China tightens grip over digital content

• Posted: Thursday, December 14, 2006
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• Author: pradhana
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• Filed under: Digital Content

Chinese officials announced new controls over the nation's online and mobile multimedia industries, ordering distributors to submit all imported content for approval by government censors. According to a posting on the Chinese Culture Ministry website, the moves are intended to encourage growth of a "civilized and healthy" Internet and to protect Chinese content developers from losing market share to international rivals.

The new rules apply to all websites and mobile carriers that distribute music services, lawmakers said, although distributors of Chinese music won't be subject to the same approval processes as firms that license content from other nations. Officials also banned the establishment of foreign-financed music distributors, and will require gaming providers to file monthly reports confirming their platforms are free of material deemed politically sensitive, violent or sexually graphic.

Source: FierceMobileContent. For more read this BusinessWeek article.
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