China governmental department captures 65 million illegal publications

It is disclosed by related principal of the department in charge of combating illegal publications that, China governmental departments captured 65.958 million various illegal publications, among which pirated publications accounting for above 86%.

The principal of the department Mao Xiaomao introduced that, the captured illegal publications include the publications violating a ban, pornographic publications, pirated publications and illegal newspapers and periodicals. The department also investigated a illegal discs' product line and banned 15,000 pornographic websites.

According to statistics, from January to October 2009, the courts in the whole country have totally accepted 1,400 pieces of said cases and condemned 1,580 suspects.

(Source: IPR in China)

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