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The article is devoted to the views of Włodzimierz Spasowicz on copyright of the Russian Empire in the nineteenth century. The issue of copyright in literature, music and visual arts were characterized on the basis of civil law and criminal law. Włodzimierz Spasow- icz represented interesting opinion on the international aspect of copyright protection. The polemic – between Włodzimierz Spasowicz and Pierre Joseph Proudhon – on the essence of copyright was equally important.