| Abstract [eng] |
The title of this master's thesis is E-publishing: Aspects of Copyright. The purpose of this paper is to examine the current E-publishing copyright legislation, evaluate its compliance with modern-day economical and technological tendencies, compare national and European legislation, suggest the necessary changes or interpretations of current legislation. The term “E-publishing” is considered broadly and analysis includes digital libraries legislation and legal perspectives, which has a significant impact on both public interest and interests of copyright right holders – publishers and authors. Firstly, the national copyright legislation and its relevance to electronic publishing is analyzed – legal differences between tangible and intangible media, including differences between traditional and electronic books, rights exhaustions principle, book lending in libraries, photocopying exception, etc. Adaptations of publishing contracts necessary for E-publishing are suggested. The new wording of Law on Copyright and Related Rights and its compliance with E-publishing is analyzed, focusing on new copyright exemptions, especially reproduction of a work for teaching and scientific research purposes, allowing public libraries to make digital copies of books and make them available to the public by dedicated terminals on the premises of the said institutions. Finally, the digital libraries and their legislation as well as perspectives and suggestions are analyzed, including the famous Google books project, book digitizing projects in Europe and their legal evaluation. |
