MOSCOW, April 12 (RAPSI) – The Moscow City Court has ruled that online library “Flibusta” must be completely blocked, the court’s press office told RAPSI on Tuesday.

The court has permanently restricted access to flibusta.net while scraper sites flibusta.is and flibusta.me were temporarily blocked.

The anti-piracy law took effect in Russia on August 1, 2013, despite protests from Internet companies. It sets out the legal grounds and procedure for limiting access to websites that distribute movies and TV films in violation of copyright.

In May 2015, the law effect was extended to websites distributing pirated copies of books, music pieces and software.

The law also includes rules for bringing to account or condoning information brokers (Internet and hosting providers).