General Characteristics of Related Rights of the Publisher in Russian Civil Law

The paper has analyzed the grounds for emergence and termination, as well as the validity period and features of the content of intellectual rights of the publisher under the current civil legislation.

The possibility of its early termination in court is considered as one of the features of the exclusive right of the publisher. The author has determined the range of actors authorized to reguest early termination of the exclusive right of the publisher The influence of the will of the author on the range of actors entitled to reguest the early termination has been identified. The author has substantiated the researchers' standing that permits the application of the rules regulating the application of the sign of legal protection of related rights to the exclusive right of the publisher by analogy.

The personal intangible right of the publisher to indicate his name is characterized as perpetual. The paper has established the independence of the emergence of this right from the acquisition of the exclusive right of the publisher. The authors have supported the opinion concerning the possibility for the publisher to use a pseudonym on the basis of application of the rules concerning the right of the author to the right of the publisher to indicate his name by analogy.

The power of the publisher to permit the introduction of changes, abbreviations or additions to the published work is considered as forming a non-personal urgent intangible right of the publisher to inviolability of the work of another author. The authors have highlighted the dependence of the emergence and content of the right under consideration upon the will of the work's author expressed in writing. The authors have also investigated the termination of the right under consideration in case of transfer of exclusive right of the publisher to another person. The authors have revealed the inconsistency of the existing legislative regulation. Thus, the publisher is not entitled to supplement the work with illustrations and explanations. The authors have expressed their opinion on the inexpediency of interpretation of civil legislation as excluding the possibility for the publisher to independently make changes, abbreviations or additions to the work when it is being used.

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