Non-contractual institutions of the use of a copyrighted work

Mimosmluvní užití autorského díla 71 Limitations and exceptions to copyright protection The purpose of my thesis is to outline the main limitations and exceptions to copyright protection that exist under the czech copyright law, international law and european law. The reason for my research is that limitations and exceptions are the most important legal instrument for reconciling copyright with the individual and collective interests of the general public. The thesis is composed of six chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of exceptions to authors' rights. Chapter One is introductory and describes copyright in general. The chapter two and three defines the most important international conventions and community legislation. Next chapter is dealing with limitations and exceptions to copyright protection that exist under czech copyright act. This chapter is subdivided into six parts. Part one describe the three-step test, which is a main condition of limitations and exceptions. Part is about making author's work public. Part three describes system for author`s work for which the period of duration of economic rights has expired and only the author's moral rights remain. This work may be utilised by anybody without any further provision. Part four deals with free uses of author's work which..