Legal Regulation and Copyright Protection in Internet in Russia and Abroad

Abstract

The authors analyze one of the most problematic areas in sphere of legal regulation – provision of protection of the copyright in Internet in Russia and in other countries. This sphere remains unregulated because of the difficulties with legal notion of Internet, which remains unclear and also technological aspects of the copyright protection with the means of civil legislation. The conducted analysis allowed to give the notion of Internet and revealed the types of breaches of copyrights in Internet. Authors come to conclusion that the lack of competent judges also leads to the insufficient protection of the copyright in Internet.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6p163