Introducción al Derecho de Propiedad Intelectual en Rusia

La burocracia soviética no desapareció con la caída del comunismo, no señor.

Rockers DEEP PURPLE have been fined for playing their own songs in Russia.


A local court has handed down the fine after Ian Gillan, Ian Paice and Roger Glover failed to clear rights to their tunes in Russia before a concert in Rostov-on-Don last year (Oct08).

According to the court's ruling, the musicians should have obtained a license from the Russian Authors' Society, known as NGO, before the public performance.

NGO represents the rights of foreign performers in Russia.

For every 'unlicensed' song, the court imposed a penalty of 30,000 roubles (u$s1,000) on the organisers of the concert, according to RussiaToday.com.

Y adonde va el dinero de la multa, dirán ustedes ?

A resarcir a la banda damnificada, por supuesto.

Kirovsky district court in Rostov-on-Don ruled on June 15 decision that the group Deep Purple illegally performed their own works at the concert on 19 October last year in Rostov [...]

Moreover, as the "Vesti", incurred by the organizers of the money intended to pay RAO minus their commission [to] the same group Deep Purple, which is, in this case, the alleged victim. [...]

No me extrañaría que SADAIC tenga implementado algo similar.