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.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI believe users must bear some liability for theft of author\u2019s product. But at current stage our society has ripened unlikely. There must be an absolutely different culture of consuming for these purposes.\u201d \u2013 he said<\/a>. \u201cA more rigorous legislation is necessary in order to fight piracy. Ministry of Culture (Mincult) is a proponent of more rigorous approach.\u201d<\/p>\n But Russian minister of culture did not explain how users must define whether the content in internet is legal. Medinsky also believes a pirate website is to be shut down without court order or proceedings. \u201cAfter series of warnings a pirate web-site is to be shut down under pre-trial procedure. After that it must prove that it is not a pirate.\u201d<\/p>\n Medinsky has admitted he is a subscriber of legal content services, offering legal audio-visual content. \u201cIt is insanely comfortable, very simple, if it too lazy for you to go to the cinema, and it is cheaper, than in the cinema, significantly\u201d, – underlined minister of culture. He also pointed that cabinet of minister approved draft law on mirror of pirate web-sites. \u201cIt is a very good draft law. It will resolve a problem of piracy partially and slightly.\u201d<\/p>\n