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The future of online media is far from rosy

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“The section“ Internet and Copyright: Who is Stronger? .. ”was almost entirely devoted to the introduction of Part IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on January 1, 2008. The discussion was stormy.

According to the speakers, it turns out that from January 1, almost all sites of the Russian Federation can be closed, since the publication of copyright materials on the site will be possible only if there is a written contract with the author.
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Moreover, the category "copyright material" even get messages from the forums.

Domains are equated to trademarks. Introduces domain priority in relation to the trademark. Those. if, when reviewing an application for registration of a trademark, it turns out that a similar domain was previously registered, there will be no registration of a trademark. Since the registration of a trademark procedure is not fast - there is a lot of room for cybersquatters.

Anton Kuznetsov of the Office of the K (Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation) told what information posted on the site will cause close attention to their organization (asked to watch the Federal Law number 114 (extremism), the law on elections and the Criminal Code).

Anton also explained that even if the site has only a link to a counterfeit file lying on another server, the owner still falls under the action of art. 146 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (acquisition, storage, transportation of counterfeit copies of works or phonograms for marketing purposes. ”

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/6724/


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