A division of Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music and Warner has filed a court application for a preliminary injunction against Apple for hosting three copyright-infringing music apps in the Russian App Store, TorrentFreak reported。 Roman Lukyanov, chief executive of Semenov and Pevzner, a local law firm that specializes in copyright protection and represents record companies, told the Newspaper that applications for interim measures for the three apps were filed on October 1, 2020, with Apple listed as a defendant.

Another app mentioned in the complaint is the iMus Music Player, which allows users to stream music tracks extracted from YouTube with ads in the middle. "iMus" is Apple's 104th-ranked app in Music. The third app, called Music Downloader and Player, provides users with a similar ad-based streaming service, with music videos extracted from YouTube, track downloads for offline listening, and a pay-per-view, ad-free subscription.

The complaints follow a new law that came into force last week in Russia aimed at quickly removing pirated apps from the mobile app store. The legislation requires digital distribution platforms to respond quickly to infringement allegations. Failure to do so may result in the Store being blocked by your local Internet service provider. The complaints from record companies were filed in Moscow on the day the new law came into force, and were reportedly considered "water-testing" by the music industry, with other copyright holders said to be watching how the courts handled them.