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Is law enough for regulating P2P technology?

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • China
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  • January 14 2010

On December 8, 2009, the largest Bit Torrent ("BT") download base, BTChina, was shut down by the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television ("SARFT") for "lack of Certificate"

SARFT undertakes major investigation into audio and video licenses: three major BT sites closed

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • China
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  • December 10 2009

Earlier this year, SARFT issued a circular requiring all online audio-video providers to obtain licenses

Online games regulatory update GAPP strikes back in jurisdiction wars

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • China
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  • October 21 2009

The approval regime for online games in China continues to evolve at speed, as the next chapter in the saga of overlapping jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture ("MOC") and the General Administration of Press and Publication ("GAPP") unfolded last weekend, just in advance of the Game Developers Conference in Shanghai on October 12 and 13

Is music piracy walking the plank in China?

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
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  • China
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  • September 14 2009

Recently, China's Ministry of Culture (MoC) ordered that music sites obtain approval from censors for all foreign music distributed over the Internet