Autorskoprávní ochrana počítačových programů

Abstract

Shrnutí / Resumé Copyright protection of computer programs The legal protection of computer programs in Czech Republic is quite new and dynamic branch of law. Its main source is copyright act (No. 121/2000) as the patent law doesn't apply on computer programs. The original software (being the result of author's own intellectual creation) is protected as a literary work, with a couple of differences. The regime of computer programs contrasts to other works especially in regularization of exceptions and limitations to copyright. Czech copyright act is based on dualism of author's moral and economic rights. This dualism is not pure and brings some compromises as usual in other foreign systems of law. Only the natural person can be treated as author in Czech Republic. In certain cases (as the employee work) the author's rights are however exercised by other person who can be both natural and legal person. The license agreement is a sole type of contract regulated by the copyright act. I have tried to describe not only the letter of law, but also practical problems and uncertainties I have experienced during my practice in this work. Copyright protection is quite wide and gives effective tools to author including his claim for recognition of his authorship, prohibition of the exposure of his rights, disclosure...