The Status and Current Problems of Legal Regulation of Publishing Activities in the Russian Federation

Purpose of the study. The article analyzes the legal regulation of the commercialization of copyright and related rights in book publishing in order to identify problems of ensuring the protection of the property interests of authors and copyright holders. Conclusions. Despite the absence of a single legal act regulating activities in the field of book publishing, the current legal regulation covers all the main aspects of this activity. Despite this, there is still a need to develop unified forms of contracts in the field of publishing. At present, there is a tendency for publishers to compensate for the loss of income due to the reduction in print runs by providing paid publishing services to authors. As a result, authors lose the opportunity to make a profit by disposing of exclusive copyrights to their works. In order to encourage the development of science, culture and art, namely authors, as the main creators of new intangible wealth, the authors propose expanding the practice of paying compensation in cases where a work can be used without the consent of the author, but with payment of remuneration. Also, in connection with the use of artificial intelligence systems that generate texts based on the analysis of previously created and processed works, it is proposed to introduce a special sphere of collective management of copyright and related rights in the digital environment, since it is becoming increasingly difficult for authors to protect their property interests individually in the context of digitalization and artificial intelligence.