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Russian Piracy Problems (#875)
Posted: 1/7/2003; 8:08 PM by Terry Frazier
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Piracy is a legitimate concern for the film and music industries, just as it is for the software industry. Sadly, it's not real pirates the industry is trying to stop. The real problem is large-scale piracy, often government supported, in Asia, Russia, and other Eurasian countries. The industry doesn't know how to stop this so they focus on harassing legitimate customers. It's a very unfortunate situation.

My stance against the media industry's bone-headed, technophobic anti-piracy policies and corrupt, political machinations should never be construed as a piracy endorsement. Rather it's an endorsement of an individual's right to read, listen, and watch without restraint, while simultaneously supporting legitimate efforts to stop large-scale piracy operations.

Russia battles against CD piracy
Tuesday, 7 January, 2003, 14:08 GMT
BBC Russian service

By Alexander Koliandre

[...] Russia has the second largest music piracy market in the world, after China, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the organisation representing the recording industry worldwide.

It also has one of the highest piracy rates in the world at 65%. More troubling is that the 200 million pirated CDs produced in Russia dwarf the country's total market for CDs by eight times.

Pirated CDs made in Russia are smuggled to the Western Europe and can be found in Paris, London and Amsterdam. [BBC News]
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