China Launches Nationwide Crackdown on Software Piracy

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China Launches Nationwide Crackdown on Software Piracy

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China on Monday launched a nationwide crackdown on software piracy with law enforcement officers in Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan Province and Guangdong Province seizing tens of thousands of pirated software products.

Shen Rengan, vice-director with the State Copyright Bureau of China, said the move represented the beginning of China's fight against software piracy in 2003.

Footage from China Central Television evening news showed packsof pirated software, being seized by several hundred law enforcement officers on Monday.

Copyright departments in other part of the country will start their operations as scheduled, said the official.

Shen said the crackdown will be one of the largest operations China has launched in recent years targeting software piracy.

The campaign was designed to implement the outline of the action plan (2002-2005) formulated by the central government on fighting software piracy and promoting the software sector.

The bureau has drawn up action plans against software piracy incooperation with the Ministry of Information Industry, the Ministry of Public Security and other government departments.

The nationwide campaign targets illegal production, marketing and illegally spreading software on the Internet, said the official.

The official said hardware producers installing pirated software and dealers of the hardware are also targeted in the campaign.

Wang Ziqiang vice-director of the Copyright Department of the bureau, said the bureau will send inspection taskforces to selected localities in a bid to ensure the success of the campaign.

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