Yahoo China sued by music site for copyright violation
A Chinese music site is suing Yahoo Inc.’s China unit for allegedly violating its copyright, Chinese media reported Friday.
Zhejiang province-based Entertainment Base, which claims to be China’s largest Web site for original music, sued Yahoo China in the Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court over the copyright of 13 songs, and seeking $314,703 in damages, Shanghai’s [...]
Chinese court deploys sentencing software
China has tested a software programme designed to “help decide prison sentences”, Reuters reports.
According to Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, judges in Zichuan District Court in the city of Zibo, Shandong province, have for the last two years entered details of a crime into a computer which then delivers its verdict.
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China seizes millions of illegal CDs, DVDs in 100-day crackdown
China has confiscated more than eight million illegal CDs and DVDs as part of a 100-day crackdown on pirated movies and computer software.
The campaign has had “remarkable success” and coincides with a rise in sales of authorized CDs and DVDs in major cities, the China Daily quoted the head of the National Copyright Association, Long [...]
China wants remote control for video sites
The Chinese regulator of broadcast services is looking to extend its patch to include web-based video services.
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) is looking at new regulations to include online video sites. Although technically covered by existing laws, changes are expected because SARFT is asking for feedback before any changes are made.
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China crisis for web’s biggest names
China could block the operations of some of the internet’s biggest names in an apparent bid to take more control of the net economy. Yahoo!, eBay and Google all operate in China.
Foreign companies must already allow Chinese investors to own 50 per cent of all ventures in the country, and the government has begun to [...]
(Chinese) KTV clubs asked to pay copyright usage fees
KTV clubs in China will pay at most 1 per cent of their total income in the near future to copyright owners of the music videos they use, a senior official with the National Copyright Administration said yesterday.
The charge was initially fixed at 0.5 per cent of the yearly incomes of KTV clubs and still [...]
It’s Amazing What Happens When A Government’s Not In Hollywood’s Pocket
Rampant physical piracy in China has forced some entertainment companies and musicians to — gasp — innovate and come up with new ideas to make money there. Last year, Warner came up with one idea to try and circumvent Chinese DVD pirates by releasing a movie on DVD there the same day it was released [...]
Chinese city offers to swap fake DVDs for real
Fed up with continued piracy of DVDs and software, a Chinese city is offering retailers the chance to swap fake discs for real ones, a state newspaper said on Thursday.
For every three pirated discs handed in, a company based in the eastern city of Nanjing would hand over one real one, the China Daily said.
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Inside the great firewall of China
More than 110 million people in China use the internet regularly. The country is going through a digital revolution as it seeks to capitalise on the online world while at the same time enforcing strict censorship measures.
But what does the internet mean to people in China? BBC News spoke to a dissident, a film-maker and [...]
Warner Bros. takes on China’s movie pirates
Hollywood studio Warner Bros. is taking on the pirates in China’s film market, using lightning-fast home video release and low prices to beat DVD counterfeiters at their own game.
Warner’s China film-making joint venture released its first picture, a low-budget film called “Crazy Stone,” in cinemas on June 30, then followed with a DVD version selling [...]
