exercise this right.

Subjects  Databases are protected under copyright law regardless of what form they take.  Advertising is regarded under the Copyright Act as a work of art and is protected in the same way. However, the Act does not protect actual suggestions before they have been put into effect and nor does it protect ideas, processes or methods.  Design is the legally protected form of industrial models (see above).  Industrial drawings are the legally protected form of utility models (see above).  Works of cartography (maps) are regarded under the Copyright Act as collective works, since individual contributions cannot be used independently.  The Copyright Act also covers literary works and other scientific and artistic works, as well as television broadcasts. 