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SWD IA on EU copyright modernisation – baseline and first option for out-of-commerce works in the collections of cultural heritage institutions

Published 11th May 2018

Baseline

No policy intervention. CHIs would continue to rely mainly on individual licensing, or collective licensing where possible. Collective licensing would be supported by national legal mechanisms to cover the rights of outsiders only in a limited number of MS. Licences resulting from these mechanisms would be limited to one national territory. The 2011 MoU would continue to call on MS to adopt such mechanisms for books and learned journals, and to provide a basis for further collective licences for this category of works.

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The matter of proper licensing: ABKCO Music v Sagan

Published 8th May 2018

This copyright infringement case concerns a collection of live audio and audiovisual recordings of iconic songs that were recorded while being performed live in concert and thereafter acquired by defendants William E. Sagan, Bill Graham Archives, LLC, and Norton, LLC, from the late Bill Graham and operators of other concert venues. The collection primarily consists of recordings made from the 1960s to the 2000s.

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Penalties for messengers for non-compliance with Russian law

Published 3rd May 2018

According to new law a new article has been included in Russian administrative code. This article provides penalties for non-compliance with Russian law on messengers. If messenger does not comply with rules in the country of its operation it can be imposed by fine.

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

Published 2nd May 2018

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

Published 1st May 2018

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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Do not embed copyright infringement

Published 30th April 2018

When the Copyright Act was amended in 1976, the words “tweet,” “viral,” and “embed” invoked thoughts of a bird, a disease, and a reporter. Decades later, these same terms have taken on new meanings as the centerpieces of an interconnected world wide web in which images are shared with dizzying speed over the course of any given news day.

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Russian legislators proposed to ban apps for copyright infringement

Published 25th April 2018

They proposed the new draft law. It introduces new definition – the owner of app. App owner is the owner of software for computer where the information, containing copyrighted subject matter excluding photos or containing information necessary in order to receive such copyrighted subject-matter with help of telecommunication networks, is placed without proper permission of right holder or other legal ground.

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The Russia regulates Internet “excessively” and “erratically”

Published 19th April 2018

The deputy of Russian minister of communication (MinCom), Alexey Volin, believes “excessive and erratic regulation of internet by the Russian state precludes progress of digital economy”. According to his words the industry suffers losses if state regulation lacks sequence and consistency.

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New proposed law on “social networks” in Russia

Published 17th April 2018

After the first initial proposal to regulate and control social networks in Russia and dissemination of information there failed, the Russian legislators proposed new redaction of this law. It was introduced again and it seems the law will be adopted for sure and quickly. Explanation note to the draft law states that the aim is to preclude the dissemination of illegal and false social significant information in social networks in Russia.

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Draft Recommendation on the roles and responsibilities of internet intermediaries

Published 17th April 2018

A wide, diverse and rapidly evolving range of actors, commonly referred to as internet intermediaries, facilitate interactions on the internet between natural persons and between natural and legal persons by offering and performing a variety of functions and services. Some connect users to the internet, enable the processing of information and data, or host web-based services, including for user-generated content.

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