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By Reuters
By Reuters
February 7, 2007
Recently, in China, 205 websites were shutdown to stop the copying of music, software, tv shows, movies, and textbooks. Over the last five months 436 cases were examined and 361 of those were demanded to stop their copyright infringements. A total of $91,000 in fines were taken from these websites.
Taking from the article, "Chinese people habitually download pirated music and movies due to the high price of authorized copies and government restrictions on cultural imports; many Western movies are not even officially available." However, China is very strict on piracy, therefore, they will continue to crackdown on the websites that allow for illegal downloading.
In the end, it is very hard to keep track of the many illegal things that take place over the internet. Officials say it will take a lot of time to manage them effectively.
Recently, in China, 205 websites were shutdown to stop the copying of music, software, tv shows, movies, and textbooks. Over the last five months 436 cases were examined and 361 of those were demanded to stop their copyright infringements. A total of $91,000 in fines were taken from these websites.
Taking from the article, "Chinese people habitually download pirated music and movies due to the high price of authorized copies and government restrictions on cultural imports; many Western movies are not even officially available." However, China is very strict on piracy, therefore, they will continue to crackdown on the websites that allow for illegal downloading.
In the end, it is very hard to keep track of the many illegal things that take place over the internet. Officials say it will take a lot of time to manage them effectively.
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