Macao cuenta con una nueva ley sobre juegos de azar desde el 21 de junio de 2022. Ese día, la Asamblea Legislativa de Macao aprobó la Ley n.º 7/2022, que modifica una ley de 2001. Aunque el marco jurídico de los juegos de azar se mantiene básicamente sin cambios, la ley modificada ofrece un indicio de lo que está por venir, no solo para los casinos de Macao, sino para la propia ciudad.
China's online gaming market is the largest in the world in terms of revenue, but its online gaming laws, market access restrictions, and censorship make it difficult for non-Chinese developers to sell their online games into China. This post sets out the basics on what it takes for foreign companies to get their online games into China.
When Beijing-born Chloé Zhao won the Academy Award for Best Director (and Best Picture) last week for Nomadland, the mainland Chinese media were under instructions to remain silent, and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) censors had turned on their Chloé Zhao filters, preventing mainland movie fans from celebrating the ascent of a native daughter to the
Online games in China must get approval from the National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA) to be published and sold in China. See China Online Game Approval Laws. The NPPA review and approval process involves requiring that the game have a built-in addiction prevention mechanism. In November 2019, the NPPA released a Notice on Preventing
Before the Lunar New Year, Shanghai police cracked down on one of the largest subtitle groups in China, Renren Yingshi (YYeTs.com). The police arrested 14 people (not the actual translators but people who run the business). According to officials, Renren Yingshi is suspected of pirating more than 20,000 television shows and films and of earning
One of the things I’ve done since the inception of this blog is try to help young people in trouble in China. Mostly this has involved my telling thousands of English teachers NOT to cause a stink with their employers that have not paid them. I tell them I understand why they are angering at
Trademarks are not limited to words or drawings and can include sensory marks such as colors, smells and sounds. In the US, the USPTO recognizes sounds as trademarks if the sounds make you think of a company’s product or service. MGM’s roaring lion, Homer Simpson’s D’OH, and 20th Century Fox’s fanfare are all famous sounds
Las retransmisiones deportivas no se consideran objeto de derechos de autor. Aunque en parte de la jurisprudencia china se han reconocido como tales, la legislación china no las considera objeto de derechos de autor. Esto obliga a las marcas deportivas, como las ligas o sus licenciatarios, a combatir la piratería recurriendo a las leyes chinas contra la competencia desleal.
China es un país digital. Su mercado musical es casi totalmente digital. Las ventas físicas solo representan alrededor del 20 % del mercado total. China tiene más del doble de usuarios de Internet que de habitantes tiene Estados Unidos. Hay unos 900 millones de usuarios de Internet móvil, de los cuales el 70 % consume música en línea. Eso significa que hay alrededor de
La ley de derechos de autor de China, en su forma actual, está en vigor desde 2010 y, desde entonces, se han presentado numerosas propuestas de modificación. La Asamblea Popular Nacional ha publicado recientemente otro borrador de modificación y ha solicitado comentarios públicos. Por lo que sé, este sería el quinto borrador desde 2010. En una entrada reciente
