MOSCOW, August 21 (RAPSI) - Russia's federal communications agency Roskomnadzor will block opensharing.org website under the anti-piracy law, RAPSI's sister agency Digit.ru reported on Wednesday.

Pirated films are stored on this file-sharing website. Earlier, the copyright holder applied to the Moscow City Court. The court ordered to grant interlocutory injunctions against opensharing.org.

Roskomnadzor thereunder ordered the hosting provider to delete the disputed films or to block access to them, but the requirement was not fulfilled. Therefore the access to the website will be limited.

The anti-piracy law took effect on August 1, despite the protests of Internet companies. The law was adopted by the State Duma on June 21 and approved by the Federation Council on June 26.

It sets out the legal grounds and the procedure for limiting access to websites that distribute movies and TV films in violation of copyright. The law also sets out the rules for bringing to account or condoning information brokers (Internet and hosting providers).

The final wording of the law does not include music. The authors of the law said their goal is not to fight those who download pirated films, but those who distribute this kind of content. Issues of injunction and punishment will be handled exclusively by the Moscow City Court, which will accept complaints round the clock, including online.

The court will also set the length of the injunction period (up to 15 days) during which a plaintiff can file a lawsuit. In case of failure to do so, or if the lawsuit is rejected, the organization or individual whose legal interests have been harmed by the blocking of content will be able to claim damages.

The agency then has three days to determine the hosting provider of the website and to order it to delete the pirated content. If the owner of the resource openly refuses to do so or does nothing to fulfill the regulator's order for three days, the regulator will limit access to the website.

Before filing a request for blocking access to such websites, the rights holders must provide evidence of their ownership of the content being distributed in violation of copyright.