Chinese sites take piracy stand
FROM VARIETY: Major domains agree to stop providing access
By Clifford Coonan of Variety -- Video Business, 1/14/2008
JAN. 14 | FROM VARIETY: BEIJING -- Some 50 Chinese web sites, including China.com.cn, People.com.cn and 163.com, have agreed to stop providing access to pirated movies.Move was brokered by the Movie Copyright Protection Assn. of China. Instead, the sites will co-operate with Quacor.com, a legal online movie provider, said spokesman Lai Bin.
The org said about 30,000 Chinese websites provide access to visual arts. In a recent survey, the org discovered that more than 61% of Chinese Web users watch movies online without paying.
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