New challenges of Chinese copyright law in the digital age : a comparative copyright analysis of ISP liability : fair use and sports telecasts / by Seagull Haiyan Song.

Book

xii, 87 pages ; 25 cm

9789041137937
9041137939 hardback
9787100082969 The Commercial Press
710008296X The Commercial Press

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"Under what circumstances should Internet Service Providers (ISPs) be held liable when copyrighted material is made available over the Internet without authorization of rights holders? Is Google's controversial Library Project to scan millions of books into digital format an ambitious plan for public good or is it just another format of copyright infringement under the digital age? When audience enjoys watching live broadcasts of sports events, who are the rights holders behind the scene, and how do they protect their rights and interests from being infringed? All these questions have become highly important under the digital age, and therefore drawn serious attention from legal scholars and legislators worldwide. For direction, the world looks to influential legal regimes arising from the U.S. copyright law, the EU Directives, along with the jurisprudence and legal theory that attaches to each. But the world also looks to China, where a rapidly evolving legal regime holds its own course. This very useful book compares the legislation and case law of Chinese copyright law with those of the United States and European countries, focusing on three subjects - the liability of Internet Service Providers, the 'fair use' versus 'fair dealing' copyright doctrine, and the copyrightability of live sports telecasts - all of which are unsettled questions of law under the existing copyright regime"--P. [4] of cover.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (J.S.D.)--U.C. Berkeley School of Law.
Based on author's J.S.D. thesis--U.C. Berkeley.

Alphen Aan Den Rijn, The Netherlands : Kluwer Law International, 2011.

English