In Russia, they want to introduce fines for downloading pirated content

    And this is not the initiative of AKIT, AZAPI and other amateur associations such as the Safe Internet League. This is discussed in the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation itself: the Ministry of Culture is discussing the introduction of fines for downloading pirated content . Here are the words of Vladimir Medinsky:
    If a tougher version of anti-piracy legislation, adopted throughout the civilized world, is not accepted and will not be implemented in our country, it will be possible to put an end to the existence of the author, the creator as an institution capable of earning a living.
    According to RNS, the State Duma’s Deputy Speaker Petr Tolstoy speaks in the same vein:
    The Ministry of Culture supports a sharp tightening of anti-piracy legislation; we are developing proposals with the deputies of the State Duma. This was discussed at a meeting with Vice Speaker Tolstoy at an expanded meeting of the Culture Committee and the Media Committee last week.

    This is already serious. True, so far there are no technical details about how user downloads of pirated content will be determined, but the immediate prospects of the “Spring Law” and the introduction of the National Provider should greatly simplify this.
    It was previously discussed that it is planned to determine the download by IP address, as in Germany:
    “It is assumed that the definition of downloading, for example, an illegal film will be made by IP, after which a fine will be sent to the violator,” a source informed RNS informed of inter-agency consultations on this topic.

    Communications Minister Nikolai Nikiforov, at an investment forum in Sochi, spoke on this subject more streamlined:
    In general, this is a commonly used world practice. I’m not sure that this should be implemented in a straightforward manner in the Russian Federation, but this is always the responsibility of one and the other. And the one who posted the pirated content, and the one who consciously consumes it in a pirated way. Responsibility, in principle, should be there and there. How to do this in Russian realities - it certainly should be a very careful and progressive process. Locking "mirrors" - we are sure that this will be a very effective way. Collective Copyright Management Reforms - The last two years have been actively discussed. A complicated story, there is no ideal model for any country.

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