In justice against the social network VKontakte Sony, Universal and Warner Music resort, blaming "Russian Facebook" for a large-scale copyright infringement.
These actions are coordinated within the framework of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (Ifpi), representing record companies from all over the world.
Companies blame it VKontakte – which is the second largest social network in Europe – for creating a "large library" of music it does not own the rights to, which it offers as a service to users as part of its operation. Their pursuit is version court order in Russia to remove a number of files from this service.
In a statement, Ifli's managing director, Frances Moore, says the issue has been repeatedly highlighted over a long period of time. "We encouraged VK to stop the violations and negotiate with the record labels to become a legitimate service. Until now, the company has not taken steps in that direction, so they are starting legal proceedings. "
According to a BBC report, VK has long been in the "target" of organizations dealing with themecopyrights, with the US Trade Representative's annual report on "notorious purchases" pointing to this as a problem. Also in November 2012, the Russian Supreme Court had found the company guilty of illegally distributing music owned by Gala Music Group.
VK has 143 millions χρήστες διεθνώς, εκ των οποίων 88 εκατομμύρια εντός της Ρωσίας. Σημειώνεται ότι, σύμφωνα με τον Guardian, τον περασμένο Αύγουστο είχε προσφέρει δουλειά στον Έντουαρντ Σνόουντεν, ενώ είχε επίσης επικριθεί για τη φιλοξενία ομοφοβικών γκρουπ όπως το Occupy Paedophilia, που χρησιμοποιούσαν το κοινωνικό δίκτυο για να προσελκύουν ομοφυλόφιλους σε χώρους όπου δέχονταν attacks.
