The Legal regulation of copyright contracts in the Republic of Lithuania and Great Britain
ENIn 2003, March 21, the new Lithuanian Law on Copyright and Related Rights Act update has been set in. The update of the law didn't change it in principle, but some new aspects were regulating newly. The main purpose of the update was to accommodate the Copyright and Related rights act with the European Union norms, to improve the Copyright and Related rights act according to Lithuania's international obligations and also to harmonize with the new Lithuanian Civil Code and Lithuanian Civil Procedure Code. Copyright contracts are one of the most relevant issues on these days. If someone try to calculate the current copyright contracts, there is no doubt, the numbers are impressive. Unfortunately, not always the copyright contracts are made by the legislative requirements, and often the copyright contracts are made even when they can not be applied. Untypical conditions used in copyright contracts are one of the most common mistakes. Indeed the properly prepared copyright contracts could be an alternative employment or other contract. Copyright and Related rights act is the main document in Lithuania which regulates copyright contracts and other related issues (The Official Gazette, 2003, No. 28-1125). The common provisions of the copyright contracts under the existing copyright and related rights act are analysed in this thesis, focusing on the object of the copyright contracts and how the copyright contracts conditions are regulated. The object - the legal regulation of copyright contracts. The purpose - to make the comparison of the legal regulation of copyright contracts in Lithuania and Great Britain. The tasks: 1. To discuss the conception of the copyright contracts; 2. To analyze the inherent characteristics of copyrights contracts; 3. To look into the problems of making and implementing of copyright contracts in practice.
