ON THE ISSUE OF ILLEGAL ALTERATION OR REMOVAL OF COPYRIGHT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

Abstract

This article attempts to consider the prerequisites for the introduction of a norm that establishes liability for the removal or modification of copyright management information, for the use of a work with removed or modified copyright management information (Art. 1300 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation). During the analysis, reference is made to the relevant international experience and Russian judicial practice to determine how the mechanism of protection of the rights of authors and other rightsholders laid down in the said article works, whether it requires to be changed and developed.