New draft law proposes some interesting changes in Russian copyright law. First of all, it proposes to abolish private copying levy. Article 1245 of Russian civil code, providing remuneration for free reproduction of phonograms and audiovisual works only for private purposes, is to be repealed. As a consequence draft law also proposes abolishment of accreditation for collecting society which is to be authorised to collect private copying levy. Item 4 of Article 1244, providing state accreditation or in other words exclusive authority for collecting society to collect private copying levy in Russia, is to be repealed. But all other accreditations for public performance right in musical works and sound recordings survive.
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