|
The Sydney eScholarship Repository >
Sydney University Press >
Copyright law, digital content and the Internet in the Asia-Pacific >
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2364
|
| Title: | NEW HOPE FOR CONSUMERS OF DIGITAL COPYRIGHT MATERIAL IN HONG KONG |
| Authors: | Lim, Yee Fen |
| Keywords: | Copyright - Asia Pacific
Internet
Hong Kong |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Publisher: | Sydney University Press |
| Citation: | Copyright law, digital content and the Internet in the Asia-Pacific. |
| Abstract: | Articles 139 and 140 of the Basic Law of Hong Kong state that
protection should be given to intellectual property rights in Hong Kong.
It comes as no surprise then that Hong Kong has a suite of legislation
dealing with each of the major intellectual property regimes, namely
copyright, trade marks, patents and registered designs. The copyright
regime is enshrined in the Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528) and like most
other jurisdictions, registration is not a pre-requisite for obtaining
copyright protection, nor are there any formalities that need to be
complied with before copyright protection is afforded to a work in
Hong Kong.
The Copyright Ordinance gives protection to a wide range of creative
outputs including literary works (including computer programs),
dramatic, musical and artistic works, sound recordings, films, broadcasts,
published editions as well as rights in performances and moral rights.
Hong Kong is a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and
its intellectual property laws generally meet the requirements set out in
the WTO Agreement on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights Agreement (TRIPs). |
| Description: | Presented at the First International Forum on the Content Industry: Legal and Policy Framework for the Digital Content Industry collaboratively held by the East China University of Political Science and Law (http://www.ecupl.edu.cn) and the Queensland University of Technology (http://www.qut.edu.au) in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, May 2007. This publication is an output of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (http://www.cci.edu.au) Queensland University of Technology. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2364 |
| ISBN: | 9781920898724 |
| Appears in Collections: | Copyright law, digital content and the Internet in the Asia-Pacific
|
Items in Sydney eScholarship Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
|
