Beijing court rules against pirate retailers
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(InfoWorld) - A Beijing court has convicted and fined operators of a pirated DVD shop Monday, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) said. The owners of the shop, Beijing Century Hai Hong Trading Co., were found guilty of copyright infringement for selling pirated copies of DVD movies. Judge Song Guang of the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court ordered the company to pay damages of 164,000 yuan ($20,964) to the copyright holders, and to immediately cease sale of all pirated DVDs. The pirated films sold by Beijing Century Hai Hong were all from MPA member companies, but the MPA did not state which members nor name the films involved in the case, in a Tuesday statement. The MPA is the international arm of the Motion Picture Association of America, the American film industry's lobbying group. It is comprised of Hollywood's largest film studios: Buena Vista International; Paramount Pictures; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Twentieth Century Fox International; Sony Pictures Releasing International; Warner Brothers International Theatrical Distribution; and Universal International Films.
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A Beijing appeals court has found top Chinese search engine Baidu.com not guilty of property rights infringement for posting links to websites offering illegal music downloads, state media said Monday.
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International Federation of Phonographic Industries says the site, controlled by Alibaba.com, lost its appeal in a piracy lawsuit it filed against the company.
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By Ryan Robinson  Ruling seen as a "significant victory" against huge shopping center planned near Buck. But appeal possible, other legal issues still being reviewed.
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SHANGHAI, China  -- Chinese makers and distributors of pornographic materials sent through the Internet, mobile phones and other communication devices will face penalties as severe as life in prison under new rules that take effect Monday.    The regulations were issued Sunday in a legal interpretation by the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate, or top prosecutors office, the official Xinhua News Agency reported...
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Beijing&#39;s city government has cancelled a controversial purchase of Rmb29m ($3.5m, â¬2.6m, Â£1.8m) of software from Microsoft after local rivals complained about the way the deal was handled.
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A court ruled that the distributors of software used by millions of people to exchange music files over the Internet cannot be held liable for aiding copyright infringement.
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China sentenced a man to life in jail  on Thursday for running what state media called the country's  biggest ever pirate film disc smuggling ring.
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The Chinese government has drawn heavy criticism by two US business groups urging China to crack down on its growing piracy market and focus on protecting intellectual property rights in the country.
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Lacoste, the French maker of polo shirts with a widely recognised crocodile emblem, has won a copyright infringement case against a department store in central China.
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A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the  Commerce Department from imposing emergency restrictions on  imports from China in a move that backs clothing retailers and  opposes the wishes of domestic textile producers.
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A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Commerce Department from imposing emergency restrictions on imports from China in a move that backs clothing retailers and opposes the wishes of domestic textile producers.
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China's leading web search engine is cleared of copyright infringement by a Beijing court.
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Film companies filing suit against two Beijing retailers are seeking $7,550 for each DVD title allegedly pirated, according to papers filed Thursday.
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Piracy trials in Hong Kong and japan have led, respectively, to jail time and fines for two men convicted of copyright infringement.
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Textile importers and retailers have sued the US Government to block a proposed limit on imports from China. Producers have asked for textile quotas because they say Chinese imports will damage the domestic industry.
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Three of the world's most influential music labels launched fresh legal action against China's top Internet search engine Baidu for pirating music files, according to the recording industry's trade body.