p2pnet - rss feed: Russia to revise copyright laws
p2p news / p2pnet:- Could it be that soon, RIAA boss Mitch ‘The Don’ Bainwol and the MPAA’s Dan ‘Jedi’ Glickman will be seen parading on Russia’s Red Square, formerly graced by ex-Soviet leaders such as Joseph Stalin and Nikita Kruschef?
The US entertainment and software cartels have apparently succeeded in bringing sufficient pressure to bear on Russia to force the country to change its copyright laws to better accord with cartel interests.
Recently, John Kennedy, who runs the Big Music-owned IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industry), was on Russia’s case because the country wasn’t moving fast enough to suit him. And he got really upset when “comments apparently made by a Russian government official suggest the country has been dropped from IFPI’s priority list”.
Now, Russian economic development and trade minister German Gref says the country is, “ready to draw up amendments and we want law enforcement bodies to help us determine [the relevant] sanctions,” according to Novosti, which goes on to say the news came at the coordinating session of law enforcement authorities on “toughening measures against violations of intellectual property rights”.
And to make sure everyone gets the message, “leading figures of culture, science and art were preparing to participate in an anti-counterfeit campaign that will be held on Red Square soon,” says Novosti.
“Gref said it was necessary to find ways to encourage officials to enforce anti-piracy laws while the authorities could still correct the situation. However, “tougher sanctions could lead to corruption, therefore these measures must be followed by the appropriate enforcement”.
“We call it a violation of intellectual property rights, but it is sheer plundering and theft,” Gref said. “If you steal a purse in a tram or a store, it will amount to a punishable crime. But if you steal millions in the intellectual property sphere, you get insufficient punishment,” he said.
This means anyone and everyone involved in producing and selling counterfeits, “above all, salesmen,” should be “brought to justice for the ‘intentional sale of stolen things’.”
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See:-
really upset - Russia angers Big Music, August 18, 2005
Novosti - Russian economic ministry set to amend intellectual property laws, September 9, 2005
September 12th, 2005 at 6:35 pm
In Russia, copyright laws revise you!
That goes for pretty much anywhere the RIAA can reach nowadays…
September 12th, 2005 at 8:04 pm
So does this mean that allofmp3.com, arguably the best music service available, will soon be quashed by the record industry? If that’s the case, we should all get some last minute purchasing in while we still can. Pay $1 per song, especially for crappy 128 kbps files? HELLS NO! I refuse to listen to anything less than alt.preset.standard (192 kbps VBR ).
September 12th, 2005 at 9:55 pm
The fact that the Russian copyright laws are bound to change is not all that new.
In this interview from november 18, 2004 the change is already mentioned: http://www.museekster.com/mp3searchinterview.htm
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Hans: There have been a few publications on changes in the copyright laws in Russia. What is the current situation and will these changes have an effect on you service in the near future?
Sergei: An amended legislation will come into force beginning from the 1st of September 2006. It will be obligatory for an organization on collective management of copyrights (RAO, ROMS and others) to conclude agreements with all copyright holders whose works they want to give in the Internet. We have time yet to decide how to win in this situation.
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September 12th, 2005 at 10:51 pm
Lets see what the Russian mafia says first. they make money off this.
September 13th, 2005 at 7:22 am
“above all, salesmen, should be brought to justice for the ‘intentional sale of stolen things’.”
Hmmm sounds like the riaa’s business model if you ask me.
Sign a bunch of young naive kids up as the next big thing, ensure the contract states that you not the band owns any music created, demand they produce 7 albums, but if the first one doesn’t sell, don’t let them make any more, and don’t let them out of the contract just in case their sound becomes “in” in a few years or they start to be popular for some other label, pay them a pittance of anything actually sold, ensuring to under represent the number of units sold so the band doesn’t get all of what their entitled to, oh yeah, and constantly whine about how p2p is “destroying” the industry and “hurting artists” etc etc etc etc etc.
Sounds like stealing to me guys. So, when ya gonna stop it?
September 13th, 2005 at 1:33 pm
Someone should explain to Herr Kommisar Minister Gref that the MPAA, RIAA, and IFPI are NOT law enforcement agencies like the KGB, CIA, and FBI.
December 26th, 2006 at 2:53 pm
Yes i think they all of trouble! and such site as http://www.mp3city.com.ua in trouble too.
December 26th, 2006 at 2:54 pm
Yes i think they all of trouble! and such site as http://www.mp3city.com.ua in trouble too.