Not only Russian copyright, broadcast and digital law
Most right holders believe if you block domain name you can destroy one of the pirate strongholds. But sometimes it is like to change the name of the street where you organise and maintain illegal activity. You change street name but someone, who make illegal business, is still there. Here is almost the same.
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In this report Anti-Copying in Design (ACID) draw attention to the specific success of the design industry and the challenges designers now face in an active increasingly challenging enforcement environment. ACID claim design is the fastest growing sector within the burgeoning creative industries, in the 5 years between 2008 and 2013 the design sector grew by 34%. In the UK today 350,000 people are employed in the design industry.
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Great Minds has filed a suit against FedEx claiming the last wilfully and blatantly infringes intellectual property in certain non-profit educational materials created and owned by Great Minds.
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Record companies (UMG Recordings, Inc.; Capitol Records, LLC; Warner Bros. Records Inc.; Warner Music Latina Inc.; Sony Music Entertainment; Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC; Arista Records LLC; Atlantic Recording Corporation; Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.; Fueled by Ramen, LLC; Kemosabe Records LLC; LaFace Records LLC; Nonesuch Records Inc.; WEA International Inc.; and Zomba Recording LLC) filed a suit against persons owning and operating website “YouTube-mp3” (“YTMP3”), www.youtube-mp3.org.
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According to the Commission, the cultural and creative sectors, often IPR intensive, already account for up to 4.5% of GDP and up to 8.5 million jobs in the European Union and are not only essential for cultural diversity but also significantly contribute to social and economic development. The key objective of the Action Plan should be to ensure the effective enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) which plays a key role in stimulating innovation, creativity, competitiveness, growth and cultural diversity.
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The Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill (the Bill) sets out reforms to the law of unjustified, or groundless, threats as it applies to patents, trade marks and designs. The law in this area provides a remedy for those who are affected by unjustified threats. Threats to sue for infringement are unjustified where they are made in respect of an invalid right or where there has been no infringement. These Explanatory Notes explain what each part of the Bill will mean in practice.
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If a certain activity, considered from judicial point of view as a piracy, for some people is necessary due to their faith, regardless of whether sincerely or just for fun or for personal advantage, can it be respected by law and enforcement authorities and courts even if such activity infringes copyright law? Article 28 of Russian constitution guarantees the freedom of religion.
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Russian popular web-site Librusec (lib.rus.ec) is to be permanently blocked for copyright infringement under Moscow court order. Russian publishing house “AST” has applied for preliminary measure in order to protect its copyright in three literary works illegally placed on web-site in question.
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The Union Directives which have been adopted in the area of copyright and related rights provide for a high level of protection for rightholders and thereby create a framework wherein the exploitation of works and other protected subject-matter can take place.
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