Expert Council under the government spoke out against the “global license” and “Internet tax”
According to representatives of the expert group, the introduction of a "tax on the Internet" will lead to the closure of 80% of cinemas across the country, which is unacceptable, according to Izvestia.
"The experts of the working group" Communication and Information Technologies "unanimously expressed their position on the inexpediency of implementing in any form the concept of a global license and the draft law" On Amendments to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation to improve the circulation of intellectual rights in information and telecommunication networks, " in custody
According to the group, the introduction of a "tax on the Internet" will lead to a 30% drop in the revenue of film distribution and the closure of 80% of cinemas across the country within three months.
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The essence of the "tax on the Internet" is that each user of the network will pay a monthly fee included in the monthly fee (about 25 rubles per month). These funds will be further distributed among copyright holders, and their content will be freely distributed on the network under the “global license”: the copyright holder using such license will in fact refuse to protect its copyright objects on the Web — any Internet user will be able to use these works free of charge.
“If a global license is adopted, piracy will be decriminalized,” said Alexander Akopov, president of the Academy of Russian Television Foundation. - “The consequences will be very difficult, not only cinemas, but also television will suffer. There will be a curvature of the information space. "
The Ministry of Culture is engaged in collecting all opinions and preparing the document. February 21 was published the text of the bill for public comment.
The Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade responded negatively to the draft law, and the Main Control Department of the Presidential Administration spoke against it. Also against global licenses is a number of American associations of owners.
"The experts of the working group" Communication and Information Technologies "unanimously expressed their position on the inexpediency of implementing in any form the concept of a global license and the draft law" On Amendments to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation to improve the circulation of intellectual rights in information and telecommunication networks, " in custody
According to the group, the introduction of a "tax on the Internet" will lead to a 30% drop in the revenue of film distribution and the closure of 80% of cinemas across the country within three months.
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The essence of the "tax on the Internet" is that each user of the network will pay a monthly fee included in the monthly fee (about 25 rubles per month). These funds will be further distributed among copyright holders, and their content will be freely distributed on the network under the “global license”: the copyright holder using such license will in fact refuse to protect its copyright objects on the Web — any Internet user will be able to use these works free of charge.
“If a global license is adopted, piracy will be decriminalized,” said Alexander Akopov, president of the Academy of Russian Television Foundation. - “The consequences will be very difficult, not only cinemas, but also television will suffer. There will be a curvature of the information space. "
The Ministry of Culture is engaged in collecting all opinions and preparing the document. February 21 was published the text of the bill for public comment.
The Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade responded negatively to the draft law, and the Main Control Department of the Presidential Administration spoke against it. Also against global licenses is a number of American associations of owners.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/355840/
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