Creative Commons Licenses as a Tool for Balancing the Interests of the Parties when Concluding Online Contracts

The purpose of the scientific work is to analyze Creative Commons licenses as a special mechanism that ensures a balance of interests of the parties when concluding contracts on the Internet. The author examined the genesis, legal nature and features of the use of Creative Commons licenses. As a result of the study, the author came to the conclusion that there is insufficient certainty in the regulation of legal relations arising from Creative Commons licenses in the Russian Federation. The author draws attention to the possibility of qualifying Creative Commons licenses as contracts of adhesion. The author of the article noted the good practice of developing special symbols and abbreviations for each type of Creative Commons license terms in order to protect the weak party of the contract. The author evaluated the effectiveness of imperative establishment of requirements for graphic design of signs symbolizing certain types of contractual terms for any type of online contract.