The Deposit of Copyright Objects and its Classification

The authors of the article analyze the situation with depositing in the current legislation, propose a procedure for classifying depositing in the context of digital challenges. They reveal the peculiarity of new digital platforms (terms) for the organization of deposit work. They consider the terms existing in science: digital depositing, electronic depositing, online depositing, depositing using web platforms, websites, web depositories, depositing using blockchain platforms, blockchain technologies, distributed registry systems, depositing using NFT technologies. The following terms are proposed for discussion: internet depositing, blockchain depositing, cryptodepositing, NFT depositing. The article provides options for classifying depositing on such grounds as the degree of confidentiality of the depositing (which assumes that the depositary has or does not have certain obligations within the framework of legal relations on depositing), the use of digital technologies during depositing. They also offer classification options for digital depositing (depending on the use of the Internet), Internet depositing (depending on the use of blockchain technology) and blockchain depositing (depending on the use of NFT technology and the type of blockchain platforms used).