Copyright

24 Mar 2013

Lorea Solabarrieta, who has worked for TVB and CCTV, has spent the last six months fighting lawsuits brought by businessman David Chor Ki-kwong, who was featured with his wife, Gloria, in the 12-...

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Google, publishers settle long-running copyright case

4 Oct 2012

Google and US publishing firms announced Thursday they reached a settlement in a long-running copyright case over books and journals digitized by the Internet giant.

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Taobao, Hollywood studios forge pact against piracy

8 Sep 2012

Taobao Marketplace and Hollywood's major film studios have agreed to moves that aim to halt the sale and distribution of bootleg movies, television shows and other audio-visual content on the...

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Musicians win reprieve in copyright revision

9 Jul 2012

A contentious clause that musicians say will violate their intellectual property rights and undermine creativity has been deleted in an official about-face over a controversial amendment to the...

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Controversial copyright bill shelved

27 Jun 2012

The government has shelved a controversial bill to amend the copyright law, in what commentators say is a way to facilitate the passing of Leung Chun-ying's government revamp plan before the...

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Censoring parody no joke, says comedian

9 Jun 2012

Jim Chim Sui-man fears that his next stage production, Mr Rubber Man, could be his last before he is put behind bars.

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I am writing to express my views on the copyright bill which is being considered by the Legislative Council. I believe it will harm the creativity of Hongkongers because it will criminalise...

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Rethink copyright bill, say artists

Hong Kong's creative minds have joined forces to demand that the government rethink the controversial copyright amendment bill and listen to the needs of artists in drafting the law.

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Artists find clause for suspicion

During their recent campaigns to become the city's next chief executive, the two leading candidates found themselves targeted by web-based parodists who took their political satire into uncharted...

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Our copyright laws repress creativity

The copyright amendment ordinance has been dubbed the 'Article 23 of the cyberworld' after national security legislation, withdrawn following massive protests in 2003.

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The government's copyright amendment bill has been dubbed the Article 23 of the cyber world. It may just suffer the same fate as the original.

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