Owner of 'Dvach' ordered to pay 138k for stealing Telegram posts
The Tushino District Court of Moscow partially granted a lawsuit filed by the creator of the Telegram channel 'Ukiyo-e Every Day' against the owner of 'Dvach,' ordering him to pay 138,000 rubles for copying and republishing content without attribution. The court's decision was based on the unauthorized use of two posts about Japanese woodblock prints, which were altered, published with the defendant's watermark, and monetized through advertising.
Consensus
- The Tushino District Court of Moscow ruled on a lawsuit filed by the author of the Telegram channel 'Ukiyo-e Each Day' against the owner of 'Dvach'.
- The court partially satisfied the claim, ordering the payment of 138,000 rubles.
- Two posts from the plaintiff's Telegram channel were copied by 'Dvach' and DTF, with authorship removed and the defendant's watermark added.
- The copied posts received approximately 250,000 views.
- Advertising was published in the 'Dvach' channel after the posts were republished.
- The plaintiff had previously sent a pre-trial claim to 'Dvach', which responded by stating that 'letters and words of the Russian language cannot be patented'.
- The posts were removed after the pre-trial claim, but no compensation was provided.
- The plaintiff spent money intended for a trip to Japan on legal fees.
- The lawsuit against DTF is still under consideration.
- The plaintiff views the ruling as a significant precedent for protecting intellectual property online.
Points of divergence
- The defendants claimed they had invented the caption themselves, which contradicts other sources stating they denied copyright protection for text. — tg_mash
- The plaintiff initially demanded 100,000 rubles in compensation and legal expenses, then increased the claim by another 100,000, resulting in a final award of 138,000. — riamo
- The plaintiff described the defendants as 'super successful guys' who profited from the posts, adding a subjective characterization not present in other sources. — tg_varlamov_news
Coverage (5 sources)
- Owner of "Dvach" will pay 138 thousand rubles for stealing content from Telegram — РИАМО
- From the owner of "Dvach" 138 thousand rubles were recovered for stealing posts from a telegram channel — Дождь
- Owner of 'Dvach' won 138k rubles for stealing Telegram posts. — Mash
- From the owner of "Dvach" 138 thousand rubles were recovered for stealing posts from a telegram channel — Дождь (Telegram)
- Court in Moscow awarded 138 thousand rubles to Dvach for theft of posts from Telegram channel about Japanese prints 'Ukiyo-e ka... — Varlamov News
Key entities
- Davacha
- Moscow
- Tushinsky District Court
- Telegram channel
- Telegram
- DTF
- Telegram
- Caution, News
- PhotoBank Lori
- Ruslan Kismatov
- Ukiyo-e Every Day