More Articles By Clifford Coonan

• Joost, TOM team for Web venture
  JULY 23 | FROM VARIETY: New site will feature 16,000 hours of content More
  
• China won't play Games with pirates
  JULY 15 | FROM VARIETY: Bootleg DVD offenders to walk Olympic plank More
  
• Chinese DVD pirate faces prison
  APRIL 29 | FROM VARIETY: A Chinese court has jailed a Beijing man for selling pirated DVDs, making him the capital's first citizen to be imprisoned for intellectual property theft, according to China's official Xinhua news agency. More
  
• China takes piracy steps
  APRIL 22 | FROM VARIETY: Chinese copyright officials in 31 provinces this week destroyed more than 47 million pornographic and illegal publications, including pirated DVDs. More
  
• China's uphill piracy battle
  JAN. 22 | FROM VARIETY: A leading Chinese IPR official has admitted that China is struggling to control online piracy and has called for more muscle and tougher punishments. More
  
• Chinese sites take piracy stand
  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. More
  
• Xinhua, NBC team for Olympics toon
  NOV. 9 | FROM VARIETY: NBC Universal's NBC Olympics unit has linked up with Chinese media conglom Xinhua Finance Media to produce animated skein Ring Force Five ahead of next year's Beijing Games. The project will kick off with a one-hour DVD. More
  
• China cracks down on pirates
  BEIJING-- China's Ministry of Public Security is aiming to step up its anti-piracy efforts with the launch of a campaign to crack down on the illegal reproduction of copyrighted materials. More
  
• American pirate found in China
  FROM VARIETY : Counterfeit DVDs sold on the Internet More