Source: Danwei
Last night Chinese language portal Netease published an article saying that SARFT had made use of the new online video regulations and ordered popular Chinese video sharing website Tudou to cease operations. The story has been picked up by several bloggers and made its way into English on Fons Tuinstra’s blog and on Pacific [...]

From Reuters, Fri Feb 15, 2008,
Six U.S. film studios have filed civil complaints against Chinese file-sharing firm Xunlei Networking Technology Co Ltd, part-owned by Google Inc, for copyright infringement and are seeking more than 7 million yuan ($1 million) in damages and costs, the Motion Picture Association said.
MPA, a trade [...]

New York Times reported on “China Steps Up Internet Video Control“.
The online video regulations co-issued by SARFT and MII, which requires all online video service operated by state owned companies, has officially in effect since Jan 31st already. As we expected, the services of Chinese video sharing websites, all run by private companies, haven’t affected [...]

(Source:New York Times)
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 30, 2008
BEIJING (AP) — China will take a new step Thursday to tighten control of the Internet when rules go into force limiting online video-sharing to state companies. But regulators, wary of hurting a fast-growing industry, are expected to let private operators work around the restrictions.
The rules are [...]

In the last few days of 2007, two government ministries, SARFT and MII, announced a new set of rules to govern online video websites like Tudou,com, Youku.com, 56.com and other Youtube clones.
On December 29, Beijing-based telcoms consulting firm Marbridge published an English translation of the rules (original Chinese version here).
On January 2, Kaiser Kuo posted [...]