EATURES OF LEGAL PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ON THE INTERNET

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the issue of intellectual property protection on the Internet. After all, in the modern era, known as the "information society," we observe the rapid development of human intellectual creativity. At the same time, society faces global problems, the solution of which requires finding a balance between meeting the needs of society and protecting individual rights. Such terms as computer, software, and Internet have already firmly entered our lives. Traditional libraries and archives are giving way to electronic libraries that are appearing everywhere. Electronic data banks containing a huge number of works of literature, science, and art can be stored on a computer hard drive or on a website. Usually, they are maintained by one person. The Internet is a global phenomenon not only in a geographical but also in a socio-legal context. It affects various aspects of the life of a modern person, including civil legal relations. The issue of copyright protection on the Internet is relevant in many countries of the world, but in Ukraine, it is not given enough attention. Therefore, it is important to find effective solutions to this problem.

The problem of copyright protection has been most clearly manifested in the last decade in the Internet sphere. This is due, first of all, to the ease and speed of posting information on the global network, the absence of mandatory authorization for such actions, as well as the openness and accessibility of electronic resources for a virtually unlimited range of persons. However, these advantages of information technologies also have a downside: information and intellectual property objects enter the Internet without the consent of the authors and even without their knowledge. This violates not only the rights of authors to receive remuneration for their intellectual work but also their personal non-property rights, in particular the right to demand recognition of their authorship by properly indicating their name on the work and its copies, as well as for any public use of the work.

Therefore, it is necessary to analyze existing approaches to the protection of intellectual property rights that have been violated on the Internet, summarize them and combine them on the basis of a systemic approach in order to introduce an effective legal mechanism into Ukrainian legislation.