Masterhost brought to justice for hosting a pirate site

The provider company "Masterhost" found guilty of piracy because of the site, which provides services. As Vedomosti writes, the case against the provider was won by Content and Law LLC, which owns the rights to works posted on zaycev.net. "Masterhost" must pay the plaintiff 140 thousand rubles.

According to the Moscow Arbitration Court, the defendants were Masterhost and Metkom LLC (site owner). The co-owner of Masterhost, Leonid Filatov, stated that he considers the court decision “a legal curiosity” and promises to appeal it.
As the managing partner of the law firm “Tulubeva, Osipov and Partners” Irina Tulubeva noted, this is the first case in Russia when a hosting provider has been brought to responsibility for hosting a pirate site. Under Russian law, the owner of the portal usually bears responsibility for such violations. But the decision of the court Tulubeva considers fair: the landlord can also be brought to responsibility for the delivery of premises for the porn club, she argues.

Zaycev.net allows you to download mp3 files for free. Alexa.com gives this site the 13th place in the runet and the 246th in the world.
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