Games webcast piracy stemmed

At a press conference on Chinese copyright system status in the 2008 Beijing International Media Center, Vice Minister of the National Copyright Administration Yan Xiaohong speaks highly of copyright protection in China.  In general, standard of the copyright protection in the country is relatively high.  Much less Chinese web sites broadcast Olympic games without authorization than those in the industrialized countries. 

IPR protection online is an international issue, said Yan.  The Chinese government exercises strenuous efforts in this regard, which is not a usual practice in the world.  According to the monitor from BOCOG and IOC, three days after the opening ceremony, a total of 1,600 times of webcast piracy occurred, 85 percent of which originated in the industrialized countries.  Each of the some 100 cases in China was resolved within two hours with the fastest dealt in around 20 minutes.

(by Zhao Jianguo)

中国奥运新媒体知识产权保护成效卓著

北京奥运开幕式网络盗播超八成在西方

本报讯  8月16日，在2008北京国际新闻中心举行的中国版权制度情况新闻发布会上，新闻出版总署副署长、国家版权局副局长阎晓宏在谈到关于奥运新媒体的版权保护时指出，中国的版权保护成绩很大。从总体上来看，版权保护水平是比较高的。在奥运会期间，奥运赛事未经许可转播的现象，国内网站数量远远少于西方发达国家。

在发布会上，阎晓宏表示，互联网的知识产权保护问题是一个国际性的问题。中国政府非常重视这项工作，这在世界各国来说是很少见的。阎晓宏透露，在北京奥运会开幕式之后3天左右的时间，据北京奥组委、国际奥委会的监测，在全球发生的未经许可的网站盗播现象大概是1600多起，其中有85%发生在西方发达国家。在中国有100多起，每起都在2小时之内处理完毕，最快是在20多分钟内处理完毕。（赵建国）