VKontakte removed pirated music, but copyright holders seek to meet other requirements through court
The management of the social network "VKontakte" has decided to remove pirated music. Thus, the company fulfilled the main requirement of holders who sought this through the courts. However, they are not going to withdraw the lawsuit until VKontakte fulfills the other requirements and does not pay them compensation in the amount of 51.6 million rubles.
On May 25, another hearing is scheduled on the suit of Warner Music UK Limited , Sony Music Entertainment , Universal Music against the VKontakte network. The respondent is required to implement a digital fingerprint technology. It allows you to automatically detect illegal copies of user-added content.
VKontakte CEO Boris Dobrodeev told Izvestia that this technology has so far been implemented only for audio recordings. In the future, will be recognized and video.
Press Secretary of VKontakte Georgy Lobushkin in an interview with RBC recalled that several years ago the right holders could send a request to remove illegal copies through a special form on the site. And for this there is no need to go to court.
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However, the representatives of the plaintiffs are convinced that without a court such issues cannot be resolved. They believe that VKontakte responds to requests for content removal too slowly. Therefore, they do not see an opportunity to solve the problem peacefully and will strive to meet the requirements in full: “When content is removed from the site only after filing a lawsuit and only in connection with the lawsuit, and moreover, several months after the lawsuit, then requirements can not be "
On May 1, a new edition of the anti-piracy law entered into force . If the Moscow City Court proves that the site has repeatedly posted a pirated copy of the content of the same copyright holder, then such a resource is waiting for "perpetual blocking".
Since the amendments came into force regarding the VKontakte network, not a single lawsuit has been filed yet.
On May 25, another hearing is scheduled on the suit of Warner Music UK Limited , Sony Music Entertainment , Universal Music against the VKontakte network. The respondent is required to implement a digital fingerprint technology. It allows you to automatically detect illegal copies of user-added content.
VKontakte CEO Boris Dobrodeev told Izvestia that this technology has so far been implemented only for audio recordings. In the future, will be recognized and video.
Press Secretary of VKontakte Georgy Lobushkin in an interview with RBC recalled that several years ago the right holders could send a request to remove illegal copies through a special form on the site. And for this there is no need to go to court.
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However, the representatives of the plaintiffs are convinced that without a court such issues cannot be resolved. They believe that VKontakte responds to requests for content removal too slowly. Therefore, they do not see an opportunity to solve the problem peacefully and will strive to meet the requirements in full: “When content is removed from the site only after filing a lawsuit and only in connection with the lawsuit, and moreover, several months after the lawsuit, then requirements can not be "
On May 1, a new edition of the anti-piracy law entered into force . If the Moscow City Court proves that the site has repeatedly posted a pirated copy of the content of the same copyright holder, then such a resource is waiting for "perpetual blocking".
Since the amendments came into force regarding the VKontakte network, not a single lawsuit has been filed yet.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/290700/
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