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China copyright AI video streaming litigation
The iQIYI v. Minimax AI case in China is a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the major Chinese video-streaming platform iQIYI against AI startup MiniMax. The case covers 2 critical issues in the legal landscape for AI: Unauthorized Training Data: iQIYI alleges that MiniMax used its copyrighted movies, TV shows, and other content without authorization to train MiniMax's large AI models. Infringing Output: The lawsuit also claims that the content generated by MiniMax's A

Nick Redfearn
Nov 271 min read


Chinese court decides unfair competition covers game hacking
China's has seen a first Unfair Competition Case involving cheat-assisted game boosting Services. Shanghai based gaming company MiHoYo...

Nick Redfearn
Sep 291 min read


An Indonesian artist's experience of global online piracy
Small business and individual content owners suffer as much as large ones from piracy especially in the digital age. Indonesian artist...

Nick Redfearn
Jun 201 min read


Asia Pacific in the Global Battle Against Content Piracy
The European Commission’s Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List provides an in-depth examination of the evolving landscape of global content...
Oliver Walsh
Jun 93 min read


2025 USTR Special 301 Report Suggests Business As Usual For US IP Issues Amid Tariff Wars
The USTR’s Annual Special 301 report on IP in US trade partners has just been released. A huge question was what would be the impact of...

Nick Redfearn
May 53 min read


China's Intensified Crackdown on Movie Piracy Yields Significant Results
China's recent crackdown on movie piracy has led to the removal of 2.3 million infringing links, the detention of over 40 suspects, and...
Oliver Walsh
Mar 72 min read


Cloud Storage Provider Baidu Netdisk Liable For Copyright Infringement For Not Blocking Infringing Files
Cloud storage providers are often used by pirates to share content in the digital age, whether it’s games, music, or film—and whether...

James Godefroy
Jun 19, 20243 min read


Alibaba Subsidiary Ejoy Ordered To Pay $7.2 million For Infringing NetEase’s Game Copyright
“Shuai Tu Zhi Bin” or "Invincible" is a game published in 2015 by NetEase. As many other war strategy games, players occupy the land on...

James Godefroy
May 10, 20242 min read


AI Generated Content platform found to infringe Ultraman copyright by Internet Court in first judgment of its kind
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) is a technology that accelerates the content creation process by allowing humans to...

James Godefroy
Mar 7, 20242 min read


Co-ordination between public authorities strengthened in China - Public security agencies handled 1,300 criminal cases related to pirated teaching materials, films and software in 2023.
In the crackdown on copyright crimes, national public security agencies organized the investigation and handling of over 1,300 criminal...

James Godefroy
Mar 4, 20241 min read


Cinemas and video-on-demand platforms targeted in anti-piracy campaign
The National Copyright Administration on 7 February 2024 announced that it will collaborate with relevant departments including the...

James Godefroy
Mar 4, 20241 min read


China’s copyright supervision in new digital industries (AI, livestreaming, e-com and video games) being tightened
As part of its plan to accelerate the building of a powerful IP economy, China is aiming to strengthen copyright protection in cyberspace...

James Godefroy
Feb 8, 20242 min read


Beijing's 2023 Annual Report on Administrative Enforcement for copyright infringement published - over US$ 3m in fines revealed.
Encouraging statistics were recently released showing that fines issued in response to administrative copyright complaints in Beijing...

James Godefroy
Jan 31, 20242 min read


China's Supreme Court calls for stronger film copyright protection
Since China has published and enforced its Copyright Law, pirated films continue to appear widely on the internet inside the Great...

James Godefroy
Jan 31, 20242 min read


Country Focus: China
A huge creative industries market China is one of the largest content markets in the world. It is also unique in that there are...
Oliver Walsh
Jan 23, 20243 min read
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