Lawyers of Webkontrol Company, specializing in the search for illegal copies of content on the Internet and copyright protection of foreign and Russian copyright holders, specifically for RUVOD commented on the initiative of the Ministry of culture to block sites for violation of copyright and related rights without a court decision:

The initiative of the Ministry of culture has a logical reason, because it is really a common practice among the owners of pirate sites to hide contact information, which makes it difficult to identify them for the right holders, and therefore the process of restoring violated rights.

The initiative of the Ministry of culture has a logical reason, because it is really a common practice among the owners of pirate sites to hide contact information, which makes it difficult to identify them for the right holders, and therefore the process of restoring violated rights.

In addition, making the obligation to post contact details on the websites does not solve the problem of establishing the reliability of these data, since there is no corresponding control mechanism in the law.