Campaign Targeting Breaches of Copyright Proves Successful

2019/12/27

Authorities deleted online links, seized pirated products and shut websites
A special campaign this year targeting copyright infringement on the internet has been fruitful and achieved good legal and social effects, a copyright official said on 26 December.
From May to November, copyright law enforcement agencies at all levels, supported by cyberspace and information administrators as well as public security departments, cracked down on copyright infringement, especially in films, social media and images, said Yu Cike, director of copyright administration of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Authorities deleted 1.1 million links related to piracy, seized 10.7 million pirated products and investigated 450 cases of online copyright infringement, of which 160 were criminal cases and involved 524 million yuan ($75 million), he said.
 
Source: China Daily