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A New Film Law is Coming: Part 5 of the First CFI Guide

Sep 23, 2016 / Legal /

As China’s film industry continues to boom, shining as a bright spot in a largely troubled economy, the imperative for transparent governance will only grow. Read More

The Ins and Outs of Getting Money Out of China

Jun 21, 2016 / Legal /

Chinese banks are becoming much stricter with certain types of remittances. Read More

Copyright Takedowns in China, Part V: The End of Online Anonymity?

Jun 1, 2016 / Legal /

Copyright infringers in China are only required to identify themselves to the copyright owner if the infringers object to the takedown. Read More

Doing a Deal in China? Get a Company Search Report First

May 10, 2016 / Legal /

Confirm your Chinese partner company exists and whether it's in good standing with the law. Read More

Could China Shut Down Foreign Web Publishing? Sure. Will it? Nope.

Mar 8, 2016 / Legal /

New rules governing the Internet in China go into effect on Thursday, March 10. Read More

China Contracts: Why Hong Kong Courts Are a Really Big Mistake

Dec 2, 2015 / Legal /

Following is the latest in a series of practical posts for anybody doing business in China brought to CFI readers by the China Law Blog.—The Editors We continue to see contracts rendered unenforceable because the American or European party seeks to avoid application of Chinese law and enforcement in Chinese courts. By their own actions Read More

China’s Film Industry Promotion Law: The New Draft

Nov 10, 2015 / Legal /

China’s National People’s Congress issued a draft of the Film Industry Promotion Law for public comment on November 6, 2015. The law is to apply to “film activities” such as film development, production, distribution and release within the PRC. The published annotations indicate the law is intended to simplify the regulation of screenplays, film productions and Read More

Copyright Pledges in China Film & TV Finance

Oct 6, 2015 / Legal /

Though a framework exists, the registration of pledges is not yet common in the Chinese film and TV business. Read More

China’s Film Industry Online, Part 4. It’s About Copyrights.

Oct 6, 2015 / Legal /

This is the final post in a series looking at developments in China’s digital ancillaries market. In this series we’ve seen that China’s ancillaries are still comparatively small despite explosive box office growth. In part 1, I looked at how China leads the world in online consumption and how China’s consumers prefer to use mobile Read More

China Motion Picture Copyrights

Oct 6, 2015 / Legal /

China joined WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization) in 1980 and it introduced its first copyright law in 1990. China adopted modern intellectual property laws as a condition of joining the WTO (the World Trade Organization) in 2001. Read More

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