Russia implements "anti internet piracy" tool. Receives much criticism from the free speech community. In a move that might be directly related to Snowden being granted a 1 year Russian "asylum"- A new anti piracy law has been implemented in the former Soviet State. It empowers the government to monitor websites for any copyright infringement. If an issue is found, the site owner will be notified and receive 3 days to remove the content prior to the site being forced offline. "Internet Piracy is Rampant in Russia" The country has long been one of the largest "marketplaces" of bootlegged online movies- and the US has complained that Russian enforcement of such activity has been reduced dramatically over the last two years. To give you an idea of how pervasive it has become- A new study suggested that 92% of Russian ebook readers had downloaded titles from the net without paying, and 36% made duplicates from their friends. The law promises to protect the legal rights of productions studios but some are afraid it will just be used as a tool to limit free speech. Some Moscow based protests organized by the "Pirate Party" (a movement based on making most internet content free) drew a few hundred people and there were online protests as well. The law has powerful media backing and is expected to remain in place. There might be a possible connection between US diplomatic efforts to persuade Russia to finally implement this law and Edward Snowden being granted a temporary visa to the Russian state. This might be a Russian move to "scratch the backs" of their US counterparts while also using Snowdens "amnesty" as a media cloak to implement their own controversial government surveillance program. -The UnderCurrents Report
Posted on: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:35:09 +0000
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