Copyright Takedowns In China, Part II: Searching, Linking Or Storing?

This is the second in a series of posts about China's system for the takedown of copyright subject matter stored or posted online without the copyright owner's approval. In our first post, Copyright Takedowns in China, we provided a general summary of the regulations that establish the takedown procedures. These regulations enable enforcement of the "right of communication through an information network" as it applies to sound recordings and audiovisual recordings. As we have seen, the regulations apply to "network service providers" (网络服务提供者）and "service recipients" (服务对象). They draw a distinction between providers of searching or linking services and those that provide storage space.