Not only Russian copyright, broadcast and digital law
A new very useful research, requested by policy department for citizens’ rights and constitutional affairs, has been published. The author of research, Eleonora Rosati, has briefly but informative and understandable way outlined the main issues with text and data mining exception to copyright. The entire research available here, below some technical points of exception – its three steps.
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This copyright infringement case concerns a collection of live audio and audiovisual recordings of iconic songs that were recorded while being performed live in concert and thereafter acquired by defendants William E. Sagan, Bill Graham Archives, LLC, and Norton, LLC, from the late Bill Graham and operators of other concert venues. The collection primarily consists of recordings made from the 1960s to the 2000s.
Comments closedThe Russian minister of education, Olga Vasilievna, made this decision when one of her deputies has been accused of plagiarism. The most interesting is that this decision is not made officially. One of her executives has received instruction to check scientific works, but this instruction has been made without terms for its execution.
Comments closedRussian deputy proposed new draft laws aiming to “confirm that the works of science, literature and art, created in soviet times on demand of state and at the cost of state, are in public domain”. The first draft law introduces amendment to article 1298 of Russian civil code and adding new item. This item states that works of science, literature or art, created in Soviet Union and published before 31 of December 1992 are in public domain.
Comments closedAccording to new law a new article has been included in Russian administrative code. This article provides penalties for non-compliance with Russian law on messengers. If messenger does not comply with rules in the country of its operation it can be imposed by fine.
Comments closedWho executes identification under proposed procedure? It is officers of Roskomnadzor. Identification is necessary in order to restrict access to certain web-site of web-page where is published information forbidden for dissemination in Russia. The Roskomnadzor is the operator of the single registry containing the URLs, domain names and network addresses of web-sites in internet where is published information forbidden for dissemination in Russia.
Comments closedThe Russian ministry of communication has ensured that “the way to Great China Firewall is not for Russia”. Nobody intends to create the analogue of such “roadblocks” for global internet in Russia. As said deputy of the minister of communication, Alexey Volin, “we will never choose the Chinese way in relation to internet”.
Comments closedWhen the Copyright Act was amended in 1976, the words “tweet,” “viral,” and “embed” invoked thoughts of a bird, a disease, and a reporter. Decades later, these same terms have taken on new meanings as the centerpieces of an interconnected world wide web in which images are shared with dizzying speed over the course of any given news day.
Comments closedDigitisation and dissemination of out-of-commerce works held by cultural heritage institutions, including across borders, in ‘mass digitisation’ projects, is adversely affected by difficulties in clearing rights. The digitisation and dissemination of in-copyright OoC works as part of ‘mass digitisation’ efforts is however faced by distinct difficulties and high transaction costs for clearing the relevant rights. This problem contrasts with the inherently low current commercial value of the works at stake.
Comments closedLetters, Email, and Other Written Correspondence
Letters, emails, journals, diaries, and other forms of written correspondence may be registered if they contain a sufficient amount of copyrightable expression and if the claimant owns the copyright in that material. When submitting an application to register these types of works, the applicant should limit the claim to the text, artwork, and/or photographs that appear in the work.
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