New Perspectives in Science Education

A necessary condition for career development in educational institutions is the creation of a connection between education, research and practice. A successful step in this direction is made by the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies (ULSIT) in Sofia, Bulgaria, where the PhD Program "Organization and Management of Information Processes" has been developed in the professional field "Public Communications and Information Sciences". University education in Intellectual Property is of crucial importance in various fields of knowledge. Intellectual property research, especially copyright and related rights, is often aimed at the creation or use of commercial products such as audiovisual and performing productions. In particular, it is rarely mentioned copyright on photographic images, because in this area we have huge technological advances that can hardly be presented in any R & D-friendly frameworks. Current conditions and circumstances are such that now almost every person, holding a photographing device, produces a photographic image that can be protected. Photography is an art and business, hobby and profession. When it is created as a result of the creative activity of professionals and possesses artistic character, it becomes an object of copyright protection. In the framework of the above-mentioned PhD program "Organization and Management of Information Processes" in ULSIT, intensive research in the field of the intellectual property on photographic information is made. This is a problem that is globally explored but at the same time it is of particular importance for the modern information society, which often handles, advertises and illustrates its business achievements or the daily routine of its individuals through photographic images. The report summarizes some of the most important and innovative results from researches on intellectual property, copyright and related rights, and in particular copyright on photographic images. Specific proposals for future research and their actual application in public practice have been formulated.

Keywords: copyright, intellectual property, R & D, photographic information;