The article explores the concept, features, legal regime of virtual museums. The historical stages of development and formation of virtual museums are analyzed. For the concept of the logic of constructing the definition of "virtual museum", identifying its constructive features, some of the definitions existing in the doctrine are systematized in chronological order, and an analysis of the frequency of use of semantic units by the authors is carried out. The possibility of applying the legal regime of the database, multimedia works in relation to virtual museums is considered. The author singled out and studied the following features of a virtual museum: complexity, the presence of a computer program (original program code) in the structure, virtuality, interactivity, digital form of expression. The paper analyzes and systematizes the theoretical positions on the research topic, studied doctrinal approaches. Based on the results of the study, the author's definition of the concept of "virtual museum" is proposed.
In connection with the comparative novelty of the concept of "multimedia work" and the lack of a unified approach to its interpretation among lawyers, the issue of determining the signs that could serve as the basis for distinguishing works of this kind from other objects of copyright is relevant. The article analyzes and systematizes the theoretical provisions on the research topic, identifies and considers the following features of a multimedia work: interactivity; the presence in the structure of the totality of several results of intellectual activity; complexity; digital form; virtuality; the presence in the structure of a computer program; providing information using a combination of many perceived by the person; the presence of several storylines; artistic design of the interface and navigation tools; embodiment on material carriers; the need to use special technical devices for working with multimedia works. Based on the results of the study, the essential legally significant features of a multimedia work are highlighted.
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