CCTV.com won a copyright lawsuit

CCTV.com, the official website of China Central Television, recently won its lawsuit against a Guangzhou-based website for illegally broadcasting an Olympic torch relay program without permission.

According to case statements, on May 8 last year, Shijilong Information Network Co Ltd made the live program of the Beijing Olympic torch relay on Mount Qomolanma available on its website without authorization from CCTV and CCTV.com.

The plaintiff said the online broadcasting rights of CCTV programs belonged to CCTV.com, and that any use of the contents without authorization was a copyright infringement, according to a source from Legal Daily.

The Intermediate People's Court of Guangzhou in the capital of Guangdong province ruled in favor of CCTV.com and ordered Shijilong to pay 300,000 yuan in compensation.

Shijilong had no immediate comment about the case.

(Source：China Daily)

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