Deputies from Communist party requested prime-minister Dmitry Medvedev, attorney general and minister of internal affairs to inspect accredited Russian collective management societies. Deputies asked to inspect Russian Authors Society (RAO), All-Russian Intellectual Property Organisation (VOIS) and Russian Union of Right holders (RSP), they are concerned about transparency in spending of collected royalties by accredited CMOs. Deputies underlined declining trust degree of authors, performers, producers and other right holders in relation to CMO. “As we can make conclusion, based on information we have, during the management of copyright by RAO, VOIS, RSP, authors, performers, producers and other right holders have not received more than 10 billion roubles.”
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