Intellectual property

Court orders Russian newspaper to give photoblogger free advertising, after stealing his work

November 30, 2015

An appeals court has approved a settlement agreement between photoblogger Ilya Varlamov and the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, which was convicted of publishing 18 of Varlamov’s photographs without his permission. In accordance with the settlement, the newspaper must advertise Varlamov’s work on its website and the websites of its affiliates. Komsomolskaya Pravda has agreed to send 2 million visitors …

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Marchmont Capital Partners CEO Kendrick White: “Russian universities need to maximize the value of their intellectual property”

March 3, 2017

Kendrick White, director of Marchmont Capital Partners, an investment advisory firm, has worked in Russia for 22 years. In 2013, the US businessman was appointed vice rector for innovation policy at the Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod (UNN), a position for which he was suddenly dismissed in June 2015. White now helps Russian inventors find common ground with …

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Universal and Warner Music groups win case against VKontakte

February 12, 2016

Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group have claimed an important victory in their fight to stop copyright infringement by VKontakte, Russia’s largest social network and the country’s most popular provider of music. A Russian court has ruled that VKontakte must introduce technology to effectively prevent the unauthorised upload of the companies’ sound recordings on to …

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Russia’s first TV channel and VKontakte agree legalization of video content

February 26, 2016

In yet another step in VKontakte’s strategy to legalize its content, the social network has reached an agreement with Channel One, Russia’s first TV channel. The broadcaster will provide the rights to broadcast its programs and popular shows in exchange for a share of advertising revenues. The news was reported on Wednesday by Russian business …

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Russia to block piracy websites permanently after one copyright violation

March 1, 2016

Starting next May, websites guilty of more than one copyright violation will be permanently blocked in the country. The move comes as part of a new anti-piracy bill signed into law by President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, ramping up what many critics see as an already draconian set of copyright protection rules. Once a website is blocked by a court decision, it cannot be unblocked, according to the …

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Mail.ru Group in talks with Western rights holders to legalize content available on its social networks

November 6, 2014

Mail.Ru Group has begun another round of talks with Western rights holders about legalizing the music available via its resources – including Russia’s largest social network VKontakte (VK.com), – reports business daily Vedomosti, citing the company’s employees. The LSE-listed Internet group is being assisted in the negotiations to legalize the music on all its social networks …

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Vkontakte still facilitates IP rights breaches, says US industry association

October 28, 2014

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which represent six major Hollywood studios, has informed the US Government about two dozen piracy-promoting websites it would like to be gone. Alongside with major torrent sites The Pirate Bay and Kickass.to, the list includes – as in previous years – Russia’s leading social network Vkontakte (VK), file-hosting service …

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Can Spotify and new local services drive Russian music fans to the right side of the law?

October 13, 2014

With a decades-long history of being one of the countries where online music has been mostly pirated, Russia is now seeing the emergence of music services that offer users a legal way to stream tracks. Spotify is on its way to the country, and local services are gearing up towards acquiring a bigger audience with new features and tailor-made offers …

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Global record labels take Vkontakte into Russian court as music piracy continues

April 9, 2014

Three international music record labels have taken the offensive in another attempt to challenge online piracy in Russia, international industry association IFPI reported. Once again the target is Vkontakte (also known as VK.com), the former Soviet Union’s third most visited website and leading social network. Sony Music Russia, Universal Music Russia and Warner Music UK filed three separate …

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Adobe cuts its Russia staff by half and scales down piracy fight

March 14, 2014

Adobe has announced that it will no longer pursue criminal proceedings against illegal distributors of their software in Russia. This marks a significant change in strategy from the American company, which had previously actively fought against online-piracy. In 2012 Adobe was involved in 27% of the criminal proceedings related to copyright infringement, and in 2013 …

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Anti-piracy law is good, tech makes it better

December 16, 2013

When I moved to Russia, I was astonished by the pervasiveness of Internet piracy. Movies, music, software, books — everything was at my fingertips, free of charge and in the language of my choice. When my Russian friends learned that I pay for a Netflix account, they burst out laughing. Why, they asked, would I pay for something that is available for free? During my time in Russia, …

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