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Introduction and Interpretation on China’s Judicial Interpretation of the Right to Network Dissemination of Information, II

Posted on February 28, 2013 by yytbest

Today, we are going to continue our interpretation of the “Regulation on Several Issues concerning the Application of Law in Hearing Civil Disputes on Infringement against the Right to Network Dissemination of Information” (the “Network Interpretations”), basing on the review over the legislature on the right of information communication by networks in China:

Part II, Explanation of Network Interpretations

1. PSP users cannot claim to be free of liability on the basis of a personal use defense.

Regulation on Several Issues concerning the Application of Law in Hearing Civil Disputes of Infringement against Information Network Broadcasting Rights by the Supreme People’s Court

Posted on February 22, 2013 by yytbest

Adopted at the 1561^st Session of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People’s Court on November 26, 2012, and came into effect from January 1, 2013.

For the purpose of correctly trying civil disputes of infringement of information network broadcasting rights, lawfully protecting the right of information network communication, promoting the healthy development of the information network industry and maintaining the public interest, according to the General Principles of Civil Law of the PRC, the Tort Liability Law of the PRC, the Copyright Law of the PRC, the Civil Procedure Law of the PRC and other relevant laws and regulations, in combination with civil trial practice, the regulation is made as follows:

Why China Is Not Among Top 20 Countries of Pirated Music Download?

Posted on October 9, 2012 by yytbest

By You Yunting

Musicmetric, a website in USA, published the top 20 countries of pirated music download, yet to most ones’ astonishment, China is not found on the tally, who is commonly accused of granting least protection on IPR. Then what contributes to the surprising result? In today’s post, you could find our answer to it.

I. Most online music services are using the copyrighted ones

Unlike chargeable music download in iTunes or through P2P in USA, most users in China tend to get their free music by search engine, or download or listen to them by music software. The most popular music service now in China is from Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) and Tencent (SEHK: 700), whose music library is mostly licensed by the main recorders around the world.

Why It Is Not Easy to Combat QVOD Copyright Infringement?

Posted on August 27, 2012 by yytbest

By Luo Yanjie

Most right holders of video in China are unsatisfied with a company named QVOD (the “QVOD Company”). Because anyone can use the QVOD Company’s web establishment scheme and the QVOD (the software of QVOD Company) to build a web to stream videos for users, and it has resulted in the wide spread of pirated works, while the right owners could not find the owner of websites in their right protections. Then, by view of law, is the QVOD infringing others’ rights? And what liabilities shall it take accordingly? The following is our analysis on it:

Why the Cybercafé could be Exempted from the Liability of Pirate Video Broadcast?

Posted on August 13, 2012 by yytbest

By You Yunting

In the past few days, a Beijing court published a case (note: the link is in Chinese) involving a cybercafé who has purchased the Video-on-demand (VOD) system, and that made the court refuse the claims of the plaintiff though the right holder proved the piracy in the VOD.

VV8.com Company, a professional video system provider to cybercafé invested by IDG and Disney, detected the pirated TV drama against its copyright in the video system of a cybercafé. And then, the right holder filed a lawsuit against the piracy. The cybercafé afterwards argued that the system was purchased by it from Hero Inc. Company, who is a third party video provider, and in that transaction, both parties has agreed that all the copyright dispute shall be handled by Hero Inc.. Moreover, all the contents in the system are updated and ciphered by Hero Inc. with remote control, thus the cybercafé could not delete any videos in it. In the lawsuits, VV8.com expressed no intention to add Hero Inc. as the co-defendant and make no claim thereby.

Brief Introduction to Software Copyrighter’ s Right Limitation to Ultimate User

Posted on May 21, 2012 by You Yunting

by Luo Yanjie

Under the system of China Copyright Law, what right limitations may come to software owners? And what rights and obligations are enjoyed or taken by the ultimate user and what’s the liability when the infringement occurs? Today we would like to give you the introduction on the issues. There are two main litigations on the PC software, namely the Copyright Law and the Regulations on the Protection of PC Software (the “Regulation”). But according to the latest exposure of the Copyright Law’s revision, the Regulation’s articles have been all regulated in the new drafted law; therefore, it is foreseeable that the Regulation may be abolished once there publicized the new Copyright Law.

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Why It Is Not Easy to Combat QVOD Copyright Infringement?

Why the Cybercafé could be Exempted from the Liability of Pirate Video Broadcast?

Brief Introduction to Software Copyrighter’ s Right Limitation to Ultimate User