Animated Film Artist as a New Audiovisual Author

The paper deals with the status of a new author an audiovisual work: animated film artist. analyzes range authors work, considers these legal categories through prism foreign experience analysis, doctrinal sources and law enforcement practice. describes provisions Art. 1263 Civil Code Russian Federation, dedicated to one types complex objects intellectual property rights, namely work. artist concludes that it is necessary introduce subject into object in question. Romano-Germanic Anglo-American systems terms determining particular movie cartoon. draws conclusion about relevance changes made paragraph 2(4) Federation cites as example positive countries single out works under study.