Copyright and the public interest in China / Guan H. Tang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tang, Guan H.

Series:

Elgar intellectual property and global development.

Elgar intellectual property and global development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright--China.

Copyright.

Intellectual property--China.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, globalisation 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

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Table of cases; Table of legislation; 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-45762-8

9786613457622

0-85793-107-5

OCLC:

763159402