Copyright and the Public Interest in China

Guan H. Tang (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2011
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-85793-106-1 (ISBN)

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Guan Hong Tang expertly highlights how the multidimensional concept of public interest has influenced the development and limitations of Chinese copyright. Comparing Chinese copyright law with the USA and the UK, topical issues are presented in this unique book including those arising within education, library and archives sectors.

Guan Hong Tang expertly highlights how the multidimensional concept of public interest has influenced the development and limitations of Chinese copyright. Since 1990 China has awarded copyright - individual rights - but also provides for public, non-criminal enforcement. The author reveals that pressures of development, globalization and participation in a world economy have hastened the loss of public interest from copyright. However, for a socialist country, placing the common ahead of the individual interest, the public interest also constitutes a phenomenological tool with which to limit copyright. The author also discusses how the rise of the Internet, which has had a major social and economic impact on China, raises problems for Chinese copyright law. Comparing Chinese copyright law with the USA and the UK, topical issues are presented in this unique book including those arising within education, library and archives sectors.

This insightful book will strongly appeal to students and researchers in IP law, comparative law, Chinese studies, international commerce and information science. It will also prove invaluable for lawyers and consultants with expertise in IP and China.

Guan H. Tang, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law in Asia, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Contents: Introduction 1. The Opening Up to the World of a Once Isolated Nation 2. Authorship, Access and the Public Interest 3. Administrative Copyright Enforcement – the Authorship Public Interest 4. Public Education, Copyright and the Public Interest 5. Public Libraries, Copyright and the Public Interest 6. Public Archives, Public Copyright and the Public Interest Conclusion Appendix: Timeline of Chinese History Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2011
Reihe/Serie	Elgar Intellectual Property and Global Development series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Urheberrecht
ISBN-10	0-85793-106-7 / 0857931067
ISBN-13	978-0-85793-106-1 / 9780857931061
Zustand	Neuware