If your server is inside China, you must file for it, and the access provider must itself hold a value-added telecom license
- Moderate value
- Evidence A
- Keeps you free
- Free
- Takes some hours
- No willpower
In plain words
If your server is inside China, you have to file before the site opens. Filing costs nothing; you submit it through your server provider, and it generally takes a few days to a few weeks. Without a filing, you are ordered to correct it within a set time and fined 10,000 (1万) CNY, and if you don't, the site is closed. If the homepage does not show the filing number, you are fined a further 5000 to 50,000 (5万) CNY.
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Translated from the Chinese original. Original book, section 26, tip 4. This section describes legal rules, mostly mainland China’s. It is general information, not legal advice; for your own case, talk to a lawyer. Content may be out of date and rules differ by place. When you actually deal with an agency, a doctor or a court, follow what local officials, doctors and lawyers tell you. Disclaimer