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Largest social network found liable for copyright infringement by users
- Hogan Lovells
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- Russia
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- April 24 2013
The Russian courts have adopted a new interpretation of copyright legislation, leading to successful copyright infringement proceedings against the
Russian social network Vkontakte to pay damages for copyright infringement
- Hogan Lovells
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- Russia
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- January 31 2013
A change of the interpretation of the legal provisions by the Russian courts led to a success of copyright infringement proceedings brought against
Liability of social network for copyright infringements by users due to lack of response
- Hogan Lovells
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- Russia
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- July 20 2012
The Thirteenth Arbitrazh Appellate Court in St. Petersburg confirmed the judgment of the court of first instance and granted, in part, claims against a social network for copyright infringements by its users
New accreditations of collecting societies in Russia
- Hogan Lovells
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- Russia
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- October 1 2009
Early in August 2009, the Russian governmental tender commission granted state accreditation to the non-commercial organization "All-Russian Intellectual Property Organization" (VOIS) for the management of performers' and master record owners' rights and collection of fees for public performance and distribution of music recordings on air or via cable
Appointment of the "Russian union of right-holders" as organization for the collection of copyright levies in Russia
- Hogan Lovells
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- Russia
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- October 25 2011
The Federal Arbitrazh Court of Moscow District confirmed the appointment of an organization for collection of copyright levies in Russia
Russian Authors' Society determined as royalty collector for re-broadcast russian copyrighted music on TV channels
- Hogan Lovells
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- Russia
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- May 31 2012
The Russian Authors Society’s (“RAO”) traditional function is to manage the copyright issues for authors on any relevant license agreements, part of which involves collecting the royalty payments due to the owners of the copyright
