Recently, the People’s Court of Yueyang County, Hunan Province heard a copyright infringement case by the law. The defendant Gou was sentenced to ten months’ imprisonment and fined RMB 100,000 for the crime of copyright infringement. The probation announced for the crime of copyright infringeme
Chinese short video platforms are banking on the fast-growing mini drama series segment as tech-savvy youth spend more time watching online short videos during the COVID-19 pandemic and exhibit heightened demand for high-quality original content, industry experts said. They said competition amo
Recently, the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication has completed the survey report of the Economic Contribution of China’s Copyright Industries in 2019, which shows the added value of copyright industries reached CNY 7.32 trillion in 2019, a rise of 10.34% year-on-year, and accounted for 7.39% o
Recently, Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate Court concluded a criminal case of infringement of foreign copyright. This is the first time the Court has trialed a criminal case of foreign copyright infringement. From February 2017 to December 2018, in order to produce and sell pirated CDs that infringed
On January 5, Xiami Music announced that it would gradually close down its music streaming platform. Although there are multiple reasons behind, the "copyright issue" is indeed a long-term pain point of Xiami Music. From downloading pirated songs on the web to the
