The following article specifies how the protection of the rights of publishers of press publications is being extended by new Copyright Act, what the new stricter rules and responsibilities for providers of certain online platforms are, or what new statutory licences should be taken into consideration. 

Amendment to the Copyright Act introduces the “notice & stay down” principle for online content-sharing service providers.

Europe's population using illegal IPTV is increasing, costing the audiovisual sector billions of euros a year, a new report shows.

Television groups Nova, Prima and Óčko, through AKTV, entered into a cooperation agreement with I&Q Group, relating to content sharing platforms on the domains Hellshare.cz, Hellspy.cz and Hellspy.sk. This agreement regulates the conditions for the application of automatic filters in content search and upload.

Probably every internet user has downloaded a movie, song or photo for their personal use. Does a user who downloads a copyright work from an illegal source commit an illegal act and, if so, can illegal downloading be punishable under criminal law?

It is expected that in the coming days, the government will submit the draft Amendment to the Copyright Act to the Chamber of Deputies. The Amendment to the Copyright Act promises to strengthen the rights of copyright holders and to improve the accessibility of copyrighted works.

Roughly one in three Czechs watches a film or TV series that they download illegally on their days off.

Is it legal to download games, movies and music from the internet? Although the internet may seem like a place of freedom and anonymity, sometimes the opposite is true. In particular, beware of intellectual property infringement. Most of us know about netiquette and our digital identity but our digital footprint has other connotations. In the ... Continue reading