Browsing Copyright law, digital content and the Internet in the Asia-Pacific by publication year
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CIVIL JURISDICTION, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE INTERNET
Published 2008-01-01At the core of the civil litigation system is the notion of jurisdiction. In a narrow sense it refers to whether a court has the authority to hear a case in relation to specific people and activities (subject matter) but ...Open AccessBook chapter -
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENCE: AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION TO COPYRIGHT IN THE NEW MEDIA ARENA
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THE AUSTRALIA-CHINA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Published 2008-01-01Intellectual property is not usually the first thing that people think of when they talk about the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement1 (FTA) – an FTA is about ‘trade’: market access for agricultural products and manufactured ...Open AccessBook chapter -
INTERNET CONTENT PROVIDER LICENCES IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA’S INTERNET INDUSTRY: A PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE
Published 2008-01-01The provision of internet services in China is governed by a detailed regulatory regime. This chapter will outline the basic legal framework for such regulation and highlight current issues created by the existing model.Open AccessBook chapter -
COPYRIGHT PROTECTION IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
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COPYRIGHT CHALLENGES FOR USER GENERATED INTERMEDIARIES: VIACOM V YOUTUBE AND GOOGLE
Published 2008-01-01YouTube, the video sharing website has risen to be one of the most popular and profitable websites on the Internet. What was first created in February 2005 as a platform for people all over the world to share videos, has ...Open AccessBook chapter -
REGULATION OF THE INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY IN SINGAPORE
Published 2008-01-01The latest “buzz” in Singapore is interactive digital media (IDM), a diverse industry that includes technologies such as video games and interactive advertisements. In January this year, the Singapore government announced ...Open AccessBook chapter -
CRIMINALIZING PRIMARY COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IN SINGAPORE: WHO ARE THE REAL ONLINE CULPRITS
Published 2008-01-01It is axiomatic in the international copyright arena for the law to impose criminal liability on secondary acts of copyright infringement. Such acts of infringement (which may also attract civil liability) typically entail ...Open AccessBook chapter -
A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTENT INDUSTRY IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Published 2008-01-01Developing the digital content industry is ranked as a key part of the Chinese informationisation strategy and an important strategic measure necessary to build a creative nation. The distribution activities related to ...Open AccessBook chapter -
INTERNET CONTENT POLICY AND REGULATION IN AUSTRALIA
Published 2008-01-01It can generally be observed that the propensity for creating new internet content regulation within a country results from the interaction of three forces. Firstly, there are the cultural values and institutions within a ...Open AccessBook chapter -
IMPROVING THE REGULATIVE ENVIRONMENT TO FACILITATE THE EXPLOITATION OF INFORMATION RESOURCES IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Published 2008-01-01A supportive regulatory environment is necessary to facilitate the development and utilisation of information resources in China. The legal system and its enabling policies for information resources should focus on removing ...Open AccessBook chapter -
CRIMINAL INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT: THE BIG CROOK CASE
Published 2008-01-01On 24th October 2005 an unemployed man from Hong Kong, Chan Nai Ming aka “Big Crook”, received the dubious honour of becoming the first person in the world to be sentenced to a custodial sentence for using the Bit Torrent ...Open AccessBook chapter -
THE JUDICIAL PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHT ON THE INTERNET IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Published 2008-01-01The legal system for copyright protection on the Internet has been established for years, although the Regulation on the Protection of the Right of Communication through Information Networks (Communication Right Regulation) ...Open AccessBook chapter -
NEW HOPE FOR CONSUMERS OF DIGITAL COPYRIGHT MATERIAL IN HONG KONG
Published 2008-01-01Articles 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 ...Open AccessBook chapter -
CHINESE COPYRIGHT LAW, PEER PRODUCTION AND THE PARTICIPATORY MEDIA AGE: AN OLD REGIME IN A NEW WORLD
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WHY EMERGING BUSINESS MODELS AND NOT COPYRIGHT LAW ARE THE KEY TO MONETISING CONTENT ONLINE
Published 2008-01-01The multimedia Internet is here to stay. Rich media – including videos, music, podcasts, and flash animation – is already a key feature of the Internet experience, and will only grow in diversity and importance. As Internet ...Open AccessBook chapter -
THE NEW RIGHT OF COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE INFORMATION NETWORK IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Published 2008-01-01While China has not joined the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Copyright Treaty (WCT) or the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT), China amended its Copyright Law in 2001 in accordance with Article ...Open AccessBook chapter -
COPYRIGHT LAW REFORM AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY IN INDONESIA
Published 2008-01-01Open AccessBook chapter