Not only Russian copyright, broadcast and digital law
Or in other words – why such major companies like Universal, Warner etc. receive much more money for their copyright in content exploited in Russian social networks and they receive money in advance, but Russian music publishers and record labels receive much lesser, in best case, if nothing at all?
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Russian minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky believes internet users must be personally responsible for the use of pirate content, but society is not ready for it. It is premature to provide liability for users in Russian law.
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AVMSD currently covers broadcasters and certain on-demand video services and requires Member States to impose minimum rules for the regulation of audio-visual media services in specific coordinated fields. In doing so, it establishes the country of origin principle for the regulation of media services within its scope of application, with certain exceptions to avoid abuses. The new proposal seeks to bring video-sharing platforms within its scope of application, also imposing new obligations on on-demand services.
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Internet Protocol television (IPTV) boxes (also known as set-top boxes, Android TV boxes or Kodi boxes) are small plug and play media servers, originally designed to allow consumers to stream legitimate content (locally stored or legal online content). Despite the legitimate use of this equipment, software is widely available (like Kodi extensions) which connect the boxes to illegal content through streaming websites, file lockers and BitTorrent trackers.
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In Russia has been adopted new law providing penalties for internet service providers who failed to block access to web-site under Russian law or court order. Liability provided for natural and legal persons.
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There has been published a very useful guide for consumers and for anyone who is curious about copyright. This guide explains different things, relating to IP rights, in simple way. The project has been commissioned by the European Union intellectual property office.
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If a web-site is available and operating in Russia and does not comply with Russian law, like copyright, it can be blocked. In the context of copyright the blocking relates most likely to torrent sites or pirate sites. But in most cases blocked sites “moves” to new domain and a new mirror of web-site appears. Russian legislators and right holders don’t like it. It means they must do all work again.
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VPN service Hideme.ru has been blocked under Byzylyks district court order in Orenburg province. The court decided that resource provided the internet users with opportunity to receive an access to web-sites, containing extremist materials. Therefore according to the court order the hideme.ru VPN service disseminated information forbidden in Russia.
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Russian law provides blocking of web-site if it contains information or content qualified as illegal under applicable legal norms. The “mechanisms” of blocking have been implemented successfully in Russia. So after blocking of web-site ordinary Internet-users in Russia are not able to visit such web-site.
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Russian Roskomnadzor has sent to administrations of news aggregators the notification to provide information concerning daily visitors of resource. Google News, Yandex news, Mail News, Rambler News and Microsoft have already received it. After examination of information news-aggregators must provide also information identifying the owners of news-aggregator.
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