Blockchain as a technological means of ensuring copyright protection of the results of intellectual activity

The subject of the article is the legal forms of using blockchain as an independent technology that ensures the protection of originality and confirmation of authorship in relation to intellectual property objects. The article reveals the current areas of blockchain use, within which this technology allows solving traditional problems of information security and identification of copyright objects. As part of the improvement of the mechanism of private law regulation in this area, it is proposed to use blockchain to create public registers of copyright objects, which will contain information about the created work, the presence of legal disputes in relation to these works, as well as other information that will reflect the main characteristics of the work as an object enjoying copyright protection. This requires the development of legislative initiatives that form unified state standards for the placement of information about copyright objects in a distributed database.  Based on the use of a systematic approach and formal legal analysis, the article discusses specific ways to introduce blockchain technology into the mechanism of copyright protection. Blockchain technology can be used to create public registers of copyright objects, which will contain information about the created work, the existence of legal disputes in relation to these works, as well as other information that will reflect the main characteristics of the work as an object enjoying copyright protection. The creation of such a registry is possible in both single and multiple versions. If there are several registers of copyright objects, it is advisable to create mechanisms that exclude the possibility of duplication of the same work. Blockchain technology allows to confirm the authenticity and uniqueness of a copy of a work, but does not provide the buyer of the token with automatic rights to use the work outside the framework established by the copyright holder. Thus, in order to strengthen trust and protect the rights of buyers of NFT tokens, comprehensive solutions aimed at verification and confirmation of authorship are needed. In order to ensure to users that the issue of the NFT token is actually carried out by the author, there are several solutions. One of the most reliable methods is to use the services of a notary, who can officially confirm the creation of a work of art or any other object presented in the form of an NFT by its author.

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