LEGAL SECURITY OF CHOREOGRAPHIC ART AS A SUBJECT MATTER OF COPYRIGHT

Norms of the Russian Federation legislation regulating eligibility for protection of choreographic work as a subject matter of copyright are discussed. The author touches upon legal significance of the fragment of choreographic composition. The problems of choreographic work protection associated with sharing video materials with recorded dance performances in the Internet are considered. Provider’s liability for violation of author’s rights is revealed. The ways to fix choreographic works in order to have particular important evidence of copyright are suggested. The role of collective copyright management organizations is underlined. Possible evidential facts that can be used as the subject of proof in cases on violation of choreographic work copyright are listed, and the types of lawsuit claims that can be made against the offender in this category of circumstances are suggested. A particular
court case is cited as an example.