The Russian regulator Roskomnadzor has taken protective measures in relation to the intellectual property of broadcasters.
Acting on a ruling by the Moscow City Court, it has restricted access to internet sites that infringe copyright by distributing the TV channels Channel One, Dom Kino, Bober, Channel One World Television, Telecafe, First Music, O!, Time: near and far.
In the case of Channel One and Channel One World Television it has sent notifications to remove pirated content to the administrators of 39 internet resources from the Kartina TV site pool.
Six of the sites complied in the statutory period and the remaining 33 were placed on the register of pirate internet resources, access to which telecom operators are required to limit.