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<正>I. INTRODUCTION The approach to legal protection of live broadcast of sports events has been a controversial issue in copyright practice and theory, with the major argument about whether the motion images carried in the live broadcast of sports event should be construed as works created by a process analogous to cinematography or video recordings under the Copyright Law of China. Undoubtedly, such legal identification matters to the right holders, for, generally speaking, a work of authorship enjoys a much wider range of exclusive rights than a subject matter of neighboring rights. The case of CCTV International v. Baofeng Group,concerning the online piracy of sports programs of the Brazil World Cup games,bears some representativeness and typicality in this regard. A detailed study on this case might facilitate relevant discussion and research.
