Theory and practice of intellectual property
№ 5 / 2021

ISSN (Print) 2308-0361
ISSN (Online) 2519-2744

PDF (Ukrainian)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33731/52021.244514

Published      2021-11-17

Legislative regulation of publishing in Ukraine

Olha Ulitina
Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0230-9477

Abstract

Publishing is an important element for the development of many areas of human activity. The impact of publishing on culture, education and tourism in any country cannot be underestimated. Publishing is of great importance for the development of literature, both witin one country and in the world as a whole.

Today, publishing faces many challenges, including piracy, the difficulty of distributing digital copies of literary works and insufficient funding, along with a relatively low interest in legal publications. However, publishing is defined in Ukraine as a creative industry and now the state’s position on strengthening publishing as an industry in Ukraine is becoming more active. That is why the issues of legislative regulation of activities in this area, as well as its connection with intellectual property rights, are relevant. The creation of the list of economic activities that belong to the creative industries in Ukraine indicates the government’s intention to gradually transfer Ukraine’s economy to a more modern model, where industries related to the creative industries are of the greatest importance for the economy and the development of the state as a whole.

The article is devoted to the issue of publishing legislative regulation in Ukraine.

The author analyses the most important laws in this area, considering publishing primarily as a creative industry. The state policy in this sphere is considered, which is directed first on development of publishing and on support of publishing the Ukrainian-language editions.

The author points out the existence of certain differences in the legislative regulation of book publishing and publishing of the periodicals in Ukraine.

The article considers the data of the Ukrainian Book Institute on the current state of publishing in Ukraine. According to these data, one of the biggest problems in the publishing is the significant number of copyright infringements and IP rights infringements in general.

Given the high rate of copyright infringement and IP rights in general in the publishing, it is necessary to review the mechanism of influence on combating them, as well as increase liability for such infringements.

Keywords: creative industries, publishing, book publishing, copyright, IP rights, copyright infringement, IP legislation

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