China’s Largest Stock Image Provider Fined Over False Photo Copyright Claims

China’s Largest Stock Image Provider Fined Over False Photo Copyright Claims
People at an internet cafe in Beijing on June 3, 2009. Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images
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SINGAPORE—Visual China Group Co Ltd, the largest Chinese stock images provider, said on April 18 that a subsidiary has been fined by internet authorities, days after it falsely claimed copyright of prominent images.

Internet authorities in China’s Tianjin City slapped a fine of 300,000 yuan ($44,720) on the company for violating the country’s cyber security laws, Visual China said in a filing to the Shenzhen stock exchange.