The Russian Supreme Court has ruled that philharmonic societies are not obliged to pay royalties for performing public domain music. The complaint filed by the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic Society has been satisfied and the relevant provisions of an executive government order have been invalidated. Until that, philharmonic societies had to pay royalties (10% of the revenue) to the Russian Copyright Society for performing in mixed concerts any music, including classics by, e.g., Mozart or Bach. Now they may prorate the royalties in accordance to the proportion of copyrighted and public domain works in the concert.
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