Orphan and Out-Of-Commerce Works After the Amendment of the Czech Copyright Act

This paper focuses on the changes introduced by the major amendment of the Czech Copyright Act in 2017 in the area of orphan and out-of-commerce works licensing. It offers a brief description and basic black letter law analysis of the new legal regulation, discusses the newly introduced regulatory regimes in the context of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union Soulier and Doke and offers some tips on practical functioning thereof.This paper focuses on the changes introduced by the major amendment of the Czech Copyright Act in 2017 in the area of orphan and out-of-commerce works licensing. It offers a brief description and basic black letter law analysis of the new legal regulation, discusses the newly introduced regulatory regimes in the context of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union Soulier and Doke and offers some tips on practical functioning thereof