Roskomnadzor proposed to block pirated content in the AppStore – RBC

Roskomnadzor offered to provide blocking pirated resources on mobile devices and pirated content in the AppStore and Google Play. This was stated by the head of department Alexander Zharov during the meeting on the theme of improving the anti-piracy laws, “Interfax».

He said that the technical features of the mobile versions of resources “in certain cases” can bypass the blocking of pirate sites. To solve this problem, Zharov proposed the creation of a working group – it will make proposals to block pirated resources on cell phones.

The head of Roskomnadzor also proposed to establish a working group to examine the question of the fight against pirated content in the app stores. “In GooglePlay, may lie in the AppStore app, which will contain the compromised content. I propose to establish a working group to study the issue, and in February, will discuss the results, “- he said.

According to RBC’s press secretary Roskomnadzor Vadim Ampelonsky, to chair the working group proposed to the head of management control and supervision of the media in Roskomnadzor Vadim Subbotin and vice-president of “Yandex” for corporate relations Marina Ioannina. When you set up a working group is not yet known.

A spokesman for “Yandex” Asya Melkumova explained RBC that the group will danimatsya not only applications, but also the question of Internet search, that this direction will be engaged in It “Yandex”. Russian search engine, unlike Google does not remove from the search results links that lead to sites to which copyright holders make claims. « The current Russian legislation provides unprecedented opportunities for rights holders to block content” – said Melkumova. To protect the rights of the Internet, “Yandex” recommends the holders to apply directly to the hosting providers: e If the illegal content will disappear from the site, the link disappears from the search, insist the company.

The second group will be headed by the chief of the legal department of Roskomnadzor Boris Edidin. At the meeting, he noted that pirated resources are increasingly using new methods of content distribution – through mobile applications. Edidin also stressed that it is necessary to undertake the development of measures to counter the propaganda methods to bypass the lock, which are the pirates.

According Ampelonskogo prohibit such advocacy is not planned – as one of the solutions to the problem holders offered to think about the promotion of legal content consumption .