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Month: May 2018

Russian legislator proposed to reduce copyright term for some IP objects in Russia

Russian deputy proposed new draft laws aiming to “confirm that the works of science, literature and art, created in soviet times on demand of state and at the cost of state, are in public domain”. The first draft law introduces amendment to article 1298 of Russian civil code and adding new item. This item states that works of science, literature or art, created in Soviet Union and published before 31 of December 1992 are in public domain.

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Russian Roskomnadzor has published new procedure for identification of resources to be blocked

Who executes identification under proposed procedure? It is officers of Roskomnadzor. Identification is necessary in order to restrict access to certain web-site of web-page where is published information forbidden for dissemination in Russia. The Roskomnadzor is the operator of the single registry containing the URLs, domain names and network addresses of web-sites in internet where is published information forbidden for dissemination in Russia.

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There will be no analogue of the Great China Firewall in Russia

The Russian ministry of communication has ensured that “the way to Great China Firewall is not for Russia”. Nobody intends to create the analogue of such “roadblocks” for global internet in Russia. As said deputy of the minister of communication, Alexey Volin, “we will never choose the Chinese way in relation to internet”.

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