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Proposed Russian "SOPA" Bill Would Penalize Hosting Companies
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Proposed Russian "SOPA" Bill Would Penalize Hosting Companies

DomainBopDomainBop Member
edited June 2013 in General

A proposed Russian anti-piracy bill passed its first hurdle in the Duma today and could become law by July. The law is similar to the US SOPA bill that sparked protests last year. If it passes web hosts who have been marketing Russia as an "offshore" location will need to change their marketing.plans..

The Russian internet community has blasted as ‘unbalanced’ a bill that, if passed, would allow out-of-court closure of websites over suspicions of copyright infringement.

The bill’s current draft reads that the copyright holder can file a lawsuit against the hosting company that owns the servers with pirated content, or even links to such.

If the provider does not remove the questionable materials within three days after receiving a warrant, the whole website will be blocked until the court passes a ruling on the matter. If the court finds the copyright holder’s claims unfounded, the blockage must be lifted.

http://rt.com/politics/copyright-bill-russian-internet-688/

in-depth article (in Russian): http://rublacklist.net/5631/#more-5631

full text of the bill (in Russian): http://asozd2c.duma.gov.ru/addwork/scans.nsf/ID/E941D88D0DD8B80443257B820050937D/$FILE/292521-6.PDF?OpenElement

Comments

  • liviuliviu Member

    lol wat?
    anti-piracy bill in Russia... when hell freezes over

  • @liviu said: lol wat? anti-piracy bill in Russia... when hell freezes over

    Not really. Sounds like a very practical tool for censoring any content. Turn things off and then wait years for the court ruling, if that. Smart idea and good PR to boot ;)

  • SplitIceSplitIce Member, Host Rep

    Wont happen, the major players like Hostkey (Mir Telematiki) earn alot of money the way things are. They will make their intrests known, probably resulting in a stalemate or atleast a reduction in the effects (making it toothless).

    Just my 2c, who knows what will actually happen.

  • rm_rm_ IPv6 Advocate, Veteran
    edited June 2013

    Russia's Internet is rapidly turning into Chinese, freedoms-wise. There is now a global block-list of websites (URLs/IPs) that providers have to block access to. At first it had only sites with information about illegal drug use (or selling drugs), child porn, "propaganda of suicide" (or HOWTOs on the matter). Now seems like any "copyright infringing" websites will also go into the same list. What's next - probably at some point pretty soon, critique of the government, corruption whistle-blowing and the like, all will get their own category as "destabilizing order in the society" or some similar b/s, and will start to be added to the block-list.

  • There is now a global block-list of websites (URLs/IPs) that providers have to block access to.

    the list: http://reestr.rublacklist.net/

    The Russian government even has a convenient form to suggest sites that should be on the blacklist
    http://zapret-info.gov.ru/feedback/

    More than 6,600 websites are currently blacklisted, 97 percent of them blocked by mistake over technicalities, according to Rublacklist.net.

    quote from this article

  • rds100rds100 Member

    ... And we now have to block access to some online gambling websites - that didn't get a license for gambling in Bulgaria.
    The legislative stupidity never ends, it only gets worse.

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