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China Limiting Internet Video
By Reshma Kumar at January 03, 2008 0 CommentsChina is imposing restrictions starting Jan. 31 on the broadcasting of internet videos to only sites run by state-controlled companies. It will require providers to obtain a government permit, report questionable content to the government, and pull content if deemed politically disruptive, pornographic, etc.
The new regulation applies to sites that provide online video or allow users to upload video. For popular video sharing sites like YouTube which is U.S. based with a China version and video sharing sites based in China, there is likely to be some impact. Already, WSJ is reporting that recently access to YouTube in China was temporarily blocked and that while Google China has an internet content license from the Chinese government, YouTube does not.
