Novels of the legal regulation of copyright protection on the Internet

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the current state of the system of Ukrainian legislation in the field of copyright protection on the Internet, as well as to the provision of proposals on the basis of this analysis to improve the regulatory regulation of copyright protection on the Internet.
 It has been established that the development of the latest digital technologies, the large-scale use of the Internet, along with numerous positive aspects, causes a number of problems related to the protection of copyright.
 It is noted that in the field of improving the protection of intellectual rights in general and copyrights in particular, positive changes have taken place in recent years regarding the protection and protection of copyrights. An important step in the field of copyright protection was the adoption in December 2022 of the new Law «On Copyright and Related Rights».
 Innovations in the field of copyright protection on the Internet, which are provided for by the new Law «On Copyright and Related Rights», have been analyzed. In particular, the new powers of the patent attorney, cases of extending the time limits for the performance of certain actions by website owners and hosting service providers, the procedure for holding the hosting service provider or website owner to account for failure to perform certain actions provided for by law, new opportunities for the applicant to specify data on hosting provider or website owner.
 Considering the procedure for copyright protection in court, it is proposed to introduce the «John Doe» concept into the rules of procedural law, according to which the right holder has the opportunity to initiate legal proceedings even when the identity of the offender is not established at the time of filing the lawsuit.
 The authors draw attention to the need to create a specialized court that will consider disputes in the field of intellectual property, work on the creation of which began back in 2017, but is currently incomplete and slowed down.
 In the conclusions to this article, the authors substantiate the relevance and need for further research in this area, as well as the need for further reform of national legislation in the field of copyright protection on the Internet in order to reduce offenses in this area and effectively protect the rights of authors.