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Owner of the software application


The owner of a software application is a person who independently and at their own discretion determines the order of use of the software application (hereinafter referred to as the owner of the software application), as well as the owner of an information resource on which the software application is placed, and/or another person ensuring the placement in an information and telecommunications network, including the Internet, of the software application through which access in information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, to objects of copyright and/or related rights (excluding photographic works and works obtained by methods analogous to photography) or to information necessary for their retrieval using information and telecommunications networks is provided without the authorization of the right holder or another lawful basis1.

  1. Federal Law No. 149-FZ of July 27, 2006 "On Information, Information Technologies and on the Protection of Information", as amended on October 1, 2020, Article 15.2, subpara. 1.1 // Collection of Laws of the Russian Federation. 2006. No. 31. Art. 3448. ↩