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A Russian judge has banned the video of Pussy Riot's from the internet. I don't know how to take that. Should I obey that judge's order? NOT. This judge has no jurdication anywhere here in the United States of America. When I find the groups video, I'm going to blast it everywhere on my little portal of the broadcasting planet. The below video should be labeled "Removed by the Russian Government by force." Why do we like Pussy Riot? First they are great press and second, their music is not that good, but for the love of freedom of music, they are an icon of the music business. When they get into the recording studio, and make a "real" recording that is commercial enough for the rest of us, they will be big. Really big. Not to say that they are not really big right now and growing everyday in worldwide popularity. They have caused a small ripple in the Russian translations software by the western nations with greater interest in the langauge of the Russian people, and have caused a minor influx of travel interest into the country. The Russian government should be thankful, that three very lovely ladies of music has created such an economic rift in the Russian music industry. - KHS
Book Burning Goes Digital: Pussy Riot Video Declared 'Extremist' in Russia
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Why a Moscow court is ordering web access to the footage be limited
Members Pussy Riot stage a performance to support detained opposition activists on a roof near the detention centre in Moscow. (Denis Sinyakov/Reuters)
MOSCOW -- A court in Moscow has designated four videos made by the feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot as extremist. The Zamoskvorechye District Court in the Russian capital ruled that access to all websites hosting the videos must be limited. According to the court's decision, websites that do not remove the Pussy Riot videos will face administrative penalties, including fines up to 100,000 rubles ($3,000).
At least one video shows a performance in February at Moscow's main Russian Orthodox cathedral that protested President Vladimir Putin's rule. It led to the arrest of three members of the group. Two of them -- Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova -- are now serving two-year prison sentences for "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred." A third member, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was freed last month after a court suspended her sentence on appeal. "Just as in old times, we burned books. Now we are deleting video clips which have undoubted historic significance."
Samutsevich told journalists that she will appeal the court's action. "Of course, I have negative emotions because for me this is a clear sign of censorship of art and the culture of protest, which is very important for any country, especially Russia," she said. "And it is appalling that they are now going to block, as I understand, almost all of Pussy Riot's video clips and photographs."
A spokeswoman for Moscow's Zamoskvorechye District Court, Yevgenia Pazukhina, told journalists that Samutsevich has no right to appeal the court's decision because she did not take part in the hearing. Pazukhina added that the court's decision will come into force in one month unless it is appealed.
Earlier this week, the court rejected Samutsevich's request to legally take part in the hearing.
Oleg Kozyrev, a Moscow-based opposition blogger and media analyst, said that the Pussy Riot videos will likely become harder to find online in Russia. "The power structures will try to ensure that these video clips do not appear on at least the main blog platforms and social networks," Kozyrev said. "In all probability, if they find the clips displayed they will appeal to the owners of the social network. And to be honest, I think that in all probability these social networks will not refuse. The majority of them will meet them in the middle and will close the pages displaying these clips."
Kozyrev says the court's action does not negate the importance of the Pussy Riot videos. "Whatever you think about these videos, they have become a part of the history of this country," Kozyrev said. "Just as in old times, we burned books. Now we are deleting video clips which have undoubted historic significance." Vsevolod Chaplin, a spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow, welcomed the court's decision, saying the Pussy Riot's videos offended the feelings of all Orthodox Christians.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/11/book-burning-goes-digital-pussy-riot-video-declared-extremist-in-russia/265730/
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