The Use of Technical Tools for the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights on the Internet

Abstract

Problem statement. The specifics of the illegal distribution of copyright and related rights, namely the number of violations and the speed of their distribution, makes it impossible to identify and eliminate violations in an automated mode. The goals and objectives. To analyze the existing technical means that should be used to protect copyright and related rights on the Internet; to form an original classification of technical means in terms of their functional features; to develop a functional scheme of the protocol of actions of the copyright holder to stop the violation of copyright and/or related rights and to identify steps that can be automated using technical means. Results. Based on the analysis of statistical information on the number of network users, registered domain names and detected pirate sites, it was concluded that it is impossible to manually search and respond to violations of copyright and/or related rights.