German pirate company focused on the Russian market. Below is the full text of the article "Copied Records «Diva»" from the "Official News of the Joint-Stock Company Gramophone" magazine from January 1909: "Among the numerous counterfeiters of our records, there was also one German company, which distributes counterfeit copies of Joint-Stock Company Gramophone records in Russia under label «Diva».
The Joint-Stock Company Gramophone succeeded in suspending by court order all further production of «Diva» records for Russian export until the end of hearing under the threat of penalty in 15.000 marks or a six-month prison sentence."