Chinese court awards dual-track compensation in Qidian copyright case
By MLex Staff ( August 12, 2025, 05:25 GMT | Insight) -- A Chinese court has adopted a “dual-track” compensation mechanism — combining punitive and statutory damages — in a landmark ruling where the operator of online-literature platform Qidian prevailed in a copyright case involving the unauthorized distribution of its digital-fiction works.A Chinese court has adopted a “dual-track” compensation mechanism — combining punitive and statutory damages — in a landmark ruling where the operator of online-literature platform Qidian prevailed in a copyright case involving the unauthorized distribution of its digital-fiction works....
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