Russian Duma proposal to create internet censorship

[John Dunn]

One reason why there is less focus on 'cyberwarfare' in Russia is that much of the activity of that nature that takes place there is carried out with the approval, if not the connivance of the authorities. 

As for copyright, this is a complex technical issue that does not have instant appeal for legislators.  And, as we have been told, this issue is being pushed in the U.S. and in Europe by powerful lobbies, whereas in Russia the equivalent bodies do not have the same clout (and in any case Nikita Mikhalkov does not need the money).  On the other hand, control over Internet content is being promoted by groups such as the security ministries and the Russian Orthodox Church that do indeed have a great deal of influence.

John Dunn.
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The copyright aspect is very interesting, because Russia has certainly
been on the receiving end of much international disapproval of its lax
attitude to enforcement of foreign copyrights.  There has been
coverage of various attempts to go after the ubiquitous pirate DVD
vendors and the like in the physical territory of Russia; I have no idea
why such efforts apparently haven't extended to the Runet.

There also appears to be a lot less focus than in the EU on issues of
cybercrime and "cyberwarfare;" there does not appear to be much
legislative or prosecutorial interest in the problem of botnet operators
or virus makers, or in going after Internet users for their use or
possession of technologies to circumvent computer security.  That's not
necessarily a good or a bad thing--the discussion of these issues in
Western Europe is beginning to look like a gross overreaction--but it's
interesting.

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