Právní a ekonomické základy autorských organizací a jejich vztah k masmédiím

Abstract

Legal and economic foundations of copyright organizations and their relationship to mass media This work aims to interpret the complex issues of collective management of copyright in the Czech Republic, especially in organizations dealing with copyrighted musicians and songwriters, it means OSA and Intergram, and explain the principle of distribution of royalties. The first part deals with the creation of copyright law, its history and development. Furthermore, I analysed the legal basis of copyright protection in the country. The aim of my work was not a complete description of copyright law and the relevant documents, but only the part that is essential for my work. The sekond part is devoted to protection organizations that deal with collective management of copyrights. Of those, I selected only the international ones that interact with OSA and Intergram. The main point of this part, was to describe the functioning, structure, history and management of OSA and Intergram. The third part is focus on the accounting and distribution of royalties.