On January 25, a trial on "tax on blanks"

Let me remind you that on October 18 last year, the Russian Society for Related Rights, or simply ROSP, filed a lawsuit against the Federal Service for the Supervision of Compliance with the Law on the Protection of Cultural Heritage (Rosokhrankultura). The full chronology of the case can be found on the relevant page of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation (by the way, the review of the chronology of cases on this site is well organized). In the lawsuit, the ROSP requests that the order of Rosokhrankultura be canceled, according to which the RSP, headed by Mikhalkov, received the right to collect "remuneration for the free reproduction of phonograms and audiovisual works for personal purposes" or, more simply, "a tax on discs." The exact time of the trial in this case was determined - January 25 of this year, 16:35 (in Moscow, of course).

Unfortunately, the matter concerns only the revision of the RSP’s right to collect the “tax on blanks” and not the abolition of the tax itself. But even that is not bad - if the order itself is declared illegal, the legality of the tax itself can also be questioned. In any case, if the RSP suffers defeat in court, there will be no one to collect the tax, it will take some time to find the appropriate organization. During this time, it is hoped that there will be those who protest the tax itself.
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It should be noted that ROSP is doing quite cleverly - the order of Rosokhrankultura is being challenged for approval of the composition of the accreditation commission . Cancellation of the order will entail cancellation of the decision of the accreditation commission itself.

Now, a wave of protests against the “tax on blanks” has somehow subsided, although quite recently the RSP received a lot of letters with empty carriers and 30 kopecks of the same tax. It is not known that this action was upset by at least a little RSP leadership headed by Mikhalkov, but the action sensationally boomed.

By the way, some fears all this bickering still causes - and suddenly, when considering a lawsuit, the court will make a curious decision at all, or after the order is canceled (and the likelihood is quite high), the RSP and CELRF will dispose of the tax ... In general, we hope that everything goes for the better, not everyone can be pessimistic, right?