Yandex has three days to remove pirated links, otherwise Roskomnadzor will block Yandex.Video service.
The scandal with pirated content in the Yandex.Video service broke out a week ago, when several large media holdings removed their broadcasts from the Yandex home page in protest against pirated content in search results.
“Search results” Yandex.Video ”contains many links to pirated video resources where the projects of the holding’s TV channels are located. We have repeatedly appealed to Yandex with a request to block content in search results in accordance with the principles of the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), but to no avail, ”said a spokesman for Gazprom Media.
On August 24, it became known about the decision of the Moscow City Court , obliging Yandex to remove from the list of references in the search engine references to pirated copies of shows and serials owned by Gazprom-Media.
The rightholder explained that Yandex’s search results offer links to pirated websites that host the Home Arrest series, Out of Game, the Mystical Stories show and the Watchful Earthlings animated series. In total, in August 2018, more than 700 sites were blocked for illegally distributing the content of the holding company Gazprom-Media (it manages NTV, TNT, TV-3, 2 × 2 and other TV channels).
After the judgment was passed, Roskomnadzor sent“Yandex” notice of the need to stop access to pirated content: “The actions of Roskomnadzor within the framework of anti-piracy legislation are defined by Art. 15.2 of the Federal Law “On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection”. On the basis of this article, notifications were sent to Yandex company about the need to implement the decisions of the Moscow City Court by terminating access to the Yandex service. Video ”to the films indicated in these decisions,” the press service of the department informed.
Today, August 28, Roskomnadzor commented on the situation . The deputy head of the regulator, Vadim Subbotin, told Interfax that the Yandex.Video service could be blocked on the territory of the Russian Federation, if by the evening of August 30 it does not remove links to pirated websites.
Three days are counted from the moment the notification was sent: “On Thursday, in the evening, these three days will expire,” the deputy head of Roskomnadzor explained.
The regulator is obliged to comply with the court decision: “If Yandex doesn’t take action, then by law Yandex.Video service must be blocked. In general, of course, the decision of the Moscow City Court must be executed. There is no getting around, ”said Subbotin.
“Search results” Yandex.Video ”contains many links to pirated video resources where the projects of the holding’s TV channels are located. We have repeatedly appealed to Yandex with a request to block content in search results in accordance with the principles of the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), but to no avail, ”said a spokesman for Gazprom Media.
On August 24, it became known about the decision of the Moscow City Court , obliging Yandex to remove from the list of references in the search engine references to pirated copies of shows and serials owned by Gazprom-Media.
The rightholder explained that Yandex’s search results offer links to pirated websites that host the Home Arrest series, Out of Game, the Mystical Stories show and the Watchful Earthlings animated series. In total, in August 2018, more than 700 sites were blocked for illegally distributing the content of the holding company Gazprom-Media (it manages NTV, TNT, TV-3, 2 × 2 and other TV channels).
After the judgment was passed, Roskomnadzor sent“Yandex” notice of the need to stop access to pirated content: “The actions of Roskomnadzor within the framework of anti-piracy legislation are defined by Art. 15.2 of the Federal Law “On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection”. On the basis of this article, notifications were sent to Yandex company about the need to implement the decisions of the Moscow City Court by terminating access to the Yandex service. Video ”to the films indicated in these decisions,” the press service of the department informed.
Today, August 28, Roskomnadzor commented on the situation . The deputy head of the regulator, Vadim Subbotin, told Interfax that the Yandex.Video service could be blocked on the territory of the Russian Federation, if by the evening of August 30 it does not remove links to pirated websites.
Three days are counted from the moment the notification was sent: “On Thursday, in the evening, these three days will expire,” the deputy head of Roskomnadzor explained.
The regulator is obliged to comply with the court decision: “If Yandex doesn’t take action, then by law Yandex.Video service must be blocked. In general, of course, the decision of the Moscow City Court must be executed. There is no getting around, ”said Subbotin.