Online music piracy and file-sharing in Russia
Petko, Elena (2011)
Petko, Elena
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2011
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2011060711320
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2011060711320
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Internet piracy became a very prominent issue in the Recording Industry after MP3 technology was introduced. Nowadays more and more Internet users in the Russian Federation download pirated materials, and sothe rights holders have sounded the alarm about the subsequent financial losses the music industry must bear. Theopponents of file sharing maintain that indiscriminate Internet copying significantlyreduces music sales revenues, while the supporters of piracy argue that the practice is harmless, and may even increase music sales. The problem is that most Russians do not consider file-sharing (even if they are sharing products that are clearly protected by copyrights) illegal and are willing to battle in legal forumsto protect their interests.
The main goal of this studywas to provide an overview of the different positions and different attitudes in the Russian Federation to online piracy and to develop and propose solutions that would satisfy all of the stakeholders in the conflict: consumers, rights holders and the lawmakers as representatives of society. In order develop new ideas and solutions, the existing anti-piracy laws and regulations worldwide were analyzed as well as non-legal methods of fighting online piracy and illegal file-sharing. Specific attention was focused on these same aspects in Russian contexts.
This study focused first on an in-depth and extensive review of the existing studies, industry reports, and governmental reports that were thencompared and contrasted with the perspectives provided by interviews with the key representatives from the music industry and lawyers(who were) directly engaged with anti-piracy programs in the Russian Federation. According to the results, modern anti-piracy policy in Russia is incoherent and lacks a holistic approach, and only a combination of legislative and non-legislative measures may cause considerable change and reduce the effects of piracy.
The main goal of this studywas to provide an overview of the different positions and different attitudes in the Russian Federation to online piracy and to develop and propose solutions that would satisfy all of the stakeholders in the conflict: consumers, rights holders and the lawmakers as representatives of society. In order develop new ideas and solutions, the existing anti-piracy laws and regulations worldwide were analyzed as well as non-legal methods of fighting online piracy and illegal file-sharing. Specific attention was focused on these same aspects in Russian contexts.
This study focused first on an in-depth and extensive review of the existing studies, industry reports, and governmental reports that were thencompared and contrasted with the perspectives provided by interviews with the key representatives from the music industry and lawyers(who were) directly engaged with anti-piracy programs in the Russian Federation. According to the results, modern anti-piracy policy in Russia is incoherent and lacks a holistic approach, and only a combination of legislative and non-legislative measures may cause considerable change and reduce the effects of piracy.