Theory and practice of intellectual property
№ 5 / 2021
ISSN (Print) 2308-0361
ISSN (Online) 2519-2744
PDF (Ukrainian)DOI: https://doi.org/10.33731/52021.244509
Published 2021-11-17
Would architecture be a creative industry in Ukraine?
Hanna Ostapenko
Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-2551
Abstract
The article is devoted to analysis of the legal position of architect has in relations with the client. Architecture is regarded as a creative industry in Ukraine, therefore the attention payed to protection of intellectual property rights in this sphere is important. The idea implemented in architectural model should be protected according to the protection of copyright. The industry remains creative until the level of creativeness is high in this economic sector and the number of people involved in production due to the effectiveness and demand for the product is increasing or remains constant. The result of art and of the architecture is not only the object of property, owned by a client, but also a piece of art protected as creation under copyright. The subject of such rights is an architect. The legal status of architect in Ukraine is provided by the right to supervision during the building process, demand of sighing a final act completing the construction, which means, the building is lead astray without breaking authors copyright. Other special rights are provided such as a right to make a photo of the object before destroying it.
Despite regarding architecture objects as protected by copyright the draft law is adopted in the first reading that limits the rights and influence of architect has in the process of building. The draft law proposes an option for architect to transfer rights, being apart from the process of building. This can cause a situation when the building will be constructively changed, the creation will be changed without the authors participation. If this proposal will be implemented, the level of the creativeness in architecture would decrease and even lost. So, the total sphere risks losing the status of being creative. It is underlined that respect to the copyright in architecture is necessary to the industry and its development. In particular, such rights of the architect as a subject of intellectual property law will be under threat: the freedom of creativity, the right to the inviolability of the work, economic rights. Another thing which is of concern is the responsibility of the architect. The removal of the architect during the construction process poses a risk of absence of the culprit in case of deformation or destruction of the object, caused by a structural defect or defect of the project.
Keywords: creative industry, architectural creation, architectural solution, architect, authors rights of architect
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