RuTracker.org want to deprive the domain – the-village

Copyright holders want to deprive the domain is one of the largest Russian torrent trackers RuTracker.org, already is under indefinite blocking. About this newspaper “Izvestia”, with reference to the statement of the National Federation of the music industry Leonid Agronova.

The criminal activities continues. So we go to the next step – razdelegirovaniyu domain. We do not exclude and prosecution the owners of the resource

Leonid Agronov, head NFMI

According NFMI, from 50 to 70% of users RuTracker.org Bypass resource in Russia, so this measure to combat piracy can not be considered effective. Now lawyers organization representing Sony Music, Universal Music and Warner Music, to decide how to most quickly achieve the complete closure of the site.

In ICANN, have been granted permission to create domain names, point out that the Russian authorities can not independently razdelegirovat domain or oblige anyone to do it, unless there is a legitimate reason. In extreme cases, they can only notify the registrar of violations.

In the RuTracker.org not afraid claims holders. According to the administration of the resource, it is registered in accordance with all the rules, so razdelegirovaniya domain there are no prerequisites.

The decision of the Moscow City Court on lifelong blocking Russia’s largest torrent tracker RuTracker.org entered into force on 22 January. The court refused to take into account the behavior of the users of the need to maintain access to the resource, and the actors themselves did not appeal against the decision, so it was handed over for execution to Roskomnadzor. On January 25, they started blocking the site in Russia, but almost no effect on his attendance. RuTracker.org administration has responded to the lock, preventing holders the right to independently cover the distribution of pirated and announced a competition for the rebranding of the tracker. The users have proposed to come up with a new logo and slogan for the site. Submissions will be accepted until February 17.

Russia’s anti-piracy law adopted in 2013. First, it applies only to the video, but the May 1, 2015 entered into force on an extended version of the document. Now punish piracy of all types of content, with the exception of photographs. Rights holders can obtain temporary blocking of sites with pirated content before filing a detailed claim. Thus for repeated violations of the resource it can be blocked forever. RuTracker.org – not the first tracker, which came under the lock. Extreme measure already applied to 13 more sites.