BEIJING (AFP) - China has shut down more than 100 websites for copyright violations since a new regulation came into effect in July, state media have said.
The websites included those that provided free downloads of movies and music, the Xinhua news agency said Monday.
The government passed the regulation in a bid to ban the uploading and downloading of Internet material without permission of the copyright-holder, Xinhua said.
Under the regulation, anyone uploading texts, performances, sound and video recordings to the Internet for downloading, or copying, must have permission from copyright owners and pay the required fee.
"Since the regulation took effect on July 1, the administration has enhanced supervision and punishment of online copyright violation," Liu Jie, deputy director of the copyright department with China's National Copyright Administration, was quoted as saying.
The number of websites offering such illegal downloading will continue to decrease as authorities continue the crackdown, Liu said.
Details of the closed websites were not given but some of the cases are being considered for criminal prosecution, Xinhua said.
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