Copyright for a multimedia product. Grin E.S.

The monograph for the first time in Russian literature examines a new object of intellectual rights - a multimedia product that includes such inherent phenomena of modern culture as computer games, Internet sites, virtual museums, libraries, etc. Based on the analysis of foreign judicial practice And the author’s doctrines formulates the concept of the legal regime of these objects according to Russian law. In the work, the multimedia product is considered as a work of contemporary art, its signs are revealed and the definition of concepts is proposed, varieties of this object are analyzed and a distinction with other protected results of intellectual activity is carried out. The author proposes to determine the rights to a multimedia product within the framework of a two -level model and at the same time identifies subjects that may have these rights on various grounds. Particular attention is paid to the issues of ordering the rights to the object under study and their protection. The publication was prepared by the state of the legislation in September 2012. This monographic work will be interesting to legal entity specialists in the field of intellectual rights, representatives of the multimedia industry (producers, IT company developers and other multimedia products, etc.), copyright holders and users of intellectual results activities; It can be useful in the activities of law -making and law enforcement agencies. The work is also addressed to students, undergraduates, graduate students, teachers of law universities and other persons interested in copyright problems.