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US authorities charge Ukrainian owner of top file-sharing site with copyright infringement

U.S. authorities have charged a Ukrainian citizen, the alleged owner of the world’s most visited illegal file-sharing website KickassTorrent, with criminal copyright infringement and have seized domain names associated with the website. Artem Vaulin, 30-year-old from Kharkiv, was arrested on July 20 in Poland and was charged under a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. …

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Netherlands offers Ukrainian legal tech startups up to €160,000 in funding (application deadline: June 30)

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) invites Ukrainian tech entrepreneurs working in family justice and SME empowerment to participate in its acceleration program with a chance to secure up to €160,000 in acceleration funding, with each winner raising some €20,000-35,000. The program targets unique legal technology startups. To apply, a project has to be …

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IT legislation and taxation to be discussed in Kyiv conference (April 8)

On April 8, the Ukrainian capital will host the Ukraine Bar Association’s UBA Conference on IT Law — the first ever event dedicated to the legal aspects of IT business in Ukraine. The conference will bring together representatives of major Ukrainian and international IT-related companies, IT lawyers, business security professionals, and experts from a number of industry associations.

Ukrainian taxi drivers voice protest over Uber’s market entry

After Uber started enrolling drivers in Ukraine earlier this month, Kyiv (Kiev) taxi drivers have begun voicing their concerns. Last week, as reported by Ukrainian tech blog AIN.UA. they held a press conference under the slogan “The Klitschko-Uber collusion: A taxi at the price of a passenger’s life?” (Vitalii Klitschko is the mayor of Kyiv). …

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Ukraine moves towards PayPal: Residents can now receive e-payments from abroad

Starting Feb. 13, Ukrainians can receive electronic payments from non-residents of Ukraine in foreign currency, according to a statement by the National Bank of Ukraine on Feb. 12. This ruling opens the way for citizens of other countries to transfer electronic money to accounts in Ukrainian banks. “Individual is entitled to receive electronic money, issued by the nonresident …

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Ukrainian IT professionals may benefit from Germany’s Blue Card program

Ukrainian software developers are taking advantage of Germany’s Blue Card program for highly skilled immigrants. The program’s fast-track system for obtaining visas is one of the main reasons why Germany is becoming the main destination for Ukrainian information technology professionals. “They [the German embassy] only needed a work contract and a few documents with translations,” says Andrey Tkachenko, …

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New law aims to regulate e-commerce and protect consumer rights

Last week the Ukrainian parliament adopted a long-awaited law to regulate electronic transactions in the countries. The law will essentially guarantee equal legal status and guarantees for electronic and traditional transactions. The new law provides a legal definition to such terms as “electronic transaction,” “electronic message,” and “Internet store,” the latter being described as “a method of …

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Central bank widens road for cross-border payments and commerce

The legal firewall blocking access for Ukrainians to international banking and online payment systems is set to come tumbling down as the National Bank of Ukraine removed a number of barriers in cross-border payments and commerce. E-payment systems like PayPal can now fully operate in Ukraine. Previously, Ukrainians could purchase goods abroad using PayPal, but it …

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US social networks, blogs allowed back into Crimea

The United States on Friday announced that U.S. companies can still give users in Crimea access to a range of free online communications services, despite an earlier U.S. ban on providing any services to the region after it was annexed by Russia last year. The decision will allow U.S. Internet companies such as Apple and Google — who previously announced that they were cutting off service to Crimea — …

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Ukraine’s security service takes down 30,000 websites to fight “pro-Russian propaganda”

Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) was initially aiming to shut down five websites that had been allegedly spreading pro-Russian views about the conflict in Ukraine. Instead, they ended up crushing thousands of other websites, halting business and other activities of the Ukrainian segment of the Internet. In an attempt to block five allegedly anti-Ukrainian websites, …

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Three successes in IT deregulation give hope for future

Despite all the challenges coming along the way, deregulation remains one of the fastest-moving reforms. A number of laws and Cabinet of Ministers decrees that make life easier for Ukrainian business have already been passed. Moreover, the government has recently adopted an action plan on deregulation for 2015-2016, which contains 130 of the most painful issues …

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US sanctions block Crimeans from World of Warcraft, Diablo III

Crimean gamers were locked out of playing popular online multiplayer games World of Warcraft and Diablo III last week, as the game publisher was forced to suspend the accounts in compliance with Western sanctions. Major US Internet and tech companies such as Apple, Google and PayPal have suspended services to Crimean users over the last year. The United States in December barred US-registered companies from investing in Crimea or providing …

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