{"id":16680,"date":"2008-01-22T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2008-01-22T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/01\/22\/kissing-couple-to-sue-metro-over-video-china-daily\/"},"modified":"2008-01-22T11:00:58","modified_gmt":"2008-01-22T18:00:58","slug":"kissing-couple-to-sue-metro-over-video-china-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/01\/kissing-couple-to-sue-metro-over-video-china-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"Kissing Couple to Sue Metro over Video &#8211; China Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nA couple kissing at a Shanghai metro station were videotaped and the clip was uploaded to the Internet, receiving thousands of hits recently. It&#8217;s more intriguing that the clip could have been posted by an employee of the Shanghai Metro Co. who obtained it through ubiquitous monitoring cameras installed at all the company&#8217;s metro stations. From China Daily:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nA couple videotaped kissing and hugging at a metro station is to sue the Shanghai Metro Co for allowing the video to be broadcast on the Internet, the Oriental Morning Post reported Monday. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2008-01\/22\/content_6412351.htm\">[Full Text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nSome people are taking advantage of this incident to advocate for the Chinese authority&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/01\/china_limits_providers_of_internet_video_min_lee.php\">planned crackdown <\/a>on unlicensed video service web sites. From Xinhua:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nZhou Binqing, a Shanghai Information Services Association legal expert, said it was also urgent to enhance surveillance on video websites&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The expert said management of Internet audio-visual programs may be improved when a regulation issued by the country&#8217;s broadcasting, film, TV and information industry authorities takes effect on Jan. 31.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2008-01\/20\/content_6407054_2.htm\">[Full Text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nSee also &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/7202348.stm\" target=\"_blank\">China Couple Sue Metro Over Kiss<\/a>&#8221; from BBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple kissing at a Shanghai metro station were videotaped and the clip was uploaded to the Internet, receiving thousands of hits recently. It&#8217;s more intriguing that the clip could have been posted by an employee of the Shanghai Metro Co. who obtained it through ubiquitous monitoring cameras installed at all the company&#8217;s metro stations. 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