Not only Russian copyright, broadcast and digital law
Russian Roskomnadzor realises that blocking of web-sites is not so effective measure. Therefore it decided to undertake measures to prevent any technical opportunity, providing dissemination of pirated copies of audiovisual works, by way of restricting access to servers of torrent trackers – so called “announcers”.
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Broadcasters and retransmission service providers are increasingly investing in the development of digital and online services for the distribution of radio and television programmes. The online offerings of broadcasters include notably simulcasting services (TV/radio channels which are transmitted online alongside traditional broadcasting by satellite, cable or, terrestrial), TV catch-up services and podcasts.
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The Consent Decrees are outdated and in relation to the current digital landscape, diminishing the artists’ ability to exploit their works. First, the Consent Decrees mandate that both PROs unequivocally grant a license to any user who submits an application, granting immediate access to the PRO’s entire repertoire upon application without first having to negotiate economic terms of the license or make any payment.
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The Proposed Rule would require multichannel video programming distributors (“MVPDs”) to provide qualifying third parties with access to copyrighted video content, as well as associated programming information, for use across a broad spectrum of products ranging from physical set-top devices to internet-based software applications.
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The Directive’s main objective is to ensure that collective management organisations (“CMOs”) act in the best interests of the rightholders they represent. The Directive sets out the standards that CMOs must meet to ensure that they act in the best interests of the rightholders they represent. It establishes some fundamental protections for rightholders, including those who are not members of CMOs. These include detailed requirements for the way in which rights revenues are collected and paid, how the monies are handled, and how deductions are made.
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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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National sport channel has asked the court to apply “interim measures” in relation to web-site sports.ru in order to protect copyright in broadcasting television programs of “NTV Plus Sport” and “Our Football”. In other words, company asked the court to block web-site for copyright infringement of TV channels. The claimant asserts its programs were streamed without proper consent of right holder.
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Certain right holders such as authors and performers need information to assess the economic value of their rights which are harmonised under Union law. This is especially the case where such right holders grant a licence or a transfer of rights in return for remuneration.
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Microsoft Company is very famous and its products are widespread around the world, including Russia. The most popular program Windows has been installed in different versions on many millions of devices, and the fact is that not all copies of this program are duly licenced. In other words this program is installed and used on devices (who knows how many of them?) without any licence payment to Microsoft.
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Russian minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky proposed to implement new criteria in order to determine whether investments at the account of state budget were effective; in other words whether companies, who received state aid for production of movie, have made their job good and produced successful movie. It means the more people watched movie in cinema, the better company works.
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