It is illegal to disseminate others'
works on the Internet without author's permission, to sabotage technical
means for transmission of works or any action to tamper with the right
of information administration. This is clearly provided in the amendment
draft of the Copyright Law submitted to the NPC Standing Committee
for consideration as disclosed by Wang Huapeng, director of the copyright
department of the National Copyright Administration.
As a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),
China participated in the formulation of the two regulations on copyright
protection under the Internet environment, that is, the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances
and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT). Although China has not promised to accede
to the two treaties, lawmakers have consulted the relevant articles
in them when reviewing the amendment draft, including definitions
on the three illegal actions mentioned above.
Along with the fast expansion of high technology featuring information
and digital technologies and the wide application of e-commerce??creative
works of various kinds have been spread to such a wide scope via online
networks as unprecedented, posing a new challenge for both creators
and the people who release the works.
Therefore, how to obtain authorized rights from creators for using
literary works, pictures, music and video products online and what
copyright measures should be taken so as to ensure a protective mechanism
for a sustainable and healthy development of online information industry
have become a new subject for the intellectual property circle to
study, said the official.
(People's Daily 03/28/2001) |
