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Chinese Basketball Association Sues Bilibili for Copyright Infringement

According to a ruling issued by the Beijing Higher People's Court on July 23, Chinese Basketball Association (Beijing) Sports Co., Ltd. has sued two operators of Bilibili, claiming 406 million yuan ($60.05 million) in damages.

Tencent Video Denies Cooperation With Kuaishou on Long-Form Videos

On July 19, Tencent Video issued a statement denying reports of its strategic cooperation with short video streaming platform Kuaishou on the secondary creation of long-form videos.

YOOZOO Games: The Three-Body Problem Game to Come Out in 3-5 Years

YOOZOO Games, which won the game copyright of Chinese writer Liu Cixin's sci-fi masterpiece The Three-Body Problem in 2020, revealed on Monday that the game is expected to come out within three to five years.

Huya Signs Two-year Exclusive Broadcasting Rights Agreement with ESL

Chinese game live streaming company Huya and ESL Gaming GmbH announced on Thursday that they have reached a two-year exclusive media rights agreement.

Leading Chinese Video Platform Bilibili Releases Creator Copyright Protection Program

Bilibili announced its video uploader copyright protection program, providing services including cross-platform infringement content detection and one-click rights protection for individual creators in the video platform.

Huawei Music and Taihe Music Group Reach Copyright Agreement

On August 28th, Huawei Music announced a copyright agreement with Taihe Music Group and will now provide users with music by hundreds of new and old singers.

China’s Fashion Unicorn Shein Accused of Copyright Infringement

Fashion brands including Dr. Martens' owner AirWair International and independent designers have accused e-commerce platform Shein of trademark infringements.

Police Detained Piracy Suspects from China’s Largest Subtitling Site Renren Yingshi

On Feb.3, Shanghai police detained 14 people from China’s largest subtitling site Renren Yingshi due to suspicions they pirated more than 20,000 Chinese and foreign television shows and films.

CAVCA Sues Kuaishou for Music Copyright Infringement, Court Opens Nov. 9

The China Audio-Video Copyright Association (CAVCA) on Nov. 7 announced plans to sue Kuaishou for infringing on the recording producer rights of 5 songs and the music copyrights of millions of videos.

Visual China Shares Plummet by 10 Percent After Exposure of False Copyright Claims

Visual China Group's shares plunged by the daily maximum of 10 percent today after being caught with unlawful copyright claims over numerous images it had no legal rights to.

NetEase Cloud Music and Tencent Music Reach Deep Copyright Agreement, but Competition Still Exists

Chinese users no longer need to fret over the choice between downloading music from NetEase Cloud Music or Tencent Music.

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