Portal:Law/Case/Week 38 2006
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Gevorkyan v. Moshkov (Russian: Геворкян против Мошкова) was a landmark case that established the precedent for the application of the Russian copyright law to the online services. ...
The case was heard in Ostankino Court of Moscow. Originally the KM asked for $500,000 as a compensation for their exclusive rights, but the court did not take the case. The contracts for the exclusive internet rights were considered invalid. The KM have taken an alternative route and filed applications on behalf of the authors: Alexandra Marinina, Vasily Golovachyov, Eduard Gevorkyan and Elena Kasatonova. All of them but the sci-fi writer Eduard Gevorkyan later called off their signatures claiming that they were not aware of the lawsuits on their behalf.
