The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia has proposed tax incentives for the music industry. NFMI

The re-introduction of the draft law on compulsory licensing of copyright and related rights is being discussed

According to Vedomosti, the same tax benefits can be extended to the music industry as to the IT sector.

The Ministry of Culture has finalized a draft law on the protection of the rights of the author of a derivative or composite work. Such works may include musical remixes

Let us kindly remind that in August 2022 a bill on compulsory licensing of copyright and related rights was submitted to the State Duma.

NFMI took part in the discussion at the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation on the draft law on the responsibility of copyright holders for illegal blocking of Internet resources..

NFMI sent comments to the Ministry of Culture of Russia with regards to the previous version of the draft law.

The Intellectual Property Rights Court appealed to the Constitutional Court with a request to what extent it is legal to collect deductions from cinemas in favor of not specific authors, but legal entities to whom musicians transfer the rights to their so..

Let us kindly remind that the Ministry of Economic Development of the RF has developed a draft law on civil liability for persons initiating the blocking of intellectual property objects (content) on the Internet.

NFMI took part in the Russian Creative Week and the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum

At present, the Intellectual Property Rights Court (SIP) is considering a case on the claim of the Russian Copyright Society (RAO) against the City Palace of Culture of the city of Meleuz of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

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Russian Creative Week

At the meeting of the industry guilds of the "Russian Creative Week", representatives of the Federal and Moscow City Duma, the Presidential Administration and members of professional guilds, including the Director General of the NFMI Nikita Danilov, supported initiatives for the development of creative industries.

Music majors are afraid of abuse of the temporary order of payments to copyright holders

28.09.2022

According to TASS, Nikita Danilov, Director General of the National Federation of the Music Industry, noted that the new order could jeopardize payments to Russian artists signed to foreign labels.

The Ministry of Economic Development has prepared explanations on the Decree of the President of the RF on the opening of special accounts for settlements with copyright holders

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.