LAW OF UKRAINE 
On Copyright and Related Rights 
This Law regulates the relations regarding the ac quisition, exercise and protection of personal 
non-property and property copyright and/or related rights , as well as sui generis rights related to the 
field of copyright a nd/or related rights. 
Section I. GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Article 1. Terms and definitions 
In this Law, the terms shall have the following meanings: 
1) author – a natural person who created a work through their creative activity; 
2) audiovisual work – a work consisting of a sequence of episodes or frames with or without 
sound, connected to each other by a holistic creative idea, accessibl e for perception via relevant 
technical means on a certain type of screen (cinema, television screen, etc.) where such a sequence 
of frames forms a moving image; 
3) audio description – creation of a separate audio track with an off-screen description of a 
character, object, surroundings or action in a vi deo production for people who, due to visual 
impairment, cannot perceive  visual information; 
4) database (data compilation) is a collection of wo rks, data or any other information in any form, 
maintained in a systematized form or in a certain order, which can be accessed using a special search 
engine and/or by electronic me ans (computer) or other means; 
5) website is a collection of data, electronic (d igital) information, in particular, objects of 
copyright and/or related rights, et c., interconnected and structured within the website address and/or 
account of the owner of such a website, which are accessed via an Internet address, which may consist 
of a domain name, directory or call records, an d/or an Internet Protocol numeric address; 
6) web page is a component of a website lo cated at a special address on the Internet; 
7) performer is a natural person (an actor, a singe r, a musician, a dancer, a conductor of musical 
and musical-dramatic works or another natural person) who plays a role, reads, recites, sings, plays a 
musical instrument, dances, interprets, or in an y other way performs musi cal, dramatic, literary, 
choreographic, other similar works, folklore or other artistic images; 
8) performance is the result of individual or co llective activity in the artistic presentation of 
musical, dramatic, literary, chor eographic or similar works, folk lore or other artistic images; 
9) production of videograms includes video recording, modification (editing) of video 
recordings, arrangement and modifi cation of video recordings with or without accompanying sound; 
10) phonogram production includes sound recording,  modification (editing) of sound recordings, 
arrangement and modification of sound recordings; 
11) producer of a videogram is a natural and/or  legal person who takes the initiative and is 
responsible for the production of a videogram; 
12) producer of a phonogram is a natural and/or  legal person who takes the initiative and is 
responsible for the production of a phonogram;  
13) videogram is a produced (final) video record ing of a performance or other images (with or 
without accompanying sound), except for a video reco rding used as part of an audiovisual work; 
14) reproduction is direct or indirect making of one or more copies of an object of copyright 
and/or related rights (or part thereof) by any me ans and in any form, including for temporary or 
permanent storage in electronic (digital), optical or ot her form that can be read by a computer, as well 
as the creation of a three-dimensional work from a two-dimensional work and vice versa, and the 
creation of a three-dimensional work based on a set of instructions th at can be read by a computer to 
produce a three-dimensional work; 
15) website owner is a person who owns an acco unt and establishes the procedure and terms of 
using the website. In the absence of evidence to th e contrary, the registrant of the respective domain 
name used to access the website and/or the recipien t of hosting services shall be deemed the website 
owner; 
16) owner of a web page is a pe rson who owns an account used to  place a web page on a website 
and who manages and/or places el ectronic (digital) information within such a web page. The owner 
of a website is not the owner of a web page if the owner of the web page owns  an account that allows 
them to post and manage information on the we b page independently of  the website owner; 
17) hyperlink is a record of the website address,  or its part (web page, data) formalized in 
accordance with the Internet standards. If the hype rlink addresses a part of the website (web page) 
other than the domain and/or numerical address acco rding to the Internet protocol, it may contain 
additional records of directories or calls and c onditions of access to the web page that can be 
reproduced or stored on devices that can read a nd reproduce electronic (digit al) information using the 
Internet; 
18) the state system of legal protection of copy right and related rights is the central executive 
body that ensures the formation and implementation of st ate policy in the field of intellectual property, 
the National Intellectual Property Au thority and other state enterprises,  institutions, and organizations 
performing functions related to the prot ection of copyright and related rights; 
19) bringing to the public’s atten tion means distribution of copyright  and/or related rights objects 
by means of public performance, public display, public exhibition, public announcement, interactive 
access, or cable retransmission; 
20) lawful user of the database is a person who lawfully owns a copy of the database that was 
made lawfully; 
21) lawful user of a computer program is a pe rson who lawfully owns a copy of a computer 
program that was made lawfully; 
22) recording is the result of fixing sounds or  sound reflections (sound recording) or images 
(video recording) or images with sound (video sound recording) in an objective (material or electronic 
(digital), etc.) form using technical devices, which allows for their perception, reproduction, 
transmission, etc. with the he lp of appropriate devices; 
23) author's name is a set of wo rds or signs that identify the author: author's surname and first 
name; author's surname, first name and patronymic  name; author's initials ; author's pseudonym; a 
sign (a set of signs) adopted by the author, etc.; 
24) name of the performer is a set of words or signs that identify the pe rformer: the performer's 
surname and name; the performer's surname, name and patronymic name; the performer's initials; the 
performer's pseudonym; a sign (a set of signs) adopted by the performer, etc.; 25) interactive provision of access is sharing th e object of copyright and/or related rights with 
the public with or without the use of cable, including on the Inte rnet or other interactive networks, 
including placing hyperlinks and pl acing digital content from another website on one website without 
reproducing it (framing) in such a wa y that members of the public can a ccess the relevant object from 
a place and at a time chosen by them individually; 
26) computer program is a set of instructions in  the form of words, numbers, codes, diagrams, 
symbols or in any other form, expressed in a fo rm suitable for reading by a computer (desktop 
computer, laptop, smartphone, game console, smart TV , etc.), which activate it to achieve a certain 
goal or result, in particular, an operating system, application program  expressed in source or object 
code; 
27) copy is an object of copyright and/or rela ted rights reproduced in any objective form. A copy 
of a work made in any material form  is considered a copy of the work; 
28) broadcasting is a set of programs and othe r information united by a single creative concept 
that is broadcast by a radio or television br oadcaster according to a program schedule; 
29) music video is an audiovisual work that emb odies a visual interpretation of a musical work 
with or without text, the soundtrack  of which contains a recording of the performance of the said 
musical work; 
30) National Intellectual Propert y Authority (hereinafter referred to as NIPA) is a state 
organization that is a part of the state system of in tellectual property legal protection, which exercises 
powers in the field of intellectual pr operty defined by this Law, other laws of Ukraine in the field of 
intellectual property, acts of the Cabinet of Mini sters of Ukraine, the central executive body that 
ensures the formation and implementation of the state policy in the field of in tellectual property, and 
the statute, and has the right to represent Ukra ine in international and regional organizations. 
31) account is a record on computer equipment (c omputers, servers) connected to the Internet 
that is formalized in accordance with the Internet standards and identifies the user (for example, the 
owner of the website) on such equipment, contains data  related to the access to a part of the directories 
and the computer program, computer equipment, a nd also defines the rights of such access, which 
allow the account holder to add, delete, or change digital content and data of the website, provide 
access to the website or its part, or  individual data to other persons,  terminate the operation of such 
website or part thereof within the account; 
32) making public (disclosure to the public) is an y action that for the first time makes a work or 
object of related rights available to  an unlimited number of persons; 
33) publication is distribution of a work, phonogr am, videogram by any means of distribution or 
bringing to the public's attention. The deposit of  a manuscript of a work, phonogram, videogram shall 
also be deemed as publication; 
34) broadcasting organization is a person who se lects radio or televisi on programs and provides 
them for simultaneous mass and individual recepti on by users on the basis of the program schedule 
created by him/her; 
35) originality of a work is a f eature (criterion) that characterizes a work as the result of the 
author's own intellectual creative activity and reflects the creative de cisions made by the author during 
the work’s creation; 
36) a person with limited ability to perceive printed information is a natural person who has 
visual or visual perception disorders or reading di sabilities, whose visual function or reading ability 
cannot be restored in such a way as to read printe d works on an equal basis with persons without such 
disabilities, as well as an individual who, due to  physical disorders or ment al disorders, cannot hold 
a book in his/her hands or use a book or focus his/her ey es or move his/her eyes to the extent necessary 
for reading; 37) pirated copy of a work, phonogram, or videogram means a copy of a work, phonogram, 
videogram reproduced and/or di stributed in violation of copy right and/or related rights; 
38) loan means providing a copy of a work, pho nogram, or videogram fo r use (including in a 
specified manner) for a fixed term, provided that such actions have  no independent economic value; 
39) private copying is reproduction for personal purpos es of a person or for family members of 
such a person or close acquaintances of such a family of works and performances recorded in 
phonograms, videograms, provided that such acti ons do not have independent economic value; 
40) broadcasting organization’s program is a set of programs (television and radio broadcasts), 
other works and/or objects of rela ted rights united by a single creative concept, which has a permanent 
name and is broadcast by a radio or television broadcaster acco rding to a certain broadcasting 
network; 
41) producer of an audiovisual work is a person who organizes or organizes and finances the 
creation, production and publicat ion of an audiovisual work; 
42) rental is providing a copy of a work, phonogram , videogram for use (inc luding in a specified 
manner) for a fixed term for the purpose of obtaining direct or  indirect commercial benefit; 
43) pseudonym is a fictitious name consisting of a combinati on of words, signs, or symbols 
chosen by the author (co-authors) or performer (co- performers) to identify themselves as the author 
(co-authors) or performer (co-performers), respectively; 
44) public includes individuals who are not relate d to each other by belonging to a family or 
close acquaintances; 
45) public performance means presentation of works, performances, phonograms, programs of 
broadcasting organizations by any means directly (in live performance) or by means of any devices 
and processes (except for broadcasting or cable tran smission) in places where members of the public 
are present or may be present, regardless of whethe r they are present in one place and at one time or 
in different places and at different times; 
46) public demonstration is a single or multiple pr esentation of an audiovisual work or videogram 
to the public; 
47) public announcement means broadcasting of c opyright and/or related rights objects by 
wireless means or via cable network or satellite, etc. for the public to hear; 
48) public performance shall mean any demonstrat ion of an original or a copy of a work, 
performance, phonogram, videogram, broadcasting progr am directly or on the screen by means of 
film, slide, television frame, etc.  (except for broadcasting or cable transmission) or by means of other 
devices or processes in places wh ere members of the public are presen t or may be present, regardless 
of whether they are present in one place and at one ti me or in different places  and at different times. 
Public performance of an audiovisu al work or videogram shall also mean demonstration of individual 
frames of an audiovisual work or vide ogram without observing their sequence; 
49) reprographic reproduction (reproduction) means a facsim ile reproduction in any size 
(including enlarged or reduced) of  the original or another copy of a written, photographic, graphic 
work, painting, drawing, etc. by photocopying or other similar means. Reprographic reproduction 
shall not include recording of a work in electronic (digital), optical or other computer-readable form 
or in the course of publishing activities; 
50) distribution is any action by means of which originals or other copies  of copyright and/or 
related rights objects are directly or indirectly offered to the public by means of, among other things, 
the first sale or other first alienation of copies of copyright an d/or related rights; 
51) orphan work, orphan object of related rights means a work, phonogram, videogram 
(including a part of an audiovi sual work or other phonogram, vi deogram), recorded performance 
published in Ukraine, in respect of which none of the property rights holders has been identified by a thorough search, and in case of identification of such a holder (including objects published 
anonymously or under a pseudonym), their location has not been established; 
52) official videogram is a videogram produc ed by an employee in connection with the 
performance of their duties under an employment agreem ent (contract); 
53) official phonogram is a phonogram produce d by an employee in connection with the 
performance of their duties under an employment agreem ent (contract); 
54) official performance means performance carri ed out by an employee in connection with the 
performance of their duties under an employment agreem ent (contract); 
55) work for hire is a work created by an employ ee in connection with the performance of their 
duties under an employment  agreement (contract); 
56) work means an original intellectual creation of the author (co-authors) in the field of science, 
literature, art, etc. expressed in an objective form; 
57) work of architecture is a work in the fi eld of construction of buildings, urban planning, 
landscape art, landscape formations in the form of drawings, sketches, models, constructed buildings 
or structures, plans of settlements, etc.; 
58) work of fine art is a sculpture, painting, dr awing, engraving, lithography, work of artistic 
design (including stage de sign, font design), etc.; 
59) a work of applied (decorative and applied) art means a work of artistic craft embodied or 
transferred to an object for use for applied purposes , created by hand or by i ndustrial means, including 
works of decorative weaving, cerami cs, carving, casting, art glass, ar tistic forged products, jewelry, 
etc.; 
60) technological means of protection means an y technology, computer program, equipment or 
component that in its normal functioning is intended  to prevent or counteract actions in relation to 
objects, the use of which is not authorized by the copyright or related rights holders or sui generis 
rights holders; 
61) institution means a central executive body that ensures the formation and implementation of 
state policy in the field of intellectual property; 
62) phonogram is a produced (final) sound record ing of performance or other sounds or sound 
reflections, except for the sound recording us ed as part of an audiovisual work; 
63) photographic work is a work statically reflec ted (recorded) with the use of analog or digital 
photographic technologies on a material medium or in  electronic (digital) form or with the use of 
laser technologies in the form of a three-dimensional image; 
64) quotation is a fragment (excerpt) from a la wfully published work, recorded performance, 
lawfully published phonogram or videogram, which is  used with obligatory reference to its author 
and/or performer, phonogram producer, videogram  producer and source of quotation by another 
person in order to make his/her ow n statements clearer or to refer to the expression of another person 
in the unchanged (authentic) form or in th e translation of such fragment (excerpt); 
65) digital content (electronic (digital) informatio n) means any information or data in electronic 
(digital) form containing copyright  and/or related rights objects and may be stored and/or distributed 
in the form of one or more files (parts of files), da tabase records on computer storage devices, servers, 
etc. on the Internet. 
Article 2. Legal regulation of relations in the field of copyright and related rights 
1. The legislation of Ukraine on copyright  and related rights is based on the Constitution of 
Ukraine  and consists of the Civil Code of Ukraine , this Law, other laws of Ukraine, as well as bylaws 
and regulations adopted on their basis related to the protection of copyright and related rights. 2. The current international treat ies of Ukraine in the field of copyright and/or related rights, 
consent to the binding nature of which was given by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, are part of the 
national legislation of Ukraine on copyright and related rights 
Article 3. Scope 
1. This Law shall apply to the regula tion of relations regarding the use of: 
1) works and objects of related rights, regardle ss of the place where they  were made public (or 
if the said objects are not made pub lic but are located on the territory of Ukraine in an objective form), 
copyright and/or related rights holders in respect of  which are individuals who are citizens of Ukraine 
or non-citizens of Ukraine but they  permanently reside on the territ ory of Ukraine, or legal entities 
located on the territory of Ukraine; 
2) works and objects of related rights made publ ic on the territory of Ukraine or made public 
outside Ukraine, but then published on the territory of Ukraine within 30 days; 
3) programs of broadcasting organi zations located on the territory of Ukraine and distributed by 
means of transmitters located on the territory of Ukraine; 
4) works of architecture and fine  arts, the originals of which are located on the territory of 
Ukraine; 
5) works and objects of related rights protecte d in accordance with international treaties of 
Ukraine; 
6) non-original objects generated by a computer program referred to in Article 33  of this Law. 
2. Provisions of this Law are ai med at protection and defense of  personal non-property rights and 
property rights of: 
1) copyright holders referred to in Article 5  of this Law and related rights holders referred to in 
part two  of Article 35 of this Law who are citizens  of Ukraine or non-citizens of Ukraine but who 
permanently reside on the territory of Ukraine (leg al entities shall be located on the territory of 
Ukraine), regardless of the territory  where their works or objects of related rights were made public; 
2) copyright holders referred to in Article 5  of this Law and related rights holders referred to in 
part two  of Article 35 of this Law, regardless of thei r citizenship and permanent residence (for legal 
entities - regardless of their location), whose works or  objects of related rights have been made public 
on the territory of Ukraine or have not been made  public, but are located on the territory of Ukraine 
in an objective form; 
3) copyright holders referred to in Article 5  of this Law and related ri ghts holders referred to in 
part two  of Article 35 of this Law, regardless of th eir citizenship and perm anent residence, whose 
works or objects of related rights were made public in another country and within 30 days thereafter 
were published in Ukraine; 
4) other persons whose copyrig ht and/or related rights are protected in accordance with 
international treaties of Ukraine; 
5) holders of the sui generis right to a non-or iginal object generated by a computer program, 
specified in Article 33  of this Law. 
3. Copyright and/or related ri ghts holders, irrespective of thei r citizenship, whose works or 
objects of related rights have been  made public on the territory of anot her state or have not been made 
public, but are located on the territory of another st ate in an objective form, shall be granted legal 
protection in accordance with inte rnational treaties of Ukraine. 
4. In accordance with international agreements or on the basis of the reciprocity principle, 
foreigners and stateless persons shall have the same  rights as citizens of Ukraine as provided for by 
this Law. Article 4. Powers of the central executive body respon sible for the formation and implementation 
of the state policy in the field of intellectual pr operty. Powers of the National Intellectual Property 
Authority in the Field of Copyright  and/or Related Rights Protection 
1. The central executive body that ensures the fo rmation and implementation of the state policy 
in the field of intellectual property shall exercise its powers within the limits determined by law and 
perform the following functions: 
1) analyze the application of and compliance with  national legislation and international treaties 
in the field of copyright and/or related rights; 
2) monitor compliance with the requirements of this Law; 3) in cases stipulated by law, develop recomm endations on the amount of remuneration for the 
use of copyright and/or re lated rights, make proposals on the am ount of deductions in cases stipulated 
by law; 
4) draft legislation in the field of  copyright and/or  related rights; 
5) represent the interests of Ukra ine in matters of copyright and/ or related rights protection in 
international organizations in accordance with the law; 
6) exercise other powers in accordance with the law. The activities of the Institution are financed from the state budget. 2. The functions of the NIPA shall be perform ed by a legal entity of public law (state 
organization) established by the central exec utive body responsible for the formation and 
implementation of the state policy in the field of intellectual property and determined by the Cabinet 
of Ministers of Ukraine. 
3. The powers delegated to the NIPA include: 
1) acceptance and consid eration of applications for state regi stration of authors' rights to works 
of science, literature and art in an electronic and/or  paper format, as well as for the registration of 
agreements concerning authors' rights to works in an electronic and/or pape r format, and registration 
of such agreements in an electronic and/or paper format; 
2) maintaining the State Register  of Certificates of Copyright Registration for a Work in an 
electronic format; 
3) maintaining the State Register  of Contracts concerning the auth or's right to a work in an 
electronic format; 
4) issuing certificates of copyright registration fo r a work in an electronic and/or paper format; 
5) making publication in the offi cial electronic bulletin on the protection of copyright and related 
rights; 
6) international cooperation in the field of intell ectual property rights pr otection and representing 
Ukraine's interests in th e field of copyright and related rights  protection in the World Intellectual 
Property Organization and other international organizations in  accordance with the law; 
7) informing and providing explanations on the impl ementation of the state policy in the field of 
copyright and related rights protection. 
4. 4. The NIPA also carries  out the following activities: 
1) information and publishing activities in the fiel d of legal protection of intellectual property; 
2) providing methodological assistance to coll ective management organizations and monitoring 
their activities; 3) summarizing the national and in ternational practice of applyi ng legislation in the field of 
copyright and related rights protection, making propo sals to improve the legislation in this field and 
submitting such proposals to the central ex ecutive body responsible for the formation and 
implementation of the state policy in the field of intellectual property; 
4) organizing and carrying out training, retraining  and advanced training of the personnel of the 
state system of intellectual  property rights protection; 
5) other functions and powers provided for by this  Law, other laws and regulations of Ukraine, 
and the statute. 
The NIPA has the right to receive free of charge information, documents and materials necessary 
to exercise its powers and carry out its functions from ministries, other central and local executive 
authorities, and local self-government bodies. 
5. The NIPA shall act on the basis of this Law, othe r laws of Ukraine, acts of the central executive 
body responsible for the formation an d implementation of the state polic y in the field of intellectual 
property, and the statute approved by the cent ral executive body responsible for shaping and 
implementing the state policy in the field of intellectual property. 
6. To ensure that the NIPA exercises its delegate d powers, the head of the NIPA is authorized to 
sign legal documents. 
7. To prepare recommendations on issues within  the competence of the NIPA, the body conducts 
research, engages experts and consultants. 
8. The NIPA is chaired by a head who is appoi nted and dismissed by the central executive body 
that ensures the formation and implementation of the st ate policy in the field of intellectual property. 
A citizen of Ukraine who has been residing in Uk raine for the last five years, speaks the state 
language in accordance with th e level determined by the Nation al Commission on State Language 
Standards, speaks one of the official language s of the World Intellectual Property Organization 
(WIPO), has a complete higher legal education and/or education in th e field of intellectual property, 
has at least 10 years of experience in the field of  intellectual property and at least five years of 
experience in managerial positions may become the head of the NIPA. 
A person who, in accordance with a court decision, is deprived of the right to carry out activities 
related to the performance of state functions or to hold relevant positions, or a person who has been 
subjected to an administrative pe nalty for corruption or a corruption- related offense within three years 
from the date the relevant court decision enters into force, cannot be the head of the NIPA. 
The head of the NIPA is appointed based on an open competition held by the central executive 
body that ensures the formation and implementation of  the state policy in the field of intellectual 
property, in accordance with the established proce dure for competitive selection of heads of public 
sector economic entities. 
The head of the NIPA has one first deputy and two deputies who are appointed by the central 
executive body that ensures the formation and impl ementation of the state policy in the field of 
intellectual property upon the proposal of the NIPA head. 
9. The supervisory board serves as the NI PA supervisory body and includes the following 
members: 
two representatives of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; two representatives of the central executi ve body responsible for the formation and 
implementation of state policy in th e field of intellectual property; 
one representative of the central executive body re sponsible for the formation of state policy in 
the fields of science and education; one representative of public or ganizations of intellectual pr operty representatives (patent 
attorneys); 
one representative of the National Acad emy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine. 
The supervisory board may include two represen tatives of international and/or regional 
organizations in the field of intellectual property with the right to vote in an advisory capacity. 
The personnel of the supervisory board is appr oved by the central executive body that ensures 
the formation and implementation of state polic y in the field of intellectual property. 
Members of the supervisory board perfo rm their duties on a voluntary basis. 
The chair of the supervisory board and thei r deputies are elected by the members of the 
supervisory board from among them. The chair of the supervisory board may not be a representative 
of the central executive body that ensures the form ation and implementation of the state policy in the 
field of intellectual property. 
The supervisory board is authorized to oversee th e financial and economic activities of the NIPA, 
the implementation of the budget, and the use of funds  generated from the proceeds of fees for actions 
related to the protection of intellectual property rights. 
The supervisory board has the right to: request and receive any inform ation from the NIPA, except for restricted information; 
hear reports of the NIPA head on the fulfillm ent by the NIPA of its powers, on financial and 
economic activities, execution of the budget, use of  funds generated from the proceeds of fees for 
actions related to the protection of intellectual property rights, as well as plans for the NIPA's activities; 
provide recommendations to the NIPA th at are mandatory for consideration; 
notify the central executive body responsible for the formation and impl ementation of state 
policy in the field of intellectu al property of any violations. 
The term of office of the supervisory board memb ers, except for the chair, is two years and may 
be extended for no more than one term. In the ev ent of expiration of the NIPA supervisory board 
member’s term of office, the relevant body or organi zation that delegated him or her shall, within one 
month, delegate a new representative to the superv isory board or decide to extend the term of office 
of the current member of the supervisory board. 
The powers of a member of the supervisory board may be termin ated early upon the proposal of 
the body that delegated him or her. The powers of a member of the supervisory board shall also be 
terminated at the initiative of the supervisory board in the event of 
submitting a volunt ary resignation; 
inability to perform his/her dutie s, including for health reasons; 
termination of relations with  the delegating authority; 
entry into force of a court verdict against him/her; death or on the basis of a court decision declaring him/her incapacitated, partially incapacitated, 
missing or declaring him/her dead; 
imposition of an administrative penalty for corruption or a corruption-related offense. 
The body that delegated a member of the supervis ory board whose powers were terminated early 
must delegate a new representative to the supervisor y board within one month from the date of early 
termination of the previous representative's powers. The supervisory board shall act in accordan ce with this Law and the Regulation on the 
Supervisory Board approved by the central executi ve body responsible for the formation and 
implementation of the state policy in the field of intellectual property. 
The form of work of the supervisory board is a meeting, the results of which are drawn up in the 
form of minutes, a copy of which is sent to the NIPA and the central execu tive body that ensures the 
formation and implementation of state policy in the field of intellectual property. A meeting of the 
supervisory board shall be deemed competent if a simple majority of its members are present. 
The NIPA provides the premises as well as orga nizational and material su pport for the activities 
of the supervisory board. 
10. The NIPA annually publishes financial statemen ts on its official webs ite, including annual 
financial statements, auditor's reports on the annua l financial statements, a report on its activities, 
including the implementation of the budge t, and the budget for the next year. 
The financial or consolidated fina ncial statements of the NIPA are subject to an audit, which is 
conducted by the decision of th e central executive body that ensures the formation and 
implementation of state policy in th e field of intellectual property. 
11. The NIPA shall not aim at making a profit from its activities. The financing of the NIPA 
activities shall be carried out at the expense of the proceeds from the collection of fees for actions 
related to the protection of intellectual property ri ghts, as well as from ot her sources not prohibited 
by law. 
The NIPA procures goods, works and services in a ccordance with the procedures set forth in the 
Law of Ukraine  "On Public Procurement." 
12. A qualified electronic signature may be us ed on documents accepted or approved by the 
NIPA in accordance with this Law. Submission of  documents in an electronic format to the NIPA 
and issuance of documents in an electronic format by it shall be carried out in accordance with the 
requirements of the legislation in the field of electronic documents and electronic document flow, 
electronic trust services, this Law and the rules es tablished by the central executive body responsible 
for the formation of the state policy in the field of intellectual property. 
Section II. COPYRIGHT 
Article 5. Copyright and copyright holders 
1. Copyright consists of personal non-property rights of the author and property rights of 
copyright holders. 
2. The primary copyright holder is the author of  a work. Other individuals or legal entities to 
whom the economic rights to a work have been tr ansferred on the basis of a transaction or law may 
also include economic copyright holders. 
Article 6. Objects of Copyright 
1. The objects of copyright are works in the field of literature, art, and science, in particular: 
1) literary works of fiction, work s of journalistic, scientific, te chnical or other nature (books, 
brochures, articles, etc.) in a written, electronic (digital) or other format; 
2) talks, lectures, speeches, sermons and other oral works; 
3) musical works with and without lyrics; 4) dramatic, musical-dramatic wo rks, pantomimes, music and light shows, circus performances, 
choreographic and other works created for stage performance, and their production; 
5) theatrical performances, stage adaptations of works referred to in clause 1  of this part, and 
adaptations of intangible cultural her itage suitable for stage performance; 6) audiovisual works; 
7) texts of translations for dubbing (including dubbing), subtitling audiovisual works in other 
languages; 
8) works of fine art; 9) photographic works; 10) works of applied art, including works of de corative weaving, ceramics, carving, foundry, art 
glass, artistic forging, jewelry, etc.; 
11) works of architecture, urban planning, landscape ar t and landscape formations; 
12) works of artistic design; 13) derivative works; 14) collections of works, collections of intangi ble cultural heritage ad aptations, encyclopedias 
and anthologies, collections of normal data, other composite works, provided that they are the result 
of creative activity in selecting or organizing the content; 
15) illustrations, maps, plans, drawings, sketch es, plastic works related to geography, geology, 
topography, engineering, cons truction and other fields; 
16) computer programs; 17) databases (compilations of data) if they are the result of intellectual activity in terms of 
selection or arrangement of their components; 
18) other works. Article 7. Protection of c opyright objects 
1. Protection extends only to the form of expres sion of copyrighted works. All original works - 
published and unpublished, completed and unfinished, re gardless of their purpose, genre, scope, and 
method of expression - are subject to protection. 
2. A part of a work that can be used independently, in particular th e original title of the work, the 
original character of the work, if used separately fro m the work as a part of which it was created, shall 
be considered a work and protecte d in accordance with this Law. 
3. Protection does not extend to the technologi es of creation and expression of a work, ideas, 
theories, principles, methods, proc edures, processes, systems, met hods, concepts, di scoveries, even 
if they are expressed, described, explained, illustrated in the work. 
Article 8. Objects not protected by copyright 
1. The following objects are not protected by copyright: 1) reports on news or other facts that have the character of ordinary press information; 
2) expression of folk art (folklore); 3) acts of state authorities, local self-gover nment bodies, official political, legislative, 
administrative and judicial documents  (laws, decrees, resolutions, decisi ons, state standards, etc.), as 
well as their drafts and official translations; 
4) state symbols, state awards; state signs, emblems, symbols and signs of state authorities, the 
Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military form ations of Ukraine approved by state authorities; 
symbols of territorial communities of Ukraine approved by the releva nt local self-government bodies; 
5) banknotes; 6) vehicle schedules, TV and ra dio program schedules, telephone directories and other similar 
databases that do not meet the cr iteria of originality and are subject to sui generis rights; 
7) abbreviations; 8) photographs that have no signs of originality (are  not photographic works). 
2. Before their official approval, the designs of official symbols and signs referred to in 
paragraphs 4  and 5 of part one of this Article shall be cons idered as works of fine art, the rights to 
which shall be protected in accordance with this Law. 
3. Databases that are not original shall be protected by sui generis rights in accordance with parts 
four through six of Article 21 of this Law. 
4. Non-original objects generated by a computer  program (programs) shall be protected by sui 
generis rights in accordance with Article 33  of this Law. 
Article 9. Origin and exercise of copyright. Presumption of authorship 
1. Copyright in a work arises from the fact of its creation. A work is considered to be created from the moment it is initially given any objective form 
(written, tangible, electronic (digital), etc.). 
2. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the au thor of a work is deemed to be an individual 
whose name as author is indicated in the original or a copy of the work (presumption of authorship). 
3. No registration of copyright or any other sp ecial registration, or fu lfillment of any other 
formalities, is required for the em ergence and exercise of copyright. 
The copyright holder may use the copyright prot ection mark consisting of  the Latin letter "C" 
circled by ©, next to which the name of the copyri ght holder and the year of the first publication of 
the work are indicated. 
4. If a work is published anonymously or unde r a pseudonym (unless the pseudonym clearly 
identifies the author), the publisher of the work (his/her name or title  shall be indicated in the copies 
of the work) shall be deemed to be the author's re presentative and shall be entitled to exercise the 
author's property rights until the author of such work declares his/her authorship. 
5. In order to certify his/her personal non-prop erty rights and/or economic rights to a work 
(published or unpublished), the fact and date of its  publication, and the acqui sition of economic rights 
to a work on the basis of a contract or law, a co pyright holder may register his/her copyright to the 
work in the relevant state register. Each of the pa rties to a contract on economic rights in a work shall 
have the right to register the contr act in the relevant state register. 
The state registration of copyright and contracts on property rights to a work is carried out by the 
NIPA in accordance with the procedure approved by the Institution. 
Fees shall be paid for the NIPA’s preparation fo r state registration of copyright and agreements 
relating to property rights to a work. The amounts of  the fees shall be determined by the Cabinet of 
Ministers of Ukraine. The said fees shall be credit ed to the budgets in accordance with the procedure 
established by the Budget Code of Ukraine . 
A certificate of registration of copyright to a wo rk shall be issued by the NIPA. The NIPA shall 
make a decision on registration of an agreem ent concerning property rights to a work. 
6. A person who owns a tangible object in which a work is embodied (fixed) shall not have the 
right to prevent a person who owns economic rights  to a work from state registration of copyright. 
Article 10. Copyright and ownership of a material, electronic (digital) object in which a work is 
embodied (fixed) 1. Copyright and ownership of a material, electronic (digital) obj ect in which a work is embodied 
(fixed) are independent of each othe r. The alienation of a material, electronic (digital) object in which 
a work is embodied (fixed) shall not mean the tran sfer (alienation) of economic rights to the work 
and vice versa. 
2. The owner of a tangible object embodying an origin al work of fine art shall not be allowed to 
destroy this object without first offering it to the au thor of the work for a price not exceeding the cost 
of materials used for its creation. If it is impossibl e to preserve the object in which the original work 
is embodied, the owner of the material object in whic h the original work is expressed must allow the 
author to make a copy of the work in the appropriate form. 
3. The author shall have the right to demand fro m the owner of the material object in which the 
original work of fine art is embodied, access to  his/her work for the purpose of its reproduction 
(photographing, making copies of th e work, alterations, etc.), provide d that this does not violate the 
legal rights and interests of  the owner of this object. 
4. The owner of a tangible object embodying an origin al work of fine art shall not have the right 
to deny the author access to the work without su fficient grounds. At the sa me time, the owner of a 
material object shall not be obliged to deliver it to the author. 
Article 11. Personal non-property rights of the author 
1. The author's personal non-property rights include: 
1) the right to demand recognition of his/her auth orship by indicating the author's name in the 
original and copies of the work and for any use of the work, if practicable; 
2) the right to prohibit the mention of his/her name  in any use of the work if the author wishes 
to remain anonymous; 
3) the right to choose a pseudonym, to indicate a nd require the indication of a pseudonym instead 
of the author's real name in the original and copies of the work and in any use of the work; 
4) the right to demand the preservation of the integrity of the work, to oppose any perversion, 
distortion or other alteration of the work, includ ing accompanying the work with illustrations, 
prefaces, afterword, co mments, etc. without the author's consent; 
5) the right to name the work or leave it untitled; 6) the right to dedicate the work to a person (persons), event or date. Personal non-property right s belong only to the author and cannot be transferred (alienated) to 
other persons and cannot be inherited. 
Article 12. Intellectual property rights to a work 
1. The copyright holder has the right to use the wo rk in any way (ways), as well as the exclusive 
right to authorize or prohibit th e use of the work by other persons. 
The ways to use the work include: 1) reproduction; 2) inclusion in a composite work; 3) inclusion in another work other than a composite work; 4) distribution of copies of the work; 5) import of copies of a work; 6) renting or lending copies of a work; 7) public performance, public display, public demonstration, public announcement, interactive 
provision of access to the public and other mean s of bringing it to the public's attention; 
8) translation; 9) processing, adaptation, arrangement and other similar changes to a work. 
This list is not exhaustive. 2. The economic rights to  a work envisaged by part one  of this Article may be transferred 
(alienated) to another person on the basis of a law or a transaction in full (for all uses of a work in the 
territory of all states of the world) or in part (for ce rtain uses of a work in the territory of all states of 
the world, or for certain uses of a work in the territor y of certain states of the world, or for all uses of 
a work in the territory of certain states of the world). 
A person to whom the economic rights to a work have been transferred in whole or in part is a 
copyright holder within the scope of the acquired rights. 
The copyright holder has the right to grant permis sion to use a work or dispose of the property 
rights to a work in any other way that does not contradict the law. 
3. Regardless of the alienation of the economic rights to a work specified in part one  of this 
Article, the author shall have the right to a fair remuneration for the respective uses of the work, as 
defined by this Law and the Law of Ukraine  "On the Effective Management  of Economic Rights of 
Copyright and (or) Related Rights Holders." 
The right to a fair remuneration belongs only to th e author, passes only to the author's heirs and 
cannot be transferred (ali enated) to other persons. 
4. The economic rights to a work included in anot her work shall not be re stricted in connection 
with the creation and/or use of such other work. 
5. If copies of a work are legally introduced into civil circulation by their first sale in Ukraine, 
further alienation of these copies without the cons ent of the copyright holder and without payment of 
remuneration (exhaustion of rights) is  allowed, except for the original works of art, further alienation 
of which shall be subject to payment of remunera tion for the right of follo wing in accordance with 
Article 30  of this Law. The provisions of this Part sha ll not apply to interactive provision of access 
to the public to a work. 
6. If the author, when making a recording of a performance, grants, in accordance with the 
contract, permission to a phonogram producer or a videogram produc er to reproduce copies of the 
phonogram or videogram, it shall be deemed, unless  otherwise specified in the contract, that the 
author grants the phonogram producer or videogram producer the exclusive right to rent copies of the 
work’s recording. At the same time, the author shall retain the right to receiv e a fair remuneration for 
the rental of the work’s recording. 
7. Placement of a hyperli nk (including hyperlinks in the form of a set of hyperlinks in one file 
(playlists and/or viewing lists) and/or framing, if such actions relate to a work that was previously 
lawfully placed without access restrictions on the website (web page) to which the hyperlink and/or 
framing directs, so that members of the public coul d access this object from the place and at the time 
chosen by them individually, shall not constitute use of the work. If a work has been previously 
lawfully placed with ac cess restrictions on a website (web page) to which the hyperlink and/or 
framing directs, and the hyperlink and/or framing allows circumventing such  access restrictions, the 
actions of placing such hyperlinks (including hyperlinks in the form of a set of hyperlinks in one file 
(playlists and/or playbacks) and/ or framing shall constitute use of the work by way of interactive 
provision of access. Placement of a hyperlink (inclu ding hyperlinks in the form of a set of hyperlinks 
in a single file (playlists and/or viewing lists) a nd/or framing, if such actions relate to a work 
previously unlawfully posted on a website (web page ), to which the hyperlink and/or framing directs, 
provided that such hyperlink and/or framing is pla ced with the purpose of profit and/or with the awareness of the illegal nature of the actions on  placing the hyperlink and/ or framing, shall be 
recognized as the use of the work by means of interactive provision of access. 
Article 13. Co-authorship 
1. The authors whose joint creative activity resu lted in the creation of a work (work created in 
collaboration) shall be considered co-authors. 
2. If the work created in co-authorship const itutes an inseparable whole and unless otherwise 
stipulated by the agreement or this Law: 
1) the property rights provided for in part one  of Article 12 of this Law shall be jointly owned 
by all co-authors and shall be exer cised by agreement between them; 
2) none of the co-authors has the right to refuse  to grant permission to the other co-authors to 
publish or to revise such a work without sufficient grounds. 
3. If a work created in co-authorship consists of  parts, each of which may be used independently 
of other parts of the work, and unless otherwise st ipulated by the agreement or this Law, each co-
author shall have the right to exercise economic righ ts in respect of the part of the work created by 
him/her in accordance with Article 47  of this Law, provided that such actions do not prejudice the 
normal use of such work and do not unreasonably rest rict the legitimate interests of the respective 
copyright holders. 
4. In the event of infringement of copyright to  a work created in collaboration, each co-author 
shall have the right to request its protection, including in court. 
5. Remuneration for the use of a work created in  co-authorship, including the fair remuneration 
provided for in part three  of Article 12 of this Law, shall be distributed among the co-authors in equal 
shares, unless otherwise stipulated by an  agreement between them or this Law. 
Article 14. Copyright to a work for hire 
1. Personal non-property copyrights to a work fo r hire belong to the employee who created the 
work as a result of their creative activity. 
2. The economic rights to an employee's work shall be transferred to the employer from the 
moment the employee's work is created in its entirety, unless otherwise stipulated by this Law, an employment agreement (contract) or other agreement concerning economic rights to an employee's 
work concluded between the empl oyee (author) and the employer. 
If the property rights to a work are transferred to the employer, the employee who is the author 
of the work for hire is entitled to remuneration.  If the employee's job duties directly involve the 
creation of works for hire of the relevant types, r oyalties for the creation and use of such works, as 
well as for the transfer of rights to them, may be in cluded in the employee's salary in accordance with 
the agreement between the employee and the employer. 
3. The employer shall have the right to entrust another person to comple te an unfinished work 
for hire, to make changes to a completed work for hire, to accompany th e work for hire with 
illustrations, prefaces, afterword, etc., unless ot herwise stipulated by the employment agreement 
(contract) or other agreement regarding property rights to the work for hire. 
Article 15. Copyright to a work created by order 
1. Personal non-property copyrights to a wo rk created by order belong to the author. 
2. Property rights to a work created by order shal l be transferred in favor of the customer, unless 
otherwise provided by the order agre ement. Intellectual property rights  to a work of fine art created 
by order (except for a work specially created as an element of a computer pr ogram) shall belong to 
its author, unless otherwise stipulated by an agreement or law. 3. If the property rights to the work are transfer red to the customer, the author is entitled to 
remuneration. 
4. The customer has the right to make changes to  the work created under the order, to accompany 
it with illustrations, prefaces, afte rword, etc., unless otherwise provi ded for in the order agreement. 
Article 16. Copyright to audiovisual works 
1. The authors of an audiovisual work are: 1) director of photography; 2) author(s) of the script and/or dialogues; 3) author of a musical composi tion specially created for an audi ovisual work with or without 
lyrics; 
4) production designer; 5) director of photography. One individual may carry out several types of rele vant creative activity of the author of an 
audiovisual work. 
2. Unless otherwise stipulated by the agreement: 1) the economic rights to an a udiovisual work as defined in part one  of Article 12 of this Law 
shall be transferred from the authors to the produce r of the audiovisual work from the moment of the 
work’s creation. At the same time, the author of  a musical composition specially created for an 
audiovisual work shall retain the economic rights  to public performance and public communication 
of such a musical composition sepa rately from the audiovisual work; 
2) the authors of an audiovisual work and hold ers of property rights to other works that have 
been processed and/or incorporated into the said audiovisual work with the permission of the said 
holders shall not have the right to  prohibit reproduction, distribution,  interactive provision of access, 
public display, public announcement of  such audiovisual work, rental of its copies, as well as its 
subtitling and dubbing (including duplication); 
3) authors not provided for in part one  of this Article, whose works are included as an integral 
part of an audiovisual work (thos e created earlier and those created in the course of work on an 
audiovisual work), shall each retain copyright in their own work and may independently use it within 
the limits not related to such audiovis ual work, subject to the provisions of paragraph 2  of this part. 
3. The right of authors of an audiovisual work  to fair remuneration shall be exercised in 
accordance with the law. 
Article 17. Copyright to derivative works 
1. A derivative work is a work resulting from  creative processing of another work without 
prejudice to its protection (annotation, adaptati on, arrangement, cover version, processing of 
intangible cultural heritage, etc.) or its creative  translation into another language. Derivative works 
shall not include audiovisual works obtained by voicing (including dubbing) , subtitling in other 
languages of other audiovisual works. 
2. Translators and authors of other derivative wo rks shall own the copyright  to their translation, 
adaptation, arrangement, or other adaptations of the work. 
Translators and authors of other derivative works shall exercise their rights, provided that they 
respect the rights of the copyright holder of the work that has been adapted. 
3. The copyright of translators and/or authors of other derivative works shall not prevent other 
authors from translating and adapting the same work s, provided that the copyright of the translated 
or adapted works is observed. Article 18. Copyright to composite works 
1. The author of a collection, in particular an  encyclopedia, encyclopedi c dictionary, anthology, 
or other composite work (compiler) shall own th e copyright to the compilation (selection and/or 
arrangement) of works, if such compila tion is the result of creative activity. 
The compiler shall exercise his/her rights provid ed that he/she observes the rights of copyright 
holders in respect of each of the works included in the compiled work. 
2. The compiler of encyclopedias, encyclopedic di ctionaries, periodicals and other collections, 
newspapers, magazines and other periodicals shall have the property rights to use such publications 
as a whole. The compiler shall have the right to i ndicate his/her name (title) in any use of such 
publications or to demand such indication. 
3. The copyright of the compiler of a compos ite work shall not prevent other persons from 
independently compiling the same work s to create other composite works. 
4. Copyright holders whose works are included in a composite work shall retain their own 
economic rights to such works with respect to th eir separate use from the composite work, unless 
otherwise provided by an agreement with  the compiler of the composite work. 
Article 19. Copyright to a work incorporated into another work 
1. The copyright to a work incorporated into  another work, in particular by means of 
synchronization, shall be exercised independently of the copyright to the work in which the work is 
incorporated, unless otherwise provided by an agreement or this Law. 
2. Holders of economic rights to a work which includes another previously created work shall 
exercise their rights provided that they observe th e rights of copyright hol ders in respect of the 
included work. 
Article 20. Copyright to computer programs 
1. The protection of a computer program extends to computer pr ograms expressed in source or 
object code if they are original. 
2. Protection is granted to the form of expression of a computer program. 
A graphical user interface, a set of functions to be performed, and the format of data files used 
in a computer program to operate its functions ar e not forms of expression of a computer program. 
3. The ideas and principles any element of a computer program is based on, including those 
which its interface, logic diag rams, algorithms and programming languages are based on, are not 
protected by copyright. 
Article 21. The right to databases (data compilations) 
1. Databases (compilations of data) are protecte d by copyright if they are the result of creative 
activity with regard to the selection a nd/or arrangement of their components. 
2. The protection of databases does not extend  to and does not prejudice any rights to their 
component parts included in the database. 
3. The protection of databases does not extend to  computer programs used in the creation of the 
databases or those necessary for the functioning of the databases. 
4. A producer of a database, except for a database  created for the systematization of data that is 
considered public information under the Law of Ukraine  "On Access to Public Information," who has 
made a qualitatively and/or qua ntitatively significant contribu tion to obtaining, verifying or 
presenting the contents of the database, in order to prevent removal and/or  reuse - any provision of 
the full database contents or its significant part to an indefinite number of persons in qualitative or 
quantitative terms, shall be granted a special kind of right (sui gene ris right) to such a database. 5. Sui generis right shall be exercised regardless of whether the relevant database is subject to 
copyright or other rights. In addition, sui generis right shall be exercised regardless of whether the 
content of the relevant database is subject to copyright or other rights. 
Sui generis right may be transferred (alienated) in accordance with the law. 6. The protection of databases under sui generi s law shall not prevent the exercise of rights 
existing in relation to the contents of such a database. 
7. Sui genesis right takes effect from the date when the creation of the database is completed and 
expires 15 years later on the last day of the ca lendar year when the database was created. 
In case of disclosure of the database befo re the expiration of the period specified in the first 
paragraph  of this part, this right shall expire in 15 ye ars, on the last day of th e calendar year when the 
database was first disclosed. 
8. Any substantial change in the content of a database in quantitative or qualitative terms, in 
particular any substantial change resulting from th e accumulation of additions, deletions or successive 
changes, which allows to conclude that it is a substantial contribution, defined qualitatively and 
quantitatively, shall grant the database resulting from such changes a separate term of legal protection 
in accordance with part seven  of this Article. 
Article 22. General cases of free use of works 
1.  Without copyright holders’ permission, free of charge and without indicating the name of the 
author and the source of borrowing, the following is allowed: 
1) reproduction of a work in conne ction with demonstration, adjust ment or repair of equipment, 
the functioning of which cannot be checked without th e use of works, provided that such reproduction 
and its scope correspond to the specified purpose; 
2) reproduction of a work in the form of a layo ut, drawing or plan of a building or other capital 
structure for the purpose of reconstruction of such building or other capital structure, provided that 
such reproduction and its scope correspond to the specified purpose; 
3) reproduction of works to support judicial, admi nistrative, criminal proceedings, rule-making 
activities of legislative, executive and local self -government bodies, notarial acts, and public safety 
to the extent consistent with the purpose; 
4) public performance of musical works during offi cial ceremonies organized by state authorities 
and/or local self-government bodies, religious ceremonies, as well as burials to the extent consistent 
with the nature of such ceremonies. 
2. Without the permission of copyright holders and free of charge, but with indication of the 
author's name and source of borrowing, the following is allowed: 
1) use of quotations, including their translati on from other languages, from lawfully published 
works, including articles from newspapers and magazine s in the form of press reviews, if this is due 
to the critical, polemical, scientific or informational nature of the work (message) in which the 
quotations are included, with se mantic and/or graphic highlight ing of the quotation boundaries; 
2) reproduction, including in electr onic (digital) form, interactive provision of access to lawfully 
published articles and other works of small volume, as well as excerpts from written works, works of 
fine arts, photographic works, audiovisual works, su ch as illustrations in publications, programs of 
broadcasting organizations, sound recordings or video recordings for the purpose of ensuring and 
implementing the educational process or for the purpos e of scientific research, if such actions do not 
have independent economic value, to the extent consistent with the defi ned purpose, provided that 
the scope of such use is consistent with the defined purpose; 
the use of works is carried out by subjects of edu cational or scientific activity in the places where 
these subjects carry out educationa l or scientific activity, or through a secure electronic (digital) environment, which is accessible exclusively to  students and pedagogical, sc ientific and pedagogical 
staff of an educational institution or employees of a scientific institution; 
3) reprographic reproduction of works carried out by subjects of educational activity for 
educational classes of lawfully pub lished articles and other works of small volume, as well as excerpts 
from written works with or wit hout illustrations, provided that 
the scope of such reproduction corresponds to the goal set by the training sessions; 
the reproduction of the work is not systematic; 4) reproduction in an electronic (digital) form at, interactive provision of access to lawfully 
published articles and other works of  small volume, as well as excerpts from written works, such as 
illustrations for distance learning, provided that m easures are taken to protect distance learning 
materials from illegal access to them; 
5) reproduction and distribution in the press, brin ging to the public's attention articles previously 
published in newspapers or magazi nes on current economic, political, religious and social issues, if 
the right to such reproduction, distribution, and br inging to the public's attention is not specifically 
prohibited by the author; 
6) bringing to the public's attention works seen or  heard during current events in order to cover 
such events to the extent that corresponds to the information purpose; 
7) reproduction in catalogs of works exhibited at  exhibitions, auctions, fairs or in collections 
accessible to the public to cover such events, except for the use of such catalogs for commercial 
purposes; 
8) reproduction of and bringing the public’s attent ion to publicly delivere d speeches, addresses, 
reports and other similar works to the extent  that corresponds to the specified purpose; 
9) use of lawfully published litera ry, artistic, musical and other wo rks to create the following on 
their basis: 
potpourri - a composite work resulting from the creative selection and arrangement of short 
excerpts of other lawfully published musical or  audiovisual works without prejudice to their 
protection, resulting in an integral object, the parts of which are united by the creative intent of the 
author of this work; 
a work in the genre of parody - a work that by its content is comic or satiri cal in nature in relation 
to events, persons or to a lawfully published work or part thereof, created,  among other things, as a 
result of creative proce ssing of such a work or part thereof,  and causes associations with events, 
persons, work or part thereof; 
a work in the genre of caricature - a work of fine ar t that is comic or satirical in nature or is aimed 
at ridiculing certain persons or ev ents, or may be a creative rework ing of another lawfully published 
work, including a character in the work or the name of a character in the work; 
10) creation of images of works of architecture and fine arts permanently located in places 
accessible to the public on the street, provided th at such actions do not have independent economic 
value; 
11) adaptation of audiovisual works by means of audio description (audio commentary); 
12) reproduction in the State Register of Certific ates of Registration of Copyright to a Work and 
the State Register of Agreements Concerning the Author's Right to a Work; 
13) recording of a work for short-term use by a broadcasting organization with its own means 
and for its own programs, in respect of which it has obtained the right to public announcement. At 
the same time, the broadcasting organization is oblige d to destroy such a recording of the work within 
30 calendar days after it was made , unless a longer period is agreed in writing with the copyright holder or is established by law. Such  a recording may be kept in state archival institutions due to its 
exclusively documentary nature; 
14) making copies of works made from a legitimat e source for the purpose of searching for text 
and data included in or related to scientific pub lications for research pur poses. This provision shall 
apply if the use of works has not been expressly prohibited by copyright holders in an appropriate 
manner, in particular, by comput er-readable means from digital content available on the Internet. 
3. The list of cases of free use of works specified in this Article and Articles 23-28  of this Law 
is exhaustive. 
4. The free use of works shall be carried out provi ded that the work in question has been lawfully 
made public, and the restrictions will not harm other normal use of such work and will not 
unreasonably restrict the legitimate intere sts of the respective copyright holders. 
5. In the cases stipulated by clause 4  of part one and clause 12  of part two of this Article, free 
use of works may be carried out in relation to u npublished works, without indicating the source of 
borrowing. 
Article 23. Free use of a work in the interests of a pers on with limited ability to perceive printed 
information due to disability 
1. Without the permission of the copyright holde rs and free of charge, but subject to parts two 
and five of this Article, it is permitted to use copies of  a work in an accessible format for persons with 
disabilities that make it difficult to percei ve printed information in the following ways: 
1) reproduction, distribution, interactive provisi on of access; sending electronic copies online 
exclusively to persons with disabilities due to di sability via wired or wireless communication; 
2) translation of a work for the purpose of maki ng copies of works in an accessible format for 
persons with a limited ability to perceptiv e printed information due to a disability; 
3) hiring copies of the work in an accessible form at for persons with a limited ability to perceptive 
printed information due to a disability; 
4) importing copies of work s in an accessible format. 
2. The use of a work in the manner envisaged by part one  of this Article shall be permitted 
through an authorized institution (agency, organiza tion) which, in accordance with the law, provides 
training, organizes educational and training process,  and provides specialized services for adaptive 
reading and access to information for persons with a limited ability to perceive print information due 
to a disability. An authorized institution may also be  a state institution or no n-profit organization that 
provides similar services to persons with a limited  ability to perceive print information due to a 
disability as the main focus of its act ivities or institutional responsibilities. 
The use of a work in the ways provided for in part one  of this Article is permitted subject to the 
following conditions: 
1) the authorized institution intending to perform the said actions has obtained legal access to a 
copy of the work; 
2) a copy of a work in an accessible format and/ or devices, computer programs intended for use 
by persons with a limited ability to perceive print information due to a disability may include any 
means necessary to navigate the work in an acce ssible format, but without making changes to the 
work, except for those necessary to ensure access to the work for persons with a limited ability to 
perceive print information due to a di sability (audio description, etc.); 
3) a copy of the work in an accessible format is provided for use exclusively for persons with 
disabilities that impede the perc eption of printed information; 
4) the actions provided for in clauses 1-3 of this part have no independent economic value; 5) the authorized institution shall take appropr iate measures, including the use of technological 
protection means, to restrict furt her reproduction, distribution, inte ractive provision of access to the 
relevant works, copies of which are provided to persons with a limited ability to perceive print 
information due to a disability. 
3. Without the permission of copyr ight holders and free of charge , authorized institutions may 
alienate or provide for use copies of works in an accessible format exclusively to persons with 
disabilities and/or institutions prov iding similar services to such pe rsons in another country, provided 
that such copy will be used exclusively in the interests of the said persons. 
4. A copy of a work in an accessible format for persons with a limited ability to perceive print 
information due to a disability shall mean a copy of a work in an alternative form or form that provides 
persons with a limited ability to perceive print information due to a disa bility access to the work, 
including allowing a person with disabilities to have the same real and convenient access as a person 
without a certain limited ab ility to perceive print information due to a disability. A copy in an 
accessible format is used exclusiv ely by persons with a limited ability  to perceive print information 
due to a disability and must ensure the integrity of  the original work, with due regard for the changes 
necessary to make the work accessible in an altern ative format and the accessibility needs of persons 
with a limited ability to perceive print information due to a disability. 
5. Lawfully made copies of works in an acce ssible format must contain information about the 
author's name and source of borro wing, as well as an inscription stating that their use is intended 
exclusively for persons with disabilities. 
Article 24. Free use of a work by libraries, museums wi th open access to visitors, archives or 
organizations for maintaining audio and video recordings 
1. Reproduction, including reprographic reproducti on of a work by libraries, museums with open 
access to visitors, archives or organizations for maintaining audio and video recordings, is allowed 
without the permission of the copyright  holder under the following conditions: 
1) if the reproduced work is a single published article and other small works or excerpts from 
written works (except for a computer  program or database), with or without illustrations, and if this 
reproduction is carried out at the re quest of individuals, provided that 
libraries, museums with open access to the public , archives or organizations for maintaining 
audio or video recordings have re asonable grounds to believe that a copy of the reproduced work will 
be used for educational, scientif ic or private research purposes; 
the scope of such reproduction is co nsistent with the defined purpose; 
the reproduction of the work is not systematic. At the same time, libraries, archives and muse ums are entitled to reimbursement of economic 
expenses related to the provision of services for the reproduction of a work provided for in this part; 
2) if reproduction is carried out in any format and on any medium for preservation or replacement 
of a lost, damaged or unusable copy of a work fr om the collection of libr aries, museums with open 
access for visitors, archives or organizations for ma intaining audio, video recordings, or to restore a 
lost, damaged or unusable original or copy of a work  from the collection of similar institutions or 
organizations, or to provide such a copy to another institution or organization, provided that it is 
impossible to produce the corresponding copy in any other way and the copy is made to the extent 
necessary for such preservation. 
2. Non-commercial libraries may borrow copies of lawfully published works in printed form 
without the permission of the copyright holder , except for copies of computer programs and 
databases. 3. Non-commercial libraries may borrow a copy of  a lawfully published work in printed form 
without the permission of the copyrig ht holder, except for copies of  computer programs and databases 
under the following conditions. 
1) providing access to only one copy of this work at a time; 
2) the effect of this part extends only to work s which do not fall under the terms of use on the 
basis of a public license agreement for the use of copyright objects; 
3) the user is not able to use a copy of the wo rk beyond the period when the copy of the work is 
loaned. 
4. Archives or organizations for maintaining au dio and video recordings are allowed to provide 
interactive access to a work in an electronic (dig ital) format without the pe rmission of the copyright 
holder and free of charge by means of terminals in libraries and museums with open access for visitors 
at the request of an individual for educational and scientific purposes or fo r private research under 
the following conditions: 
1) the possibility of making copies of this work  for use outside the premises of the institutions 
referred to in this clause is excluded; 
2) access is provided to only one copy of this work at a time. 
5. Without the permission of the copyright holder, public display of original works of fine and/or 
applied art by museums where they are stored is allowed and free of charge. 
6. The activities of libraries and museums with open access for visitors shall be considered non-
commercial by archives or organizations for mainta ining audio and video recordings, including if 
such organization charges a fee not exceeding the amount necessary to reim burse business expenses 
related to provision of services for reproduction, le nding and interactive provision of access to a work 
provided for in this Article, or if such  services are provided free of charge. 
Article 25: Free use of computer programs 
1. Without the permission of the copyright holders of a computer  program and free of charge, a 
lawful user of a computer program may: 
1) make a backup copy, if necessary , to use this computer program; 
2) decompile a computer program (convert it from object code to source text) in order to obtain 
information necessary to achieve its interaction with another independently developed computer 
program, subject to the following conditions: 
the information necessary to achieve the ability to  interact was not previously available to that 
person from other sources; 
such decompilation is carried out only with respect  to those parts of the computer program that 
are necessary to achieve interoperability; 
the information obtained as a result of decompil ation may be used only to achieve the ability to 
interact with other programs, but may not be transf erred to other persons, except in cases where it is 
necessary to achieve the ability to interact with other computer programs, and may not be used to 
develop, produce or sell a computer program substa ntially similar in expression to the decompiled 
computer program, or to perform any ot her action that infringes copyright; 
3) observe, study, investigate the functioning of a computer program in order to determine the 
ideas and principles underlying it, provided that th is is done in the course of performing any action 
to download, display, operate, transmit or re cord in memory (save) a computer program. 
2. Without the permission of the copyright holders  of the computer program, unless the contract 
provides otherwise and if the actions specified in th is part are necessary ex clusively for the proper use of the copy of the computer program for its intended purpose, including for the correction of 
errors, the lawful user of the computer program has the right to: 
1) reproduce the computer program in whole or in part, in any way and in any form; 
2) translate, adapt or otherwise change (modi fy) a computer program and reproduce the results 
of such actions. 
Article 26: Free use of databases 
1. Without the permission of copyright holders a nd free of charge, a lawful  user of the database, 
except for the cases of free use of works specified in Article 22  of this Law, shall have the right to 
1) perform any actions necessary to ensure access to the contents of the database and normal use 
of this content for the purpose for which the lawful  user has lawfully obtaine d a copy of the database. 
If the lawful user has obtained permission to use onl y a part of the database, this provision applies 
only to such part; 
2) reproduce non-electronic databases exclusively for personal purposes or for family members 
of this person, provided that they have no independent economic value; 
3) reproduce databases (if such actions do not ha ve independent economic value) for illustration 
in educational or scientific activities, provided that 
the scope of such reproduction corresponds to th e purpose of educational or scientific activity; 
reproduction is not systematic; the source of borrowing is indicated. 2. A lawful user of a database shall have th e right to remove and/or  reuse for any purpose 
insignificant in qualitative or qua ntitative terms parts of the database content without the consent of 
the producer of such database, unless the agreem ent between the holder of property rights to the 
database and such legal user indicate s otherwise. If the lawf ul user of a database is allowed to remove 
or reuse only parts of the database in accordance w ith the terms of use of the database, the provisions 
of this part shall be applied in accordance with such agreement. 
3. With regard to a non-original database, a lawful  user of the database may, without the consent 
of the producer of such database, remove (permanently  or temporarily transfer all or a significant part 
of the database contents to another medium in any way and in any form) or reuse a significant part of 
its contents in the event of 
1) removal of the contents of a non-electronic database for personal purposes; 2) removal of the contents for illustrative purpose s in educational or scient ific activities, provided 
that the source is indicated and provided that the actions carried out have no independent economic 
value; 
3) removal and reuse of the contents for public safety purposes or for the purposes of judicial, 
administrative or criminal proceedings. 
4. Repeated and systematic removal and reuse of  insignificant parts of the database contents, 
including actions that contradict the normal use of  the database or that unreasonably harm the 
legitimate interests of the developer of such database, is not allowed. 
Article 27. Free temporary reproduction of works 
1. Without the permission of c opyright holders and free of char ge, temporary reproduction of a 
work that is intermediate or incide ntal (additional) in nature and is an integral part of the technological 
process, and whose sole purpose is to facilitate the transfer of an electronic  (digital) copy of a work 
by an intermediary in a network between third partie s or the lawful use of a work, shall be allowed. Temporary reproduction of a work referred to in this Article shall be al lowed provided that it 
does not have independent economic value. 
Article 28. Free reproduction of works for personal purposes 
1. Private copying of works is allowed without th e permission of copyright holders and free of 
charge, except for: 
1) works of architecture in the form of build ings and structures, except as provided for in 
paragraph 10  of part two of Arti cle 22 of this Law; 
2) computer programs, except as provided for in Article 25  of this Law; 
3) databases, except as provided for in Article 26  of this Law; 
4) works of fine arts, except as provided for in Article 24  of this Law. 
2. Subject to part four  of this Article, private copying of works recorded in phonograms, 
videograms, as well as audiovis ual works without the permission of  copyright holders, but with 
payment of fair remuneration to them, shall be allowed. 
The procedure for payment of remuneration in th e cases stipulated by this Part shall be 
determined by the Law of Ukraine  "On Effective Management of Pr operty Rights of Copyright and 
(or) Related Rights Holders." 
3. Subject to part four  of this Article, reprographic reproduc tion of works without the permission 
of copyright holders, but with payment of fair remuneration to them, exclusively for personal 
purposes or for the family circle, shall be a llowed, except for the cases stipulated by Articles 22  and 
25 of this Law. 
The procedure for payment of remuneration in the cases stipulated by this Part is determined by 
the Law of Ukraine  "On Effective Management of Property  Rights of Copyright  and (or) Related 
Rights Holders." 
4. Free reproduction of a work for personal purpose s from a copy of a work made in violation of 
copyright is not allowed. 
Article 29. Orphan works 
1. Libraries, museums with open access for visitors, archives or organizations for maintaining 
audio and video recordings are allowed to use orphan works by means of reproduction methods for 
the purpose of digitization, indexing, cataloging, pr eservation or restoration of a copy after taking 
measures for identification and proper search of authors and other copyright holders, which did not 
lead to identification of the respective copyright  holders or finding of the identified holders. 
2. The orphan status may be granted to the fo llowing works, made public  on the territory of 
Ukraine: 
1) a work published in a book, magazine, newspa per or other written publication contained in 
the collections of libraries, museums with open acces s to visitors, in archives or organizations for 
maintaining audio and video recordings; 
2) an audiovisual work contained in the collec tions of libraries, museums with open access to 
visitors, in archives or organizations fo r maintaining audio and video recordings. 
3. A work that has acquired the status of an orpha n work shall lose this status and its use in the 
ways specified in part one  of this Article shall not be permitte d, in accordance with the established 
procedure, on the basis of an application contai ning a reasoned statement that the applicant has 
economic rights to the work specified in such appli cation, the grounds for the emergence of rights of 
the copyright holder(s) to this work and their validi ty period, as well as th e contact details of the 
applicant. 
A work that has lost the status of an orphan work  shall be protected in accordance with this Law. 4. The procedure and conditions for the permitted  use of orphan works, including the procedure 
and conditions for taking measures to identify and properly search for the relevant copyright holders, 
acquisition and loss of the status of an orphan work , and maintenance of the register of orphan works, 
shall be determined by the Cabi net of Ministers of Ukraine. 
Article 30. Resale right 
1. The author shall have the inalienable right  to receive a fair remuneration, subject to part three  
of this Article, as a share of the deductions from eac h sale of an original artistic work (a work of 
graphic or plastic art, such as a drawing, collage,  painting, picture, engrav ing, print, lithograph, 
sculpture, tapestry, ceramic and glass work, photographic work, etc.),  an original manuscript of a 
literary or musical work following the sale of th e original made by the author (resale right). 
For the purposes of this Article, the originals of works referred to in part one  of this Article shall 
be equated with their c opies made in a limited number by the au thor or under his/her supervision, 
which are numbered, signed by the author or contai n other markings certifying his/her authorship. 
Resale right belongs to the author, and after his/he r death it passes to th e author's heirs and the 
heirs of these heirs and is valid until the expiration of the term of validity of intellectual property 
rights to the work established by Article 31  of this Law. 
The sale of the original of a work referred to in part one  of this Article shall be deemed a 
subsequent sale of such original if the sale is made by an owner other than the author of such work 
or the heir of such author. 
2. Depending on the price of the subsequent sale, excluding taxes, the amount of fair 
remuneration provided for in part one  of this Article shall be: 
1) 6 percent - for the sale price equiva lent to EUR 50 to EUR 3,000 inclusive; 
2) 5 percent - for the sale price equivale nt to EUR 3,000.01 to EUR 50,000 inclusive; 
3) 3 percent - for the range of the sale pr ice equivalent to EUR 50,000.01 to EUR 200,000; 
4) 1 percent - for the range of the sale pric e equivalent to EUR 200,000.01 to EUR 350,000; 
5) 0.5 percent - for the range of the sale pr ice equivalent to EUR 350,000.01 to EUR 500,000; 
6) 0.25 percent - for the sale price above the equivalent of EUR 500,000. 
At the same time, the total amount of fair remu neration for each subsequent sale of one original 
work referred to in part one  of this Article, following the first alienation thereof, may not exceed the 
amount equivalent to EUR 12,500. 
The equivalent sales price in euros is determined at the official exchange rate set by the National 
Bank of Ukraine on the day of the artwork sale. 
3. 3. Fair remuneration for resa le right shall not be paid if: 
1) the subsequent sale of the original work referred to in part one  of this Article and its acquisition 
is carried out by individuals without  the participation of persons trading in the work referred to in 
part one  of this Article, except when their alienation (subsequent sale) is  carried out as a result of a 
public offer of the subsequent sale via the Internet  (through social networks, Internet forums, groups, 
online ad platforms, trading platforms, marketplaces, auctions, tenders, etc.;) 
2) the price of the subsequent sale of the original work referred to in part one  of this Article does 
not exceed the equivalent of EUR 50. 
4. In case of subsequent sale of  the original work referred to in part one  of this Article through 
auctions, galleries, salons, shops, etc., the obliga tion to pay the author (author's heirs) a fair 
remuneration for resale right sh all be imposed on persons who trade in works of art (auctions, 
galleries, salons, shops, etc.), rega rdless of whether this person acts on his/her own behalf or on behalf 
of the owner of the original work, and in case of  alienation of the original work referred to in part one  of this Article, as a result of a public offer for sa le via the Internet (through social networks, Internet 
forums, groups, online announcement platforms, onlin e auctions, trading plat forms (marketplaces), 
bidding, tenders, etc.), payment of fair remuneration for resale righ t shall be made directly by the 
persons who make a public offer to sell the original work  referred to in part one of this Article via the 
Internet (through social networks, Internet foru ms, groups, online classifieds platforms, online 
auctions, trading platforms (marketp laces), bidding, tenders, etc.). 
5. Persons who carry out the subsequent sale (pub lic offer) of the original work referred to in 
part one  of this Article shall notify the collective manage ment organization accredited in the field of 
compulsory collective management regarding resale right about the su bsequent sale within one month 
from the date of such sale, provide this organizati on with the information n ecessary for collection and 
distribution of remuneration, and pay this organization a fair rem uneration within 10 days from the 
date of providing information about the subs equent sale of the said original work. 
Article 31. Term of Copyright 
1. Copyright to a work is valid from the moment of its creation. 
2. Intellectual property rights to a work shall expi re in 70 years, calculated from January 1 of the 
year following the year of the author's death, except as provided for in parts three to six  of this Article. 
3. For works published anonymously or under a pseu donym, the term of validity of intellectual 
property rights to the work shall expire in 70 ye ars, calculated from January 1 of the year following 
the year in which the work was published. If the pseudonym adopted  by the author does not raise 
doubts as to the author's identity or if the auth orship of a work published anonymously or under a 
pseudonym is disclosed not later than 70 years afte r the work is published, the term provided for in 
part two  of this Article shall apply. 
4. The term of intellectual prope rty rights to a work created in co -authorship shall expire in 70 
years, calculated from January 1 of the year fo llowing the year of death of the last co-author. 
Intellectual property rights to an audiovisual work shall expire in 70 years, calculated from January 
1 of the year following the year of de ath of the last author specified in part one  of Article 16 of this 
Law. 
5. If a work in its entirety is published not simu ltaneously, but sequentially in time in volumes, 
parts, issues, series, etc. and the term of intellec tual property rights shall begin on the date when the 
work was lawfully published, the term of intellectual property rights to such work shall be determined 
separately for each published part of the work. 
6. The term of intellectual property rights to  the work of a posthumously rehabilitated author 
shall expire in 70 years, calculated from January 1 of the year following the year of the author's 
rehabilitation. 
7. If a work for which the term of validity of intellectual property rights is not calculated from 
the death of the author (one of the co-authors or one of the authors) has not  been lawfully published 
within 70 years from the date of its creation, the va lidity of intellectual property rights to such work 
shall be terminated. 
8. Any person who first lawfully publishes an unp ublished work after the expiration of the term 
of intellectual property rights to it shall enjoy prot ection equivalent to the protection of intellectual 
property rights to the work. The term  of such rights is 30 years from  the date of the first lawful 
publication for works of science and works of a critica l nature, and 25 years from the date of the first 
lawful publication for all other works. 
9. The personal non-property rights of an author stipulated in Article 11  of this Law shall be 
protected for an indefinite period. 
Article 32. Transfer of rights to a work by inheritance. Transfer of a work to the public domain. 
Protection of the author's personal non-property rights 1. Property rights to a work are part of the inheritance. 
The author's personal non-property right s are not part of the inheritance. 
2. In case of inheritance of economic rights to a work by law, the heir shall acquire such rights 
in full, together with the right to  receive fair remuneration for the use of works as provided by law. 
If there are several heirs in the re spective order, such heirs shal l acquire economic rights to the 
work in its entirety jointly, together with the right to receive fair remuneration for the use of the work 
in equal shares as provided by la w, unless otherwise specified in the agreement between such heirs. 
The provisions of the second paragraph  of this part shall also apply in case of several heirs under 
a will, unless the will specifies a different distribu tion of property rights to a work among the heirs, 
as well as in case of several heirs entitled  to a compulsory share in the inheritance. 
The author's heirs have the right to publish a wo rk that was not made public during the author's 
lifetime, unless the author has expressly prohibited the publication of such a work. 
3. The expiration of economic rights to a work means that the work enters the public domain. 
Works that have fallen into the public domain ma y be freely used by any person without payment 
of remuneration, provided that the author's  personal non-property rights provided for in Article 11  of 
this Law are respected. 
4. The protection of personal n on-property rights of an author whose work has fallen into the 
public domain shall be exercised by his/her heirs,  and in case of their absence - by the central 
executive body responsible for the formation and impl ementation of the state policy in the field of 
intellectual property, in accordance with the proc edure established by the Ca binet of Ministers of 
Ukraine. 
The author's heirs have the right to protect the au thor's personal non-property  rights, in particular, 
to counteract the distortion, misrep resentation or other alteration of  the work, as well as any other 
encroachment on the work that may ha rm the author's honor and reputation. 
Article 33. Sui generis right to non-original objects generated by a computer program 
1. A non-original object generated by a computer program is an object th at differs from existing 
similar objects and is formed as a result of the fu nctioning of a computer program without the direct 
participation of an individual in the formation of this object. 
Works created by individuals us ing computer technologies are not considered non-original 
objects generated by a computer program. 
2. Holders of sui generis rights to non-original  objects generated by a computer program shall 
be persons who, subject to the requirement stipulated in part seven  of this Article, own the economic 
rights or have licensing powers to the computer program envisaged by part one  of this Article - 
authors of such computer program, their heirs, persons to whom the aut hors or their heirs have 
transferred (alienated) economic rights to the com puter program or lawful users of the computer 
program. The agreement may determine other conditions  for the ownership of sui generis rights to 
non-original objects generated by th e respective computer programs. 
3. No personal non-property rights arise as a re sult of the creation of  a non-original object 
generated by a computer program. 
4. The scope of property rights of a sui generi s holder to a non-original object generated by a 
computer program shall be determined in accordance with Article 12  of this Law. 
5. The right of a special kind (sui generis) to a non-original object generated by a computer 
program arises as a result of th e fact of generation of this objec t and begins to operate from the 
moment of its generation. 6. The right of a special kind (sui generis) to a non-original object generated by a computer 
program shall be effective from the moment of genera tion of such object. The term of validity of the 
sui generis right to a non-original  object generated by a computer program shall expire in 25 years, 
calculated from January 1 of the year followin g the year in which the non-original object was 
generated. 
7. If a non-original object generated by a computer  program is the result of the use of copyright 
and/or related rights objects, the respective holder shall enjoy a sui generis right to such non-original 
object, provided that it observes the rights of the copyright or related righ ts holder(s) whose work(s) 
or related rights object( s) were used in the process of generating such non-original object. 
If a non-original object generated by a computer program is the result of the use of another 
protected non-original object ge nerated by a computer program, the respective holder shall enjoy the 
sui generis right to this object, provided that it observes the rights of the entity (entities) to the non-
original object generated by the computer program w hose non-original object was used in the process 
of generating the new non-original object. 
8. The holder of the sui generis right to a non- original object generated by a computer program 
shall have the exclusive right to grant other pers ons permission to use this object by any means on 
the basis of a contract during the term of validity  of the sui generis right. Permission to use a non-
original object generated by a computer program shall be granted in accordance with the procedure 
provided for in Article 50  of this Law. 
9. The sui generis right to an object generated by a computer program ma y be alienated in favor 
of another person in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 49  of this Law. 
10. The free use of a non-original object genera ted by a computer progra m shall be allowed in 
accordance with the procedure stipulated by Articles 22-29  of this Law. 
11. The infringement of a sui generis right to a non-original object generated by a computer 
program, which gives grounds for protection of such ri ghts, including in court, shall be recognized as 
actions envisaged by Article 55  of this Law, taking into account the peculiarities established by this 
Article. 
Section III. RELATED RIGHTS 
Article 34. Objects of related rights 
1. The objects of related rights,  irrespective of their purpose, content, method and form of 
expression, are: 
1) performance; 2) a phonogram; 3) a videogram; 4) a program of a broadcasting organization. Article 35. Related rights and related rights holders 
1. Related rights are: 1) related rights of the performer - personal non-property rights of the performer and property 
rights to perform; 
2) related rights of the phonogram producer - th e right to the name of the phonogram producer 
and the property rights to the phonogram; 
3) related rights of a videogram producer - the ri ght to the name of the videogram producer and 
property rights to the videogram; 4) related rights of the broadcas ting organization - the right to  the name of the broadcasting 
organization and property rights to th e broadcasting orga nization's program. 
2. Related rights holders are: 1) the performer (the primary holder of related performance rights), the performer’s heirs, and 
other individuals or legal entities that have acqui red property rights to pe rformance on the basis of a 
contract or law; 
2) the phonogram producer (the primary hol der of related rights to a phonogram), heirs 
(successors) of the phonogram producer and other indi viduals or legal entities that have acquired 
economic rights to a phonogram on the basis of a contract or law; 
3) a videogram producer (the primary holder of re lated rights to a videogr am), heirs (successors) 
of a videogram producer and other in dividuals or legal entities that  have acquired property rights to 
a videogram on the basis of a contract or law; 
4) a broadcasting organization (the primary holder  of related rights to a broadcasting program), 
legal successors of a broadcasti ng organization and other individual s or legal entities that have 
acquired property rights to a broadcasting program on the basis of an agreement or law. 
Article 36. Occurrence and exercise of related rights 
1. Related rights arise as a result of: 1) each performance; 2) production of a phonogram; 3) making a videogram; 4) the first broadcast of the br oadcasting organization's program. 
2. Related rights and the right of ownership of a material or electronic (digital) object where the 
object of related rights is embodied (recorded) shall be independent of each other. The alienation of 
a material or electronic (digital) object where the object of related rights is embodied shall not mean 
the alienation of property rights to the obj ect of related rights  and vice versa. 
3. No formalities are required for the oc currence and exercise of related rights. 
In the absence of evidence to the contrary , the performer, phonogram producer, videogram 
producer shall be deemed to be the persons whos e names (titles) appear in the phonogram, videogram 
and their copies or on the packaging contai ning the copies of the phonogram or videogram. 
4. The holder of related performance rights to  a phonogram or a videogram shall have the righ t
to use a special mark of protection of related right s consisting of the Latin letter "P" circled -  - to
inform about his/her economic rights to the respective object of rela ted rights, next to which the name
of the holder of economic rights, the year of the firs t publication of the object of related rights shall
be indicated. The mark of rela ted rights protection shall be indi cated in a phonogram, videogram, i n
each copy thereof or on the packaging containing a copy of a phonogram or videogram. 
5. When performing, producing a phonogram or videogram, or broadcasting a program of a 
broadcasting organization for the fi rst time, related rights holders sh all refrain from actions that may 
infringe copyright and/or rela ted rights of other persons. 
6. Property rights for official performance shal l arise and be exercised under the conditions and 
in the manner prescribed by Article 14  of this Law. The procedure for payment of fair remuneration 
for the use of official performanc e may be determined in the agreem ent of such related rights holder 
with the employer or with a colle ctive management organization. 
7. Property rights to the performance carried out by the performer under the order shall arise and 
be exercised on the terms and in the manner prescribed by Article 15  of this Law. 
8. Property rights to an object of related rights  owned jointly by several related rights holders 
shall be exercised under the conditions and in the manner prescribed by Article 12  of this Law. 
Co-performers (persons whose joint activity is carried out) shall exercise their rights to 
performance on the terms and in the manner prescribed by Article 13  of this Law. 
The inheritance of performance ri ghts shall be carried out under the conditions and in the manner 
prescribed by parts one and two of Article 32 of this Law. 
Article 37. Personal non-property rights of  performers, producers of phonograms, producers of 
videograms, broadcasting organizations 
1. The performer's personal non-proper ty rights mean the right to demand: 
1) acknowledgment that he/she is the pe rformer of the relevant performance; 
2) indicating or communicating his/her name  (pseudonym) in connection with each use of the 
performance (if practicable); 
3) ensuring proper quality of the performance’ s recording and counter acting any distortion, 
misrepresentation or other significa nt change in the performance, r ecording of the performance that 
may harm the performer’s honor and reputation. 
2. The phonogram producer and the videogram producer shall have the right to demand: 
1) indication of his/her name in the original and each copy of the phonogram, videogram or its 
(their) packaging along with indication of the work ’s title, name(s) of the author(s), performer(s); 
2) mentioning his/her name (surname) in the process of using a phonogram or videogram (if 
practicable). 
3. The broadcasting organization shall have the ri ght to indicate its name in connection with the 
use of the broadcasting organization program. 
4. The personal non-property rights of a pe rformer, phonogram produ cer, videogram producer, 
broadcasting organization may not be transferred (alienated) to other persons and shall not be 
inherited. 
Article 38. Property performance rights 
1. The holder of related performance rights shal l have the right to use the performance in any 
way (ways) and the exclusive right to author ize or prohibit performance by other persons. 
The ways to use the performa nce include, in particular: 
1) public announcement of unrecord ed performance (live broadcast); 
2) recording in a phonogram or videogram; 3) playback of the performance recording; 
4) inclusion of the recorded performance in another object of copyright or related rights; 
5) distribution of copies of a performance recording recorded in a phonogram or videogram; 
6) leasing or lending copies of a performance recording recorded in a phonogram, videogram, or 
audiovisual work; 
7) interactive provision of access  to the recorded performance; 
8) importing the original or copi es of the performance recording. 
This list is not exhaustive. 2. The performance rights referred to in part one  of this Article may be transferred (alienated) to 
another person on the basis of a law or a transaction in  full (for all ways of using the performance in the territory of all states of the world) or in pa rt (for certain ways of using the performance in the 
territory of all states of the worl d or for certain ways of using th e performance in the territory of 
certain states of the world, or fo r all ways of using the performance in the territory of certain states 
of the world). 
A person who has acquired property performance rights in full or in part is considered a holder 
of related rights within the scope of the acquired rights. 
The holder of the performance right shall have th e right to grant permission and dispose of the 
performance rights in any other manner not contrary to the law. A performer shall have the right to a 
fair remuneration for public pe rformance, public announcement of  phonograms (videograms) and 
performances recorded therein published for commerc ial use, which shall be distributed in the 
following proportions: to performers - 50 percent; to phonogram (videogram) producers - 50 percent. 
3. Regardless of the alienation of econo mic rights to a work specified in part one  of this Article, 
a performer shall be entitled to fair remuneration for the respective uses of the performance, as defined 
by this Law and the Law of Ukraine  "On Effective Management of Economic Rights of Copyright 
and (or) Related Rights Holders." 
The following direct or indirect commercial use of phonograms and videograms and their copies 
shall be allowed without the consent of the pe rformer whose performances are recorded in 
phonograms and videograms, but with payment of fair remuneration: 
1) public performance of a phonogram or its copy or  public demonstration of a videogram or its 
copy; 
2) public broadcasting of a performance recorded  in a phonogram or videogram and their copies; 
3) public broadcasting of a performance recorded  in a phonogram or videogram and their copies 
by wires (via cable). 
The right to fair remuneration be longs only to the performer, passes  only to the performer's heirs 
and cannot be transferred (a lienated) to other persons. 
4. If a performance is lawfully us ed in an audiovisual work, it sh all be deemed that the performer 
transfers to the producer of the audiovisual work the economic rights to the performance provided for 
in part one  of this Article in full, unless otherwis e provided for by an agreement between such 
performer and producer. 
5. If a performer, when making a recording of a performance, grants, in accordance with a 
contract, permission to a phonogram  producer or a videogram producer  to reproduce copies of a 
phonogram or a videogram, it shall be deemed th at the performer has granted the phonogram producer 
or videogram producer the exclusive right to distri bute the recording of the performance, to rent 
copies of the performance’s reco rding, unless otherwise specified in the contract between such 
performer and the phonogram producer. 
6. If copies of a recorded performance are lawful ly introduced into civil circulation through their 
first sale in Ukraine, further alienation of such c opies is allowed without th e consent of the related 
rights holder to such performance an d without payment of remuneration. 
7. Placement of a hyperli nk (including hyperlinks in the form of a set of hyperlinks in one file 
(playlists and/or viewing lists) and/or framing), if such actions relate to a performance that was 
previously lawfully placed without  restriction of access on the website (web page) to which the 
hyperlink and/or framing directs, so  that members of the public can access such an object from a 
place and at a time chosen by th em individually, shall not consti tute use of the performance. 
If the performance has been previously lawfully placed with access restrictions on the website 
(web page) to which the hyperlink and/or framing di rects, and the hyperlink and/or framing allows to 
circumvent these access restricti ons, the actions of placing such hype rlinks (including hyperlinks in the form of a set of hyperlinks in one file (playl ists and/or viewing list s) and/or framing) shall 
constitute the use of the performance by means of interactive provision of access. 
Placing a hyperlink (includi ng hyperlinks in the form of a set of hyperlinks in one file (playlists 
and/or viewing lists) and/or framing), if such ac tions relate to a performance that was previously 
unlawfully posted on a website (web page), to whic h the hyperlink and/or framing directs, provided 
that such hyperlink and/or framing is placed with the purpose of profit and/or with the awareness of 
the illegal nature of the actions on placing the h yperlink and/or framing, sh all be recognized as the 
use of the performance by means of  interactive provision of access. 
Article 39. Property rights to a phonogram 
1. The holder of related rights to a phonogram sh all have the right to use the phonogram in any 
way(s) and the exclusive right to authorize or prohibit the use of the phonogram by other persons. 
The ways to use a phonogram include, in particular: 1) reproduction in any form and by any means; 2) inclusion in an audiovisual wo rk, videogram, or other phonogram; 
3) distribution of copies of the phonogram; 4) renting or lending copies of a phonogram; 5) interactive provision of access; 6) any modification; 7) public announcement; 8) importing copies of a phonogram. This list is not exhaustive. 2. The economic rights to a phonogram referred to in part one  of this Article may be granted or 
transferred (alienated) to another person on the basis of  a law or a transaction in  full (for all ways of 
using a phonogram in the territory of all states of th e world) or in part (for certain ways of using a 
phonogram in the territory of all states of the worl d or for certain ways of using a phonogram in the 
territory of certain states of the world, or for al l ways of using a phonogram in the territory of certain 
states of the world). 
A person who has acquired economic rights to a phonogram in whole or  in part shall be a holder 
of related rights within the scope of the acquired rights. 
The holder of related rights to a phonogram shal l have the right to grant permission to use a 
phonogram and to dispose of ec onomic rights to a phonogram in  any other way that does not 
contradict the law. A phonogram producer shall ha ve the right to fair remuneration for public 
performance, public announcement of phonograms and performances recorded in them published for 
commercial use, which shall be distributed in th e following proportions 1) if a phonogram contains a 
recorded performance: performers - 50 percent; phonogram producers - 50 percent; 2) if a phonogram 
does not contain a recorded performance, phonogram producers - 100 percent. 
3. Regardless of alienation of the econom ic rights to a phonogram specified in part one  of this 
Article, a phonogram producer shall have the right to fair remunera tion for the respective ways of 
using the performance, determ ined by this Law and the Law of Ukraine  "On Effective Management 
of Economic Rights of Copyright and (or) Related Rights Holders." 
The following direct or indirect commercial us e of a phonogram and its copies shall be allowed 
without the consent of the phonogram produ cer whose phonograms have been published for 
commercial use, but with payment of fair remuneration: 
1) public performance of a phonogram or its copy; 2) public broadcasting of a performance recorded in a phonogram and its copies; 
3) public broadcasting of a performance recorded  in a phonogram and its copies by wire (via 
cable). 
The right to fair remuneration cannot be transferred (alienated) to other persons. 
4. If a copy of a phonogram is lawfully put into ci vil circulation by means of the first sale in 
Ukraine, further alienation of such  copies is allowed without the c onsent of related rights holders to 
such phonogram and without payment of remuneration. At the same time, the right to authorize or 
prohibit the rental of phonogram copies remains exclusively with the respective owner of the 
phonogram. 
5. Placing a hyperlink (including hype rlinks in the form of a set of hyperlinks in one file (playlists 
and/or viewing lists) and/or framing), if such actions relate to a phonogram that was previously 
lawfully placed without limitation of access on the website (web page) to which the hyperlink and/or 
framing directs, in such a way that members of th e public can access such an object from a place and 
at a time chosen by them individually, shall not constitute use of a phonogram. 
If a phonogram has been previously lawfully place d with access restrictions on a website (web 
page) to which a hyperlink and/ or framing directs, and the hype rlink and/or framing allows 
circumventing these access restrictions, actions of  placing such hyperlinks (including hyperlinks in 
the form of a set of hyperlinks in one file (playl ists and/or viewing list s) and/or framing) shall 
constitute the use of a phonogram by wa y of interactive provision of access. 
Placing a hyperlink (includi ng hyperlinks in the form of a set of hyperlinks in one file (playlists 
and/or viewing lists) and/or framing), if such actions relate to a phonogram that was previously 
illegally posted on a website (web page), provided th at such hyperlink and/or framing is placed with 
the purpose of making a profit and/ or with the awareness of the unlawful nature of the actions on 
placing the hyperlink and/or framing, shall be recognized as the use of a phonogram by means of 
interactive provision of access. 
Article 40. Property rights to a videogram 
1. The holder of related rights to a videogram sh all have the right to use the videogram in any 
way(s) and the exclusive right to authorize or prohibit the use of the videogram by other persons. 
The ways to use a videogram include, in particular: 1) reproduction in any form and by any means; 2) inclusion in an audiovisual wo rk, videogram, or other videogram; 
3) distribution of copies of the videogram; 4) renting or lending copies of a videogram; 5) interactive provision of access; 6) any modification; 7) public announcement; 8) public demonstration; 9) importing copies of a videogram. This list is not exhaustive. 2. The economic rights to a videogram referred to in part one  of this Article may be transferred 
(alienated) to another person on the basis of a law or a transaction in full (for all ways of using a 
videogram in the territory of all states of the world)  or in part (for certain ways of using a videogram 
in the territory of all states of the world or for ce rtain ways of using a videogram in the territory of certain states of the world, or for all ways of using a videogram in the territory of certain states of the 
world). 
A person who has acquired property rights to a vi deogram in whole or in part shall be a related 
rights holder within the sc ope of the acquired rights. 
The holder of related rights to a videogram shall have the right to grant permission to use a 
videogram or dispose of pr operty rights to a videogram in any ot her way that does not contradict the 
law. 
A producer of a videogram shall have the right to a fair remuneration for public performance, 
public announcement of videograms  and performances recorded in  them published for commercial 
use, which shall be distributed in the following pr oportions: 1) if a videogram contains a recorded 
performance: performers - 50 percent; videogram pr oducers - 50 percent; 2) if a videogram does not 
contain a recorded performance, videogram producers - 100 percent. 
3. Regardless of the alienation of the ec onomic rights to a videogram specified in part one  of this 
Article, the producer of a videogram shall have the right to fair remuneration for the respective ways 
of using the performance, as defined by this Law and the Law of Ukraine  "On Effective Management 
of Economic Rights of Copyright and (or) Related Rights Holders." 
The following direct or indirect commercial use of videograms and their copies shall be allowed 
without the consent of videogram producers whose videograms have been publ ished for commercial 
use, but with payment of fair remuneration: 
1) public demonstration of a videogram or its copy; 
2) public broadcasting of the performance r ecorded in the videogram and its copies; 
3) public announcement of the performance record ed in the videogram and its copies by wire 
(via cable). 
The right to fair remuneration cannot be transferred (alienated) to other persons. 
4. If a copy of a videogram is lawfully put into  civil circulation by means of its first sale in 
Ukraine, further alienation of such  copies is allowed without the cons ent of the holder of related rights 
to such videogram and without paym ent of remuneration. At the same time, the right to authorize or 
prohibit the rental of copies of videograms remains exclusively w ith the respective holder of the 
property rights to the videogram. 
5. Placing a hyperlink (including hype rlinks in the form of a set of h yperlinks in one file (playlists 
and/or viewing lists) and/or framin g), if such actions relate to a videogram that was previously 
lawfully placed without limitation of access on the website (web page) to which the hyperlink and/or 
framing directs, so that members of the public ca n access such an object from a place and at a time 
chosen by them individually, shall not  constitute the use of a videogram. 
If a videogram has been previously lawfully plac ed with access restrict ions on a website (web 
page) to which a hyperlink and/or framing directs,  and the hyperlink and/or framing allows to 
circumvent these access restricti ons, the actions of placing such hype rlinks (including hyperlinks in 
the form of a set of hyperlinks in one file (playl ists and/or viewing list s) and/or framing) shall 
constitute the use of a videogram by way of interactive provision of access. 
Placing a hyperlink (includi ng hyperlinks in the form of a set of hyperlinks in one file (playlists 
and/or playbacks) and/or framing), if such actions re late to a videogram that was previously illegally 
posted on a website (web page), to  which the hyperlink and/or framing directs, provided that such 
hyperlink and/or framing is placed with the purpose of making a profit and/or with the awareness of 
the illegal nature of the actions on placing the hyperlink and/or fr aming, shall be recognized as the 
use of a videogram by means of interactive provision of access. 
Article 41. Property rights to a broadcasting program 1. The holder of related rights to a broadcasting pr ogram shall have the right to use a broadcasting 
program in any way(s) and the exclusive right to a llow or prohibit the use of a broadcasting program 
by other persons. 
Ways to use the broadcasting organizat ion program include, in particular: 
1) public announcement; 2) retransmission; 3) fixation; 4) playback of a recording of a broadcasting program; 5) distribution of copies of the recordi ng of the broadcasting or ganization's program; 
6) public demonstration of a recording of  a broadcasting organization's program; 
7) interactive provision of access. This list is not exhaustive. 2. The property rights to a broadcasting program specified in part one  of this Article may be 
transferred (alienated) to another person on the basis of law or a transaction in full (for all ways of 
using a broadcasting program in the territory of all st ates of the world) or in  part (for separate ways 
of using a broadcasting program in the territory of all states of the world or fo r separate ways of using 
a broadcasting program in the territory of certain st ates of the world, or for all ways of using a 
broadcasting program in the territory of certain states of the world). A person who has acquired 
property rights to a broadcasting prog ram in whole or in part shall be  a holder of related rights within 
the limits of the acquired rights. 
The holder of related rights to a broadcasting progr am shall have the right to grant permission to 
use a broadcasting program and dispose of property  rights to a broadcasting program in any other 
way that does not contradict the law. 
3. Obtaining the right to use a program of a br oadcasting organization shal l not relieve the user 
of the obligation to pay remunera tion for the use of copyrighted works, performances, phonograms, 
videograms contained in such a program in acco rdance with the procedure stipulated by the Law of 
Ukraine  "On Effective Management of Property Right s of Copyright Holders in the Field of 
Copyright and (or) Related Rights." 
4. Placement of a hyperli nk (including hyperlinks in the form of a set of hyperlinks in one file 
(listening and/or viewing lists) and/ or framing), if such actions rela te to the program of broadcasting 
organizations, which was previously lawfully placed without restriction of a ccess on the website (web 
page) to which the hyperlink and/or framing directs, so that member s of the public could access such 
an object from the place and at the time chosen by them individually, shall not be considered as use 
of the program of broadcasting organizations. 
If a broadcasting organization program was previous ly lawfully placed with access restrictions 
on the website (web page) to which the hyperlink and/or framing directs, and the hyperlink and/or 
framing allows to bypass these access restrictions, the actions of placing such hyperlinks (including 
hyperlinks in the form of a set of hyperlinks in one file (playlists and/or viewing lists) and/or framing) 
constitute the use of a broadcasting organization pr ogram by means of interactive provision of access. 
Placing a hyperlink (includi ng hyperlinks in the form of a set of hyperlinks in one file (playlists 
and/or viewing lists) and/or framing), if such actions relate to a phonogram of a broadcasting 
organization that was previously illegally poste d on a website (web page), provided that such 
hyperlink and/or framing is placed for profit and/or with awareness of  the illegal nature  of the actions 
on placing the hyperlink and/or framing, shall be rec ognized as use of the broadcasting organization's 
program by means of interact ive provision of access. 
Article 42. Legal basis for public announcement of broadcasting organizations’ programs 1. In case of public announcement of br oadcasting organizations’ programs from a 
communication station located in the territory of Ukraine to a satellite in such a way that public 
announcement of such broadcasting organizations’ pr ograms, as well as other objects of copyright 
and/or related rights transmitted by a broadcasting organization, fro m a satellite is extended beyond 
the territory of Ukraine, for the purposes of this Law it shall be deemed that such public announcement 
takes place in Ukraine, and the rights and obligati ons stipulated by this Law, in particular the 
obligation to pay remuneration for the use of copyr ighted objects, shall be borne by the person who 
carries out public announcement of objects of copyr ight and/or related ri ghts on the satellite. 
2. A broadcasting organization that transmits encoded signals, decoding devices for which are 
provided for use by the broadcasting or ganization or with its permission, as well as a person who sells 
(leases) decoding devices (means) and/or is responsible for th e use of a decoding device (means), 
shall bear obligations stipulated by this Law, in particular, the obligation to pay remuneration for the 
use of copyright and/ or related rights objects, and shall bear joint responsibility for the observance of 
copyright and/or related rights 
Article 43. Free use of objects of related rights 
1. The following use of objects of related rights shall be allowed without the permission of the 
respective related rights holder and free of charge: 
1) reproduction of objects of related rights to  ensure judicial, administrative and criminal 
proceedings, public safety to the extent  consistent with the defined purpose; 
2) public performance and public announcem ent of performances, phonograms, videograms 
during official ceremonies organi zed by state authorities and/or local self-government bodies, 
religious ceremonies, as well as buria ls to the extent consistent with  the nature of such ceremonies; 
3) reproduction in connection with  demonstration, adjustment or  repair of equipment, the 
functioning of which cannot be checked without the us e of related rights objects, provided that such 
reproduction and its scope corres pond to the specified purpose; 
4) temporary reproduction of the object of rela ted rights, which is transient or accidental 
(additional) in nature and is an integral part of the technological process, and whose sole purpose is 
to facilitate the transfer of an el ectronic (digital) copy of the object of related rights by an intermediary 
in the network between third parties or the lawful use of the object of related rights. Such temporary 
reproduction of the object of related rights is allowed provided that it has no independent economic 
value; 
5) private copying of lawfully published perform ances recorded in phonograms, videograms, as 
well as copies of phonograms, videograms. The speci fics and procedure for payment of remuneration 
for private copying are determined by the Law of Ukraine  "On Effective Management of Property 
Rights of Right Holders in the Field of  Copyright and (or) Related Rights." 
2. The following use of objects of related rights shall be allowed without the permission of the 
respective related rights holder and free of charge, but with indication of the name of the performer, 
name (title) of the phonogram producer, videogram producer in accordance with Article 37  of this 
Law concerning personal non-property rights of performers and non-property rights of phonogram 
producers, videogram producers,  broadcasting organizations: 
1) use of quotations from recorded perform ances, phonograms, videograms, recorded programs 
of broadcasting organizations to the extent that  corresponds to the specified purpose, under the 
conditions stipulated by paragraph 1  of part two of Arti cle 22 of this Law regarding the free use of 
works; 
2) the use of short excerpts of related rights  objects as illustrations for the provision and 
implementation of the educational process or for the purpose of scientific research to the extent that 
corresponds to the specified purpose, if such us e does not have independent economic value; 3) recording by means of photography, sound reco rding, video recording, public announcement 
of short excerpts of objects of rela ted rights seen or heard during curre nt events in order to cover such 
events to the extent that correspond s to the defined information purpose; 
4) use of phonograms in cases stipulated by Article 23  of this Law on the free use of works for 
persons with disabilities related to  perceiving printed information; 
5) adaptation of videograms by means of  audio description (audio commentary); 
6) use of objects of related rights by libraries, mu seums with open access to visitors, archives or 
organizations for maintaining audio and vi deo recordings in cases stipulated by Article 24  of this Law 
on free use of works. 
3. The list of free use of objects of related ri ghts specified in this Article is exhaustive. 
4. Exceptions and restrictions of  economic rights to objects of related rights may be applied only 
in cases stipulated by parts one and two of this Article, provided that they do not harm the normal use 
of such objects and do not unreasonably restrict the le gitimate interests of the respective related rights 
holders. 
Article 44. Orphan objects of related rights 
1. The use of orphan phonograms, videograms a nd performances recorded therein by libraries, 
museums with open access to visitors, archives, or  organizations for maintaining audio and video 
recordings is permitted. 
2. The conditions for the loss of orphan stat us by phonograms, videogram s and performances 
recorded therein shall be determined by part three  of Article 29 of this Law concerning orphan works. 
3. The procedure and conditions for the perm itted use of orphan phonograms, videograms and 
performances recorded therein, including the pr ocedure and conditions for taking measures for 
identification and proper search of  the respective related rights hol ders, acquisition, and loss of the 
status of an orphan performance, phonogram, videogram , as well as for keeping the respective register 
of orphan works, shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. 
Article 45. Term of validity of related rights 
1. The intellectual property right to a perfo rmance shall be effective from the moment of 
performance. The term of validity of intellectual pr operty rights to a performance shall expire in 50 
years, calculated from January 1 of the year follow ing the year of performance. If the recording of 
the performance is lawfully made public within this period, the term of validity of the intellectual property rights in the performance shall expire in 50 years, calculated from  January 1 of the year 
following the year of making it public. 
2. The intellectual property right to a phonogr am shall be effective from the moment of 
production of the phonogram. The term of validity of intellectual property rights to a phonogram shall 
expire in 50 years, calculated from January 1 of the year following the year of production of the 
phonogram. If the phonogram is lawfully made public during this period, the term of validity of 
intellectual property rights to the phonogram shall expi re in 50 years, calculated from January 1 of 
the year following the year of making it public. 
3. The intellectual property right to a videogr am shall be effective from the moment of the 
videogram production. The term of vali dity of intellectual property rights to a videogram shall expire 
in 50 years, calculated from January 1 of the year following the year of the videogram production. If 
the videogram is lawfully made publ ic during this period, the term of  intellectual property rights to 
the videogram shall expire in 50 ye ars, calculated from January 1 of the year following the year of 
making it public. 
4. The intellectual property right to a program of a broadcasting organization shall be valid from 
the moment of the first broadcast of the program of a broadcasting or ganization. Intellectual property 
rights to a broadcasting organizatio n program shall expire in 50 years, calculated from January 1 of the year following the year of th e first broadcast of the broadcasti ng organization program, regardless 
of the technical means used. 
5. The personal non-property rights of performer s, phonogram producers, videogram producers, 
broadcasting organizations stipulated in Article 37  of this Law shall be pr otected for an indefinite 
period of time. 
Article 46. Transfer of an object of related rights to the public domain. Protection of personal 
non-property rights of performers, phonogram pr oducers, videogram producers, broadcasting 
organizations 
1. The expiration of property rights to an object of related rights means that it enters the public 
domain. 
The objects of related rights that have fallen in to the public domain may be freely used by any 
person without payment of remuneration, provided th at the rights of the relevant holders provided for 
in Article 37  of this Law are observed. 
2. The protection of personal non-property rights of a performer whose performance has passed 
into the public domain shall be exercised by the pe rformer or under the condi tions and in the manner 
stipulated by part four  of Article 32 of this Law with respect to the protection of personal non-property 
rights of an author whose work has passed into the public domain. 
The protection of non-property rights of  a phonogram producer, videogram producer, 
broadcasting organization, whose object of relate d rights has entered the public domain, shall be 
exercised by the phonogram producer, videogram produc er, broadcasting organization or (in case of 
death or termination of such person) by the hol der of property rights to  the phonogram, videogram, 
broadcasting organization program, respectively. 
Section IV. EXERCISE OF PROP ERTY RIGHTS TO COPYRIGHT 
AND RELATED RIGHTS OBJECTS 
Article 47. Forms of exercising property Rights  to copyright and related rights 
1. The holder of copyright or related rights may exercise the economic rights belonging to 
him/her independently, through a representative or collectiv e management organization. 
2. The holder of copyright or related rights shall exercise the economic rights belonging to 
him/her at his/her own discretion, without violating the rights and le gally protected in terests of other 
persons. 
Abuse of property rights to copyright and related rights is not allowed. 
Article 48. Disposal of property rights to obj ects of copyright or related rights 
1. The disposal of economic rights to objects of  copyright or objects of related rights may be 
carried out on the basis of: 
1) an employment agreement (contract) - in te rms of the conditions for the distribution of 
property rights to a work for hire or work pe rformance, a work phonogram, or a work videogram; 
2) an agreement on the creation and use of a copyright or related rights object by order; 
3) an agreement on the transfer (alienation) of pr operty rights to an object of copyright or an 
object of related rights; 
4) a license agreement for the use of copyright or related rights; 5) a public license for the use of  copyright or related rights; 
6) other transaction concerning the disposal of property rights to  an object of copyright or an 
object of related rights. The terms of transactions on disposal of economic rights to copyright or related rights objects 
regarding transfer (alienation) or granting permissi on for use (license) with respect to the economic 
right to fair remuneration provided for in part three  of Article 12, part three  of Article 38, part three  
of Article 39, part three of Article 40 of this Law, respectively, shall be void. 
2. Transactions concerning the disposal of economi c rights to copyright or related rights objects 
shall be concluded in written (electronic) form, except for the contract on the use of a work in 
periodicals (newspapers, magazines, electronic media, etc.), which may be concluded orally. 
An agreement on the disposal of property rights to a copyright or related rights object shall 
specify the terms and conditions of the agreement: 
1) information allowing to identify the releva nt object (name and/or other characteristic 
features); 
2) the amount of property rights to the relevant  object transferred (granted) under the agreement; 
3) the amount or method of determining the f ee (remuneration) or indication of the gratuitous 
nature of the agreement. 
3. The terms of agreements on the disposal of  economic rights to copyr ight or related rights 
objects that restrict the right of the creator of such object to create (realize, produce) other copyright 
or related rights objec ts shall be void. 
Article 49. Transfer (alienation) of property rights to copyright or related rights objects by 
contract 
1. A copyright or related rights holder may as sign (alienate) his/her economic rights to a 
copyright or related rights obj ect envisaged respectively by part one  of Article 12, part one of Article 
38, part one of Article 39, part one of Article 40 of this Law to a ny other person in full on the territory 
of all states of the world or in part for certain uses on the territory of certain states of the world, or for 
all uses on the territory of certain states of the wo rld. In case of transfer (alienation) of economic 
rights to a copyright or related righ ts object, partial economic rights to the extent not stipulated in the 
contract shall be deemed not transferred (alienated). 
The subject matter of an agreement on the transf er (alienation) of property rights to copyright 
and related rights objects may not be  objects and property rights that did not exist at the time of the 
agreement conclusion. 
2. A person who acquires economic rights to a copyr ight or related rights object shall become a 
holder of economic rights within the scope of economic rights to such object acquired by him/her 
within the term of validity of the respective ec onomic rights to such object stipulated by law. A 
provision of an agreement on the transfer (alienation)  of economic rights to copyright or related rights 
for a term other than the term of validity of the acquired economic rights provided for by law shall be 
null and void. 
A person transferring (alien ating) proprietary rights to a copy right or related rights object shall 
provide the person acquiring such rights with info rmation on the existence of license, sublicense 
agreements and other rights and obligations in  respect of the rights to be transferred. 
The conclusion of an agreement on the transfer (a lienation) of property rights to copyright and 
related rights does not affect the validity of license and sublicense agreements that were previously 
concluded, unless otherwise provided  by the relevant license agreement. 
Article 50. License agreements for the use of  copyright or related rights 
1. Under a license agreement, one  party (the licensor) grants the other party (the licensee) 
permission to use the copyright or related rights object in a certain way(s) for a certain period of time 
in a certain territory, and the licensee undertakes to pay a fee for the use of th e object, unless otherwise 
provided by the agreement. The licensor may be a copyright or related rights holder, and in cases stipulated by agreement or 
law, another authorized person, including  a collective manage ment organization. 
The licensee may not use the copyright or rela ted rights object in ways not expressly provided 
for in the license agreement. 
2. A license agreement under which the licensor grants the licensee permission to produce and 
publish copies of a recorded or phonogrammed wo rk, recorded performance, phonogram, videogram 
(copies of the respective objects ) in the amount (circulation) cap able of satisfying the reasonable 
needs of the public shall be a licensed publishing agreement. The licensee of a licensed publishing 
agreement that ensures publication of the copyright or related rights obje ct specified in this part shall 
be deemed a publisher. 
If a license publishing agreement specifies the circulation of copies of the relevant objects, and 
the licensee puts the entire circulation into civil ci rculation (sells it) before the expiration of such 
agreement, such agreement shall be terminated from  the moment the said circulation is sold, unless 
the agreement provides otherwise. 
If the license publishing agreement specifies the nu mber of copies of the relevant objects, but 
the licensee has not put the entire circulation into  civil circulation (sold) by the time the agreement 
expires, the licensee must pay the licensor the rem uneration provided for in such agreement in full 
before the agreement expires, unle ss the agreement provides otherwise. 
If a license publishing agreement provides for a li mited circulation of an edition of a copyright 
or related rights object, the license e has the right to reproduce a greater number of copies of such 
object than provided for in such agreement solely for the purpose of the licensee's compliance with 
the requirements of the Law of Ukraine  "On Mandatory Copies of Documents." 
If a license publishing agreement for the publica tion or other reproduction of a work determines 
remuneration in the form of a fixed amount of money, the agreement must specify the maximum 
circulation of the work. 
3. In cases stipulated by a licen se agreement, a licensee may gr ant permission to use a copyright 
or related rights object to another person (sublicen see) based on a sublicense agreement to the extent 
that may not exceed the scope of rights granted to the licensee under the license agreement, in 
particular, with regard to the territory and te rm of validity of the sublicense agreement. 
The sublicensee shall have the right to enter into further sublicense agreements if such authority 
is provided for such subsequent subli censees in the main license agreement. 
4. If the license (sublicense) agreement does not spec ify the type of license, it shall be deemed 
that the license is non-exclusive. 
If the license agreement does not specify the terr itory of the license agreement (license), the 
license shall be valid on the territory of Ukraine. 
If the license agreement does not specify the te rm for which the license agreement (license) 
applies, the agreement shall be de emed concluded for the remaining term of the exclusive property 
right to the intellectual property object specified in  the agreement, but not more than for five years. 
If, six months before the expiration of the said five -year term, neither party not ifies the other party in 
writing of its withdrawal from the agreement, the agreement shall be deemed extended for an 
indefinite period. In this case, either party may terminate the agreement at any time by notifying the 
other party in writing six months prior to termination, unless a longe r notice period is agreed upon by 
the parties. 
The licensee (sublicensee) shall exercise their po wers only subject to the observance of personal 
non-property rights of the author and/or performer, non-property rights of the phonogram producer 
and/or videogram producer and/or broadcasting organization in accordance with Articles 11  and 37 
of this Law. 5. Unless otherwise provided fo r in the license agreement, the licensee shall have the right to: 
1) perform actions of an auxiliary nature (other auxiliary uses) in relation to the types of property 
rights to the respective copyright and/or related ri ghts objects specified in such an agreement, if 
without performing such actions the licensee's exerci se of the rights and obligations stipulated by the 
agreement is objectively impossible or significantly complicated; 
2) engage a third party (third parties) under th eir own responsibility without the right to enter 
into a sublicense agreement (sublicense agreements),  if without the participation of such third party 
(third parties) the licensee's exercise of the righ ts and obligations stipul ated by the agreement is 
objectively impossible or significantly complicated. 
Article 51. Public license to use an object of c opyright or an object of related rights 
1. A copyright holder or a holder of related ri ghts may grant permission to use an object of 
copyright or an object of related rights by any pe rson under the conditions determined by him/her 
(public license). 
A public license is issued by publishing its term s and conditions together with the possibility of 
remote familiarization with  the relevant copyright or related rights object to an unlimited number of 
persons using information and telecommunication systems. 
2. A person who uses a copyright or related ri ghts object based on a public license shall be 
obliged to comply with the terms and conditions se t by the copyright or related rights holder on which 
the license was issued. 
3. The terms of a public license may stipulate that such a license is irrevocable. In this case, a 
public license shall be valid for the entire term of  validity of economic copyr ights or related rights 
and may be terminated early only in respect of a person who has violated the conditions specified in 
part two  of this Article. 
4. A public license is non-exclusive. Exclusiv e and single public licenses shall be void. 
5. A public license that does not provide for the payment of remuneration for the use of copyright 
and/or related rights or provides th at such payment may be made by th e licensee voluntarily, at his/her 
own discretion, shall be deemed gratuitous. 
Article 52. Collective management of economic ri ghts in copyright and related rights 
1. Collective management of eco nomic rights in copyright and related rights objects shall be 
carried out by collective management orga nizations in accordance with the law. 
Section V. PROTECTION OF CO PYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS 
Article 53. Grounds for protection of c opyright and related rights 
1. The grounds for the protection of personal non -property and/or property copyright and related 
rights are any violation, non-recogniti on or contestation of such rights , as well as the creation of a 
threat of violation of such rights. 
2. The infringement of persona l non-property and/or property  copyright and related rights 
includes, in particular 
1) plagiarism - the publication of a work or a part thereof in an unchanged or modified form, 
including the publication of a translation of a forei gn language work or a part thereof, under the name 
of a person who is not the author of the work; 
2) use of a copyright or related rights object, if  such actions do not fall under the cases of free 
use of copyright or rela ted rights objects provided for by this Law, without the permission of the 
holders of such rights, including: piracy in the field of copyright  and related rights - reproduction, importation into the customs 
territory of Ukraine, exportation from the customs territory of Ukraine and distribution of pirated 
copies of works (including com puter programs and databases), phon ograms, videograms, illegal use 
of broadcasting programs, camcording, as well as Internet piracy, i.e.  illegal use of copyright and/or 
related rights objects using the Internet; 
importation of copies of works (including co mputer programs and databases), phonograms, 
videograms, recordings of broadc asting organization's programs into the customs territory of Ukraine 
without the permission of copyright and/or related rights holders; 
camcording - recording of an audiovisual work during public demonstratio n of an audiovisual 
work in cinemas and other film viewing facilities by persons in the same premises where such public 
demonstration takes place, for any purpose without  the permission of copyright or related rights 
holders whose objects consti tute the audiovisual work; 
3) use of a copyright or related rights object, if such actions do not fall within the cases of free 
use of copyright or related rights objects provided for by this Law, with the permission of the holder 
of such rights, but in violation of the terms and conditions under which such permission was granted 
(exceeding the circulation stipulated by the contr act, using the object in a manner not provided for by 
the contract, violation of the te rms of a public license, etc.;) 
4) abuse of office by officials of a collective management or ganization, which resulted in non-
payment or improper distribution and payment of rem uneration to a copyright or related rights holder; 
5) any actions aimed at unautho rized circumvention of technol ogical means of protection of 
copyright or related rights, includ ing cardsharing, as well as prod ucing, advertising, distribution, 
importation for the purpose of distribution a nd use of means for such circumvention; 
cardsharing - the provision of access in any fo rm and by any means to a broadcasting program, 
access to which is restricted by a copyright holder  or a holder of related ri ghts by using technological 
means of protection (subscriber card, code, etc.) or in any other way, bypassing such forms of 
protection, as a result of which such broadcas ting program can be perceived by the public; 
6) falsification, alteration or removal of information on rights management (information 
identifying a copyright or related ri ghts object and the author or othe r person holding copyright and/or 
related rights to this object, or information on the terms of use of a copyright  and/or related rights 
object, or any numbers or codes, in which such info rmation is presented, when any of these elements 
of information is attached to a copy of the copyright  and/or related rights object  or is included therein 
or appears in connection with its communication to th e public), in particular in electronic (digital) 
form, without the permission of the respec tive copyright or related rights holder; 
7) import, distribution of copies of copyrig ht and/or related rights objects from which 
information on rights management has been removed or changed, in particular in electronic (digital) 
form, without the permission of the owners of these objects; 
8) managing a website that, by i ndexing the metadata of a work or object of related rights and 
providing a search engine, allows users of this we bsite to find and distribut e a work or object of 
related rights within a peer-to-peer network without violating the property rights of copyright and/or 
related rights holders. 
3. Actions that pose a threat of infringement of personal non-property and property copyright 
and related rights ar e, in particular: 
1) distribution, importation into the customs territory of Ukraine of technical devices, equipment 
that includes a computer program a nd provides users with access to copyright and/or related rights 
without the permission of the releva nt copyright holders or related ri ghts holders (including when a 
computer program, applications and add-ons to it, t echnologies or technical devices use signals from 
other Internet resources); 2) setting up a computer program , applications, applications to  them, technologies, technical 
devices that provide access to c opyright and/or related rights object s without the permission of the 
relevant copyright holders or re lated rights holders of such obj ects (including when a computer 
program, applications and applicatio ns to it, technologies or techni cal devices use signals from other 
Internet resources); 
3) providing instructions for setting up a com puter program, applications and add-ons to it, 
technologies, technical devices to gain access to copyright and/or re lated rights objects without the 
permission of the relevant copyrigh t holders or related rights holders of such objects in any form for 
the purpose of receiving remuneration fr om the provision of such instructions. 
The provisions of this Part shall not apply to the cases envisaged by Articles 22-29 , 43-44  of this 
Law, as well as to works and objects of related rights that have fallen into the public domain, if 
copyright and/or related rights holders have gr anted a person using a la wfully made copy of a 
copyright or related rights object the right to take actions to ci rcumvent technological means of 
protection - a copy. 
Article 54. Protection of rights of copyri ght and related rights holders 
1. Personal non-property and propert y rights of copyright holders a nd/or related rights holders 
shall be protected in accordance with the procedur e established by administrative, civil and criminal 
legislation. 
Article 55. Civil-legal protection of c opyright and related rights 
1. In accordance with the established procedur e, the right to apply to the court and other 
authorities in accordance with their competence for pr otection of copyright or related rights, as well 
as sui generis rights, shall be granted to the following persons: 
1) copyright or related rights holders to protect their copyright  or related rights; 
2) persons who are granted the exclusive right to  use copyright and/or related rights objects 
and/or who are entitled to receive a share of remu neration for the use of copyright and/or related 
rights objects, in order to protect their rights and/or legally prot ected interests under an agreement 
with a copyright or related rights holder from unlaw ful infringement by any third party of the rights 
of such licensee or the rights of the recipient of a share of the said remuneration; 
3) collective management organizations in ac cordance with the order of the right holders-
contractors for voluntary collective ma nagement in accordance with the Law of Ukraine  "On 
Effective Management of Property Rights of Right Holders in the Fi eld of Copyright and (or) Related 
Rights," taking into account the scope of their activ ities specified in the register of collective 
management organizations; 
4) accredited collective manage ment organizations, taking into  account the scope of their 
accreditation specified in the register of collective management organizations; 
5) persons holding a special kind of right (sui generis). 
2. The persons referred to in part one  of this Article shall have the right to apply to court for 
protection of copyright and/or rela ted rights with any claims not pr ohibited by law, in particular, for 
1) recognition of copyright or related rights; 2) restoring the situation that existed before the violation; 
3) termination and/or prohibition of actions that infringe copyri ght and/or related rights or pose 
a threat of infringement; 
4) recovery of remuneration stipulated by the legislation on copyright  and related rights; 
5) compensation for moral damage; 6) compensation for damages caused by infringeme nt of copyright or re lated rights, including 
lost profits, or recovery of income received by the in fringer as a result of in fringement of copyright 
or related rights, or recovery of compensation; 
7) termination of preparatory actions for infri ngement of copyright and/or related rights, 
including by suspending customs procedures, if there are grounds to believe that pirated copies of 
works, phonograms, videograms, means of circumve ntion of technological means of protection of 
copyright and/or related rights, etc. may be allowed to enter the customs territory of Ukraine or leave 
the customs territory of Ukraine; 
8) publishing in mass media, at the expense of the infringer, data on infringements of copyright 
and/or related rights and court de cisions on such infringements; 
9) taking other measures provided for by law related to the protecti on of copyright and/or related 
rights. 
3. The court has the right to decide on: 1) compensation for moral (non-pe cuniary) damage caused by infr ingement of copyright and/or 
related rights, with the amount of compensation determined; 
2) compensation for damages caused by infringe ment of copyright and/or related rights; 
3) recovery from the infringer of copyright and/or  related rights of the income received as a result 
of the infringement; 
4) recovery of compensation (one-time monetary  penalty) determined by the court instead of 
compensation for damages or recovery of income at the discretion of the copyright holder and/or 
related rights holder in the amount of 2 to 200 mini mum subsistence levels for able-bodied persons 
or as a fixed double, and in case of willful infri ngement - triple amount of remuneration that would 
have been paid for granting permission to use the co pyright or related rights obj ect in dispute; at the 
request of the persons referred to in paragraphs 2-5  of part one of this Article - as a fixed double, and 
in case of willful infringement - triple amount of remuneration that would have been paid for granting 
a permit for the use of the respective  object over which the dispute arose. 
The amount of compensation should be effect ive, proportionate and dissuasive, aimed at 
restoring the violated rights and ap plied in such a way as to avoid creating obstacles to the legitimate 
activities of the user and at the same time provide protection against abuse of the user. 
In determining the amount of compensation, the court takes into account the duration and 
systematic nature of the violation, the scope of the violation (including  the territory of its distribution), 
the area of business and the intentio ns of the violator, fault and its fo rms, as well as other objective 
circumstances; 
5) termination and prohibition of publication of works, performances, phonograms, videograms, 
seizure (confiscation) of pirate d copies of works, phonograms, videograms or recordings of programs 
of broadcasting organizations and equipment and materials intended for their production and 
reproduction, publication of information in the press about the infringement, etc., if the court 
proceedings prove the fact of infringement of copyright  and/or related rights or the fact of actions that 
pose a threat of infringe ment of such rights. 
4. The court may decide to impose a fine on th e violator in the amount of 10 percent of the 
amount awarded by the court in favor of the plaintiff.  The amount of fines shall be transferred to the 
state budget in accordance with  the established procedure. 
5. The court may order the seizure or confiscatio n of all pirated copies of works, phonograms, 
videograms or recordings of broadcasting organi zation's programs, which are found to have been 
produced or distributed in violation of copyright  and/or related rights, as well as means of 
circumventing the technological mean s of protection of copyright or re lated rights. This also applies 
to all clichés, matrices, forms, originals, magnetic tapes, photographi c negatives and other items with the help of which copies of works, phonograms, videograms, recordings of broadcasting programs 
are reproduced, as well as materials and equi pment used for their reproduction and for the 
manufacture of means of circumventing technological  means of protection of copyright or related 
rights. 
Upon a court decision, seized pirated copies of copyright and/or related rights objects may be 
transferred to such person at the request of a pe rson who is a copyright or related rights holder and 
whose rights have been infringed. If this person doe s not demand such transfer , pirated copies shall 
be destroyed at the expense of the infringer, and materials and equipment us ed for reproduction of 
pirated copies shall be alienated with the proceeds transferred to the state budget. 
The court may order the confiscati on of materials and equipment us ed to reproduce pirated copies 
of copyright and/or related righ ts objects and their destruction at the expense of the offender. 
6. The provider of intermediate services in the information sphere shall be liable for the content 
of the transmitted and received information and fo r the damage caused to copyright holders and/or 
related rights holders as a result of using the results of such services on a general basis, provided that 
there are no circumstances in its actions that exempt it from liability established by the Law of 
Ukraine  "On Electronic Commerce," taking into a ccount the specifics provided for in Articles 56-58  
of this Law. 
Article 56. The procedure for terminating violations of  copyright and related rights by means of 
the Internet 
1. In case of violation of copyright and/or related rights committed by any person using the 
Internet, the copyright holder or the holder of relate d rights (hereinafter referred to as the applicant) 
shall have the right to apply to the owner of the website (the person who holds the account and 
establishes the terms and conditions of use of the we bsite, or the registrant of the respective domain 
name used to access the website), and/or the recipi ent of hosting services (in the absence of evidence 
to the contrary), and/or the owner of the web page (the person who owns the account used to host the 
web page on the website and who ma nages and/or posts digital content within such web page), where 
the relevant digital content is posted or otherw ise used, with an application to terminate the 
infringement of copyright  and/or related rights. 
The application for terminating the violation shall be filed in  accordance with the procedure 
provided for in this Article. 
The web page owner, even if he/she has an ac count that allows him/ her to post and manage 
information on the web page independently of the we bsite owner, is not consid ered to be the website 
owner. 
2. The application for termination of copyright and/or related rights violation shall contain: 
1) information about the applicant necessary for hi s/her identification: name (surname), place of 
residence (stay) or location, e-mail address or po stal address to which the website owner or other 
persons shall send information in the cases provided  for by this Law; for applicants who are legal 
entities - identification data on the registration of  the legal entity in the country of location, in 
particular in the trade, banking, judicial or st ate register, including the details of the register, 
registration number; 
2) the type and name of copyright  and/or related rights objects, other information that makes it 
possible to identify the object of violation of the right referred to in the application; 
3) a reasoned statement, specifie d in the relevant application, that the applicant has property 
rights to the copyright object or object of related rights or exclusiv e rights to use such object with 
reference to the grounds for the emer gence of such rights or exclusive rights and the term of validity 
of such rights (the grounds shall not be specified if the applicant is  the primary holder of the relevant 
property rights); 4) hyperlinks to electronic (digital) informatio n posted or otherwise used on the website, or 
hyperlinks to the webpage to which the copyright or related rights object infringement claimed in the 
application was interactively accessed; 
5) a demand to the website owner to prevent a ccess to digital content on the website and/or a 
demand to the website owner and content exchange  service provider to prevent them from further 
posting the said digital content on the website; 
6) information about the hosting service provider that provides services and/or resources for 
placing the respective website or parts thereof on the Internet a nd providing access to them via the 
Internet, namely: name; e-mail address or postal ad dress to which the website owner or other persons 
should send information in the cases provided for by  this Law. A website ow ner who places his/her 
website or a part thereof on the Internet on his/ her own resources and/or independently provides 
access to it using the Internet, which enables other persons to place digital content on his/her website, 
is a hosting service provider; 
7) the applicant's statement that the information provided in the application is reliable, and the 
existence of the rights claimed to be violated has b een verified by the attorney or representative in 
intellectual property matters (patent attorney ), through whose representation (mediation) the 
application is filed. 
The applicant, who is a legal entity, shall file an application for terminating the violation only 
with the representation (mediation) of an attorney or intellectual property representative (patent 
attorney). The attorney or intellectual property repr esentative (patent attorney) shall send the relevant 
application, provided that the applicant is identifie d, his/her contact detail s are established and the 
applicant's documents confirm that the applicant ha s the rights the termination of the violation of 
which is demanded. 
A copy of one of the documents certifying the pow ers of an attorney or representative in 
intellectual property matters (patent attorney) in ac cordance with the law shall be attached to the 
application for terminating the violation. 
The applicant (the applicant's of ficial) shall be liable for prov iding knowingly false information 
regarding the existence of property rights to the copyright or related rights object the violation of 
which is referred to in the application. 
A cease and desist notice shall be  sent to the owner of the website and/or webpage with a copy 
sent to the hosting service provider that provides se rvices and/or resources for hosting the relevant 
website. 
3. In the absence of circumstances stipulated by part four  of this Article, the owner of a website 
and/or webpage shall immediately, no later than  48 hours after receiving the application for 
terminating copyright and/or rela ted rights violation, subject to part four  of this Article, make access 
to the digital content in respect of which the appl ication was filed impossible and notify the applicant 
and the hosting service provider about the measures taken in accordance with the requirements of this Article. 
4. The website and/or web page owner who has received an application for terminating the 
copyright and/or related rights viol ation may refuse to satisfy it if: 
1) he/she has the right to use the digital cont ent specified in the application and has provided 
documentary evidence (except if he /she is the primary holder of the relevant property rights) of the 
existence of the relevant property rights or powers; 
2) the application for terminating the violation wa s executed in violation of the requirements set 
forth in this Article. 
5. Upon refusal to satisfy the application for te rmination of copyright and/or related rights 
violation on the grounds stipulated by part four  of this Article, the website and/or webpage owner 
shall, within 48 hours from the moment of its receipt,  send a notice of refusal to the applicant as well as to the hosting service provider according to the information specified in the respective application 
in accordance with paragraph 6  of part two of this Article. 
The refusal notice must contai n the following information: 
1) information about the owner of the website and/ or webpage to the extent sufficient to file a 
claim: name (surname) of the website and/or web pa ge owner; place of reside nce (stay) or location, 
e-mail address or postal address; if the website owner is a legal entity, identification data on the 
registration of the legal entity in the country of loca tion, in particular in a trade, banking, court or 
state register, including details of the register, registration number; 
2) indication of the digital content in resp ect of which prevention of access was denied; 
3) indication of the grounds for refusal to satisf y the application for terminating the violation in 
accordance with part four  of this Article. 
6. If the website owner who has received a request  for terminating copyright  and/or related rights 
violation is not the owner of the web page containing the digital c ontent regarding which the request 
for preventing access is made, the rights and obliga tions between the website owner and the applicant 
shall be established considering the specifics stipulated by this Part. 
The website owner shall promptly, no later th an 24 hours after receiving the application for 
terminating the violation, send a copy thereof to the web page owner by e-mail or other notification 
system accepted by the relevant website. The application shall be se nt using the contact details that 
the owner of the web page provided to the website owner. 
The website owner, at the same time as sending the application fo r terminating the violation to 
the web page owner, shall send the applicant a noti ce informing him/her that he/she is not the owner 
of the web page, specifying the time of sending a copy of the application to the web page owner and 
providing a hyperlink to the terms of the public agreem ent, which determines the rules for the use of 
the website by third parties. 
The web page owner shall consider the applica tion for terminating the violation received from 
the website owner and shall respond to the websit e owner in the manner and within the time limits 
established by parts three to five of this Article, with a hyperlink to the web page where the relevant 
digital content is posted. In doing so, the web page  owner shall exercise th e rights and fulfill the 
obligations established for the website owner by parts three through five of this Article. 
The website owner shall, within 24 hours of receiving a response to the application for 
terminating the violation from the web page owner,  send it to the applicant and the hosting service 
provider using the details specified in the relevant  application. If within 48 hours from the date of 
sending the application for terminating the violati on to the web page owner the web page owner has 
not sent the website owner a notice of refusal in accor dance with part five of this Article, the website 
owner shall independently prevent access to the di gital content specified in the application for 
terminating the violation. The website owner sh all notify the applicant and the hosting service 
provider of the measures taken within 96 hours  from the date of receiving the application for 
terminating the violation by the website owner and pr ovide information about themselves to the extent 
specified in part five  of this Article. 
If within 48 hours from the moment of sending th e application for terminating the violation to 
the web page owner the web page owner has provide d the website owner with a notice of refusal in 
accordance with part five  of this Article, a copy of such notice shall be sent by the website owner to 
the applicant not later than 96 hours from the mome nt of receiving the applic ation for terminating the 
violation by the website owner. 
7. The Applicant shall have the right to apply directly to the hosting service provider that 
provides services and/or resources for hosting the respective website  with an application to terminate 
the violation of copyright and/or related righ ts committed by the website  owner in such cases: 1) if the website owner has failed to perform or has performed incompletely the actions stipulated 
by parts three  or five of this Article within the time limits esta blished by this Article, or if the website 
owner who is not the owner of the web page has fa iled to perform or has performed incompletely the 
actions stipulated by part six  of this Article; 
2) if the website and public databases of domain name records (WHOIS) do not contain 
information about the website owner to  the extent that it allows to appl y to him/her with an application 
to terminate the violation provided for in part two  of this Article. Such information shall include 
details about the e-mail address for communicati on with the website owne r and other information 
provided for in part eleven  of this Article. 
The application for terminati ng the violation committed by th e website owner shall contain 
justification of the grounds for applying to the hosting service provider provided for in paragraphs 1  
or 2 of this part. 
The applicant shall apply to the hosting servic e provider, which provides services and/or 
resources for hosting the respective website, with th e relevant application re presented (mediated) by 
an attorney or intellectual propert y representative (patent attorney). The intellectual property attorney 
or representative (patent attorney) shall send the appl ication, subject to identification of the applicant, 
establishment of his/her contact details, confirmation of the fact that the applicant has the rights, the 
termination of the violation of which is referred to in the relevant application by the documents 
provided by the applicant. 
The application for terminating the violations committed by the website owner shall contain the 
information provided for in clauses 1, 4, 5, 7 of part two of this Article. A copy of one of the 
documents certifying the attorney's authority to provide legal assistance to the applicant or the 
authority of a representative in in tellectual property matters (patent attorney) shall be attached to the 
application. 
In the cases stipulated by clause 1 of this part, the application sh all specify the time of sending 
the application for terminating the violation to th e website owner and hosting service provider, the 
time when the website owner should have taken the ac tions stipulated by this Ar ticle, as well as an 
explanation of how the applicant determined the contact details of the website owner. 
In the absence of grounds for leaving the applicat ion for terminating the violation by the website 
owner without consideration established by part eight  of this Article, the hosting service provider 
shall immediately, no later than 24 hours after receiving such applicatio n, send a copy of it to the 
website owner. When sending a copy of the applicat ion to the website owner, the hosting service 
provider shall explain to the websit e owner his/her rights and obligations  related to such application, 
as well as the legal consequences of failure to  perform the actions stipulated by this Article. 
The website owner shall, within 24 hours of re ceiving a copy of the application for terminating 
the violation from the hosting service provider, take the actions stipulated by paragraphs three  or five 
of this Article and notify the hosting service provid er thereof by sending a notice of measures taken 
in accordance with the requirements of paragraph twelve  of this Article or a notice of refusal in 
accordance with paragraph five of this Article. 
If within 24 hours from the moment of sending a copy of the application for terminating the 
violation to the website owner the website ow ner does not take the actions stipulated by paragraph 
eight  of this part, the hosting service provider shall independently prevent access to the digital content 
specified in the application for terminating the vi olation committed by the website owner. The hosting 
service provider shall notify the applicant and the website owner of the measures taken within 48 
hours from the moment the hosting service provid er receives the application for terminating the 
violation committed by the website owner. 
If the applicant is unable to establish the correct da ta sufficient to properly submit an application 
for terminating the violation, such applicant may c ontact the Institution for assistance in identifying 
the website owner and/or the hosting service provider. 8. The hosting service provider sh all be entitled to leave without  consideration the application 
for termination of copyright and/or related righ ts violation committed by the website owner if: 
1) the application does not meet  the requirements set forth in part seven  of this Article; 
2) the hosting service provider doe s not provide services or res ources for hosting the website in 
respect of which the applic ation has been submitted; 
3) the applicant has applied to the hosting servic e provider in the absence of the grounds provided 
for in part seven  of this Article. 
The hosting service provider shall notify the appl icant of the dismissal of the application for 
terminating the violation, indicating the relevant le gal grounds provided for in this Part, within 24 
hours of receipt thereof. 
If the applicant does not receive a timely response to a duly executed and sent application from 
the website owner and/or hosting service provider on the measures taken to te rminate the violation or 
a notice of rejection of the application, such applic ant shall apply to the Institution with copies and 
supporting documents to consider initiating the pros ecution of the relevant  website owner and/or 
hosting service provider. 
9. The website owner has the right to address the hosting service provider from whom he/she has 
received information about the measures taken in accordance with part seven  of this Article with a 
notice of refusal in accordance with part five of this Article, demanding restoration of access to the 
digital content. If such notification meets the requirements set forth in part five of this Article for a 
notification of refusal, the hosting service provi der shall promptly, no later than 48 hours after 
receiving it, send a copy of such notification to th e applicant. If the notifi cation does not meet the 
requirements set forth in part five  of this Article for a notification of refusal, the hosting service 
provider shall inform the website owner thereof. 
10. The hosting service provider sh all restore access to the digital content on the tenth business 
day from the date of sending a copy of the notice provided for in part nine  of this Article to the 
applicant, unless within this time the applic ant has provided the hosting service provider with 
confirmation of the commencement of court proceedin gs for the protection of his/her rights to the 
copyrighted object(s) and/or related rights placed as digital content in respect of which the application 
for terminating the violation was filed. 
11. Website owners and hosting service providers, except for i ndividuals who are not business 
entities, are obliged to make the following reliable information about themselves freely available on 
their websites and/or in public databa ses of domain name records (WHOIS): 
1) full name or name of the webs ite owner and hosting service provider; 
2) the full address of the place of residence or location of the website owner and hosting service 
provider; 
3) contact information of th e website owner and hosting serv ice provider, including e-mail 
address, telephone number, by which they can be contacted promptly. 
Individuals who are not business entities shall ma ke freely available on the websites they own 
or in public databases of domain name records (W HOIS) the contact informat ion of the website owner 
provided for in clause 3  of this part. 
12. The notification of measures taken, which is sent to the applicant in accordance with this 
Article, shall, inter alia, contai n accurate and complete informatio n about the website owner specified 
in the application. 
If the notification of the measures taken is sent by the hosting service provider, the notification 
must also contain information about this provider  and the full information provided to it by the 
website owner without any changes or distortions. Information about the website owner consists of information about his/her full name, address of residence (location), address for correspondence, 
telephone number, e-mail address and, if availabl e, other contact information for communication. 
If a notice of refusal is received from the website owner (or the owner of a web page in the course 
of the procedures stipulated by parts six or seven  of this Article), a copy of  the notice of refusal shall 
be attached to the notice of action taken. 
13. On the basis of this Law, it is allowed to  prevent access exclusively to the digital content 
specified in the application fo r termination of copyright and/ or related rights violation. 
If access to the digital content cannot be prevente d for technical reasons, the website owner or 
hosting provider may preven t access to the web page  containing the relevant digital content. 
14. An application for terminating the violati on of copyright and/or related rights and an 
application for termination of the violation by the website owner shall be made in writing in paper 
and/or in an electronic format. 
The application in an electronic format shall be ex ecuted in accordance with the requirements of 
the legislation in the field of electronic docum ents and electronic document management with the 
obligatory imposition of a qualified electronic signatu re of an attorney providing legal assistance to 
the applicant or an intellectual property represen tative (patent attorney). Simultaneously with the 
submission of such an application in an electronic  format, the applicant shall send a copy of it in the 
usual electronic form wi thout affixing an electronic digita l signature to the same address. 
If the application in an electronic format with a qua lified electronic signature of an attorney or 
intellectual property representative (patent attorn ey) differs in content from the application in a 
regular electronic format sent to the same addressee, such application shall be deemed to be 
submitted. 
The application in paper form shall be executed wi th the obligatory handwritten signature of an 
attorney or representative in inte llectual property matters (patent at torney) and sent by registered mail 
with acknowledgment of receipt. 
The date and time of receipt of the application pr ovided for in this Article shall be deemed to be 
the date and time of receipt of the application: 
if sent by e-mail, the date and tim e of sending by electronic means; 
if sent by registered mail with return receipt requested, the date and time specified in the return 
receipt requested. 
If the addressee refuses to receive the application or is absent at the specified address, the day 
and date of receipt of the application shall be th e day and date of the postal operator's stamping of 
information on the addressee's refusal to receive th e application or information on the absence of the 
addressee at the specified addr ess in the notice of delivery. 
The response (notification) to the application, se nding a copy of the application provided for in 
this Article shall be made in writi ng in paper and/or electronic format. 
The date and time of receipt of the response (notif ication) to the application provided for in this 
Article and/or the submitted applic ation shall be deemed to be the date and time of receipt of the 
response (notification): 
if sent by e-mail, the date and tim e of sending by electronic means; 
if sent by registered mail with return receipt requested, the date and time specified in the return 
receipt requested. 
If the addressee refuses to receive a response (notific ation) to the application or is absent at the 
specified address, the day and date of receipt of th e response (notification) to the application is the 
day and date of the postal operator's stamping in the notice of delivery of information about the addressee's refusal to receive a re sponse (notification) to the app lication or information about the 
absence of the addressee at the specified address. 
15. The owner of a website or web page shall not  be liable for violation of copyright and/or 
related rights committed through the use of the Intern et if he/she has taken the actions stipulated by 
part three  of this Article in a timely manner. 
The provisions of the first paragraph  of this part shall not apply if: 
1) within three months, the owner of the website, despite the received and satisfied applications 
for terminating the violations, has allowed at least two cases of use of the same copyright or related 
rights object on one or more web pages owned by him/her on the same website; 
2) the owner of the web page, who is not the owne r of the website, has allowed at least two cases 
of use of the same copyright or related rights object on the same webs ite within three months, despite 
the applications for terminating the viola tions received and satisfied by him/her. 
16. If an application for terminating copyright an d/or related rights violation is submitted to a 
person who is not the owner of a website and/or web page, such person shall, within 24 hours from 
the moment of receipt of the request, notify the applicant that the request is left without consideration, 
specifying the legal grounds provided for in this Part. 
Article 57. Obligations of hosting service providers to ensure protection of copyright and related 
rights using the Internet 
1. Hosting service providers are obliged to stip ulate in hosting service agreements the terms and 
conditions prohibiting service customers from taking ac tions to place digital content in violation of 
copyright and/or related rights of third parties, as  well as to oblige service customers to provide 
accurate and correct information about themselves, incl uding their contact details , and in case of their 
change, to immediately inform about it in acco rdance with the procedure established by law. 
2. The hosting service provider shall not be liab le to the customer of hosting services for the 
consequences of taking measures provided for in Article 56  of this Law, provided that the 
requirements provided for in part one  of this Article are met. 
The hosting service provider shall not be liable  for infringement of copyright and/or related 
rights, provided that the requirements stipulated in Article 55  of this Law are met. 
Article 58. Liability of content exchange service provide rs for infringement of copyright and/or 
related rights 
1. Website owners whose sole or one of the main  types of services is storage and provision of 
public access to a significant number of copyright and/or related rights objects posted by users on 
websites that are organized and popularized by su ch website owners (content sharing service 
providers), depending on the nature of such serv ices, shall provide such services by means of 
interactive provision of access and/or public noti fication of copyright and/ or related rights objects. 
2. Content sharing service provide rs, in case they do not have th e appropriate permission to use 
copyright and/or related rights objects by means of interactive provision of access and/or public 
notification of copyright an d/or related rights objects, shall be lia ble for copyright and/or related rights 
violation regardless of fulfillment of obli gations imposed on hosting service providers by Articles 56-
57 of this Law, taking into account th e specifics defined in this Article. 
3. Content sharing service providers shall not be liable for violation of copyright and/or related 
rights, provided that they 
1) take all possible measures to obtain the relevant permit; 
2) take all possible measures to prevent the exch ange of content in respect of copyright and/or 
related rights objects in respect of which copyright holders and/or related rights holders have filed an application in accordance with the procedure established by Article 58  of this Law, demanding to 
prevent access to digital content and to prevent fu rther posting of the relevant content on the website; 
3) take measures to terminate vi olation of copyright and/or rela ted rights using the Internet as 
provided for in Article 58  of this Law, as well as to prevent re -posting of the relevant copyright and/or 
related rights objects on the website (web page ), access to which was made impossible. 
At the same time, in the absence of information received from copyright and/or related rights 
holders on violation of rights to sp ecific objects of such rights, cont ent sharing service providers are 
not obliged to carry out general monitoring of c ontent, i.e., search for facts and circumstances 
indicating infringement of copyr ight and/or related rights. 
4. In determining whether the appr opriate measures provided for in part three  of this Article have 
been taken, in particular, the foll owing shall be taken into account: 
1) the number of users of the relevant content sharing services; 2) the number of copyright and/or related rights objects used; 3) availability and effectivenes s of technical means necessary fo r taking measures provided for 
in clauses 2 and 3 of part three of this Article. 
5. Provisions of clauses 2 and 3 of part three of this Article shall not apply to content exchange 
service providers that ha ve been operating for less than three y ears and whose annual income is less 
than UAH 10 million, unless the monthly average number of unique visitors to its website for the 
previous calendar year exceeds 5 million. At the sa me time, the content exchange service providers 
referred to in this paragraph shall be subject  to the obligations provided for in clause 1 of part three 
of this Article, as well as the obligations imposed  on content exchange service providers as hosting 
service providers provided for in Articles 56-57  of this Law. 
The provisions of part three  of this Article shall not apply to content sharing service providers 
that participate in the selection of digital content that is illegally interactively made available to the 
public and/or that provide tools on their website sp ecifically designed for the illegal use of digital 
content and/or deliberately facilitate such use, wh ich can be confirmed by the fact that the content 
sharing service provider has adopted a financial model that encourages users of its website to illegally 
make interactive digital content available to the public. 
6. At the request of copyright and/or related rights holders, c ontent exchange service providers 
shall provide them with informat ion on taking measures envisaged by part three  of this Article, and 
if an agreement has been conclude d with a copyright and/or related rights holder, information on the 
use of respective copyright and/or related rights  objects in accordance with the agreement. 
7. Providers of certain services, such as no n-profit online encyclopedias, non-profit educational 
and scientific information reposit ories, platforms for the developm ent and sharing of open source 
computer software, online marketpl aces, business-to-business cloud serv ices, and cloud services that 
allow users to place content in a repository for their own use, are not considered content sharing 
service providers for the purposes of this Article. 
Section VI. FINAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 
1. This Law shall enter into force on the day following the day of its publication. 
2. Recognize the Law of Ukraine  "On Copyright and Related Right s" (Bulletin of the Verkhovna 
Rada of Ukraine, 1994, No. 13, Art. 64 as amended) as invalid. 
3. Establish that from the date of entry into force of this Law: 1) the copyright term provided for in Article 31  of this Law shall apply in cases where the 
copyright term in force before the entry into force of this Law has not  expired before the day of entry 
into force of this Law; 2) the term of related rights provided for in Article 45  of this Law shall apply in cases where the 
term of related rights in force before the entry into  force of this Law has not  expired before the date 
of entry into force of this Law. 
4. 4. Amend the following legislative acts of Ukraine: 1) in the Civil Code of Ukraine  (Vidomosti Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 2003, Nos. 40-44, Art. 
356): 
in Chapters 35 , 37, the words "transfer (program)" in all cases and numbers shall be replaced by 
the word "program" in the appropriate case and number; 
part two  of Article 437 shall be amended to read as follows: 
"2. Copyright holders may use a special sign establ ished by law to notify of their property rights"; 
the text of Article 438  shall be set forth in the following wording: 
"1. The author of a work shall have personal non-property rights estab lished by Article 423 of 
this Code and other laws." 
part one  of Article 439 shall be amended to read as follows: 
"1. The author shall have the right to demand pres ervation of the work’s integrity, to oppose any 
distortion, misrepresentat ion or other alteration of the work, in cluding accompanying the work with 
illustrations, prefaces, afte rword, comments, etc. without the author's consent." 
parts three  and four of Article 440 shall be set forth in the following wording: 
"3. Intellectual property rights to a work crea ted in connection with the execution of an 
employment agreement (contract) shall be transferre d to the legal entity or individual where or for 
whom the author works from the moment the author creates the work for hire in its entirety, unless 
otherwise provided by the agreement or law. 
4. Intellectual property rights to a work created by  order shall be transferre d to the customer from 
the moment the work is created in its entirety, unless otherwise provided by the agreement or law." 
Article 441  shall be amended to read as follows: 
"Article 441. Enforcement of intellectual property rights to a work 
1. Copyright holders may exercise  their economic rights personally, through a representative or 
other authorized person, or through a collective management organization in accordance with the 
law." 
in Article 442 : 
the title, parts one and two shall be set forth in the following wording: 
"Article 442. Making a work public 
1. Any action that makes a work available to an  unlimited number of persons for the first time 
shall be deemed to be making the work public. 
2. A work may not be made public if it violates a person's right to privacy of his/her personal 
and family life, harms public order, phys ical and moral health of the population." 
parts three and four shall be deleted; Articles 443-445  and 448 shall be amended to read as follows: 
"Article 443.  Use of a work with the permission of the copyright holder 1. A work may be used only with the permis sion of the copyright holder or other person 
authorized to grant such permission,  except in cases of lawful use of  a work without such permission, 
as provided by law. 
Article 444. Public license to use a work 
1. The copyright holder may grant permission for the use of a work by any person under the 
conditions determined by him/her (public license). 
2. A person who uses a work under the public lice nse shall be obliged to comply with the terms 
and conditions determined by the copyright holder under which the work was issued. 
Article 445. The right to fair remuneration for the use of a work 
1. The author has an inalienable right to a fair remuneration for the use of his/her work in the 
cases, in the amounts and on the conditions stipulated  by law. The right to fair remuneration belongs 
to the author of the work, and after his/he r death it passes to the author's heirs." 
"Article 448.  Resale right 
1. The author shall have the inalienable right to receive fair remuneration as a share of deductions 
from each sale of the original artistic work, original  manuscript of a literary or musical work following 
the sale of the original made by the author (resale right). 
For the purposes of this Article, the originals of th e works referred to in part one of this Article 
shall be equated with their copies produced in a limited number by the author or under his/her 
supervision, which are numbered, signed by the aut hor or contain other markings certifying his/her 
authorship. 
2. Resale right belongs to the author, and after his/her death it passes to the author's heirs and 
heirs of these heirs and is valid until the expirati on of the intellectual property rights to the work. 
3. The conditions for exercising the re sale right are determined by law." 
the text of Article 450  shall be set forth in the following wording: 
"1. The primary holders of related rights shall be a performer, a phonogram producer, a 
videogram producer, and a broadcasti ng organization. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the 
performer, phonogram producer, videogram producer sha ll be deemed to be the persons whose names 
(titles) appear in the phonogram, videogram and thei r copies or on the packaging containing the copies 
of the phonogram, videogram." 
in Article 451 : 
part one shall be set forth in the following wording: 
"1. Related rights arise as a result of a fact of: 1) performance; 2) production of a phonogram; 3) production of a videogram; 4) the first broadcast of the br oadcasting organization's program"; 
parts two through four shall be deleted; clause 3  of part one of Article 452 shall be amended to read as follows: 
"3) the exclusive right to prevent the unlawful us e of the object of related rights, including the 
prohibition of such use"; 
Articles 453-456  shall be set forth in the following wording: "Article 453.  Exercise of intellectual property rights  in performances, phonograms, videograms, 
broadcasting programs 
1. Related rights holders may exercise their ec onomic rights personally, through a representative 
or other authorized person or through a collective  management organization in accordance with the 
law. 
Article 454. Use of a performance, phonogram, videogr am, broadcasting program with the 
permission of a re lated rights holder 
1. The use of a performance, phonogram, videogram , broadcasting program shall be carried out 
only with the permission of the respective related rights holder or other person authorized to grant 
such permission, except for cases of  lawful use esta blished by law. 
Article 455. Public license to use an object of related rights 
1. Related rights holders may grant permission  to use the respective object by any person under 
the conditions determined by him/her (public license). 
2. A person who uses an object of related rights on the basis of a public license shall be obliged 
to comply with the conditions determined by the related rights holder on which it was issued. 
Article 456. Term of related property rights 
1. The term of intellectual property rights to a pe rformance shall expire in 50 years, calculated 
from January 1 of the year following the year of performance. If the performance record is lawfully 
made public during this period, the term of validity of intellectual pr operty rights to pe rformance shall 
expire in 50 years, calculated fr om January 1 of the year follow ing the year of making it public. 
2. Intellectual property rights to a phonogram or vi deogram shall expire in 50 years, calculated 
from January 1 of the year following the year of  production of the phonogram or videogram. If a 
phonogram or videogram is lawfully made public during this period, the term of validity of 
intellectual property rights to a phonogram or videog ram shall expire in 50 years, calculated from 
January 1 of the year following the year of making it public. 
3. Intellectual property rights to a broadcasting organization's program shal l expire in 50 years, 
calculated from January 1 of the year following th e year of the first broadcast of the broadcasting 
organization's program, regardless of the technical means used." 
part one of Article 1030 shall be supplemented with the words "except for intellectual property 
rights" after the words "property rights"; 
in Article 1107 : 
in the title, replace the word "agreements" with the word "transactions"; 
in part one: in the first paragraph, replace the word "agreements" with the word "transactions"; 
in clause 5, replace the word "agreement" with the word "transaction"; the first and second paragraphs of part tw o shall be amended to read as follows: 
"2. A transaction on the disposal of intellectual property rights shall be concluded in writing 
(electronic form), except in cases specified by law. 
In case of non-compliance with the written (electr onic) form of the agreement on the disposal of 
intellectual property rights, such an  agreement shall be null and void." 
part one  of Article 1108 shall be amended to read as follows: "1. A person who has the exclusive right to author ize the use of an intellectual property object 
(licensor) may grant another person (licensee) permission to use this object in a certain limited area 
(license to use an inte llectual property object). 
The licensee shall not have the right to use the inte llectual property object in a field other than 
that specified in the license for the use of the intellectual property object." 
in Article 1109  : 
part one shall be set forth in the following wording: 
"1. Under a license agreement, one party (the li censor) grants the other party (the licensee) 
permission to use the intellectual property object in a certain way(s) for a certain period of time in a 
certain territory, and the licensee undertakes to pa y a fee for the use of the object, unless otherwise 
provided by the agreement." 
in part eight, replace the words "license agre ement for publication" with the words "license 
publishing agreement"; 
Article 1113  shall be amended to read as follows: 
"Article 1113. Agreement on the transfer of intellectual property rights 
1. Under an agreement on the transfer of intelle ctual property rights, one party (a person who is 
the holder of intellectual property rights to an object  of intellectual property) transfers to the other 
party partially or in full these rights in accord ance with the law and on the terms and conditions 
specified in the agreement. 
The subject matter of an agreement on the tran sfer of property rights cannot be objects and 
property rights that did not exist at the time of the agreement. 
2. The terms of an agreement on the transfer of in tellectual property rights for a period other than 
that specified by law, or that wors en the position of the creator of th e respective object or his/her heirs 
as compared to the position provided for by this C ode and other laws, or that restrict the creator's 
right to create other objects, shall be null and void. 
3. The conclusion of an agreement on the transfer  of intellectual property rights does not affect 
the license agreements that were concluded earlier. 
4. Intellectual property rights shall be transfer red to the acquirer under the agreement on the 
transfer of intellectual property rights from the moment of its conclusion , unless otherwise provided 
by the agreement or law. 
Intellectual property rights, the acquisition of wh ich in accordance with the provisions of this 
Code or any other law is linked to their state regi stration, shall be transferred to the acquirer under 
the agreement on the transfer of intellectual property rights from the moment of such state 
registration." 
2) Article 20  of the Law of Ukraine "On Publishing" (Bul letin of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 
1997, No. 32, Art. 206; 2004, No. 16, Art. 238; 2 014, No. 34, Art. 1172; 2019, No. 46, Art. 295; as 
amended by the Law of Ukraine of June 19, 2022, No. 2313-IX) shall be supplemented after part two 
with a new part of the following content: 
"The publishers of encyclopedias, encyclopedic dictionaries, periodicals, newspapers, magazines 
and other periodicals shall have th e right to use such publications as a whole. The publisher has the 
right to indicate their name (title) in any use of such publications or to require such indication." 
In this regard, part three shall be considered part four; 
3) Article 6  of the Law of Ukraine "On Profession al Creative Workers and Creative Unions" 
(Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 19 97, No. 52, p. 312; 2018, No. 46, p. 371) shall be 
supplemented with part six as follows: "Creative workers who are authors and/or perform ers shall be guaranteed fair remuneration for 
the use of copyright or related rights in accordan ce with the procedure and on the terms and conditions 
established by law." 
4) in the Law of Ukraine  "On Cinematography" (Bulletin of  the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 
1998, No. 22, Article 114, as amended): 
Articles 4  and 16 shall be amended to read as follows: 
"Article 4. Regulation of relations arising in the cour se of production and use of a film as an 
object of copyright and related rights 
The relations arising in the course of production a nd use of a film as an object of copyright and 
related rights, including a co-production product, sh all be governed by this Law, the Law of Ukraine 
"On Copyright and Related Ri ghts" and other regulatory legal acts of Ukraine. 
A film co-production agreement concluded by a producer and/or film producer, including with 
foreign cinematography entities (co-producti on), is not a joint venture agreement." 
"Article 16. Intellectual property rights to a film 
Property copyrights and related property rights to a film may belong to the state, legal entities 
and individuals in accordance with the law or an agreement." 
in Article 17 : 
the title shall be amended to read as follows: 
"Article 17. Ownership and storage of film s ource materials and film copies"; 
to supplement the new part one with the following content: 
"Film source materials and film  copies belong to the film producer and other persons in 
accordance with the law. The subjec ts of ownership of film source ma terials and film copies may be 
the state, legal entities and individuals." 
In this regard, parts one through eight shall be considered parts two through nine, respectively; 
in part four, the words "state property of Ukraine" shall be deleted; 5) in the Law of Ukraine  "On the National Archival Fond and Archival Institutions" (The Bulletin 
of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 2002, No. 11, p. 81, as amended): 
Article 8  shall be supplemented by parts nine to eleven and a note as follows: 
"The intellectual property right to intellectual pr operty objects contained in archival documents 
does not depend on the ownership of the archival document as a material (including electronic 
(digital)) object in which they ar e contained or recorded. Exercise of ownership right to documents 
of the National Archival Fond may not violate or re strict intellectual property rights to intellectual 
property objects contained or recorded in such do cuments, except for cases specified by this Law. 
Storage and access to documents of the National Archival Fond and use of such documents in 
accordance with this Law shall not be a violation of the resp ective intellectual property right. 
Monetary valuation of documents of the Nati onal Archival Fond does not constitute an 
assessment of intellectual property rights to inte llectual property objects cont ained or recorded in 
such documents. 
Intellectual property objects cont ained or recorded in the archiv al information of repressive 
bodies or in the archival informat ion of structures and figures of the Ukrainian liberation movement 
may be used by reproduction, inclusion in other objects of copyright and related rights, publication 
without the consent (permission) of the owners of the relevant intell ectual property rights. Note. The term "archival information of repressi ve bodies" is used in the meaning given in the 
Law of Ukraine  "On Access to Archives of Repressive  Bodies of the Communist Totalitarian 
Regime." 
Structures and figures of the Ukrainian liberation  movement mean the authorities, organizations, 
structures and formations referred to in part one  of Article 1 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Legal 
Status and Commemoration of Fighters for the Inde pendence of Ukraine in the XX Century," as well 
as persons who participated in all forms of politica l, armed and other collective or individual struggle 
for the independence of Ukraine in the XX century as part of such authorities, organizations, 
structures and formations." 
in paragraph 5  of part one of Article 20, the words "a nd does not violate copyright and related 
rights" shall be deleted; 
6) Article 2  of the Law of Ukraine "On Touring Events  in Ukraine" (Bulletin of the Verkhovna 
Rada of Ukraine, 2004, No. 7, Art. 56; 2014, No. 5, Art. 62; 2017, No. 45, Art. 404) shall be 
supplemented with part  five as follows: 
"A touring event on the territory of Ukraine with  the planned use of copyright and/or related 
rights objects is allowed on the ba sis of an agreement concluded by th e organizer of the touring event, 
which sets out the terms of payment of remuneration for the public performance of the relevant objects 
during the touring event." 
7) in Article 12  of the Law of Ukraine "On Theaters a nd Theater Business" (Bulletin of the 
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 2005, No. 26, p. 350): 
part two after the words "provided by the theater" shall be supplemented with the words "the rate 
of fair remuneration paid by theaters to authors, performers, and other appr opriate copyright and/or 
related rights holders"; 
the sixth paragraph of part three sh all be amended to read as follows: 
"to enter into agreements on the disposal of prop erty rights to intellectu al property objects with 
authors, performers, other appropriate copyright a nd/or related rights holders or agreements with 
collective management organizati ons in accordance with the law"; 
8) Section X  "Final Provisions" of the Law of Ukrain e "On Television and Radio Broadcasting" 
(Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 2006, No. 18, p. 155, as amended) shall be supplemented 
with paragraph 3 as follows: -5 
"3 -5 . To establish that temporarily, during martial law, as well as within 12 months after its 
termination or cancellation, violatio n of the deadlines established by part three of Article 59 of this 
Law for submitting reports for the previous (reporting) year of activity is not a violation of this Law. 
At the same time, such reports mu st be submitted by broadcasting organizations within a period not 
exceeding 90 days from the date of completion of the relevant period." 
9) in the Law of Ukraine  "On Effective Management of Proper ty Rights of Right Holders in the 
Field of Copyright and (or) Relate d Rights" (Bulletin of the Ver khovna Rada of Ukraine, 2018, No. 
32, Art. 242, as amended): 
in Article 20 : 
the first paragraph of part one sha ll be amended to read as follows: 
"1. Collective management organizations should  build relations with users on the basis of 
impartiality, fairness, economic just ification of tariffs, and free access to information. The conditions 
for granting permits for the use of copyright and (or) related rights objects should be based on 
objective and non-discri minatory criteria"; 
the first and second paragraphs of part tw o shall be amended to read as follows: "2. Tariffs must be economically justified in relati on to the type of economic activity of the user, 
the nature and scope of use of copyright and (or) related rights objects in relation to such economic 
activity, financial indicators of income and expenses of users. 
Drafts of preliminary tariffs shall be consider ed at the general meeting of the collective 
management organization and shal l be determined in a fixed am ount or by a percentage rate 
(including a calculation formula)  for the use of copyright and (or) related rights objects. The 
preliminary tariffs shall comply with the requirements for tariffs set forth in th e first paragraph of this 
part." 
Section VI.  "Final and Transitional Pr ovisions" shall be supplemented with paragraph 3 as 
follows: -4 
"3 -4 . Given the introduction of martial la w in Ukraine on February 24, 2022: 
1) from the moment this clause enters into forc e, the obligations that arose in the period from 
February 24, 2022 to the date of entry into force of  this clause, regarding the payment of penalties, 
interest, inflationary losses, as well as the application of other types of civil liability, shall be 
terminated, related to non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment by users of obligations to pay income 
from rights to accredited collective management or ganizations whose accredita tion period, as defined 
in part twelve of Article 16 of th is Law, expired before the date of  entry into force of this clause; 
2) from the moment this clause enters into force, for the period until the termination or cancelling 
of martial law, the accrual of pena lties, interest, inflationary losses, as well as the application of other 
types of civil liability related to non-fulfillment or  improper fulfillment by users of obligations to pay 
income from rights to accredited collective mana gement organizations, whos e accreditation period, 
as defined in part twelve of Article 16 of this Law,  expired before the date of entry into force of this 
clause, shall be terminated; 
3) from the moment this clause enters into fo rce, negotiations on tariff setting, information about 
the start of the process for which wa s posted on the official website of the Institution before February 
24, 2022, shall be terminated; 
4) from the moment this clause enters into force and within 12 months after the termination or 
cancellation of martial law in Ukraine, a collective  management organization that, in accordance with 
clause 3 -2 of this section, carries out voluntary coll ective management of economic rights to use a 
respective musical work (with or without lyrics), shall be authori zed to collect fair remuneration 
provided for in sub-clauses 3 and 4 of  the third paragraph of part five  of Article 12 of this Law for 
the use by users in the same way (public performance ). In this case, the tariff for payment of fair 
remuneration by the user in a ccordance with this subparagra ph 3 shall be 50 percent of the 
remuneration paid by the user to  a collective management organi zation for the same method of use 
of such musical work for the same period of us e. A collective management organization that has 
collected a fair remuneration in accordance with th is subparagraph 3 shall distribute and pay it to the 
rights holders or collective mana gement organizations representi ng the respective rights holders, 
taking into account the provisions of Article 21 of this Law. A user who has paid a remuneration for 
the use of a musical work in the respective way a nd a fair remuneration for the same way of using a 
performance, phonogram and/or videogr am provided for in subparagraphs 3 and 4 of paragraph three 
of part five of Article 12 of this Law shall pa y the remuneration to the respective collective 
management organization in accordance with the prov isions of Article 21 of this Law, the respective 
collective management organization in accordance with the procedure set fo rth in this subparagraph 
3, shall not have any obligations to any right holders to pay remuneration for such use of the work, 
performance, phonogram and/or videogram for the respective period of use; 
5) from the moment this clause enters into fo rce, competitions for determining an accredited 
collective management organizati on shall not be announced and held  during martial law in Ukraine. 
The Institution shall announce tenders to determine an accredited collective management organization 
in the areas where there are no accredited organizatio ns as of the date of termination or cancellation of martial law in Ukraine within 12 months after the termination or cancellation of martial law in 
Ukraine." 
5. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine shall within  three months from the date of entry into force 
of this Law: 
bring their regulatory acts into compliance with this Law; ensure that ministries and other central executive authorities bring their re gulations in line with 
this Law. 
6. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine shall in form the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in 2023 on 
the status of implementation of this Law. 
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYI
Kyiv  
December 1, 2022  
NO. 2811-IX