An affiliate of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the Motion Picture Association (MPA), has signed a pact with Chinese’s largest e-commerce company Taobao to cut the sale of counterfeit items on its site.
Under the new agreement, the Chinese company and the MPA will work together to identify and take down listings on Taobao Marketplace that are believed to be counterfeit goods or that “infringe the copyrights of MPA member companies,” Reuters reports. Members of the MPA include Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros. Entertainment and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
The Taobao Marketplace is China’s largest consumer-focused e-commerce platform and holds at least 70 percent market share, according to Reuters.
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