Anti-piracy drive yields success
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-09-18 09:37
China has revoked 368 business licenses for audiovisual products in its
campaign against piracy since mid July.
Ninety-nine of the licenses revoked belonged to companies based in Northeast
China's Jilin Province and 74 were from Central China's Henan Province, the
National Anti-Pornography and Anti-Piracy Office announced yesterday.
Even in less developed Qinghai Province, nine business licenses were
withdrawn, the office said.
A company is not allowed to engage in the publication, manufacturing and
distribution of audiovisual products without a business license.
During the 100-day intensive crackdown on piracy, police and copyright
officials have raided more than 537,000 publication markets, shops, street
vendors and distribution companies, and closed down 8,907 shops and street
vendors, 481 publishing companies and 942 illegal websites.
The 100-day campaign, which started on July 15, was jointly launched by 10
ministries and national departments, including the Ministry of Public Security,
the State Administration of Press and Publication, the National Copyright
Administration and the Ministry of Culture.
The campaign is said to be unprecedented in terms of its duration and number
of government departments involved.
In a related development, Chinese law enforcement agencies on Saturday
destroyed nearly 13 million pirated CDs, DVDs and computer software.
The items destroyed were confiscated in the first half of the 100-day
nationwide campaign against piracy, Xinhua News Agency said.
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