COPYRIGHT PROTECTION ON THE INTERNET

Abstract

The article deals with the issues of ensuring protection of copyright in the telecommunication networks. The principal form of telecommunication network, the Internet, is discussed in detail in terms of copyright infringement. Taking into consideration national and international practice on the protection of copyright on the internet, several suggestions regarding the preventive measures and protective means of devices in copyright infringement have been discussed in broad terms. The article discusses contractual, administrative, legislative, technological and other ways of copyright protection on the Internet. Contracts have also been reviewed as one of the main legal documents which deal with almost all aspects of relationships between the author and consumers. Having reviewed current legal practice in Uzbekistan, positive influence certain organizations have on copyright management was acknowledged. Article also pays a special attention to discussing the existing legislative documents in Uzbekistan on copyright protection and brings some suggestions for ensuring copyright protection on the Internet. Up-to-date technological advances that could be applied in copyright infringement and protections situations make a vast majority of the article. Blockchain, a means software technology, is discussed as an effective tool for ensuring copyright protection in the virtual world, Internet. At the same time, the central aspect of this technology, which is, that a specific nature of chains of blocks makes copyright infringement almost impossible and builds a firm track of every single action carried out with object of copyright, has broadly been discussed over the course of the article.