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Title: Reuters Withdraws Xi, Putin Longevity Video After China State TV Pulls
Legal Permission To Use It

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/09/1811...

An anonymous reader writes: Reuters News on Friday withdrew a four-minute
video containing an exchange between Russian President Vladimir Putin and
Chinese President Xi Jinping discussing the possibility that humans can live
to 150 years old, after China state TV demanded its removal and withdrew the
legal permission to use it. The footage, which included the open mic exchange
from the military parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of the end
of World War Two, was licensed by the China state television network, China
Central Television (CCTV). The clips were edited by Reuters into a four-
minute video and distributed to more than 1,000 global media clients
including major international news broadcasters and TV stations around the
world. Other news agency licensees of CCTV also distributed edits of the
footage. Reuters removed the video from its website and issued a "kill" order
to its clients on Friday after receiving a written request from CCTV's
lawyer. The letter said the news agency exceeded usage terms of its
agreement. The letter further criticized Reuters "editorial treatment applied
to this material," but did not specify details.

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