On August 17, 2022 the Government of the Russian Federation has approved a Plan for the development of creative industries. The plan, in particular, provides for:
- Formation of classifier of types of activities for creative industries.
- Lending secured by intellectual property.
- Creation of a system of fair (proportional) remuneration to the authors of the results of intellectual activity, including clarification of the payers of such remuneration and mechanisms for their payment.
- Development of the infrastructure of creative entrepreneurship, including the introduction of the possibility of applying, by decision of the subjects of the RF, property tax benefits and preferential lease conditions for state and municipal property, including land plots for creative clusters.
- Tax incentives for creative industries. Clarification of the requirements for the turnover of intellectual property rights carried out in digital form using a distributed registry.
- Regulation of the use of works whose authors and copyright holders are unknown or whose location is unknown.
- Countering the illegal use of film and music works, establishing administrative responsibility for audio and (or) video recording of cinematographic and musical works shown in cinemas and concert halls, clarifying the requirements for the performance of the duty to provide reports in online and offline environments using special technical means.
- Implementation of a pilot project for the recognition of musical and audiovisual works used in concert halls and cinemas, other places of public demonstration (screening, listening).
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According to the NFMI, the volume of the streaming market for paid subscriptions reached 36.
Nikita Danilov, Director General of the NFMI, took part in the
In the autumn of 2024, the first meeting of the Expert Council for the Development of the Creative Economy under the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy was held.
Within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum held in September 2024 (Vladivostok) Nikita Danilov, Director General of the NFMI, moderated the round table "Music of the Future: how technologies are changing the musical landscape.
As part of the Russian Creative Week, a session "The future of labels and labels of the future" was organized by the NFMI.
At the Russian Internet Forum held in Moscow in May, the NFMI joined the Code of Ethics in the Field of artificial Intelligence.
Experts of the festival-forum "Russian Creative Week.
The Russian Export Center (REC) together with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) held a panel session on the topic "Creative Economy - international cooperation as a driver for the development of creative industries, clusters and urban areas" on April 23 at the international forum "World of Opportunities" in Dubai, UAE.
The Agency for Strategic Initiatives for the Promotion of New Projects (ASI) is a Russian autonomous non-profit organization established to implement a set of measures in the economic and social spheres.
The membership of the Association of Music Companies "National Federation of Music Industry" (NFMI) has significantly expanded
The General Meeting of members of the Association of Music Companies "National Federation of the Music Industry" (NFMI) has accepted domestic music label companies as associate members of the Association: "Black Star", "Lotus Music", "Media Land", "SP Digital".
According to Vedomosti, the same tax benefits can be extended to the music industry as to the IT sector.
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 sent comments to the Ministry of Culture of Russia with regards to the previous version of the draft law.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On August 19, deputy D.
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.
As follows from the case file, the programmer created an application (computer program) based on publicly available software products.
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).
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 pandemic weakened the concert market and stimulated the growth of streaming.
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.
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.
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.
Rightholders and Internet companies signed a new version of the anti-piracy memorandum.
The online distribution of pirated copies of movies, TV series, music and books causes enormous damage to companies investing in content production.
The XIII International Conference, "Transport Networks Russia & CIS: Development of Backbone Networks", was held on March 17 - 18, 2022, in Moscow.
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.
According to "Vedomosti", a new version of the anti-piracy memorandum was signed at the end of 2021.
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.
At the international educational conference Distant & Digital, the session "Digital content: practical steps to counter piracy" was held.
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