Evolution of the system of collective management of property copyright and/or related rights in Ukraine (1991–2022)

Keywords: organization of collective management, copyright, related rights, collectivemanagement, system, legal act 
The article is devoted to the study of the evolution of the system of collective management of the rights ofsubjects of copyright and/or related rights. During the research, the author analysedthe main regulatory legal acts, based on which the legal regulation of collective managementactivities in the field of copyright and related rights was carried out. Considerableattention is paid to state bodies, institutions, enterprises and organizations,which in different periods of the development of the collective management systemwere responsible for the implementation of state policy in the specified area.Based on the data obtained during the analysis, the author singled out several mainstages of formation and development of the system of collective management in Ukraine:1) 1991–1999; 2) 1999–2011; 3) 2011–2018 years; 4) 2018 is the present. Within each ofthese periods, the peculiarities of collective management activities at the time, as well ascontrol over the implementation of such activities, were characterized. The author characterizesthe first period of the development of the specified system as the period of formationof such a system with the presence of duplication of powers to exercise collectivemanagement both in state institutions and in non-state organizations specially createdfor this purpose. The next period was marked by the separation and streamlining of thepowers of specially created collective management organizations to carry out rights managementactivities. The main achievement of the development of the collective managementsystem at the third stage was the creation of a separate state authority responsiblefor the implementation of state policy in the field of intellectual property, and in particularthe collective management of rights. The final stage of the path described in the articlewas the adoption of a special law aimed at regulating the field of collective managementof copyright and/or related rights.Based on all of the above, the author concluded that the conducted research willcontribute to the search for ways to further improve the system of collective managementin the field of copyright and/or related rights.