Dubov Alexander V.

The article examines certain legal aspects of entertainment and theater performances as distinct categories of complex intellectual rights. The author analyzes the legal status of the creators of a spectacular performance. The components of such a complex object of copyright can be a libretto, script or play, music, directorial and choreographic production, as well as the performance of artists and conductor as objects of rights related to copyright. Some of the elements of a spectacular performance can be independent protected objects if they are used by their author outside the complex object under study (for example, a composition that became part of the performance after its writing and separate performance). The owner of the exclusive right, as for any complex object, is the organizer of the performance creation. According to the author, the article defines an unambiguous, objective form of expression for a stage performance, establishing a distinction between a stage and choreographic work. The work examines the innovations in legislation on the legal status of the director of a 2017 theatrical production and determines their significance.