TVB wins mainland piracy suit
18 September 2006
Television Broadcasts, Hong Kong's largest terrestrial broadcaster, has won a US$25,175 lawsuit against web portal 21CN.com for illegally distributing episodes from The Bund, music show Jade Solid Gold Selections and the 2003 Miss Hong Kong Pageant final, the South China Morning Post reported. The portal had made the shows available since November 2003 for downloading or viewing online at a price of 30 yuan per month per user for unlimited access. The High Court in Guangdong province found in TVB's favour in July, rejecting 21CN.com's appeal against the ruling of a lower court, the broadcaster said during the weekend. TVB said the portal was still showing other illegal content, and it would continue to pursue 21CN.com until it had removed all of TVB's programmes from the website. In April, TVB launched a copyright infringement suit seeking US$12,600 in compensation from state-owned Jiangsu Telecom for broadcasting the drama series War and Beauty on the internet. The case is pending.
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