tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post3988333817966994593..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: Russia Prosecuting Online Infringement. For the WTO?Marie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-75894907583836777242011-01-23T12:08:22.114+00:002011-01-23T12:08:22.114+00:00Thanks for the post Aurelia. It may well be that R...Thanks for the post Aurelia. It may well be that Russia has an eye on the 'prize' of WTO membership, but it seems that the action against the individual was sought by a record label after the Russian social networking Vkontakte was hel not to be responsible for copyrighted materials uploaded by users of its service by a Russian court. The Nikitin record company claimed the illegal downloading had cost them 108,000 roubles in lost sales.<br /><br />The IFPI's recently published Digital Music Report calls on governments around the world to do more to fight music piracy - but clearly the labels will take direct action where they have to - A court in Finland has ordered the operators of a file-sharing hub to pay over $1 million in damages to copyright holders, and imposed suspended custodial sentences in an action brought by the IFPI, the international group that represents the major record labels. The unnamed 35-year-old man and 21-year-old woman operated a Direct Connect hub called Sarah's Secret Chamber, which counted 1,600 users and some 50 terabytes of shared files. <br /><br /> <br />In the Russian case, Moscownews.com reports that a Russian lweyer, Andrei Zelenin, said that it was still unclear how private use of copyright material was defined on the internet. But he added that it was up to the record company to prove that the offender placed the material online in the hope of profiting from it in some way saying “If the user posts material which is familiar to his friends and relatives than there is nothing illegal about it,” Zelenin said. “At least, that’s how the court would see it.”<br /><br />http://themoscownews.com/business/20110120/188347237.html?referfrommn <br /><br />IFPI Digital Music Report www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2011.pdfBen Challishttp://www.musiclawupdates.comnoreply@blogger.com