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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 ...

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 ...


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 ...

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 ...

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 ...


(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Skype plays down clone rumours

Skype has dismissed claims by a Chinese software company to have reverse-engineered the protocols that underlie the Internet telephony software used by millions. The news of a potential rival client ...

‘Skype clone’ surfaces in China

Chinese software developers have reportedly reverse engineered Skype's internet telephony software to develop a clone. The unnamed company has developed a software client using the same protocol and encryption technology ...

China sentences net writer to two years

China sentenced reporter Li Yuanlong to two years in jail on Thursday, adding to its list of writers imprisoned for expressing themselves through the country's expanding but tightly censored internet. Li, ...

Yahoo China Rifles Back Against IFPI Infringement Lawsuit

Yahoo China recently battled back against infringement charges related to its MP3 search service. Just last week, the IFPI indicated that it would pursue legal remedies against the destination unless ...

U.S. may slap China with suit in intellectual-property dispute

In a move that would have broad implications for software, movies, music and pharmaceuticals, the U.S. said Thursday it may sue China as early as this fall for failing to ...

Is China Rethinking it’s Stance on Piracy?

A few days ago a new Chinese law went into effect that establishes fines for those that distribute pirated copies of music, movies, and software over the internet. ...

Academics break the Great Firewall of China

Computer experts from the University of Cambridge claim not only to have breached the Great Firewall of China, but have found a way to use the firewall to launch denial-of-service ...

Record companies ready suit against Yahoo China

Yahoo China, the country's second-largest search engine, will be sued by record companies within "a few weeks," according to a group representing labels including EMI Group and Universal Music Group. ...

China restricts Internet cafe access

China has launched a campaign to enforce curfews at Internet cafes before schools let students out on summer vacation, a news report said Monday. The focus of the weeklong crackdown, launched ...

Piracy hurting China’s own industries

Kingsoft Corp.'s English-Chinese dictionary program is used on most of China's 60 million PCs. That's the good news. The bad news: Kingsoft doesn't make any money from it, because 90 ...

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