Moscow regional court satisfied the case lodged by Mr.Anton Vartanov, leader of “Magnetic Anomaly”, against “Megaphone” which had sold illegally 12 works of the author in the form of a service to Ring Back Tone (”melody in place of waiting zoom”). The court also considered “Incor” as a co-defendant, who provided content background, and “CD land+” which was up to 1st March 2007 the right owner of Mr.Vartanov’s songs reproduction. Although on 1st March 2007 the contract between Mr.Vartanov and “CD land+” was cancelled on mutual agreement of the parties, the company still gave permission for selling musician’s melodies. The court made the three defendants to reimburse the musician Rb.80 thousand (about USD 3,3 thousand) as a compensation. At the same time “CD land +” maintains that there was just a technical mistake.
This is eventually the first occurence in Russia when a right owner wins a case against a cellular operator who violated copyright.
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