"Vkontakte" sued 51.6 million rubles
The social network "Vkontakte" have lost the suit brought by companies Warner Music UK, Sony Music and Universal Music.
Arbitration court of St. Petersburg satisfied in full size complaints of rights holders, whose recordings were illegally posted on the web site.
In the card business, posted on the website of "E-justice", States that the claim is satisfied in full. Details of the production and solutions were not disclosed.
Official dealer of "Vkontakte" Giorgi Lubushkin called the information in the media about the court decision "Duck". "Officially (though we cannot comment on the court case): Case on the suit, which is described in the article, is still ongoing. Decision on it is not. Follow-up meeting is scheduled for September 8. All the rest is misinformation. Be careful", - commented on the situation the press-Secretary of the social network.
The total amount of claims presented "Vkontakte", sostavila,6 million roubles. The domestic unit of Sony Music and Universal Music are requested to social network 15.6 million rubles, Warner Music UK Limited - 20,4 million rubles, ITAR-TASS reported.
As reported earlier, the subject of claims is a violation of copyright and related rights 9 artists. Among them domestic and foreign musicians. Namely, according to reliable information materials of the case, Sony Music demands to remove from the website, the song artist Sak Noel "Loca people", several tracks Sergey Lazarev (even "Electric Touch", "Lazerboy"), Yulia Parshuta and groups Lumiere. In addition to monetary compensation to the plaintiff urges to publish the court decision on the site "Vkontakte" and oblige the social network to close the ability to host the data recording.
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