China takes top spot in this year’s Priority Watch List of problematic piracy hubs, published by the Office of the US Trade Representative. “It is estimated that there are 457 million Internet users in China …
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Baidu Ting legal music downloads service starts testing period in China
Chinese search engine Baidu has started testing its new Baidu Ting legal music downloads service, in advance of its full launch later this month. The company announced plans for Ting in April…
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China’s new music copyright protection guidelines include 24-hour takedown deadline
The Chinese government has introduced new rules covering online music copyright infringement, with local music firm R2G publishing an English translation and describing the moves as ‘bold’.
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Baidu set for government punishment over infringing music links
Controversial Chinese search engine Baidu is set to be punished by its government for continuing to carry links to illegal music downloads. The site is one of 14 named yesterday by the Chinese government as continuing to facilitate illegal downloads after repeated warnings to stop doing so, according to Reuters….
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Comes With Music goes DRM-free for China
Nokia is launching Comes With Music in China today, and it’s the first market to get a DRM-free version of the all-you-can-eat music service. Nokia has partnered with Chinese firm Huadong Feitian to launch the service there, and eight handsets will be supported from day one.
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Baidu planning licensed music search service by summer
Chinese search engine Baidu has announced details of its legal music search service, Baidu Ting. It’s due to launch in May, and will blend searches for legal streams and downloads of music with social features. The company has agreed a deal with the Music Copyright Society of China to pay fees for every song downloaded using Ting, which will be supported by advertising.
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China gets new government-backed search engine Panguso
China has a new search engine today, aiming to take on Google and Baidu – the latter of which has faced regular criticism from rightsholders for linking to infringing content.
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New online piracy crackdown underway in China
The Chinese government has announced a new campaign to dissuade local sites from offering infringing content, following several crackdowns last year.
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Apple faces new claims of stolen iTunes accounts for sale
As many as 50,000 iTunes accounts linked to stolen credit cards are up for auction on Chinese site TaoBao, according to a BBC News investigation.
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Want to fight piracy? Blow up a band…
Chinese music magazine re:spect has teamed up with agency Grey Group for a hard-hitting new campaign against online music piracy. It’s called Let the Music Live On, and takes the form of a spoof pirate site called Freemusichk.
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So, who are the biggest social networks in China?
We’re topping and tailing the Bulletin with China today. VentureBeat has an interesting article on the most popular social networks in China, and Facebook isn’t one of them – in fact, it’s blocked there. RenRen, Kaixin001, Qzone and 51.com have more than 700 million users between them, and are following Facebook’s strategy of opening up their platforms for applications –
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Google reveals its China pullout plans
As predicted, Google has stopped censoring its search, news and images sites in China, following its recent spat with the Chinese government over hack attacks on its services. Visitors to its Google.cn search engine are being redirected to its Hong Kong site, where they can find uncensored search results in simplified Chinese.