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Russia's version of Facebook ordered to develop systems against illegal music downloads

Xinhua, September 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Court of Arbitration in Russia's northern capital St. Petersburg on Tuesday ruled that the country's leading social network site, VKontakte (VK), should improve its anti-piracy systems.

The court, however, refused to grant the 36 million rubles (543,685 U.S. dollars) in damages sought by the plaintiffs, music giants Warner and Universal.

A VK spokesperson told local media in St. Petersburg that work on a new system to combat illegal music downloads was already underway.

Founded in 2006 by St. Petersburg State University graduate Pavel Durov, VK has become known as "Russia's Facebook," offering its 100-million-plus users video-and music-sharing platforms as well as other social networking tools.

In 2014, Warner, Universal and Sony Music sued VK for breach of copyright. VK and Sony reached an out-of-court settlement earlier this year. Endit