The Importance of Copyright Protection

Tomáš Abelovský

In: ADAMOVÁ, Z. (ed.) Nové technológie, internet a duševné vlastníctvo. Trnava: Typi Universitatis Tyrnaviensis, spoločné pracovisko Trnavskej univerzity v Trnave a VEDY, vydavateľstva Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2014, pp. 123-136. ISBN 978-80-8082-810-3.

Summary: The subject-matter of the presented discussion paper is an analysis of the crucial precedents, decisions in cases of Millar v. Taylor of 1769 and Donaldson v. Becket of 1742 from the period of the publisher war in the English legal system. The paper aims to describe the shift in thinking which has paved the way for the emergence of the modern English copyright law and also brought interesting ideas about the necessity of the copyright protection which are still very actual in current information society. It can be stated that the story of English booksellers war showed a remarkable shift in thinking which is still crucial for the current copyright law problems. Regardless of the accuracy and coherence examined decisions, the case law has paved the way for the emergence of modern English copyright. It has helped to stabilize differences between the institutes such as “the first ownership” and “authorship”. These principles represent a major economic and pragmatic feature of English copyright which is still actual in the light of new technologies.

URL: http://ntidv.iuridica.truni.sk/archive/ntidv/NTIDV-Abelovsky-Tomas.pdf

Bibliographic Citation

ABELOVSKÝ, T. Význam ochrany autorského práva. In: ADAMOVÁ, Z. (ed.) Nové technológie, internet a duševné vlastníctvo. Trnava: Typi Universitatis Tyrnaviensis, spoločné pracovisko Trnavskej univerzity v Trnave a VEDY, vydavateľstva Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2014, pp. 123-136. ISBN 978-80-8082-810-3.