Russia’s Ministry of Digital Transformation is considering unblocking sites that show unlicensed video content of Western companies that are no longer officially present in the country.
However, according to RIA Novosti, it will only do so under certain conditions. These are that such video content “should not be legally presented in Russian online services, should not be rented in cinemas and should not contain extremist LGBT materials and propaganda”.
RIA Novosti adds that the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has repeatedly advocated the use of Western intellectual property without a licence. In his view, the distribution of pirated material, ranging from movies to industrial software, could become part of counter sanctions by Russia.
