it seems the fight has left the Russian people as they bow and scrape to the global media Cartel lackies who threatened to have them blocked from joining the world trade organisation about a year ago.
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,129860/printable.htmlRussia's IT minister said his country will step up its work to fight intellectual property violations, part of an effort to boost foreign technology investment in Russia and gain admittance to the World Trade Organization.
Last month the International Intellectual Property Alliance named Russia as one of the world's worst offenders for violating U.S. software and music copyrights, second only to China.
I can assure you this is something very important that we are paying a lot of attention to, and we will continue working to solve the issue," he said, answering a question from a reporter.
Part of the effort involves legal reforms, he said. In December, President Vladimir Putin signed into law a "fourth part" to Russia's civil code that gathers together laws relating to intellectual property, with the goal of making them easier to enforce.
"The second part is enforcement, and this is being strengthened this year," Reiman said.
It's unclear how quickly the measures are taking effect. In January, Russia agreed to work with the U.S. to help shut down the online music store AllOfMP3.com, which has been accused of piracy. However, the site appeared to be still operating this week. It is currently selling the new album from the group Arcade Fire for US$1.98, for example.
I have to marvel at the statement concerning allofmp3.com made here as the site is no longer in Russia, it will be interesting how they intend to enfore US demands to force its closure outside of their territory.
