The legal regime of multimedia works

Abstract

The article considers the issues of the legal legal regime of multimedia works in the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. The author notes that the absence of definition of the legal regime of multimedia works in the Belorussian law leads to insecurity of authors’ rights. Taken together, these circumstances lead to the destabilization of turnover rights on the multimedia works. This paper is a comparative analysis of theoretical and practical peculiarities of the institute of multimedia works. In the article, we point to the timeliness in the scientific development of this topic in legal science, and analyze the current legislation in the sphere of multimedia products. In order to determine the legal regime governing multimedia works, it is necessary to investigate the legal nature of multimedia works. To this end, the author suggests using the so-called “real definition” that reveals the essential features of this complex nature of multimedia works.