Putin promised to deal with anti-piracy law and public domain on the Soviet cultural heritage

Yesterday, at the Human Rights Council, a member of the Association of Internet Users and President of the Association of Internet Publishers Ivan Zassoursky addressed the head of state, saying that because of classic films like Cranes Are Flying, which are a national cultural asset, access to sites is blocked. He also asked for wide access to such works.

President Vladimir Putin assured Zasursky that it was “not they who initiated the anti-piracy law, but cultural and cinema workers. Yes, and this was done not to close people the way to the beautiful and eternal, but to protect the interests of those who create this product. The head of state added that “if in practice it turns out that there are such negative manifestations, then we need to see how the law-enforcement practice has developed.” Putin promised to read the report , which prepared Zasursky.

It remains to be hoped that Putin will support the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Pirate Party of Russia on the return of the Soviet cultural heritage to the public domain, which is now under consideration in the State Duma. Only the adoption of this law can stop the blocking of Internet sites (including torrent trackers) due to the information contained therein, which allows copying works of Soviet film classics and other objects of copyright created in the USSR, as well as facilitating the speedy transition of Soviet and scientific cultural heritage in the legal regime of “public domain”.