SARFT: no piracy in AV program transmission

Related principal from the Network AV Program Administration Department of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) made response to the close of some websites including BTChina.net and said, the rectification of network AV service is a long term work and the closed websites can never reopen if only they did not stop infringement, piracy and the transmission of vulgar programs.

According to the principal, in recent years, some websites openly infringed, pirated and transmitted movies and some movies contained pornographic contents, which seriously harmed the health of youngsters and the rights and interests of movie copyright owners. "The closed websites including BTChina.net involved the above-mentioned problems and specialized in the download of AV programs. Besides, these websites had no Licenses for Online Transmission of AV Program and had no qualification to provide online AV program service."

(Source：IPR in China)

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