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LAW OF UKRAINE

of March 23, 2000 No. 1587-III

About distribution of copies of audiovisual works, soundtracks, videograms, computer programs, databases

(as amended on 16-10-2020)

This Law determines the legal basis of distribution of copies of audiovisual works, soundtracks, videograms, computer programs, databases and is directed to protection of interests of subjects of copyright and the related rights and consumer protection.

Article 1. Law coverage

Operation of this Law extends to the relations arising in the course of distribution of copies of audiovisual works, soundtracks, videograms, computer programs, databases.

Article 2. Determination of terms

In this Law terms are used in the following value:

the audiovisual work - the work fixed on certain material carrier (film, magnetic film or magnetic disk, disk for laser systems of reading, etc.) in the form of series of consecutive personnel (images) or analog or discrete signals which display is (coded) by mobile images (both with soundtrack, and without it) and which perception is possible only by means of this or that type of the screen (screen, the television screen, etc.) on which mobile images are visually displayed by means of certain technical means. Types of the audiovisual work are movies, television movies, videos, filmstrips, slide-films, etc. which can be game, animation (animated), not game or others;

audiodescription (tiflokommentirovaniye) - creation of separate soundtrack with the offscreen description of the character, subject, space or action in video production for blind people, persons with violations of sight and persons with dyslexia;

the database (compilation of data) - set of works, data or any other independent information in any form, including electronic, matching and which arrangement of components and its streamlining are result of creative activity which components are available individually and can be found by means of special search engine on the basis of electronic means (computer) or other means;

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