Russian Social Network VKontakte Ordered to Remove File Sharing Function
As we covered earlier in the year, VKontakte, Russia's largest social network, has been in court defending itself against an order to remove its file-sharing functionality from its site. One of the largest record labels, EMI, led the charge and won the case. VKontakte recently appealed, but have lost the appeal again.
As we covered earlier in the year, VKontakte, Russia’s largest social network, has been in court defending itself against an order to remove its file-sharing functionality from its site. One of the largest record labels, EMI, led the charge and won the case. VKontakte recently appealed, but have lost the appeal again.
The issue of the case is that VKontakte uses peer to peer technology without restrictions, which allows users on their social network easy access to each other’s files.
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