"Copyright: Episode Four"

Download the current version of the draft IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, for example, from here .

In the new law, in particular, the powers and working order of “organizations exercising collective management of rights” is differently defined. Now, only one organization can represent the interests of all rights holders (POMC and FAIR), and it must be accredited by the state (it is not clear which body will be accredited). All other such organizations will be able to act only on the basis of direct contracts with the owners.

Even if ROMS and FAIR are no longer able to give indulgences to paid mp3 sites, the legislation leaves enough mechanisms to ensure the functioning of such sites in full force. Although, the new law will create certain difficulties for them - now they will have no hard evidence of their legality, which they could earlier show with the same VISA , for example, or other business partners and contractors.
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Also from the version of the document adopted in the third reading, an object such as a “domain name” is excluded.

It is still not clear how content distribution on the Internet is classified for a fee (allofmp3.com). The wording “communicating to the public” is only suitable for free sites without registering users. In the current version of the law, I still do not see how distribution via the Internet can be considered illegal, since The very concept of “Internet distribution” is not defined.

It is not yet known when Part IV of the Civil Code will come into force, it has not been signed by the president yet. But there is an agreement between Russia and the United States on Russia's accession to the WTO. According to this agreement, the law that solves the problem of intellectual property protection (including on the Internet) should be effective from June 1, 2007.

According to the survey , 70% of rights holders familiar with the draft law have a negative attitude to the proposed changes , 50% believe that innovations will harm their business.