Fixation and Turnover of Exclusive Rights to Copyrighted Works Using Smart Contracts: A Myth or Reality?
https://doi.org/10.17803/1994-1471.2024.160.3.089-099
Abstract
The use of new technologies, including blockchain and NFT, can become a tool to ensure protection of rights and legitimate interests of copyright holders and stimulate innovation in various fields. The paper considers two legal problems related to the deposit and turnover of the results of intellectual activities, including copyrighted works. The first problem is the possibility of using blockchain technology to deposit such works. The paper provides an overview of main methods of fixing the fact of existence of a copyrighted work, including options without depositing and with depositing. The author concludes that depositing an object of copyright, including blockchain, does not mean its use in the sense of civil law. The second problem is the turnover of rights to deposited objects. The author suggests the best way for the copyright holder, i. e., depositing the result of intellectual activity with subsequent transfer of the NFT to the copyright holder. This solution will make it possible to equate the transfer of NFT with the transfer of the exclusive right to the work.
Keywords
exclusive right,
NFT,
blockchain,
deposit,
agreement on alienation of exclusive right,
license agreement,
real agreement,
consensual agreement,
object of copyright,
reproduction,
storage
Supporting agencies: The article was prepared on the basis of material obtained during the implementation of the project "Creation and development of the Technology Transfer Center on the basis of the Management of Innovations in the Field of Science, Engineering and Technology of Tomsk State University as a systemic mechanism for the commercialization of the results of intellectual activity of the scientific and educational complex of the Tomsk region"
About the Author
A. Yu. Churilov
Law Institute of the National Research Tomsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksey Yu. Churilov, Cand. Sci. (Law), Associate Professor
Department of Civil Law
«Intellectual Property and Intellectual Rights» Scientific and Educational Center
Tomsk
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Churilov A.Yu. Fixation and Turnover of Exclusive Rights to Copyrighted Works Using Smart Contracts: A Myth or Reality? Actual Problems of Russian Law. 2024;19(3):89-99. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17803/1994-1471.2024.160.3.089-099
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