Some write poems or music,CD take photos, others create research papers or writing articles in magazines. In the modern world at the present level of development of information technology, more and more people create works in digital form. Keeping the product in the form of a file by posting it on the Internet, many do not realize how urgent is the issue of copyright protection, given the accessibility and ease of copying, and then, possibly, illegal use of labor's other people.
In accordance with Russian law a formal procedure of registration of copyright exists. The only exceptions are the computer programs and databases that are registered in Rospatent. Paragraph 4 of Article 1259 of the Civil Code reads: "For the creation, implementation and protection of copyright works do not require registration or compliance with any other formalities." However, in practice very often the authors are faced with the need to provide documentation proving their rights to the object of intellectual activities to insure against loss or non-human author.
