More weight was added by Yan Xiaohong, deputy director of the National Copyright Administration, who said the agency regards the Shenzhen company as the rightful trademark owner.

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It purports to be collecting cash on behalf of German copyright authorities and the country's national computer security agency.

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France's proposed law would create a new government agency called HADOPI to police the internet on behalf of copyright owners.

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