The Federal Antimonopoly Service has recognized Apple as violating antimonopoly legislation in connection with the ban on iOS app developers informing customers inside the app about the possibility of paying for purchases outside the App Store, as well as. NFMI

A bill on compulsory licensing of the use of objects of copyright and related rights has been submitted to the State Duma

In May of this year, the President of the RF signed a decree according to which Russian companies can fulfill obligations to some copyright holders from unfriendly states in rubles when using a special account of the "O" type opened in an authorized bank.

A bill on automatic prolongation of license agreements has been submitted to State Duma

On August 19, deputy D.

The Constitutional Court of the RF has ruled that illegal processing/creation of a composite and derivative computer program does not exclude the right to protection of the processor/compiler. This approach can also be applied to remixes..

In March 2022, a bill was submitted to the State Duma, according to which the validity period of license agreements, by virtue of which Russian persons had the right to use the results of intellectual activity, is extended for the period of sanctions of foreign states and international organizations against Russian persons.

The Ministry of Culture of Russia proposed to extend the fee for the import of equipment to Russia, levied in favor of copyright holders, to the import of equipment from the Eurasian Economic Union countries ..

As follows from the case file, the programmer created an application (computer program) based on publicly available software products.

The music industry asks deputies to develop a mechanism for blocking payments to pirates

The Ministry of Culture has prepared a draft resolution of the Government of the RF on amendments to the resolution on remuneration for the free reproduction of phonograms and audiovisual works for personal purposes (hereinafter – the draft resolution).

The Agency of Creative Industries has released a study of the Russian music market

According to Vedomosti, on July 21, the National Federation of the Music Industry asked the chairmen of the State Duma committees on Information Policy and Financial Market, Alexander Khinstein and Anatoly Aksakov, to create legislative conditions for blocking payments by individuals to pirated resources and their owners.

The problem of access to new releases of foreign music is going to be solved in the Russian Federation in the near future

The pandemic weakened the concert market and stimulated the growth of streaming.

Business and experts talked about the risks in the new mechanism of payments for content. Among them is the opacity of the definition of unfair copyright holders

According to TASS, the National Federation of Music Industries (NFMI) expects that in the near future the problem of access of users of Russian services to new tracks by foreign artists will be solved.

Problems of dissemination of information violating copyright and related rights were discussed with NFMI participation at the conference "Dialogues on Private Law" within the framework of the field session of the Presidential Council for Codification and ..

According to Vedomosti, the new mechanism of payments for content to companies from unfriendly countries, introduced by the decree of May 27, may carry risks for some categories of copyright holders and for Russian licensees.

Persistent pirates will be removed from Yandex rankings. This measure is included in the new version of the "Anti-Piracy Memorandum"

On October 21-22, 2021, a visiting meeting of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation on codification and improvement of civil legislation was held in Perm.

Pirates on a hook: how is counteraction against illegal content conducted in Russia?

Rightholders and Internet companies signed a new version of the anti-piracy memorandum.

Creation of new opportunities for independent CDN networks, and how the departure of foreign vendors affected the broadcast and content market. These and other issues were discussed with NFMI at the XIII International Conference "Transport Networks Russia..

The online distribution of pirated copies of movies, TV series, music and books causes enormous damage to companies investing in content production.

The NFMI opposed compulsory licensing

The XIII International Conference, "Transport Networks Russia & CIS: Development of Backbone Networks", was held on March 17 - 18, 2022, in Moscow.

Lostfilm, Lordfilm and other pirates to be removed from Yandex search results due to the new editions of the "Anti-Piracy Memorandum"

According to "Kommersant", music major labels are asking the Russian authorities not to rush into adopting draft amendments to the Civil Code on compulsory licensing, which would allow companies in Russia to use new media products despite sanctions.

Round table "Internet in Russia" took place at RIW 2021. Nikita Danilov, General Director of NFMI, took part in the round table

According to "Vedomosti", a new version of the anti-piracy memorandum was signed at the end of 2021.

Experts told how to stop the illegal distribution of content on the Internet. Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, illegal traffic in Russia has increased significantly, said Nikita Danilov, Director General of the National Federation of Music..

On December 6, 2021 with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation the round table "Internet in Russia" was held, at which a large RAEC study on the trends and results of the digital economy in 2020-2021 was presented.