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Almost half of all toys in Russian market are counterfeited

Kids toys industry association claims increasing figures of counterfeited products in Russian market due to financial circumstances of customers. In 2012 share of counterfeited products in the field of toys for children was about 30%. Now 43% of toys in Russia market are counterfeited – this is figure for first half of 2016.

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The new law about news aggregators is adopted is Russia

The Russian president has signed the law amending federal Russian law about information, its dissemination and informational technologies and Russian administrative code. Now the owners of software, web-sites and/or page of web-site in Internet, exploited for purposes of processing and dissemination of information must be beware of more strict conditions in Russian state.

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Something has changed for management of Russian authors’ society

First of all the procedural status of Sergey Fedotov, CEO of Russian authors’ society (RAO), has been changed – he is under arrest. But this fact would not stop the operation of RAO, there are two more persons, who can make decisions and “act on behalf of legal entity without entrusting” under current Russian law – Vera Fedotova, mother of Sergey Fedotov and the first deputy of CEO, and Krichevsky, the second deputy of CEO.

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Comments of Dr. Adam B. Jaffe on collective rights management – second part

The underlying source of the PROs’ and publishers unhappiness with the current performance royalty landscape seems to be that musical works performance royalties for non-interactive digital music services are much lower than the sound recording royalty rates for the same licensees. It is important to note in this context that this disparity results from an explicit decision by the CRB that sound recording performance royalties should not be tied to music composition performance royalties.

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Russian Authors’ Society is under enforcement fire again

This time it is much more seriously. Not only business activity of accredited collecting society is in the field of interests of Russian law enforcement authorities, but also top management of organisation get their attention. Now not only Russian ministry of internal affairs but also Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) try to find out all aspects of very old issue.

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National intellectual property rights policy of India

An all-encompassing IPR Policy will promote a holistic and conducive ecosystem to catalyse the full potential of intellectual property for India’s economic growth and socio-cultural development, while protecting public interest. The rationale for the National IPR Policy lies in the need to create awareness about the importance of IPRs as a marketable financial asset and economic tool. The Policy lays down seven Objectives which are elaborated with steps to be undertaken by the identified nodal Ministry/ department.

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Russian accredited collecting societies might be required to take lesser commission

Russian state would limit commission taken by accredited by state collective management organisation from royalties collected under compulsory licencing regime. There is no details how it should be done, but the common idea it clear – accredited by state CMO will make on right holders lesser monies than earlier.

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Comments of Dr. Adam B. Jaffe on collective rights management – first part

Copyright gives creators a monopoly over their own works; rightsholders licensing their works individually have the right to charge whatever they choose, and would not be subject to any restriction on their licensing practices or prices. There is no legal or regulatory restriction on the right of any individual composer to operate in this manner today. Composers and music publishers have chosen, however, to organize themselves into Performing Rights Organizations or “PROs.” The PROs (ASCAP, BMI and SESAC) offer “blanket” licenses that convey to broadcasters and other users the right of public performance to the works of thousands of individual composers at a single price. We would not allow wheat farmers or law firms to band together and offer access to their products only on a package basis at a fixed price, because we expect that if they did so they would insist on higher prices than each could get on their own.

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Russian government dislikes idea to fund Russian cinematography at the expense of Russian movie exhibitors

Russian ministry of culture (MinCult) proposed to fund Russian cinematography at the expense of television channels (broadcasters), movie exhibitors (online and traditional cinemas). Russian broadcasters, cinemas and media companies already acquire rights in content, including those produced in Russia, they fund Russian cinematography already and don’t want to pay more.

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Ministers from different EU countries have written the letter to Andrus Ansip concerning online platforms

The development of new digital technologies, behavioural patterns and business models is challenging the status quo and raising questions about how platforms function within the Digital Single Market. The European Commission is rightly emphasising the importance of this issue and collecting evidence as the basis for a comprehensive analysis of the role of online platforms within the Digital Single Market Strategy.

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