Russia’s customs authorities continue to assess duties on the royalty value of some imported audiovisual materials, rather than solely on the physical value of carrier medium. This is contrary to standard international practice. Such assessments are a form of double taxation, since royalties are also subject to withholding, income, value-added and remittance taxes.
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The Government recognises the inefficiencies and uncertainty that can arise from agreements which seek to exclude or restrict legal copyright exceptions and wants to ensure that statutory rights tofairly deal with copyright material are protected.
Comments closedProposed draft law contains amendments to Russian law on “Information, its protection and informational technologies”. The proposed law aims to protect the rights in national films and legal interests of rights holders in internet.
Comments closedOver the last years, the functioning of the online content marketplace has gained in complexity. Online services providing access to copyright protected content uploaded by their users have flourished and have become main sources of access to content online. Legal uncertainty exists as to whether such online services engage in copyright relevant acts and need to obtain authorisations from rightholders for the content uploaded by their users who do not hold the relevant rights in the uploaded content.
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There are a lot of popular Russian cartoons in Russia. Such cartoons have been produced in soviet times. Therefore almost nobody has cared about copyright. With appearance of private capital the copyright became a very important thing. Therefore the matter of copyright ownership suddenly arisen for some companies. Their business bases on copyright. Without rights in content the existence of such companies does not make a sense.
Comments closedSometimes for certain entrepreneurs it is quite profitable to make business with state. Property development is not an exception. Development companies receive contracts and can be sure that they receive payments in full and in time. Russian state authorities believe they pay large sums of money; therefore they want to receive everything from contractor, including copyright in design and construction documentation.
Comments closedApplication of country of origin to the clearing of rights for broadcasters’ online services ancillary to their initial broadcast
Introduce a rule providing that as concerns the licensing of rights for certain online transmissions by broadcasting organisations, the copyright relevant act takes place solely in the MS where the broadcasting organisation is established. As a result, in order to provide certain services in the Union, rights would only need to be cleared for the “country of origin” (CoO) of the broadcasting organisation (and not for the countries of reception).
Comments closedThe U.S. Copyright Office does not issue copyrights, but instead simply registers claims to copyright. The copyright in a work of authorship created or first published after January 1, 1978 is protected from the moment it is created, provided that the work is original and is fixed in a tangible medium of expression.
Comments closedCollaboration between information society service providers and rightholders is essential for the functioning of the measures, such as content recognition technologies. These measures should be applied with regard to works and other subject-matter identified by rightholders at the request of such rightholders and in cooperation with them.
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It were assessed the baseline scenario, one non-legislative and two legislative options to facilitate licensing in order to enhance cross-border transmissions of TV and radio programmes online. The considered options are enabling options aiming to facilitate licensing of rights, in order to allow the market to respond gradually to legal and policy changes.
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