"Russian Railways" and 5 St. Petersburg TV trial for failing to pay copyright

B Kuibyshev District Court in St. Petersburg to hear the case for copyright protection: the claim grandson of composer Vasily Solovyov-Gray JSC "Russian Railways". Recall that a lawsuit was filed in early 2005. According to the plaintiff - the grandson of the composer Vasily Solovyov-Gray, Railways, without documentation consent of the author with the heirs of the composer, the melody of the "Evening Song" ("City on the free Neva") used in Moscow, Finland and Vitebsk Station . Grandson of the composer wants compensation of $ 1.5 million. Background According to the law, the size of the license fee for the use of contract work is identified in 0.1% of the income of the payer, by operating activities. The maximum amount of compensation for infringement of copyright by the Law "On Copyright" is provided 5 million. The first meeting of the parties before the court on 17 January. 28th February a meeting at the pre-trial preparation. "Channel Five" trial of greed Recently, this is not the first attempt of copyright infringement. So, in the past week, a hearing on the 12 demands of the "Petersburg - Channel 5" illegal known through a broadcast network tunes by several authors. Price question - 3,000,000 rubles. It's so much want Russian Authors' Society (RAO) of "Petersburg-5 channel" channel obtained for the illegal use of music series in St. Petersburg and Moscow, composers and poets. Meeting on 21 April does not bring clarity, has been negotiating to 8 June moved to "Business Petersburg". As the deputy director of the Northwest branch RAO Natalia suckers that has almost all the ether "Petersburg-5-channel" the soundtrack, which, by the plaintiffs, Moscow and St. Petersburg poets and composers (including Alexander Pakhmutova Nicholas Dobronravov, Yuri Antonov Alexander Kolker is promoted, Kim Ryzhov Yuri Entin, David Tukhmanov Shainsky Vladimir, Alexander Morozov, Anatoli Cross, Sergey Sergei Kastorsky Banevich, and others). 3-year history of illegal copyright infringement began, as reported by Natalia sucker, with the advent of the post of Director General of the "Petersburg-Channel 5" Irina Terkin in 2002 and continues with a new manager -. Marina Fokina "If Irina Prudnikova (directed channel for 3 years prior to 2002) were no issues," - said Natalia Lohova. Before 2002, there was a licensing agreement between the "Petersburg-Channel 5" and RAO dismissal in favor of the authors of musical works 3% of the income from the ether of the donor. In 2002, the "Petersburg-5 channel" unilaterally decided to reduce the license fee, and after termination of the license agreement with RAO (same in 2002) has not been set in all payments extended to violate such law "copyright." Judicial History In spring 2004, on waste management and the authors 12 complaints of copyright infringement and a separate claim for the debt TRC "fifth channel" the copyright community in the license agreement for the year 2002 were obtained. The total financial assets of more than € 3 million. "In all our treatment guide" Petersburg-5 channel "we will not be given with a written answer, - says Natalya sucker -. We requested and Alla Manilova, but received the answer" "Petersburg-5 channel" is not no comments yet offer. Braved the study appeared interesting details. For some time before the meeting, almost all of the plaintiffs. "Petersburg" as the unknown, represented in the accounts of the TRC They alleged that between TRC "Petersburg" and RAO reportedly reached an agreement, and now directly transmit the television license fee and applied for bank account holders. RAO considers these incidents as a provocation. Management of RAO sure this has been done to the case believe the fact of the presence of royalty, but unknown in honesty doubt to conclude that the owner will probably receive a nominal sum, and not the full amount of the claims. Donors never accepted nor rejected. Mihaylyukova Anastasia