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No criminal liability for copyright infringement in the absence of intention to sale

Published 5th April 2017

Russian IP ombudsman, Anatoly Semenov, proposed to eliminate criminal liability for copyright infringement for cases where person infringed copyright in software without intention to sell or distribute it. In other words if person has installed pirated software on computer and does not disseminate it or does not sell it to other persons, such person should not be held criminally responsible.

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Russian ministry of culture proposed hard measures to fight internet piracy in order to protect national films

Published 3rd April 2017

Russian ministry of culture (MinCult) proposed hard measures to fight piracy in internet – blocking of access to web-sites, disseminating Russian national films in violation of Russian law, within two days without court order. These measures can be included in new draft law on blocking of access to mirrors of pirate website.

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Russian government allowed forming of interagency commissions for blocking of web-sites in severe cases

Published 28th March 2017

Russian government has adopted amendments to one of its decrees concerning the blocking of web-sites. The special interagency commission can be formed if the case is difficult. But amendments also provide certain details in procedure when information in question is to be blocked.

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Russian Ministry of Culture has shaken film distribution industry

Published 23rd March 2017

Last year Russian government adopted new amendments to rules for demonstration of movies in cinemas. Under these amendments the permission for demonstration of movies is also necessary for “showing of film by other technical means”. The making available of a film is also included to public performance. Russian MinCult decided to clarify these amendments and published its explanation.

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Russian Roskomnadzor will block web-sites more accurately and faster

Published 22nd March 2017

Russian Roskomnadzor can receive a power to define the way of blocking for web-sites listed in “black list”. New developed amendments for regulation are intended to protect law-abiding web resources from unjustifiable blocking, for example when two web-sites “reside” on single IP and one of them must be blocked under Russian law, the “innocent” will not be punished together with guilty one.

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Consumers’ FAQs on copyright: What is copyright infringement?

Published 21st March 2017

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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First injunction against ISP in respect of illegal streaming servers in UK

Published 16th March 2017

“FAPL” is the governing body of the football competition known as the Premier League. FAPL owns the copyright in films comprising television footage of all Premier League matches, and in artistic works which appear within that footage. By its claim FAPL sought an injunction against the six main retail internet service providers (“ISPs”) in the United Kingdom pursuant to section 97A of the CDPA 1988, which implements Article 8(3) of the Information Society Directive, requiring the defendants in this case to take measures to block, or at least impede, access by their customers to streaming servers which deliver infringing live streams of Premier League footage to UK consumers.

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Music Community’s joint supplemental comments on implementation of safe harbour provisions in USA

Published 9th March 2017

Many service providers readily claim in their comments that the DMCA safe harbors, as interpreted by the courts and certain advocates, give service providers blanket immunity from damages liability for copyright infringement as long as they respond to takedown notices and terminate users they deem to be repeat infringers.

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Russian minister of culture: users must be liable if they use pirated content

Published 2nd March 2017

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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UK IPO calls for views on illicit IPTV streaming devices

Published 28th February 2017

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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