China has launched a four-month campaign to crack down on intellectual copyright infringement online.

Illegal broadcasting of the Beijing Olympic Games is the top target of the campaign.

Our reporter Liu Yan has the story.

Reporter:

Illegal broadcasts of the sports games are usually found during important events, especially the ones like the Olympics.
As the Beijing Olympics draws near, Xu Chao, a senior official with the National Copyright Administration vows to take a tough hand in cracking down the illegal acts.

"Any broadcast without authorization will be dealt with severely."

As the fourth time China has launched a special campaign against Internet copyright piracy, the current one is focusing primarily on illegal Web sites. Music, movies, software, books and games on Web sites will all come under close supervision.

Xu Chao stresses that the Administration will take a hard look at the video websites, as more of such websites are infringing copyright laws with more people watching on the internet.

"We'll try everything possible to guarantee the safe broadcasting of all Olympic events. Violators will be ordered to delete their unlicensed content, and may be fined or have their servers shut down."

During the August Olympics in Beijing, China Central Television has the rights to all TV broadcasts and cable rights for the mainland and the Macao Special Administrative Region, while cctv.com holds the new media rights.

Liu Yan, CRI News.