Copyright Law And the Information Society in Asia (Iic Studies)

This volume 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 analyzed in separate country reports representing nine Asian jurisdictions: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. The topics examined are: the expansion of copyright law and its social justification; internet trade, digital works, and parallel imports; the collective exercise of copyrights; the law on anti-circumvention and digital rights management; copyright contracts, public policy, and antitrust; and contributory and vicarious liability for copyright infringement. Half Title Page......Page 1 Half Title verso......Page 2 Title Page......Page 3 Title verso......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Detailed Contents......Page 7 Acknowledgement......Page 17 Introductory Preface......Page 19 About the Authors and Editors......Page 23 I. Where everything began. . .......Page 27 II. . . . and how it got out of hand......Page 32 III. Problems and Critiques......Page 36 IV. Example: The Negative Outgrowth for Research......Page 40 V. Thoughts on an Appropriate Copyright System......Page 50 VI. Conclusion......Page 56 II. Hong Kong......Page 57 III. Taiwan......Page 62 IV. Japan......Page 67 V. Korea......Page 73 VI. Singapore......Page 74 VII. Malaysia......Page 79 VIII. Thailand......Page 80 IX. The Philippines......Page 81 I. Starting Point......Page 87 III. Considerations of free commerce......Page 88 IV. Copyright Exhaustion in the Analogue Environment......Page 89 V. Exhaustion, Technology and Electronic Distribution......Page 95 II. Hong Kong......Page 98 III. Taiwan......Page 101 V. Korea......Page 111 VI. Singapore......Page 113 VII. Malaysia......Page 116 VIII. Thailand......Page 118 I. Modes of Exercising Copyright......Page 123 II. Functions of Collecting Societies......Page 125 III. Copyright Law and Collecting Societies......Page 126 IV. The Laws and Regulations governing Collecting Societies......Page 128 V. Challenges to Collecting Societies—Competition Between National Collecting Societies......Page 131 VII. Future Prospects for Collecting Societies......Page 132 II. Hong Kong......Page 133 III. Taiwan......Page 136 V. Korea......Page 146 VI. Singapore......Page 147 VII. Malaysia......Page 149 VIII. Thailand......Page 150 IX. The Philippines......Page 151 I. Introduction......Page 155 II The Legislative Structure......Page 157 III The Judicial Interpretations......Page 160 IV. Analysis and Comments......Page 165 I. Introduction......Page 167 II. The 1996 WIPO Treaties......Page 168 1. Anti-Circumvention Regulations in China......Page 173 1. General......Page 176 1. Introducing protection for electronic rights management information......Page 178 1. Introduction......Page 181 2. Protection against anti-circumvention devices......Page 182 3. Digital Rights Management Information......Page 184 V. Korea......Page 185 1. Anti-circumvention Measures......Page 186 VII. Malaysia......Page 189 IX. The Philippines......Page 191 I. Introduction......Page 193 II. Are Restrictive Copyright Contracts valid?......Page 195 II. Should Restrictive Copyright Contracts be valid? A tentative solution within copyright law itself......Page 212 I. China......Page 237 II. Hong Kong......Page 238 III. Taiwan......Page 240 IV. Japan......Page 242 V. Korea......Page 244 VI. Singapore......Page 246 VII. Malaysia......Page 247 VIII. Thailand......Page 248 IX. Philippines......Page 249 I. Introduction......Page 253 III. Statutory Enactment/Codification......Page 255 IV. The Sony Betamax Case......Page 256 V. The Napster Case—The First Peer-to-Peer Challenge......Page 257 VI. The Aimster Case—A twist but no cigar......Page 260 VII. MGM v. Grokster—Decentralised file-sharing and Inducement......Page 261 VIII. The Aftermath of Grokster—The “Induce Act” Now on Hold......Page 263 IX. The Challenge—BitTorrent and Others......Page 265 X. The International Developments......Page 266 XI. Conclusion......Page 272 I. China......Page 274 1. General......Page 275 2. Internet Service Providers......Page 276 3. Company Directors......Page 277 1. The Taiwanese Copyright Act and the File-sharing Cases......Page 278 2. Legal Analysis......Page 280 IV. Japan......Page 281 1. The Karaoke Cases......Page 282 2. The File Rogue Cases......Page 283 V. Korea......Page 284 VI. Singapore......Page 286 VII. Malaysia......Page 289 VIII. The Philippines......Page 290 II. Economic Rationales For and Against Copyright Law......Page 295 III. The Ignored Corner of Copyright Research: Is Piracy Always so Evil?......Page 297 IV. Legal Copyright Protection or Self-help Piracy Control?......Page 299 V. Indirect Revenue Appropriation......Page 301 VI. Concluding Remarks......Page 302 "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: (1) The Expansion of Copyright Law and its Social Justification: Introduction by Reto Hilty, Max Planck Institute, Munich; (2) Internet Trade, Digital Works and Parallel Imports: Introduction by Christopher Heath, European Patent Office, Munich; (3) The Collective Exercise of Copyrights: Introduction by Kung Chung Liu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; (4) The Law on Anti-Circumvention and Digital Rights Management: Introduction by Andy Sun, National Chenchi University, Taipei, Taiwan and Zhi Wei, Peking University, Beijing; (5) Copyright Contracts, Public Policy and Antitrust: Introduction by Estelle Derclaye, Queen Mary University of London; (6) Contributory and Vicarious Liability for Copyright Infringement: Introduction by Andy Sun, National Chenchi University, Taipei, Taiwan."--Bloomsbury Publishing. The Expansion Of Copyright Law And Its Social Justification / Reto M. Hilty -- Internet Trade, Digital Worksand Parallel Imports / Christopher Heath -- The Collective Exercise Of Copyrights / Kung Chung Liu -- The Law On Anti-circumvention And Digital Rights Management / Andy Y. Sun And Haochen Sun -- Copyright Contracts, Public Policy And Antitrust / Estelle Derclaye -- Contributory And Vicarious Liability For Copyright Infringement / Andy Y. Sun -- Looking Forward : Contemporary Trends Of The Copyright Economics Research In The Digital Era / Wayne Fu. Christopher Heath And Kung-chung Liu, Editors. A Joint Project By The Max Planck Institute, Munich, The Academia Sinica, Taipei & The Ip Academy Singapore. Includes Bibliographical References.