The Russian state library entered the infrastructure of the IPChain blockchain network

2021: Including IPChain in the infrastructure of the blockchain network

Russian State Library entered the network infrastructure. blockchain IPChain This became known on April 27, 2021.

The tripartite agreement was signed by the General Director of The Russian state the Library (RGB), Vadim Duda the President of the IPChain Association Andrei Krichevsky and the General Director of the Russian Copyright Society (RAO) Alexander Sukhotin.

The agreement is designed to increase citizens' access to works of literature, science and art, protect the rights of authors in the digital environment, and contribute to the development of automated intellectual rights management practices.

{{quote 'The Russian State Library accumulates a huge amount of intellectual property and cannot stand aside from such important trends as digitalization, said Vadim Duda. - We sign a very important agreement. It is obvious that digital content is becoming a resource for the growth of the economy, human capital. I think that this agreement will lay the technological and legal basis for the Leninka funds to be used in a much larger amount in the digital age. This is a big step for us. }}

With the help of the IPChain Association and its infrastructure solutions for intellectual property, the RGB will be able to expand the amount of information about works, rights holders and transactions with rights available to any interested market participant. Industries, including those related to the book, will have an exhaustive idea of ​ ​ who owns the rights to a particular work.

The need for the Agreement is long overdue, said Andrei Krichevsky. "This is a historic event. For three years, we discussed the possibility of integrating the RGB and its services into the IPChain system. We at IPChain always emphasize that the digitalization of content and the development of online tools should go hand in hand with the mechanisms for protecting and protecting intellectual property in the Internet environment.

Another important task is to form a register of "orphan works" and determine the legal procedure for their use. A huge amount of content, including texts, has been withdrawn from civil circulation, as the authors do not declare themselves in any way. The business is ready to ask permission and pay, but does not know who. One of the decisions is to create a fund that could manage the rights to such works and collect royalties in favor of the authors if they suddenly decide to designate themselves and declare their rights.

Finally, the BWG, together with the Association, can develop a convenient, transparent, objective mechanism for calculating proportional rewards for the use of products in a digital environment, and automate the distribution of such payments.

All these tasks - determining the status of "orphan" works, consolidating the methods of their free use, improving the procedure for rewarding authors and managing intellectual rights in the digital environment - are supposed to be solved, including through participation in the preparation of relevant bills.

Under the agreement, the RGB will create on the basis of mandatory electronic copies the National Bibliographic Resource and the National Book Platform. RAO will provide accurate data on all rights holders and share experience in calculating proportional remuneration. The IPChain Association, in turn, will contribute to the adjustment of legislation and methodological documents by participating in relevant working groups, government and expert discussions. In addition, the Association will provide the book, publishing, library sector with infrastructure for anti-piracy services, lobby for the introduction of judicial and pre-trial blocking tools for illegal content, for example, by restricting search results.

Digital transformation is an ambitious task and courage is needed to keep this course. We in the RAO have already embarked on this path. Whether we want it or not, intellectual property is largely distributed in the figure. Technological tools, primarily IPChain infrastructure services, have already allowed us to rethink the principle of collecting and administering copyright rewards, making the system truly transparent to both authors and users. I am sure the same can work in the book industry, "said Alexander Sukhotin.

The values ​ ​ stored by museums and libraries can not only be protected, but also used for the benefit of cultural institutions themselves, society and the state. Blockchain infrastructure has created a digital market, which is high time to enter not only commercial players and government agencies, but also institutions of science and culture. By expanding the range of commercial and non-commercial services, developing licensing tools, fully involving funds in civil circulation, the RGB will be able to maintain high positions. I am sure that Leninka will always remain the flagship of librarianship in Russia, "added Andrei Krichevsky.