The U.S. Supreme court issued its first decision in the process of copyright infringement of Russian TV channels in the United States. The judge upheld the claim of the “First channel”, STS, “Rain” and other domestic broadcasters and ordered the local repeater to pay them $12.7 million Trial with larger pirates started four years ago, continues.The court ordered the United States residing in Brooklyn Asaf Avdeeva and the British company Panorama Alliance L. P. to pay $12.7 million in favor of the Russian TV channels for violation of their rights to broadcast television programs in the United States, told RAPSI.Russian TV channels has filed a class action lawsuit in February 2016, it is reported by “Kommersant”. District court for the southern district of new York was then registered a lawsuit from the companies “the First channel. World network” (PKVS; “daughter” of “channel one”, responsible for dissemination abroad), channels STS, “house”, “Che”, REN TV, “Rain” and “TNT Comedy”. They accused us of repeaters Infomir, TV Panorama, TV Goodzone, Matvil Corporation and others in the illegal distribution of content.According to the version of the plaintiffs, the defendants gained unauthorized access to the TV and spread it, reducing the subscription price to $5-15 vs $30-50 from official partners. Because of this, Russian broadcasters would lose revenue from international distribution, they explained, requiring the court to set site owners to stop the illegal retransmission of the content and to reimburse material damage.”25 October 2019, the court of first instance recommended the adoption of this decision to the chief judge in the case, and on 16 June the chief justice made this decision. This is the first precedent for the market”,— he said. Despite this, Mr. Efimov generally skeptical of opportunities to recover $12.7 million from the physical person — the owner of the company. According to him, in the framework of this proceeding is much larger, the defendants against whom the process is still ongoing.Anna Afanasievitch “b” in the media houses and Internet companies in October 2019 believed that the controversy surrounding the anti-piracy amendments to the legislation will resume after their entering to the state Duma. Meanwhile, the coordination document is already delayed, forcing market participants a second time to change the terms of the anti-piracy Memorandum.Read more
