Not only Russian copyright, broadcast and digital law
Cultural and creative industries are generating an increasing number of jobs (that are difficult or impossible to relocate), and they are economically robust and are catalysts for innovation. Authors and performers are at the origin and the very source of CCIs. CCIs comprise a majority of small and micro-companies which main strength shall remain the short value chain between artists and creators and their final output and production.
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VPN and anonymizers are very popular among internet users who want to get access to blocked information or web-site. The desire to break taboos always is strong. The rumors are going around that Russian Roskomnadzor has developed a new draft law special for anonymizers and VPN.
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Consent Decrees remain essential to foster competitive market pricing for music performance rights. SESAC exercises substantial market power as a licensing collective and should be subject to regulation comparable to that to which ASCAP and BMI are subject. Copyright law principles and market structure coalesce to eliminate competition in the marketplace for music performance rights. These combined factors give the PROs enormous market power insulated from competitive forces.
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Online platforms have dramatically changed the digital economy over the last two decades and bring many benefits in today’s digital society. They play a prominent role in the creation of ‘digital value’ that underpins future economic growth in the EU and consequently are of major importance to the effective functioning of the digital single market.
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US film studios typically license audio-visual content to a single pay-TV broadcaster in each Member State (or combined for a few Member States with a common language).
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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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Russian governmental decree prescribes to use Russian software at the expense of Russian state budget. If there is Russian analogue of foreign software the state authority must obtain Russian software product. The special register of Russian software lists all software admitted as produced in Russia.
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“Russian Google” Yandex, owning and operating musical streaming service Yandex.Music, has been accused of copyright infringement by Russian company “SO/Era Music” Ltd. Era music seeks 5.5 million roubles for copyright infringement. Era music filed suit.
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Online services providing access to copyright protected content uploaded by their users without the involvement of right holders have flourished and have become main sources of access to content online. This affects right holders’ possibilities to determine whether, and under which conditions, their work and other subject-matter are used as well as their possibilities to get an appropriate remuneration for it.
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Russian business publishing house Kommersant has organised panel discussion “Internet and law”. The Russian Senator Ludmila Bokova has been invited. She explained the difference between cinema and torrents. Why torrents are more popular than cinemas? Internet users don’t need to pay for torrents, which are cheaper than prices of tickets to cinema.
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