Day: 16 February 2016

At the meeting with participation of Roskomnadzor it was decided to draft a law in order to block copies of pirate sites on other domains. In Russia, as well as in other countries, blocked websites move to other domains. Under current law Moscow court has no opportunity to block new domain address (mirror) of pirate website automatically. If blocked web-site moves to new domain, right holders must apply for blocking again. Therefore right holders together with Roskomnadzor decided to develop draft law which equates mirror sites to blocked sites as reported izvestia.

Russian Roskomnadzor’s CEO Aleksandr Zharov predicts business of torrent-tracker Rutracker will be over in few months. “I believe it is turning point. Advertisers will go away, and as long as Rutracker is original mass media its business will be over in few months. Efficacy of blocking and decrease of traffic achieved 75%. Administration of website should make its choice – to be good guys or operate under different domain name.” – he said during its lecture in Moscow State University.