China Piracy Crackdown Results in Closure of 205 Websites
March 5th, 2007Chinese officials have shuttered 205 websites in a crackdown on Internet piracy that came partly at the behest of U.S. entertainment interests, Reuters reported. Between the end of September and January, the country investigated 436 cases, 130 of which were at the request of overseas industry associations. In all, 361 sites were ordered to cease infringements. In addition to the site closures, Yan Xiaohong, deputy director of the National Copyright Administration, said that authorities imposed fines totaling $91,000, confiscated 71 servers and referred six cases for prosecution, Reuters reported.
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