CARTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION OF COPYRIGHTABLE OBJECTS

Abstract

The article deals with the notions of cartographic items, their varieties, subjects of the copyright thereon. Cartographic items include items of any material form with a cartographic image. The copyright covers cartographic images regardless of their purposes, topics, content, merits, volume as well as the way of reproduction: in a graphic, digital or any other form. Copyright protection covers both primary, original cartographic items, and items that were received as the result of a creative modification that led to significant changes in the content or form. The most common infringements of copyright in cartography include: illegal, without the permission of the author use of a cartographic base; conversion of the original cartographic item into a digital form without the permission of the author and its introduction in commercial circulation; the use of a cartopgraphic base as an advertising element; the use and illegal uploading of cartopgraphic products on the Internet.