Russian court orders vKontakte to stop infringement

Murray Stassen

Russian social network vKontakte (VK) has been ordered by a Russian court to use effective technology to prevent infringement of the recordings of two record companies.

The ruling was handed down in the Saint Petersburg & Leningradsky Region Arbitration Court on Monday.

Universal Music and Warner Music brought copyright infringement cases against VK in April 2014. The judge issued an oral decision on September 28, and the full judgments will be handed down in due course.

The court granted ...

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