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2024 Paris Olympics: Global Broadcasting and Copyright Protection of Sports Events

The 2024 Paris Olympics is a top-level sports event that attracts global attention and is also a global cultural exchange and showcase.

As the official organizer of Olympic events, the International Olympic Committee has all rights related to the Olympics, including key aspects such as dissemination, reporting, and display of the Olympics. In order to ensure that global audiences can enjoy this sports feast from all angles and perspectives, the International Olympic Committee has taken a series of necessary measures in accordance with Article 48 of the Olympic Charter, committed to ensuring the most comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the Olympic Games by different media.

In order to achieve this goal, the International Olympic Committee has established an organization called the Olympic Broadcasting Service (OBS), whose main responsibility is to produce the international public signal for broadcasting the Olympic Games, and provide the necessary facilities and services (including but not limited to technical support, signal transmission, and content production) for licensed broadcasters to ensure the highest standards of broadcasting quality for the Olympic Games.

Rights holding broadcasters refer to broadcasting media organizations that obtain broadcasting agreements with the International Olympic Committee to broadcast, display, and disseminate Olympic events within designated geographical areas. In China, China Central Television (CCTV) has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the International Olympic Broadcasting Service, becoming the exclusive rights holder for broadcasting in mainland China and Macau, with full media and sub licensing rights for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In order to enable more audiences to enjoy the wonderful events of the Olympic Games, the main station has also authorized a number of cooperation units, including China Mobile Migu, Tiktok, Kwai, Tencent, Beijing Sports Leisure Channel, Shanghai Five Star Sports Channel, Guangdong Sports Channel, etc. These cooperation units will provide the events of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in different ways.

As can be seen from the above, the International Olympic Committee is responsible for organizing and hosting Olympic events, while the Olympic Broadcasting Corporation is responsible for filming and producing public signals of on-site activities. The rights holding broadcasters process the public signals and broadcast them live to the public. However, if Olympic events are broadcasted in real-time, delayed, or in short video format without the permission of the International Olympic Committee and the rights holder, or if segments from sports events are used in self-produced videos, it may constitute copyright infringement.

When disseminating content related to the 2024 Paris Olympics on online platforms, it is necessary to do the following to avoid copyright infringement risks as much as possible:

Do not broadcast sports events without permission; Do not set links to websites that provide sports event programs without permission; Do not set up columns or sections for sports events that are clearly unauthorized, and actively edit, organize, and recommend them; After receiving notification from the rights holder, timely take necessary measures such as deleting, blocking, and disconnecting infringing content; Based on the nature and methods of the services provided, the likelihood of infringement, and the information management capabilities possessed, actively take other reasonable measures, such as restricting the use of certain functions by users who repeatedly or extensively infringe.

For the audience, watching the Olympics through legal channels is not only a support for athletes and events, but also a manifestation of compliance with the law.

Industry · New Policies

Luohu District in Shenzhen has released the "Ten Measures for Film and Television" policy, aimed at promoting cooperation and development in the film and television industry between Shenzhen and Hong Kong

This policy expresses the determination of Luohu to build a "service strong district pioneer Luohu" and supports the high-quality development of the film and television industry.

Announcement of Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court on Implementing Centralized Jurisdiction of Grassroots People's Courts over Foreign Related Intellectual Property Cases Involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan

Starting from August 1, 2024, the first instance foreign-related intellectual property civil, administrative (including administrative non litigation review), and criminal cases involving Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan that should be accepted by grassroots people's courts in Shenzhen will be uniformly accepted by the Futian District People's Court. Other grassroots people's courts in the city will no longer accept the above-mentioned cases.

Before August 1, 2024, the above-mentioned cases that have been filed but not yet concluded by other grassroots people's courts in Shenzhen shall continue to be heard by the original accepting court; If the parties have submitted the prosecution materials or application materials but have not yet filed a case, the original accepting court shall file a case for trial.

If the first instance foreign-related, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan intellectual property civil, administrative (including administrative non litigation review), and criminal cases concluded by other grassroots people's courts in Shenzhen require enforcement by the people's court, the original accepting court shall be responsible for enforcement.

On July 10, 2024, the revised version of the Implementation Regulations of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets was released and will come into effect on September 1, 2024

The Party Central Committee and the State Council have always attached great importance to confidentiality work. In order to thoroughly implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee on confidentiality work, further refine the relevant institutional provisions of the Confidentiality Law, and clarify the specific implementation measures of the Confidentiality Law, this revision is made. The revised Regulations adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply implement Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law and General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and directives on confidentiality work, and follow the following overall ideas:

One is to refine the principle of party managed confidentiality, improve the system and mechanism of party managed confidentiality, and ensure the correct political direction of confidentiality work.

Secondly, within the framework of the confidentiality law system, refine and improve relevant regulations to ensure the effective implementation of the newly revised confidentiality law.

The third is to focus on the new situations and problems faced by confidentiality work, summarize and extract the effective experience, practices, and mature systems of confidentiality work in recent years.