Purpose: the purpose of the research paper is to analyze reasons for the most frequent violations in the field of copyright and related rights to objects posted on the Internet, to study ways of their protection, and to provide for preventive methods of dealing with the violations of rights and freedoms of rightsholders. The methodological basis of the study comprises general scientific, philosophical, ideological, method of analysis and special methods. Results: the protection of copyright and related rights on the Internet is a complicated task because of the need to ensure a balance between the mentioned rights and the freedom to disseminate and receive information. The author gives her recommendations on how to prevent the infringement of copyright and related rights on the Internet and how to protect them using out-of-court (extrajudicial) and judicial procedures. Discussion: learning the essence of copyright and related rights, clarifying the essence of their normative regulation, description of the works that most often become the object of violation of rights, searching for methods and procedures to protect violated intellectual property rights on the Internet.