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Russia no longer has copyright laws
The Government of Vladimir Putin simply relaxed the patents to forget the sanctions offered by Western countries in his direction
In all these weeks, since the beginning of the special operation led by Vladimir Putin, which is classified as a territorial invasion of Ukraine, an extensive list of sanctions against Russia and its population has been seen.
Which are not exclusively in areas of dissipating its economy, also companies with global headquarters that offer products and services have said they do not want anything with this country.
What caused a decision by the presidential cabinet, which can be very serious for creators and global entrepreneurs. Because at this time its citizens were told that it was not necessary to pay patents to use products and services.
Copyright in Russia was equal to the laws of Europe
Since the early 1800s, copyright or intellectual property laws began to form on the continent of Western Europe, and all these related regulations have been in force throughout this territory until today.
Despite the disintegration of the Soviet Union (USSR), and the configuration of several laws, Russia maintained the essence of this intellectual property law since 1961, but until this past week it remained this way.
This norm of its national constitution is completely erased, as a result of the current situation in Russia, which various media have called a maneuver by Putin to attack companies from his enemy countries.
What does it mean for Russia to loosen its copyright laws?
The Russian Secretary General affirmed, in subtle and respectful words, that piracy was legal on Russian territory, both in the field of films, movies, documentaries, series, video games and applications.
Everything that has to do with entertainment will be at the mercy of being hacked or stolen without any legal retaliation for the violation of this law that no longer applies to Russia.
Russia, one of the most populous countries in the world, with no more and no less than approximately 145 million people living in it, is undoubtedly already a king of piracy.
But in this situation, a low number of pirates on the web goes up like foam. With only 6 or 8 million people pirating any product or service it really affects a creator.
It's not just a threat to Russian business
The relaxation of intellectual property law is seen as a threat not only to Russian companies, which would receive practically nothing for their creations, but it would also fuel a much larger wave of piracy around the world.
Creating the worst time for those people who live off the payment of patents for their products or services. Although This affectation would not be so devastating for a multimillion-dollar company, for medium and small businesses it would be practically an extinction of their profits.
It is one of the worst times to release a work to the public eye, since the analytical estimate made will be by far a disappointment for anyone.
Companies that have left Russia
This list has been getting longer every day, most of the big companies that we find internationally are no longer in Russia or available for this particular territory.
The number is valued at more than 300 companies that have laid off across the nation this March. Among which stand out: Apple, Amazon, Adidas, Chanel, Coca-cola, Netflix, Coinbase, DirecTV, Disney, among others.
Most businessmen agree that although withdrawing from the Russian market means great economic losses, this action is required if a good reputation is to be maintained for the entire international market.
That is, a market is sacrificed, to save more than 150 markets. This in numbers is much higher, and the sacrifice means not losing the affection of consumers, and also joining the wave of other companies in the same direction, as well as not forgetting the relevance they get from being news.
The annoyance of Russian users
On the web, Internet users have shared the belief that these companies have been unfair to the inhabitants of Russia. In addition to breaking the law without retaliation.
They put as an argument the fact that each person who has bought a product or service from a company, like Apple for example, makes a personalized contract between consumer and company.
Nowhere does it appear that the services you have paid for are completely paralyzed because your nation sees social and political problems. In this aspect, a circle of Xenophobia and aggression towards the entire Russian community is created.
This argument is also taken up by the government of Vladimir Putin, so that it is understood that if companies want to break the law, they will too. And you… What do you think about this decision?
