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China vows harsher punishment on piracy
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-06-13 19:28 China is to inflict harsher punishment on piracy, a senior copyright official said in Beijing Friday, while admitting the phenomena remained "grave" in the country. Xu Chao, deputy director of the National Copyright Administration's copyright management bureau, said at a press conference the government had promised "harsher punishment" in its newly-issued outline of the national intellectual property rights (IPR) strategy. The government was also working on providing better "administrative protection" on copyright along with judicial penalties, according to Xu. The nation has launched a reinforced crackdown on piracy in past years. China's Criminal Law stipulates a maximum penalty of seven-years imprisonment on those involved in piracy activities. Those involved in piracy activities that were not as serious would be given administrative punishment, he said. "However, the piracy phenomena remain quite grave," he admitted. Though the fundamentals were there, the country planned to improve and revise its existing laws and regulations to live up to the current demands of IPR protection, especially in the protection of Internet copyright, according to Xu. The National Copyright Administration has opened an anti-piracy platform for the public to provide tips about alleged copyright infringement cases and had established a system for rewarding the whistleblowers, he said. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
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