China's copyright dilemma

Learned Publishing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 278-284

  Thatcher, Sanford G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 54949137323     PISSN: 09531513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1087/095315108X356707     Document Type: Review

References (6)

1. Perry E.J. 2008. Chinese conceptions of 'rights': from Mencius to Mao - and now. Perspectives on Politics 6: 37-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ 51537592708080055
2. Bell D.A. China's New Confucianism: Politics and Everyday Life in a Changing Society. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2008.
3. Filed with the US Trade Representative on 11 February 2008: http://www.iipa.com
4. The National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) is the primary agency responsible for the administration and enforcement of copyright. It operates as the sister agency of the General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP), which establishes and enforces regulations for all print, electronic, and Internet publications, including screening them for any controversial content, which it has the power to censor or ban. Formerly part of the Ministry of Culture (MOC), the GAPP now co-operates closely with it in the oversight of content carried on the Internet, while the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) concentrates on supervision of the technical infrastructure. An agency with which the NCAC shares interests in protecting copyright is the Ministry of Education (MOE), which is in charge of all aspects of the educational system in mainland China. Policymaking on intellectual property is the province of the State Council, China's cabinet, which reports directly to the Politburo and through its Intellectual Property Working Group is responsible for crafting legislation in this arena.
5. Daniel Bell devotes an entire chapter of his book (see note 2) to the popularity of karaoke clubs, which play a prominent role in prostitution in China.
6. This and the following quotations come from an eight-page brochure (n.d.) available from the Copyright Society of China.