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Russia: Media Company Calls to Close Country's Biggest Social Network.

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Economics & Business, Law, Technology, RuNet Echo

Alexander Akopov, head of a media company “Amedia“, called [1] [RUS] to close Russia's biggest social network “Vkontakte” for massive copyright violations describing it as “the main pirate of the country” and its users as “30 millions of criminals”. He offered to prosecute both the network and its users and demand 100 million dollars as compensation.