TY - GEN N2 - The book takes a look at the six most important current topics arising from copyright law in the information society, and for each topic provides an in-depth introduction that compares the approaches taken in Europe and the US. Each topic is introduced by an expert, and the issues are then analysed in separate country reports representing nine Asian jurisdictions: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. The six topics are: The Expansion of Copyright Law and its Social Justification: Introduction by Reto Hilty, Max Planck Institute, Munich I. AB - The book takes a look at the six most important current topics arising from copyright law in the information society, and for each topic provides an in-depth introduction that compares the approaches taken in Europe and the US. Each topic is introduced by an expert, and the issues are then analysed in separate country reports representing nine Asian jurisdictions: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. The six topics are: The Expansion of Copyright Law and its Social Justification: Introduction by Reto Hilty, Max Planck Institute, Munich I. T1 - Copyright law and the information society in Asia / AU - Heath, Christopher., AU - Heath, Christopher, AU - Liu, Gongzhong, VL - V. 26 CN - KNC371.A6 CN - K1420.5 CN - KT30.2 N1 - "A joint project by the Max Planck Institute, Munich, the Academia Sinica, Taipei & the IP Academy Singapore." N1 - "Published by the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law, Munick"--Preliminary page. N1 - Sul front.: A joint project by the Max Planck Institut, Munich, the Academia Sinica, Taipei, & the IP Academy Singapore. ID - 24750 KW - Copyright KW - Copyright KW - Patents KW - Copyright infringement KW - Congresses SN - 9781841136547 TI - Copyright law and the information society in Asia / LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0801/2007280314.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0801/2007280314.html ER -