A Principle that Ideas are not Protected by Copyright Law and Problems of its Application
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The article deals with principle that ideas are not protected by copyright law. This principle is one of the tools ensuring the balance between the authors’ interest to have exclusive rights to their works and the interest of the society to use the information freely. Even though the rule that ideas are not protected is commonly accepted and established in some international and national legal acts, the application of this rule remains problematic.
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