Problems in home page copyright
- There aren't one single point of view to the definition of home page in copyright sphere, because in the same basic document Copyright Law there aren't such term - home page, that's why it presents misunderstandings in real cases
- Basicly in the theory home page is defined simply as author`s protect work (Tredwell, 2005:131), accordingly all copyrights can be apply to home pages
- At the legislation home page can be defined in different ways - as data base or as computer software (Copyright Law). This creates misunderstandings, because there are different regulations applied on data base and on software.
- Home pages mismatch usual conception of copyrights, they can`t be really fixed in tangible form just in electronic form, except printed version. But we can not print all home pages just because to protect their copyright at usual form or way. And it seems that in the conditions of IT development copyright can not provide adequate protection anymore (Rozenfelds, 2004:63).
- Home page copyrights differ in every EU country, that's why European Parliament have adopted unified directive about copyright protection.
As a result of studying this question, I can conclude that there is no single approach pertaining to home page copyright in theory and in legislation. That is why there is necessity to do more research on this topic to better understand how these rules works in reality.
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Rozenfelds, J. (2004). Intelektuālais īpašums. Rīga:Zvaigzne ABC
Tredwell, D. Tredwell, J.B. (2005). Public Relations writting. Principles in practice 2nd ed. London:Sage Publications
