Ministry of Culture crackdown on piracy: Internet cafes and video servers

November 10, the Ministry of Culture issued the "national Cultural market Intellectual property protection Special Law enforcement Action Program" notice, in the Moon March ago, cultural law enforcement departments will comprehensively combat piracy. According to the Ministry of Culture's notice, the Cultural law enforcement department will crack down on the internet game, "plug." In accordance with the provisions of the interim measures for the management of online games, we resolutely outlaw unauthorised, unauthorized erection of servers, the provision of plug-in procedures, unauthorized Internet games online operation, online game virtual currency issues or transactions, such as illegal online games operating activities of the website; Vulgar Promotion of online games.

At the same time, the Ministry of Culture required to clean the song and dance entertainment VOD system. The use of illegally published, produced or imported audio and video products, the broadcast contains prohibited content of the track or screen screen, or without authorization with the outside of the Library of music and dance entertainment, in accordance with the regulations on the management of entertainment establishments from heavy punishment. Strict investigation of copyright piracy Network music. Coordination of Communications Management Department, resolutely eliminate unauthorised or record, without authorization to provide network music audition, download, play and other services of the Web site, focusing on the investigation of unauthorized import of network music, or the provision contains uncensored or record, pornography and other laws and regulations prohibit the content of the network music acts; Transfer to the public security organs for treatment.

In addition, the Ministry of Culture will check the Internet Café film and television servers, the central inventory of Internet cafes and other online services business premises, strictly prohibited operators without permission, the film and television works uploaded to the Internet Café LAN server, for consumers to browse, download, play. (Reifeng)

The following is the full text of the Ministry of Culture:

Circular of the Ministry of Culture on issuing the Special Law enforcement Action Plan for Intellectual property protection in the national cultural market

Provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities under the Central government Culture Hall (Bureau), Xinjiang Corps of Culture Broadcasting and Television bureau, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhongqing cultural Market Administrative law Enforcement Corps:

In order to implement the State Council's notice on the issue of the Special Action Plan on combating infringement of intellectual property rights and counterfeiting fake commodities (Kwok z2010{50), implement the National IPR protection and law enforcement work teleconference and Premier Wen Jiabao's important speech spirit, The Ministry of Culture has decided to carry out special law enforcement actions on intellectual property rights protection in cultural markets throughout the country from October 2010 to March 2011.

The "National cultural market IPR protection specific law enforcement action Plan" issued to you, please report to the local party committee, the Government, and comply with the implementation.

hereby inform.

November 9, 2010

National Cultural market Intellectual property protection Special Law enforcement action Plan

In recent years, in accordance with the unified deployment of the central Committee and the State Council, the crackdown on piracy, in-depth regulation of market order, cultural market intellectual property rights protection has achieved some success. But it should also be seen that the Internet culture and other areas of piracy is still very serious, the way of infringement of piracy continues to change, intellectual property protection situation is still grim. In order to implement the State Council's notice on the issue of the Special Action Plan on combating infringement of intellectual property rights and counterfeiting fake commodities (Kwok Z2010{50), the National Conference on IPR Protection and law enforcement and the keynote speech of Premier Wen Jiabao, the Ministry of Culture decided since 2010 10 Month to March 2011, nationwide to carry out the cultural market intellectual property protection special law enforcement action. The specific programmes are as follows:

I. Objectives and priorities of the work

Through the integration of cultural market law enforcement resources, focus on special law enforcement action, investigate and punish a number of major cases, transfer a group of infringing pirates, exposing a group of illegal enterprises, outlaw a number of illegal business sites, effectively curb cultural entertainment, network culture and other areas of piracy, improve intellectual property protection awareness and ability, Standardize the culture market order, establish and perfect the long-term mechanism of intellectual property protection, create a fair competition market environment for the great development of culture.

To carry out special action to adhere to the overall promotion, highlight the key, fight against the combination, to ensure effectiveness. To combat online games, network music, network animation, video games and karaoke songs, such as the main content of piracy, with the Bohai Sea, Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta region as the focus area, to dance and entertainment, entertainment, network culture as the focus area, with more strong social repercussions of the typical case as the focus of the hand, We should strengthen the law enforcement, effectively curb the infringement, and vigorously purify the market environment.

Ii. Work tasks

This special law enforcement action Division mobilization Deployment, organization implementation, summary inspection and so on three stages, the focus completes the following task:

(a) The crackdown on network games, "plug". In accordance with the provisions of the interim measures for the management of online games, we resolutely ban unauthorised, unauthorized erection of servers, provide external programs, engage in online games online operation, online game virtual currency issues or transactions, and other illegal network games operating activities of the website To focus on the investigation of the network games containing the content prohibited by laws and regulations, and the online games to promote the vulgar style.

(ii) clean the song and dance entertainment VOD system. The use of illegally published, produced or imported audio and video products, the broadcast contains prohibited content of the track or screen screen, or without authorization with the outside of the Library of music and dance entertainment, in accordance with the regulations on the management of entertainment establishments from heavy punishment.

(c) Strict investigation of pirated internet music. Coordination of Communications Management Department, resolutely eliminate unauthorised or record, without authorization to provide network music audition, download, play and other services of the Web site, focusing on the investigation of unauthorized import of network music, or the provision contains uncensored or record, pornography and other laws and regulations prohibit the content of the network music acts; Transfer to the public security organs for treatment.

(iv) Inventory of illegal animation game products. Increase on the animation game show law enforcement inspection, strict investigation contains piracy, pornography and other national laws and regulations prohibit the content of the animation game products, the overall clean animation game product production, distribution and centralized business sites, focus on the blacklist of illegal animation game products.

(e) To investigate and punish fake and inferior art products. To strengthen the import of art products and centralized management of the region, serious investigation and management of counterfeit, misappropriation of other people's nominal art business units, the operation contains national laws and regulations prohibit the content of art products, the legal confiscation of works and illegal income, from the heavier punishment.

(vi) The crackdown on lip-synch and false play. According to the Ministry of Culture on the establishment of a long-term mechanism to prevent and investigate lip-synch fake performance market Health development notice of the request, municipalities, separately listed cities and provincial capitals before December 31, 2010 to the public to announce the key monitoring of performance venues and types of performance, the key performance activities, to take technical means for on-site monitoring, Effective prevention of lip-synch false performance behavior.

(vii) To troubleshoot Internet cafes and video servers. With relevant departments, the focus of the inventory of Internet cafes and other Web services business premises, is strictly prohibited operator without permission, the film and television works uploaded to the Internet Café LAN server, for consumers to browse, download, play.

Iii. Measures of work

(a) Supervise and instruct the use of genuine software. All levels of cultural administration departments, cultural market comprehensive law enforcement agencies to the use of computer software to develop self-examination, clean uninstall pirated software, install the use of genuine software. According to the Cultural administration and market supervision needs, the development of the need to purchase genuine software, coordination of financial departments to provide the necessary financial security.

(ii) strict market access clearance. According to the relevant cultural market laws and regulations, strict content review standards, standardize the administrative licensing procedures, and effectively strengthen the cultural products and services import management, resolutely eliminate the copyright infringement, pornography and other laws and regulations prohibit the content of cultural products and services into the market.

(iii) Timely publication of illegal cultural products blacklist. Around the society reflect strongly, enterprise complaints more important areas, in response to the current phenomenon of piracy more prominent problems, timely release of illegal animation, network games, network music and karaoke songs, such as the catalogue, supervision and guidance of local cultural administration departments and cultural market comprehensive law enforcement agencies to increase law enforcement inspection, the implementation of the focus of the crackdown.

(iv) Regular briefings on integrated law enforcement priorities. According to the principle of "unified leadership, unified coordination and unified guidance", the Ministry of Culture will publish the main points of comprehensive law enforcement of national cultural market according to the situation and tasks in different periods, different stages and different fields. Throughout the phased task, through the mass reporting, corporate complaints and market inspection methods, timely grasp a number of key clues, focus on the investigation of a group of serious nature, bad impact, strong response to the typical case.

Iv. Job Requirements

(i) Strengthen the leadership of the organization. In order to strengthen the leadership of the special law enforcement and ensure the implementation of the tasks, the Ministry of Culture decided to set up the national cultural market Intellectual property protection special Law enforcement action Leading group, responsible for co-ordinating the special Law enforcement action, supervising the inspection progress, overseeing the major cases. The leading group was chaired by Ouyangjian, Deputy Minister of Culture, and assistant Shuxun, deputy leader of the minister. The leading group office is located in the Cultural marketing department and undertakes daily work. The provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities should also combine the local cultural market practice, formulate action implementation plan, clear target task, define work focus, implement division of responsibility, do a good job of organization implementation, and set up a special law enforcement action Leading group accordingly.

(b) To strengthen awareness-raising and mobilization. The first is to continue to publish 12318 cultural market reporting calls in the local main news media, and to launch a large-scale publicity campaign on March 18, 2011. Second, through training, meetings or announcements and other forms, in the operating units of a universal intellectual property law publicity activities to enhance the operator's law-abiding business awareness and intellectual property protection awareness. Third, the full launch of enterprises, trade associations and the masses, to provide copyright piracy and other illegal cultural business information, timely detection of violations of clues, targeted to organize the implementation of specific law enforcement action. Four is to increase the special law enforcement action progress, especially the typical cases of publicity, and actively create public opinion momentum.

(c) To enhance coordination and co-ordination. Continue to promote the Yangtze River Delta project, the Pearl River Delta Project, in-depth summary of "Ping An World Expo" "Ping An Asian Games" cultural market special safeguard action experience, explore the implementation of the Bohai Sea Area cultural market comprehensive law enforcement regional cooperation project, establish and improve the protection of intellectual property, including the regional cooperation mechanism. We should strengthen coordination with public security and industry and other departments, explore the establishment of information sharing, briefings, law enforcement cooperation and other systems, timely organization of joint law enforcement action, focus on solving outstanding problems. Actively cooperate with procuratorial, public security, supervision and other departments to carry out special supervision activities, strengthen the connection between administrative law enforcement and criminal justice, take the initiative to transfer suspected crime cases, and resolutely eliminate the phenomenon that there is no case to send, and punishment for the penalty.

(iv) strengthening supervision. The goal of a clear programme is to be mobilized, deployed, organized, implemented, inspected and rewards and punishments, and the real problem is solved by increasing law enforcement efforts. The Ministry of Culture will organize the supervision and inspection according to the progress of the action. The Provincial culture administration departments and the cultural market comprehensive law enforcement agencies also need to increase the supervision and inspection of the action to ensure that the phased task is implemented, and timely implementation of the Plan, action progress, phased results, major cases and the investigation of Action summary Acceptance report reported to the Special Law enforcement Action Leading Group office (telephone, 010-59881010. Mailbox: whb_12318@163.com).