The court ruled that the 21CN website infringed on copyrights; personal blogs may not be reproduced at will.

The defendant of天河 District People's Court reposted 6 articles without Luo Yonghao's authorization, infringing his rights of information network communication and the right to get corresponding remuneration. Considering that the two yuan per word manuscript fee claimed by Luo Yonghao is too high, the court sentenced the defendant to compensate Luo Yonghao for the loss of manuscript fee and reasonable expenses of RMB 7780 yuan.