Raised his hand to the holy!

Russian favorite backdrop for family photos can be fraught with unpleasant punishment of a fine - just about posting such pictures to the social network will be punishable. The creators of the carpets claimed copyright.

Weavers have developed a draft law on copyright in the carpets, introducing penalties for illegal use of images of carpets and royalties to authors. The law should come into force on 1 September.

Carpet Manufacturers find it unfair that their masterpieces used by all and sundry as a background. "Weave carpets - serious and hard work. Those who steal copyrights patterns with carpets on their own personal pictures, now have to shell out "- quoted by Rosbalt Russian Authors' Society. The penalty will be 3000 rubles.





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