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: