The issue of exceptions from the transmission and operation of radio and television broadcasting in the Copyright Act

In 2005 the Parliament of the Czech Republic adopted an amendment of Act No. 121/2000 on Copyright Law and Rights Related to Copyright [hereinafter Copyright Act]. The Copyright Act amendment set up three new exceptions to the author's exclusive right to exploit his or her work. The author deals with harmony of these three exceptions with international copyright law system and European copyright law. In the broad context the author discusses problems related to the changing scope of the exceptions and limitations under international treaties and then considers how to balance the interest of proprietors and the public. In order to achieve objectives, he tried to analyze two basic rules of international and European law. First of them is the well known rule which is the three-step test. The author examines the wording of the restriction found in the original Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1886 and its subsequent revision to include the three-step test. He describes in detail the subsequent changes to the test's application following its inclusion in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, the Internet Treaties and European Parliament and Council Directive 2001/29 [hereinafter Information Society Directive]. Historical development of the..