Writers wrote a letter to Medvedev against free licenses and other amendments to the Civil Code
We are talking about the most revolutionary amendments in the Civil Code.
Dear Dmitry Anatolyevich! We appeal to you with a request to stop the process of legalization of book piracy , which is now happening under the good slogans of replenishing the library funds of the country with digitized books. At present, the adoption of amendments to the Fourth Part of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation is underway ... these amendments contradict the meaning and spirit of international agreements on intellectual property adopted by the Russian Federation in the run-up to, we hope, soon WTO accession.
Under the guise of "removing administrative barriers to the innovative development of the economy," it is proposed to introduce completely vague innovations into the legislation, open to any interpretations. Such as “ free license ”, “free use of works by libraries, archives and educational organizations” or “interlibrary exchange”. Educational institutions and libraries are granted the right to digitize works without the consent of the copyright holders. Including foreign ones. A vector is set for the free disposal of someone else's intellectual property .
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At the same time, the new bill proposes to free Internet providers from liability for references to counterfeit. What is this aiding piracy? It affects not only the authors of books, but also journalists, musicians, filmmakers - all those whose work creates the cultural heritage of the nation.
We again appeal to you with a request to stop the flywheel of promotion of these amendments unwinding with great speed, not to hold them in the Council for the Codification of Legislation, or in the State Duma without the participation of right holders and bring the issue to public discussion. Fortunately, there are positive examples of such practices created by you in our State.
Y. Vysotskaya, D. Granin, D. Dontsova, A. Makarevich, A. Marinina, A. Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, T. Ustinova, Y. Moritz, V. Erofeev, E. Radzinsky, etc.
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Why did the writers mention free licenses ? There are two points of view. Either they do not understand what free licenses are (and Medvedev, by the way, spoke in favor of free GNU / Linux in schools) or did not read his own letter, or they understand that in the future free content from the Internet is capable of making the strongest competition their works.
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Dear Dmitry Anatolyevich! We appeal to you with a request to stop the process of legalization of book piracy , which is now happening under the good slogans of replenishing the library funds of the country with digitized books. At present, the adoption of amendments to the Fourth Part of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation is underway ... these amendments contradict the meaning and spirit of international agreements on intellectual property adopted by the Russian Federation in the run-up to, we hope, soon WTO accession.
Under the guise of "removing administrative barriers to the innovative development of the economy," it is proposed to introduce completely vague innovations into the legislation, open to any interpretations. Such as “ free license ”, “free use of works by libraries, archives and educational organizations” or “interlibrary exchange”. Educational institutions and libraries are granted the right to digitize works without the consent of the copyright holders. Including foreign ones. A vector is set for the free disposal of someone else's intellectual property .
')
At the same time, the new bill proposes to free Internet providers from liability for references to counterfeit. What is this aiding piracy? It affects not only the authors of books, but also journalists, musicians, filmmakers - all those whose work creates the cultural heritage of the nation.
We again appeal to you with a request to stop the flywheel of promotion of these amendments unwinding with great speed, not to hold them in the Council for the Codification of Legislation, or in the State Duma without the participation of right holders and bring the issue to public discussion. Fortunately, there are positive examples of such practices created by you in our State.
Y. Vysotskaya, D. Granin, D. Dontsova, A. Makarevich, A. Marinina, A. Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, T. Ustinova, Y. Moritz, V. Erofeev, E. Radzinsky, etc.
Full text / News in Yandex.News
Why did the writers mention free licenses ? There are two points of view. Either they do not understand what free licenses are (and Medvedev, by the way, spoke in favor of free GNU / Linux in schools) or did not read his own letter, or they understand that in the future free content from the Internet is capable of making the strongest competition their works.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/110185/
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