Aspects of the Right to free Use of Works in the Digital Environment for Cultural, Cognitive and Educational Purposes

In this article, we consider it necessary to consider problematic aspects of the free use of works in the digital environment. In modern conditions of digitalization, under the pressure of frequent conflicts arising in connection with copyright infringement, a comprehensive analysis of the legal norms and mechanisms governing such use is certainly necessary. The practice of free use of works in the digital sphere reveals significant problems and contradictions.

Objectives. The purpose of the research is to study the theory and legal nature of the free use of works, the analysis of current legal norms in the field of their digital use, as well as the practice of applying legislation in the field of electronic use of works.

Methods. The research is based on the sociological, system-structural and formal-logical method. Through the historical, legal and comparative method, the development of legal phenomena is traced, ideas and precedents are analyzed.

Results. The conditions and specifics of the legislative regulation of the uncoordinated use of works in the digital environment are revealed. The designation of the institution of legal use of works is established, taking into account the factor of civil and social needs as a restriction on the right of the copyright holder.

Conclusions. In the aspects of normative legal acts that define the limits and boundaries of the rights to use and apply works, the most typical problems that need to be resolved in the free use of copyrighted works in a digital environment are identified, and circumstances are formulated in which the use of a work without the consent of the author can be considered permissible.