Vol 47, No 4 (2023)

Disruption of the functioning of the smart city ecosystem can lead to significant negative consequences, for example, to the shutdown of the city or all industrial enterprises. Smart city information systems are a very attractive target for intruders and are increasingly exposed to various computer attacks. Crimes against the sustainability of a smart city as a critical information infrastructure (CII) cause significant harm to the interests of the state, the citizen, and the smart city as a CII. Currently, this problem is not given due attention, despite the formation of the “institute of responsibility for crimes against the information security of the CII and information processed in the CII”.

The article provides a criminological analysis of crime in the field of computer information for the period from 2017 to 2022. The statistics of computer attacks on a smart city for the period of 2021 and the first half of 2022, and the persons brought to responsibility for committing computer attacks are presented. The negative social phenomena associated with crime against the security and sustainability of the functioning of the CII of a smart city are analyzed. Analysis of statistics on bringing persons to responsibility for crimes committed under art. 274.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, allows us to conclude that the largest number of crimes related to causing harm to the CII of the Russian Federation are committed by a group of persons by prior agreement or by an organized group, or by a person using his official position (Part 4 of Article 274.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Prosecution under Part 5 of Article 274.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation was not carried out in 2021 and in the first half of 2022, from which it can be concluded that, despite the difficult situation in the world, attacks on the CII of the Russian Federation did not lead to serious consequences.

The dynamic development of information technology, which currently is taking place all over the world, is changing the existing conditions in the economy and public administration. Borders between countries have not been perceived as a barrier to information and financial flows for a long time, and the mobility of capital and the development of financial technologies have led to the fact that the minimization of taxpayers’ obligations is increasingly taking place in the digital field. New virtual and hybrid business models are being created, the spread of digital goods and services is accompanied by the development of fraud in the field of electronic commerce, and the emergence of startups based on modern technological solutions leads to the invention of shadow digital assets. As a result, the behavior of not only consumers but also professional participants in the turnover, as well as government agencies, is changing.

The present study is devoted to the problematic issues of the modern understanding of the essence of a “theatrical performance” as an independent object of copyright, which has the characteristics of an individual protectable composite work. The article analyzes modern approaches to the formation of a single term “theatrical performance” and its differentiation with related terms developed as “theatrical and spectacular work”. The author conducted a systematic analysis of the place of “theatrical staging” in modern Russian intellectual property law, and also identified problematic issues of the multidimensional nature of legal relations within the framework of theatrical activity. In this connection, the article raises the controversial question of who is the person who organized the creation of a complex object, and what legal regime can be applied to such a person.

As a result of the conducted research, the author comes to the conclusion that a theatrical production as a complex object of copyright that meets the criteria of protectability must have an appropriate mechanism of legal protection.

The author explores the features of the legal regime and protection of cinema and animation as types of audiovisual works. The issues of cinematographic and animation works as complex objects of copyright are considered. In particular, aspects of establishing the legal status of authors of cinema and animation, individual objects of copyright, which are an integral part of an audiovisual work, are being studied. The issues of the legal regime of the character and plot-forming objects as independent parts of cinematographic and animated works in Russian and foreign legislation are considered in detail. The problems of control and observance of copyright for audiovisual works in the field of trade are investigated.

The creation of creative products using generative neural networks and other artificial intelligence technologies has become part of the everyday practice of citizens. This phenomenon naturally raised questions about the attitude of users towards works created directly or using artificial intelligence technologies. The massive adaptation of creative tools, enhanced by artificial intelligence technologies, has updated the discussion in the legal community about the nature and mechanics of creativity, the ownership and distribution of copyrights, and remuneration for the use of works created using such tools.

The purpose of this article is to publish and analyze the results of a survey of citizens on the question of their attitude towards creative products that are fully or partially created by artificial intelligence. The research methodology is based on studying respondents’ reactions to questions whose relevance is indicated by scientific literature and the news agenda. The suggested answers represent the most relevant options found in a series of preliminary interviews conducted by organizers with potential voters.

The result of this article was the author’s analysis of the results of the targeted research, which made it possible to detect and generalize sociocultural trends in the attitude of citizens to the creativity of artificial intelligence, mentally construct, and predict their development.