p2pnet.net News:- New Chinese laws "clarify" that web sites "providing pirated information should bear major responsibilities, and that ISPs who passively spread the information will be exempt from punishment," says Xinhua, the state news agency.

China’s National Copyright Administration (NCA) and the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) plans to implement "Administrative Measures on Internet Copyright Protection", the country’s first, by May 30, it says, going on to quote MII official Li Guobin as saying:

"China’s present copyright laws haven’t defined the responsibilities clearly to the Internet Service Providers (ISP) in copyright piracies, that’s why we introduce the new regulations."

According to the newlaws, "authors who find their copyrights pirated by the websites can inform the ISP in written form with concerning proofs. ISP will take quick reactions to the report after verification," says Xinhua, stressing that the State Council has already launched the draft work of "Policies of Protecting Internet Information Spreading Rights".

"Statistics from MII shows that by the end of 2004, China had more than 600,000 websites," says Xinhua, adding, "Of these, only 8,000 are legally registered, contributing to the country’s increasingly serious Internet piracy."

Concidentally, MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) boss Dan Glickman is in China talking to PRC government officials, business leaders and film industry officials in both Beijing and in Shanghai.

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See:-
Xinhua - China to implement first administrative regulations on Internet copyright protections, May 17, 2005
Glickman in China - US threatens China, p2pnet, May 17, 2005

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