MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER: THEORY AND PRACTICE PROBLEMS
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This article examines the legal status of the producer of a multimedia work. The legislation of the Republic of Belarus does not specifically regulate the producer of a multimedia work. The legal status of an individual who organized the creation of a complex object in the Russian Federation is examined. The author examines the emergence of an exclusive right to a multimedia work for its producer. Proposals are formulated regarding the fate of the exclusive right to a multimedia work in the event of the liquidation of a legal entity or the death of an individual who is the producer. The advisability of allowing a multimedia work producer, who holds an exclusive right to a work included in a multimedia work, to make changes, reductions, and additions to it, necessitated by the need to adapt the work to the specific conditions of its use and ensure interactivity of the multimedia work, without obtaining the consent of the work's author, is substantiated. Based on the obtained research results, the author proposes a definition of the term "producer of a multimedia work" and formulates proposals for improving the legislation of the Republic of Belarus.
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