The Internet and Copyright

Internet and Copyright Abstract This diploma thesis focuses on copyright in the field of the Internet. The aim of this thesis is to define the terms Internet and copyright and describe some of the legal and illegal methods of use of an author's work including the legal regulation of copyright liability in the digital environment. The text of the thesis is divided into five chapters, which are further divided into subchapters. The first chapter is devoted to the definition of the term Internet, the division of its users, and a brief history of its development. The second chapter then describes the system of copyright and focuses on the legal interpretation of an author's work, and the author himself. At the end of the chapter, the issue of determining applicable law in copyright conflicts in an international context is approached. The third chapter introduces the different ways in which an author's work can be legally used. Thus, it focuses on the contractual use through license agreements and non-contractual use, i.e., use based on a legal license or the institute of fair use. Subsequently, the third chapter defines selected forms of use of works protected by copyright (uploading, downloading and streaming) in the digital environment. The penultimate chapter of this thesis is key, as it analyses liability..