Profit-making online media who have pushed hard against the copyright law update could be vulnerable to being sued for copyright infringement and should make this clearer to their users, experts
for the city to update its copyright legislation. With previous attempts to amend and update its copyright law having failed to achieve anything concrete for lack of consensus in the community, Hong
to the Copyright Law. President Hu Jintao signed decrees to publish the new Law and the amendment to the Copyright Law, which will take effect on July 1 and April 1 respectively.
An amendment to the copyright law to strengthen copyright protection was passed by China's top legislature on Wednesday after a third deliberation. The amendment, adopted after a vote at the end of
into law by President Clinton on October 28, 1998. The legislation implements two 1996 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) treaties: the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and
' was contained was a dramatic work in which UK copyright subsisted. "Before this decision, the protection of TV formats under UK copyright law was a mere theoretical possibility rather than an
function when evaluating it in the entire work, then, it is not easy to define it as plagiarism," said Xu Xinming, a lawyer specializing in copyright law, told the Global Times on Thursday.
function when evaluating it in the entire work, then, it is not easy to define it as plagiarism," said Xu Xinming, a lawyer specializing in copyright law, told the Global Times on Thursday.
crackdown in universities and print shops in 40 cities until September, but experts argue that a specific law is urgently needed to curb the country's rampant copyright infringement problem. Jointly
crackdown in universities and print shops in 40 cities until September, but experts argue that a specific law is urgently needed to curb the country's rampant copyright infringement problem. Jointly