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Copyright Law and the Information Society in Asia

by Christopher Heath
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781841136547
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 302
  • Original Price: GBP 120.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 345 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice and Intellectual Property / General

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

Internet Trade, Digital Works and Parallel Imports: Introduction by Christopher Heath, European Patent Office, Munich

The Collective Exercise of Copyrights: Introduction by Kung Chung Liu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

The Law on Anti-Circumvention and Digital Rights Management: Introduction by Andy Sun, National Chenchi University, Taipei, Taiwan and Zhi Wei, Peking University, Beijing

Copyright Contracts, Public Policy and Antitrust: Introduction by Estelle Derclaye, Queen Mary University of London

Contributory and Vicarious Liability for Copyright Infringement: Introduction by Andy Sun, National Chenchi University, Taipei, Taiwan

Heath, Christopher: - Christopher Heath is an independent scholar based in the UK, having previous served as Associate Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the author of The Narrative Worlds of Paul the Deacon: Between Empires and Identities in Lombard Italy (2017).

Liu, Kung-Chung: - Kung-Chung Liu is the Lee Kong Chian Professor of Law (Practice) and the Director of the Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (ARCIALA) at Singapore Management University. He is also a Professor at Renmin University of China.

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