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Russian authorities want to take control over coordinating center managing tlds .ru and .рф. Coordinating center also controls 75% stake in Technical Internet Center (TIC) which secure constant work of domain addressing in Russian segment of internet. Whether industry stakeholders and players would like it or they would disagree with it, the decision has been made and is implemented.
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The group of right holders has written a petition to stop anarchy in Russian Authors Society (RAO). This petition is to be signed electronically by 50000 persons; almost 47 thousands already did it. This petition will be delivered to Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, to his first deputy Igor Shuvalov, to director of Federal Security Service (FSB), to minister of internal affairs, to chairman of investigation committee, to attorney general, to minister of culture, and to members of RAO.
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RAO is ready to create special technical platform in order to automatically track using of musical works in public places (restaurants, outlets and other different venues) and on television channels and radio stations. The purpose is to allow authors and right holder to be able to check how often their music is performed and how much they should receive.
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Investigators do their job. They interrogate employees of RAO. And Sergey Fedotov tries to appeal his arrest. Other stake holders have to present their proposals concerning new model of collective rights management. They have term till middle of August. First vice-premier Igor Shuvalov entrust Russian ministry of economic development to create new model of collective rights management. “We will try to involve all stakeholders and providers of content, and authors and telecommunication companies and all of them.” – said Oleg Fomichev, deputy of Russian minister of economic development.
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Russian Federal Taxation service together with relevant ministries and authorities develops propositions concerning VAT for overseas internet outlets selling goods and services to residents in Russia.
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Russian social network VKontakte has reached arrangements with three majors and now it thinks how to recoup legalisation of opportunity for its users to listen music for free. It could make paid options for musical part of its service. The way the users consume music would also be “rethought”.
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In 2015, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, commissioned a research study on business models used to infringe intellectual property rights (IPRs). The initiative is envisioned as an independent data-driven study that will assess and analyse specific techniques used to facilitate online IPR infringements on a commercial scale.
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The EU faces a high number of intellectual property rights infringements, and the volume and financial value of these infringements are not insubstantial, as reported by the Commission in its report on the application of the Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (COM(2010)0779). IPR infringements have an impact on SMEs and on business-to-business services, and can lead to the loss of markets and bankruptcy.
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Intellectual property rights are one of the driving forces of innovation and creativity and a key contributor to competitiveness and employment; the enforcement of intellectual property rights plays a significant role in ensuring consumers’ health and safety; counterfeiting is generally linked with a black economy and organised crime, through financial contributions.
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Intellectual property rights are one of the driving forces of innovation and creativity and a key contributor to competitiveness and employment; product authenticity must not be conflated with product safety and product quality issues, the enforcement of intellectual property rights could also play a role in ensuring consumers’ health and safety; counterfeiting is generally linked with a black economy.
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