E-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group says it is taking copyright infringement seriously as it broadens its agreement with a Chinese industry coalition.

Cloudary, the Internet literature subsidiary of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, and Qihoo 360 have inked a strategic cooperation to jointly provide Internet literature search contents to Chinese users.

Li Guoqing, joint president of the Chinese Internet shopping website Dangdang.com, has announced that the company will stop putting advertisements on search engine Baidu.com from April 2011 due to the recent accusation that Baidu.com is involved in literature and music piracy.

Microsoft China has announced that it has sued ten Chinese computer dealers for pre-installation of pirated Microsoft software on sold PCs.

Online video service provider Youku.com has launched a campaign in Beijing to protect its online copyright.

Chinawriter.com.cn has posted a message allegedly from Google which states that the American search engine will compensate Chinese writers USD60 for each book of each writer who agrees to allow Google to use the book online.

CCTV.com and Phoenixtv.com have formed an alliance for the protection of the copyrights of online video programs in China.