According to Internet-Video Association, cited by the KinOPOisk streaming service, 90 percent Content available in Russian “Internet cinemas” currently does not have a distribution certificate, and the process of obtaining it will take years.
“First of all, these are television series, for which, unlike movies, permission to display in cinemas is not needed by definition. […] If internet cinemas have to remove almost all content from their catalogs at once and wait a long time for permission to display them, Viewers will lose access to legal copies of a huge number of television films and seriesincluding Russian ” – regrets Kinopoiska.
Pride adopted a law on Wednesday first reading the requirements for video services to obtain distribution certificates. The project also prohibits issuing certificates for products that they “discredit” Russian “spiritual and moral values” or promote denying such values. If the Act is adopted, the Ministry of Culture will be able to make changes to already issued certificates (e.g. in terms of determining the age of films).
Kinopoiska notes that the distribution certificate system, which only the creators and distributors of the film must now obtain, lost its importance. “It is A outdated system that works in theaterswhere about 500 films are released a year, but it is completely unsuitable for streaming, where several thousand new titles appear annually, “says the company.
