AZAPI asks US regulators to add Telegram to the list of pirated resources

The Internet Copyright Association (AZAPI) filed a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) letter asking you to recognize Telegram messenger as a pirated resource.

The letter emphasizes that recently inTelegram recorded a large number of copyright infringements by Russian copyright holders. If the SEC puts the messenger in the "Special Report 301", US regulators and law enforcement agencies will more closely monitor Telegram and respond more strictly to violations.

“We see that the number of violations is growing on Telegramcopyrights, and the management of the messenger takes a passive position and applies only temporary and very mild sanctions to malicious violators. Telegram only responds to complaints from the App Store, as it knows that Apple can remove it from its app store at the request of copyright holders,” the letter notes.

According to the management of AZAPI, with the launch of the platformThe Telegram Open Network and the Gram cryptocurrencies may escalate even more, as pirates will get a very convenient way to sell illegal content.

AZAPI representing a large number of interestsRussian publishers, including AST, Eksmo, and ABC-Atticus, first tried to contact the Telegram management. According to the Association, in the messenger there are more than 170 large channels distributing illegal copies of books. However, the appeal remained unanswered by the Telegram administration.

Let us remind you that the SEC already has questions forTelegram messenger regarding the sale of tokens in 2018. In early 2020, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and two other company employees are scheduled to testify in an SEC lawsuit. The commission believes that Telegram conducted an illegal ICO, during which it raised $1.7 billion.

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