«Сирітські твори» як об’єкти авторського права: поняття, правовий режим використання (Продовження. Початок – у №2(231) за 2022 р.)

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to study the legal regime for the use of «orphan works» in the European Union, Great Britain, Canada, and the United States. In order to achieve the goal, there is analyzed the basic regulatory legal act of EU copyright – Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain permitted uses of «orphan works», and the positive consequences of its provisions for ensuring a unifi ed approach to recognizing the legal status and legal certainty of the use of these works in within the EU, the peculiarities of its application in the legislation of Great Britain. The legal mechanisms of legalization of «orphan works» in Canada and the USA are also described. The European Integration Law of Ukraine «On Copyright and Related Rights» (№ 5552-1), adopted on December 1, 2022, aimed at harmonizing Ukrainian legislation in the fi eld of copyright and related rights with European legislation, which regulates the recognition of works and objects of related rights as «orphan works».The research methodology is based on the application of general scientifi c (historical, logical, systemic, structural-functional, logical-semantic) and special scientifi c (comparative legal, terminological analysis, source analysis and synthesis) methods. The scientifi c novelty, given the lack of research in Ukrainian archival studies of the mentioned topic, consists in the comprehensive coverage of the foreign experience of determining the legal status and establishing the legal regime for the use of «orphan works». In the conclusions, taking into account the transition of archival institutions to digital standards of activity, the World and European experience of law enforcement practice, the work of Ukrainian and foreign scientists, changes in legislation, it is recommended to prepare an appropriate regulatory document in cooperation with lawyers for the regulation of archival work with «orphan documents».