Online Piracy

Tag: Online Piracy

Owner of Russian file-sharing site gets 2-year suspended sentence - report

Anton Yelesin, the owner of the ironclub.tv file hosting website, was handed a two-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to “intentional large-scale violation of copyright law”

12:25 20.02.2014

First court order to block website piracy in Russia - report

S.B.A. Music Publishing, a subsidiary of Warner Music Russia, has succeeded in a suit to close the www.tracksflow.com domain, Vedomosti reported Thursday.

12:24 13.02.2014

Moscow City Court grants piracy claim against Pirate Bay founder

The Moscow City Court granted a claim against the founder of Pirate Bay Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and hosting provider PRQ, that concerned several cases of online piracy.

14:42 10.12.2013

Anti-piracy law to cover software and photographs – report

Russia's Ministry of Culture has submitted to the government amendments to the anti-piracy law so as to ensure the protection of copyright protected content except music.

12:04 03.12.2013

Pirate Bay cofounder sued over alleged online piracy in Moscow

Cofounder of the file-sharing website Pirate Bay Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and hosting provider PRQ are defendants in several online piracy cases being heard in the Moscow City Court.

11:18 26.11.2013

Swedish Supreme Court rejects Pirate Bay founder’s appeal – report

The Supreme Court of Sweden has refused to take on the case of Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg.

19:23 29.10.2013

Couple given suspended sentence in billion dollar copyright infringement case

The Timiryazevsky District Court of Moscow has handed down a suspended sentence to a married couple charged with distributing illegal films and cartoons, the court's press office told RAPSI on Wednesday.

16:27 16.10.2013

Second website to be blocked in Russia under anti-piracy law

Russia's federal communications agency Roskomnadzor will block Rutor.org file-sharing website under the anti-piracy law, RAPSI's sister agency Digit.ru reported on Monday.

16:24 26.08.2013

Russian communications regulator to block first site under anti-piracy law

Russia's federal communications agency Roskomnadzor will block opensharing.org website under the anti-piracy law. The anti-piracy law took effect on August 1, despite the protests of Internet companies. The law was adopted by the State Duma on June 21 and approved by the Federation Council on June 26.

14:52 21.08.2013

19 complaints filed in court after adoption of anti-piracy law

19 complaints have been filed in the Moscow City Court after adoption of anti-piracy law, Pavel Krasheninnikov, chair of the State Duma Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitral and Procedural Legislation.

14:52 19.08.2013

Moscow City Court blocks access to film under new anti-piracy law

The Moscow City Court has granted a request filed by The All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) to block access to a film stored on Rutor.org file-sharing website.

10:53 16.08.2013

Anti-piracy law takes effect in Russia

The anti-piracy law took effect on August 1, despite the protests of Internet companies. The law was adopted by the State Duma on June 21 and approved by the Federation Council on June 26.

11:13 01.08.2013

Russian Wikipedia may be banned over links to sources

The anti-piracy law could be used to block Russian Wikipedia due to its hyperlinks to content that has not been checked for compliance with copyright laws, says Stanislav Kozlovsky, executive director of the Wikimedia RU non-profit partnership.

17:38 09.07.2013

Putin signs anti-piracy law

President Vladimir Putin has signed the anti-piracy law which was adopted by the State Duma on June 21 and approved by the Federation Council on June 26.

10:47 04.07.2013

Internet companies call for review of anti-piracy bill

Russian Internet companies have published an open letter against the anti-piracy bill, which the upper house of parliament approved on Wednesday.

13:50 27.06.2013

Federation Council approves bill on online piracy

The Federation Council of Russia's parliament on Wednesday approved a bill that provides for the blocking of websites which distribute movies and TV films in violation of copyright.

10:50 27.06.2013

Russia cracks down on Internet piracy

The government has instructed the agencies concerned to review the Culture Ministry's bill which proposes to allow the pretrial blocking of pirated content.

12:42 05.04.2013