Russia Disagrees with G8 on Control of Internet - Medvedev

Russia's stance on internet development and intellectual property rights differs from that in the final joint declaration of the G8 leaders, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.The summit in Deauville was the first G8 summit when discussions on the issue of internet were included in the agenda."The declaration reflects an absolutely conservative position that intellectual property rights should be protected according to the existing conventions. No one questions that, but I have repeatedly stated that, unfortunately, those conventions were written 50 or almost 100 years ago, and they are unable to regulate the whole complex of relations between the copyright owner and users," Medvedev said....read more>>>...