MVV95K Legal aspects of Open Access Publication

Faculty of Law
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Koukal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Matěj Myška, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Bc. Jaromír Šavelka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Tomáš Kubeša, Ph.D. (assistant)
Bc. Gabriela Uhlířová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Pavel Koukal, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: JUDr. Lucia Hudecová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Civil Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 18. 2. to Fri 17. 5. each even Wednesday 13:30–15:00 209
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The aim of this subject is to provide information about legal regulation of the publishing of scientific outcomes. Attention will be paid both on the standard of the "online publication", as well as on modern trends in publishing.
At the end of this course the student should be able to:
understand the legal aspects of publishing of scientific and professional texts;
conclude a license agreement (and the publishing agreement as well);
interpret and apply the free licenses in the context of the Czech legal order;
understand various approaches to publishing in the regime of Open Access.
Syllabus
  • I. The basic definition of IP issues and an introduction to IP rights protection
  • II. Copyright aspects of the publication of scientific outcomes - license agreement, employees works, school works, works for hire
  • III.Public licenses - introduction; use of licenses; case law
  • IV. Creative Commons License - worldwide approach; CC in Czech legal order
  • V. Publishing in Open Access regime - introduction, history and legal aspects gold and green way OA publishing)
  • VI. The Future of Open Access in the world, situation in the Czech republic and on Masaryk University; evaluation of papers
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002)
  • ● Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (2003)
  • Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (2003)
  • L. Gruber. Licence Creative Commons a jejich využití v OA. Zpravodaj ÚVT MU. ISSN 1212-0901, 2009, roč. XX, č. 2, s. 8-12
  • P. Rygelová. Služba SHERPA/RoMEO - další život vědeckého článku. Zpravodaj ÚVT MU. ISSN 1212-0901, 2009, roč. XX, č. 2, s. 12-17
  • M. Bartošek, M. Brandejs, I. Černá. Otevřený přístup k vědeckým informacím na Masarykově univerzitě. Zpravodaj ÚVT MU. ISSN 1212-0901, 2011, roč. XXI, č. 5, s. 1-4
  • M. Bartošek. Open access - otevřený přístup k vědeckým informacím. Úvod do problematiky. Zpravodaj ÚVT MU. ISSN 1212-0901, 2009, roč. XX, č. 2, s. 1-7
  • Suber, P. Open Access Overview. Dostupný z:
  • Portál http://www.openaccess.cz
Teaching methods
Bookwork, lectures combined with stimulated discussions, practical examples
Assessment methods
Seminar paper on selected issues from the field of publication of scientific outcomes in the regime of free licenses (Open Access); Colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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