HARMONY IN THE SCALE: PROTECTION OF MUSICAL WORKS  IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Anna V.  POKROVSKAYA

doi:10.17323/tis.2025.28902

Anna V. POKROVSKAYA Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6473-2027

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17323/tis.2025.28902

Keywords: copyright, musical work, intellectual property, digital technologies, artificial intelligence

Abstract

The article is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of modern problems of protecting musical works in the context of the rapid development of digital technologies. The author considers the transformation of the music industry from analog media to online platforms, focusing on the scale of legal and illegal distribution of content, as well as the emergence of new threats in the form of streaming piracy, illegal copying, the use of AI, and digital remixing. The work presents the evolution of the copyright system — from collective oral traditions to modern models of individual and collective protection, and characterizes the key legal and technological methods of recording and protecting rights (registration, deposit, DRM, digital watermarks, blockchain). International experience, judicial and administrative practice, features of Russian legislation are analyzed, strengths and weaknesses of the collective rights management system are shown. Particular attention is paid to the prospects and challenges associated with the integration of artificial intelligence into the music creation process, the development of blockchain and NFT solutions, the role of automatic monitoring system,s and the need for international harmonization of regulation. The conclusion offers recommendations to authors and copyright holders on how to effectively manage their rights and notes the need for a balance between the interests of creators and society.

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Author Biography

Anna V. POKROVSKAYA, Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

A.V. Pokrovskaya — Assistant, Postgraduate Student of the Department of Civil Law and Procedure and Private International Law of the Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Research Assistant at the Law Institute, Expert in Patent Practice at the Intellectual Property Center “Skolkovo”

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