Songwriters and copyright and other related rights of performing artists and the way they exercise them in their practice

This thesis is focused on copyright as it is exercised by musicians. The goal of this thesis is to find out more about the Czech copyright law awareness among the existing as well as future songwriters and other performing musicians and artists. Based on answers provided by particular respondents musicians as well as anonymous respondents from among those who study music and arts, the thesis attempts to find a solution, elements and changes to an amendment to the copyright law so that musicians and performers could pursue their jobs better, and the law would reflect their views on the particular topics. The goal is to find out how deep the copyright awareness among the musicians and artists is, what particular difficulties as well as advantages arise from the law, and what changes could be incorporated into an amendment to the copyright law