China Making Sure That User Generated Content Is Officially Registered Content First
from the hello-bureaucracy dept
China has a long history of being a bureaucratic society -- and it seems they're really learned how to apply that bureaucracy to the internet. They have tens of thousands of people monitoring the internet, for example. However, they're really going to ridiculous extremes in trying to slow down the production of non-approved content. A year ago, we mentioned that they wanted every website to register with the government. Earlier this year, they wanted everyone who ran an email server to register as well. The latest, then, really isn't too surprising. With the rapid rise in popularity of online video sites, the Chinese government is now planning to require every user-created video to first be "approved" before it can be posted online. Considering the pace at which people add videos to sites like YouTube and Google Video, this sounds like a nearly impossible task if you actually want people to generate content. Of course, that's the point. They don't want people to generate their own content, because they might produce content the government doesn't like.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Good to be China
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but doesnt Google employ such a service to a somewhat lesser extent? dont all submitted videos have to go through approval first?
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But that's a level of free speech that is usually censored, even in the West.
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And clearly China has issues it will need to work out... hopefully we Americans can stay out of it and let them figure out things for themselves.
Still glad to be an American.
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So life is a bitch in China? Screw 'em! Let the people overthrow the government and they can have all the shitty video and perverted web content we have over here. Maybe we could even reduce that trade deficit by exporting all of our porn to them.
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Kind of hard not to support China since most American companies go to China to get things manufactured. If I could boycott Chinese products I would. Being realistic though, I am not rich, I can't afford to boycott Chinese made products.
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What a bunch of Morons
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also, please do remember any american buy chinese goods, not largess to china and chinese. you may just buy same thing from others countries, we chinese may live better.
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Dorpus - you have no idea
The main reason why so many Chinese go overseas to gain a higher education is to get a better understanding Western culture and to speak English. More often than not, they then go back to China and make a stack of money in business, dealing with the West.
‘Petty criminals go to Japan to make money purse snatching…’???? Chump, you really have no idea, do you. Having spent a number of years living in Japan and also living in China, I know first hand that there are at least as many Americans living in Japan that are involved in criminal activities as there are Chinese. In fact, I would suggest that there would be more Americans. A quick visit to Roppongi on a Saturday night would see that this is the case.
‘China and Japan are both filling up with Canadian and Australian English teachers who teach funny English, get drunk, and chase teenage girls….’ – Do you want to know why Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and UK teachers are doing so well in Japan, China and Korea? – its because Americans are generally considered obnoxious due to their ignorance (which you are clearly displaying), and so Asian are more frequently shying away from speaking with an American accent. Secondly, Canadians and Australians are generally more accepting of other cultures, and embrace the experience of living overseas.
I could go on, but Dorpus, you are a dork.
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shut up your fucking mouth, you bitch
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america never pretends to be perfect. but just because we have lowlifes like every other country in the world, doesnt mean we shouldnt expect the best out of the people of every country. and china condones illicit acticity. they are a leach thats growing from the ingenuity of creative american technology without paying their dues.
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It's ok to censored
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Your argument is an utter fallacy. It can not be verified or measured in any way.
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Hahaha
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Wow, haven't seen heated discussion like this for
From where I can see, this new proposed regulation is motivated more by territory grabbing than ideology. There are two main ministries in China with regulatory power over internet: the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), which covers mostly telecommunications, and the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television (MRFT), which oversee the media industry. Guess what guys, the transition of old media onto Internet everyone is raving about has created a bit of tug of war between these two ministries. Last year MRFT shut down several IPTV trials conducted by telcos owned by MII. Sounds familiar? RIAA suing ISPs and down loaders?
To read events in China, I always keep one thing in mind: since so much of the economy is still state owned, many of the activities conducted by private enterprises or organizations in this country are carried out by the government in China. So we constantly encounter stories like these where a government agency issues regulations to protect the monopolistic status of industries under its watch.
As for this specific proposal, well, it is not enforceable. I remembered earlier this year the Police department of a city in Western China issue rules that require every web surfer in that city, that's right, everyone who browses internet, to register with the police to curb online crime. Not much real effect other than becoming the laughing stock of the country.
The bureaucrats in China haven't quite figured out the difference between non-enforceable regulations and butt of the joke.
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YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANNA!
Americans who likes chinese products and feel they are cheap and good quality can keep purchasing chinese goods and those who said so many arguments against it can stop using and never buying chinese products any more, it's all you choice!! don't use chinese goods but keep saying silly stuff here
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What's the fuss?
Most of these arguments are coming from people living in the same country that hands over their internet reigns to the RIAA, and other such organisations, in order to put people in prison for "sharing music". How is this different from letting the government censor the opinions of others? Most people's browsing habits are recorded when they do a search on google (or even Yahoo, or MSN) but you hear few people complaining about that, and even when someone does, it doesn't stop most people. It's all for the same thing: power (just the difference being that power is money in the west). Even google censors some of its content. How would this be different if the company became a monopoly?
I'm not saying these are good things, that the way of life in China would be great for me, because I have been bought up to have a certain lifestyle and be able to do certain things (and makes cups of tea every five minutes). But if you went to the country, I bet the chances are high that you will hear the Chinese moaning about how America has become too corporate, and that the media have a control over society and what people should like, or even the types of people other people should like (I sure as hell know that people in Britain do!). I completely hate all of this control, I hate monopolies, I hate conservatism, tradition, and I hate the government becoming too involved with what I personally do, or the fact they might be monitoring everything I do and say. And I don't claim to know the Chinese people; for all I know things really could be as bad as the media says it is (although I feel that the media and public's outlook on China has a lot to do with America's Anti-Communist roots, from their break from the British Commonwealth - Which I completely agree they should have done! - to the cold war with Russia, etc).
But if people are happy with life, wherever they are, than no one really has the right to step in and say that a certain way of life actually isn't right.
~Ronius
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Re: dear Frink
We will never beat corporate America and we can't beat the slave labor GOODS from China. NEVER!!!
So , if you can'y beat them then I must join them.
I must retire to china in 2007 , because my $1000
will not buy me shit here. And , I will not suck off the welfafe system here.
The only good thing for me is......... I do have a great Chinese woman and her Child over there waiting for me. I love the USA , but I hate what I see.
Wish me luck and I wish the same to you.
George
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