According to Vedomosti, the Russian Book Union (RKS) asked the Central Bank, the Federal Tax Service and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to strengthen control over money transfers on pirate sites, up to and including blocking illegal transactions from card-to-card users in this case and restricting access to banking infrastructure for pirates ...

RKS explained in its appeal that many pirate sites sell illegal digital copies of books cheaper than official publishers through gray payment systems without withholding taxes, for example, through p2p transfers to various accounts of individuals, which are constantly changing. In this case, the buyer may not receive the digital product at all or will not be able to return the money back for it.

According to RKS, most pirate resources do not have a legal entity and a Central Bank license to conduct money transfers, but use quasi-payment systems and receive payment on the cards of fictitious individuals using gray payment services. From the side of the Central Bank or banks, this looks like a regular transfer between two individuals, and not an official purchase and payment for content.

The representative of the Association for the Protection of Copyright on the Internet (AZAPI), representing the interests of publishing houses AST, Eksmo, Alpiny, Azbuka-Atticus, also agrees with the claims of RKS. In his opinion, the solution to this problem will also help limit funding for storage sites that provide users for paid temporary subscriptions to access pirated content, including e-books, films, music, and an online course. As an example, AZAPI cited the resources of Sharewood and Skladchik, whose annual income from the sale of subscriptions to pirated content can reach hundreds of millions of rubles, and no one officially pays taxes on this amount.

The RCC proposes to create a working group in an expanded composition, including the Central Bank, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and representatives of banks, so that it is possible to comprehensively block the actions of pirates, and not impose short-term restrictions on them, which they begin to bypass by switching to other money transfer schemes or expanding the number of banks for payment methods from users for their part.

RKS believes that in this case, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be able to prosecute the owners of pirated resources, if it can find them, even to criminal liability for illegal banking activities and for assistance in legalizing proceeds from the sale of pirated content. Also, the Central Bank may issue instructions to banks to block work with such pirated resources when their clients receive a request for a transfer or make transactions themselves.

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