"Kopipeyst" news equate to an administrative violation

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"Kopipeyst" news equate to an administrative violation
Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications has sent members of the Council on the media the new amendments to the bill of plagiarism, writes Vedomosti. Now the document focuses only on the fight against the so-called "kopipeystom. According to deputy general director of the agency RIA Novosti Mikhail Safronov, sponsors of the amendments they want to oblige the Internet media always give a reference to the source news.

Under the new amendments, the reproduction message news agencies or their fragments other sites without reference to the source will be related to unfair competition, which carries an administrative penalty. It disappeared from the bill mentions the copyright news agencies for news.

According to the Safronov, a former project touched on too many areas of law. As a result, the volume of comments on it exceeded the critical mass, and it was decided not to pay attention only to "kopipeystu. According to Mikhail Safronov, a new version of the amendments will be approved by the Council on the media.

In June last year, RIA news agency introduced a bill in Minkomsvyazi, giving the copyright of news and equating a separate news reports to the product, the right to the use of which may be limited. This initiative was supported by the Interfax and ITAR-TASS.

Representatives of the RIA Novosti noted that they lose about 2500 rubles to each message that has been copied without reference to the agency. It is assumed that the new bill will put an end to steal information messages.

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