Internet cafes join for legal content

An Internet cafe alliance for use of copyrighted videos was formed last week in Changchun, capital of the northeastern province.
Following this year's traditional Chinese New Year festival, more than 3,000 Internet cafes in the province will have access to a video portal developed by Guang Yinwangshi Tech, one of the alliance founders.
All copyrighted content will be provided by domestic online video sites Sohu, Letv, Joy and Cntv, which are also members of the new copyright group.
Operators of Internet cafes will not have to pay fees for use of the portal for at least six months.
The alliance will later collect annual fees ranging from 1,000 yuan ($152) to 3,000 yuan based on an internet cafe's business volume.
Other co-founders of the alliance are the China Film Copyright Association and a provincial Internet cafe association.
Xinhuanet