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Russia: Vkontakte Social Network Recognized by RIAA as a Pirate Website

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Law, Media & Journalism, Technology, RuNet Echo

Torrentfreak writes [1] about the recent inclusion of Vkontakte, Russia's most popular social network, to RIAA's “Notorious Markets Review.” Site's “functionality is specifically designed to enable members to upload music and video files,” the review says. Recently, Vkontakte won a court case [2] [RUS] against VGTRK, Russian TV-company. The court ruled out the site wasn't responsible for user's content.