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Social Network VKontakte "led rating by the number of remote pirated videos in March 2011, published by" VebSherif "dedicated to the protection of video content on the интернет. The share of "VKontakte" had 72.7 percent of the remote pirated content, then settled down with a large backlog torrent tracker Rutracker.org (8 percent) and video service Mail.ru – video.mail.ru (7 percent). In addition to the above three, the top ten favorite pirates resources included rutube.ru, letitbit.net, vip-file.com, video.yandex.ru, shareflare.net, rapidshare.com and depositfiles.com. "VKontakte is the largest social network in Russia. As of March 2011, site traffic was 24 million unique visitors per day. The vast majority of media content on the site is downloaded by users. Administration "VKontakte" received numerous complaints from copyright holders, including the courts. In early March 2011 the Russian social network site Rutracker.org and hit the "black list" of pirated resources compiled by the U.S. Trade Representative (The US Trade Representative). March 15, 2011 the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation approved the Federal Arbitration Court of the Northwest District, freed the administration of social networks from liability for content uploaded by users. Rights holders have called this outcome a "bad precedent for the industry, as many decisions on similar lawsuits against online resources is postponed pending the verdict of the Supreme Arbitration Court against" VKontakte.
