Representatives of the music industry in Russia stopped issuing permits for the use of their music content from Nokia and Samsung, the "do not pay the fee for the free reproduction of music content for personal use." The leaders of the company, "Tune", "SBA / Gala Records", "SBA Music Publishing," "Oll Music Publishing" (licensee Sony / ATV Music Publishing), "Recording Company" Nikitin "(licensee Warner Music Group)," The first music publisher, "" Studio Union "(licensee Playground Music and Ministry of Sound)" Warner / Chappell "(Russian office of Warner / Chappell Music) wrote:" Union of Music "," RDS Records "," Government of Sound " (licensee Armada Music), Nikitin Media Digital Content and "National Music Publishing" a manifesto required "in the Russian Federation from Nokia and Samsung in full compliance operation with the Russian legislation in the field of intellectual property have been." "rights holders have a serious problem - there is a certain Nokia and Samsung, which have powerful digital services, sewn into the phone - it is possible to buy music, listen to it and so on, these companies come to the record labels and buy to use the license. Music for all such purposes is legal, because if they do not buy a license, it would simply make the criminal code But civil law, namely the payment of compensation, they "do not meet - .. told RIA Novosti Deputy. CEO "" Tune "Karina Abrahamyan She explains that" the licensed content purchased and then copy them to people for their own purposes, that is passed on to friends or otherwise transfer -. It is directly provided our law, but according to our law and international conventions for this type of use holder entitled to compensation "According to her, there is a specific procedure for the payment of compensation by an accredited organization, in this case - the Russian Union of the owner of the rule of law in Russia to a private copy is not up to the end of 2010 to work as. "It was very strong lobby telecommunications companies and importers who were not simply involved in the government's decision to the list of devices, tariffs, collection and settle so on." "But now the law works , as well as throughout the world, where the importers and manufacturers of equipment can be used for this type of copies to pay a certain percentage in favor of the owner. Then the percentage it was in the price, and eventually all of the end user, which is activated in the physical act of transferring content, and so calculated. "- Says Abrahamyan She noted that in civilized countries, the remuneration for the public performance and private copying is 50 percent of the revenue record companies, publishers, artists and writers." This is really a very great source of revenue. And in all countries except the countries of the Third World, such deductions - rule. In particular, and Nokia, Samsung and outside Russia, there is no question - whether to comply with the law on compensation for the use of the owners of intellectual property, and in Russia, the companies are selective compliance with the intellectual property rights of others, "- said the agency interlocutor RIA "News. "For his part, the Director General of," said First Music Publishers' Maxim Dmitriev, do not understand that music companies, these "double standards". "We went to the Russian Union of owners to rectify the situation, they replied that they did not fix the problem. Well, this story to us to intervene abroad, these deductions are considered common practice, and here we are forced to raise his hand and wait for the money to be received, "- said Dmitriev manifest in companies claim that it terminated the cooperation. with Nokia and Samsung, as well as with companies that the functions of cleaning the rights for the above brands Music Services perform "to settlement under the Civil Code of the remuneration for free reproduction of music content for your personal use for the duration of the relevant provisions of the Act . " "None of the Nokia, Samsung or any payments to rights holders do not receive the money, and we are not happy with this situation. We came to the conclusion that not willing to use the services of companies that do not license inconsistent with the obligations under the Act on the remuneration is. We should not at all deserve nothing less than to make a little on the sale of a license, but do not get the fact that we are much more because under the law, "- says CEO Abrahamyan." SBA / Gala Records "Alexander Blinov also said he was ready to go at a loss:" We believe in this case, one can not know something, or black -. Russian legislation is to be met. If Nokia and Samsung do not, we will not license any music services of these companies. We are willing to accept some losses, but we hope to enforce that common sense is, Samsung and Nokia will perform Russian law, consult the appropriate payments to the owners. "- He said Nokia representative declined to comment, has comments Samsung RIA Novosti has not yet received.
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