We Have Prepared a Guide for Authors on How to Properly Negotiate Fees
26. 9. 2025 work in culture copyright
Ivan David and Pavel Zahrádka have prepared a manual to help authors when negotiating copyright fees with the parties for whom they create their works.
Without a doubt, one of the most frequently discussed issues when negotiating cooperation between authors on the one hand and the parties for whom these authors create their copyrighted works on the other is the question of the author’s fee. In the guide What Not to Forget When Negotiating an Author’s Fee, we briefly summarize all the key aspects that should be taken into account when negotiating such a fee and that influence its amount, form, payment terms, and other conditions.
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CIRG – the Cultural Industries Research Group focuses on research into cultural and media industries, particularly on current issues, challenges, and conflicts arising from tensions between intellectual property law, the business models of cultural industries, the digitalization and platformization of cultural sectors, and changing consumer habits. The group’s name is an acronym of its English title, Cultural Industries Research Group. CIRG is an informal association of experts from media studies, intellectual property law, media law, media ethics, cultural economics and cultural management, sociology of culture, and data analysis. The group operates on the basis of project-based funding through applied research projects (TAČR, NAKI, EEA and Norway Grants, OP JAK Intersectoral Cooperation), basic research projects (GAČR, ZIF Bielefeld, OP VVV Excellent Research, DFG), as well as contract research (State Cinematography Fund, Association of Audiovisual Producers).
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