Press "Enter" to skip to content

Day: 12 January 2016

Main conditions for foreign social networks to work in Russia have been declared

Russian president’s counsellor on internet, German Klimenko, has explained to foreign social networks what they have to do in order to work in Russia. He believes foreign social networks must abide certain conditions. First of all “they must cooperate with law enforcement authorities. They must operate in Russia likewise Russian social networks. They must have same rights and obligations. Not just only rights but also obligations.”

Comments closed

Russian Ministry of communication, treating collective management in Russia, tempers justice with mercy

Russian Ministry of Communication can change its mind in relation to non-contractual collective management in Russia if the collective management organisation will work transparently. If there will be drastic positive changes good for right holders and if they mention it and speak out about, in that case changes in Mincom’s project are possible. According to Alexey Volin, deputy of Russian minister of communication, right holders don’t understand how royalties are distributed among them. The purpose of mincom’s project is to distribute collected royalties among right holders, but not to spend them as CMO’s operational costs. It would be right to reduce percentage the CMO leaves for itself. Volin could arrange about “greater transparency” with Russian Union of right holders (RSP) and All-Russian Organisation of Intellectual Property (VOIS).

Comments closed