Beijing Olympics will be copyrighted

Image via WikipediaYou thought the newswire AP went crazy when they tried to charge webloggers who were quoting their stuff? What about the orders by the copyright authorities in China regarding the Beijing Olympics who have announced stiff fines for people who put anything online about this major event? Danwei quotes:

On (June) 12, Xu Chao, deputy director of the General National Copyright Administration of China, said that individual and websites will face fines as high as 100,000 yuan for recording or uploading Olympic Games video to the internet."

In a country where 160 million internet users watch and make video's that might be a tough policy to enforce. But the craziness of yet another government department issuing orders that mainly makes them look foolish.