Figure of the day: How many sites are preparing to block all rights holders? – Ferra

The number of the day:

700

So many sites are preparing to block all copyright holders.

According to the publication, “The News”, copyright holders have prepared a list of 700 sites that may be blocked from 1 May 2015. That same day, will come into force advanced anti-piracy law requirements. At the moment, the law only applies to films and television series, and with the advent of May in his conduct would fall and music and other content, except for photos. Another tightening – site can be closed in case of repeated violations.

According to “Izvestia” Alex Byrdin, in anticipation of the May 1 rightholders have already created an extensive list of offending sites, for which they want achieve “lifetime” lock in court. Byrdin heads an association of Internet video, which includes the leading Russian online cinema.

As commented on the review of “News” executive director Svetlana REG.RU Lienko, it is obvious that the rights holders will face a number of difficulties in the fight against illegal content as to achieve a lifelong block the site, you need to win two trials, and the offender for quite a few hours to create a new site. In addition, in the general list of prohibited content, prepared by owners, there are web addresses located in the international domain zones, for example, .NET. These domain names can be registered and maintained in any registrar and hosting provider, both Russian and foreign, and it will depend on it, whether such domain falls under the jurisdiction of the Russian courts or not.