Russia’s CTC Media has confirmed that has signed a document supporting implementation of intellectual property rights legislation in the internet.
As previously reported in Broadband TV News, the so-called ‘anti-piracy’ law is designed to protect the rights of film, video and TV producers whose content is distributed in the internet and will be implemented by Roskomnadzor, the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor).
Other signatories include Channel One, VGTRK, Mobile TeleSystems, MegaFon, National Media Group, Rutube and about 30 other companies.
Commenting on the move, Sergey Petrov, CTC Media chief broadcasting officer, said: “Despite an ongoing debate over the details of the new anti-piracy law the need for regulation in the distribution of the digital content on the web in general does not raise any doubts. The scale of the problem in our country is hard to overestimate. Restriction of the piracy will allow for more effective monetisation of the intellectual property rights and will open new possibilities for various media segments development, providing conditions for fair competition.?
“This document is the first agreement between the industry leaders aimed at coordinated actions against piracy. We hope that the communique will lay the foundation for fruitful cooperation among media platform, telecom operators and copyright holders whose assets are regulated by the new law. We do also hope that it will help further improve the procedures against illegal actions of pirates. It is an important step towards a more mature and developed market.”
CTC Media is backed by Modern Times Group (MTG) and operates three DTA channels – CTC, Domashny and Peretz- in Russia, along with Channel 31 in Moldova and a TV company in Moldova.
