Recently, a special nationwide action codenamed Sword Net 2020 campaign was jointly launched by the National Copyright Administration, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security and Cyberspace Administration of China, unveiling the curtain to crack down on online copyright infringement and piracy for the 16th time since 2005.
The campaign will last four months, from June to October, and focus on
- protection of audiovisual works
- cracking down severely on infringements including illegal filming and recording in cinemas, pirating activities in the short video field, and the spread of pirated film and television works through streaming media platform
- supervision of e-commerce platforms, social media platforms, knowledge-sharing platforms, and online literature, animation, cloud services, app markets and online advertising.
http://english.cnipa.gov.cn/news/officialinformation/1149872.htm
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