Asia
Japan’s Fight on Internet Piracy!
Seems like Japan is joining the Chinese-Australian force on censorship & filtering web content. Recently, the Japanese government has announced a proposal that states "banning downloads of copyrighted files for personal use and requiring mobile operators to filter Web content for users under the age of 18" reports eWeek.
And how will users know if [...]
Forecast on China’s Internet Sector & New Gov’t Regulations
JPMorgan’s Internet analyst Imran Khan and his team released a report on Internet sector which has a chapter on China’s Internet industry and also reviews Chinese Internet stocks.(tip by Techcrunch)
Based on the analysis, it seems like China’s Internet developement growth is pretty healthy, though it might hit the wall sooner or later due to the [...]
Quick one: China favors it’s local company Baidu over Yahoo! China…?
I just read on NYTimes that the Chinese search giant Baidu has a won major piracy case. Basically, Beijing court ruled that Baidu was not guilty of copyright infringement for posting links to websites that offer illegal music downloads.
And here is the funny thing, Yahoo! China lost a total similar case on December 21st, which [...]