According to research carried out by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM), just a quarter of Russians are ready to pay for online content. The survey was designed to measure the public response to Russia’s new anti-piracy legislation, enacted in July 2013. The law does not target users who simply view or download illegitimate content for personal use, but …
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In partnership with comScore, Ernst and Young and The Next Web, East-West Digital News is releasing a 100-page study on the Russian online video market, a fast-growing segment that deserves renewed attention. A variety of factors is set to drive strong further growth, from the new anti-piracy legislation – which is likely to increase content …
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Just two months after strict anti-piracy legislation came into force, Russia’s largest online video services have formed the Internet Video Association in order to help shield the market against pirated video content. The union defines itself as “a nonprofit organization that assists in the proper application of the anti-piracy law while avoiding discrimination and repression,” according to its chairman Oleg Rumyantsev, …
Ruslan Gattarov, a Russian senator who has recently become an advocate for the privacy of Russian Internet users, continues his crusade against what he perceives as the unlawful actions of the world’s largest Internet companies in Russia. In late August, he asked the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation and Roskomnadzor, the key federal …
Google and Facebook taken to task, Twitter suspected of user data misuse Read More
Last Friday, the First Deputy Director of the Presidential Administration, Vyacheslav Volodin, met with representatives of Russian media and Internet companies. Among the participants were top managers of leading Internet and media companies operating in Russia, including Arkady Volozh, the CEO of search engine giant Yandex, Maëlle Gavet, CEO of major e-commerce site Ozon.ru, and …
Kremlin meets with Internet industry leaders to discuss self-regulation Read More
The new Russian legislation intended to stop online piracy came into effect on August 1. A long-awaited victory for copyright holders, the law facilitates the prosecution of website owners violating intellectual property rights and enables courts to issue warrants to block websites that violate copyright laws if illegal content is not removed within 24 hours. The legislation …
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Western Internet companies operating in Russia and Russian Internet giants and media companies are the targets of investigation and potential new legislation on personal data. The committee for information policy of the Council of the Federation – the upper house of the Russian Parliament – has been investigating whether user agreements of major Internet sites …
A Moscow court ruled earlier this week that Russia’s Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM) broke the law when it fined Rambler Internet Holding, a sizable Russian-language news portal and webmail service, for protecting its users’ constitutional right to privacy in email correspondence. The FSFM had ordered Rambler to disclose email information during the financial …
Roskomnadzor, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, released its annual report on the personal data law last week. The agency reported 53 personal data leaks in Russia in 2012. Around 30 cases involved non-compliance with the requirements of the personal data law, while the remaining 20 cases involved an …
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Last week the Russian parliament passed a new law against movie piracy on the Internet, which will take effect on August 1, 2013 if signed by the President. The new regulation allows copyright holders to file lawsuits against websites violating their intellectual property. The court will issue a warrant to block the website if the violating …
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As Russian media sources air reports about VKontakte (VK.com), Russia’s largest social network, getting rid of its illegal music content, VK.com itself denies any widespread purges, mollifying user protests with a ‘business as usual’ sort of message. “VKontakte, facing the imminent adoption of Russia’s anti-piracy law, is busy removing its illegal music content – perhaps,” …
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Russian IT security solutions developer Kaspersky Lab plans to open a new US office in the Washington D.C. area to sell its products to the US government, Reuters reported earlier this month. One of the world’s biggest buyers of security software, the US government traditionally avoids purchasing Russian IT products out of fear that they …
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