Authorities shutter hundreds of illegal websites for pirated content

2016/04/15

The copyright authorities in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region have shut down 871 illegal websites that had pirated content last year, handing down criminal punishments to 139 people and seizing more than 50,000 pirated products. The authority cooperated with multiple other agencies to conduct joint operations against piracy in 2015. Officials said Inner Mongolia, which has a rich culture of ethnic music, dance, architecture and design, requires strict copyright protection.


Source: CHINA NEWS SERVICE