China Uncovers 172 Internet Piracy Cases
An AP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
China said Wednesday that a four-month crackdown uncovered 172 cases of piracy involving movies, music, games, books and software sold or shared illegally over the Internet.
During the operation, which ended in December last year, The National Copyright Administration meted out fines totaling 798,000 yuan ($98,000) to the operators of 29 violating Web sites and transferred 18 of the cases to the courts for criminal prosecution, Yan Xiaohong, deputy director of the administration, told reporters.
posted by Fergie @ 2/15/2006 07:41:00 AM
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