UMG in Chinese anti-p2p net
p2pnet.net News:- France’s UMG is working with China’s R2G to create what’s being described as “China’s first centralized music distribution platform” which, “aims to promote the consumption and distribution of legitimate digital content”.
This should be an interesting combination.
Communist China has the world’s most repressive online system. It’s rigidly controlled and rigorously censored by state watchdogs empowered to clamp down hard on anything and everything the party doesn’t like.
UMG is a member of the Big Four record label cartel which is coming close to achieving a kind of statehood in its own right as it uses police forces and manipulates politicians around the world in its own strictly commercial interests.
“R2G’s services will help curb the rampant online piracy in the local market, thereby allowing for more content to be released, consumed and monetized through R2G’s transparent licensing platform,” says UMG.
“Universal Music Publishing is the first of the major music labels to adopt the R2G platform.
With this deal, "Universal Music Publishing will register its selected catalog with R2G to be monitored for piracy, allowing Universal to take precise legal action against incidences of intellectual property infringement with an unprecedented level of detail never experienced before in China."
Not surprisingly, R2G has also the “endorsement” of government bodies including the Copyright Society of China and the Copyright Protection Center of China (CPCC).
“Both these organizations have stated that providing concrete protection for copyright owners and addressing online piracy problem is not only relevant to regulate domestic marketplace, it also enhances China’s global status on protection of intellectual property,” says a statement.
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rigidly controlled – ‘Distorted online environment’, p2pnet, April 15, 2005
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April 20th, 2005 at 5:37 am
I wondered at the time about the announcement of the Chinese upcoming release of the “White Papers”. Exactly what was behind it. Now we see 1/2 of what was behind it with this article.
The other half was the stick part. That of WIPO. By failing to endorse and make public their support of IP “properties” they would be setting themselves up for a low ranking in the support of IP properties. A low support means that they will be reduced from favored trading status. Something the Chinese leaders don’t want. They realise that the world economy drives their economy. Without a market place they would have to fall back on internal support and that won’t be enough to sustain them. In the end, the majors have once again bullied another country into submission of an idea that truely doesn’t have tangiable property values. You can’t steal an idea. If you take it, the originator still has it and that is not theft by definitation.
April 20th, 2005 at 8:22 am
This is so ironic for a nation which used to be based on communism.
Before they atleast maintained some economic equality for the exchange of freedoms, but now they get nothing but the jackboots of any company powerful enough to bribe their corrupt government.
I truly feel sorry for them.. and the idea that the chinese measures are effective brings me great worries when the US congress is taking looks at the reports at how it’s being done, especially when the censorship lot is running the show almost opposition free.
April 20th, 2005 at 4:16 pm
I find these couple of comments amusing. On the one hand, China had been accused by the US of not doing enough to curb music piracy. And now, based on some report here, the random conclusion is that this same Chinese government is ‘being bribed’ to effectively curb piracy. Note, the topic here is piracy, not censorship, so any conclusions linking the 2 are unfounded and misinformed. Make up your mind as to what you want to accuse China of….being guilty of allowing piracy or guilty of curbing piracy? I find it flabbergasting at some of the conclusions made based on a little knowledge from far away..
April 21st, 2005 at 2:31 am
You must be young not to know about the various types of idiots in this life. Remain amused, do not become flabbergasted, unless you can do something that will help us all.
April 22nd, 2005 at 4:21 am
I guess that means I can remain flabbergasted as I am doing something about it at a corporate level instead of simply putting out ignorant opinions based on stereotypical perceptions. And no, I’m neither young, nor part of the Big 4 nor a government agent….but a music fan who just wants to find a way to keep getting good music to the people at fair prices but at the same time wanting musicians to be incentivized to keep on making music.