Copyright and the public interest in China
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MacQueen, Hector L
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Tang, Guan Hong
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2010-11-22T14:18:24Z
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2010-11-22T14:18:24Z
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2009
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This thesis will consider how the multidimensional public interest concept at once
informs development of Chinese copyright law and also limits it.
Since 1990 China has awarded copyright - individual rights - but also provides for
public, non-criminal enforcement. Bowing to pressures of development, globalisation
and participation in a world economy, the public interest is leaving copyright. But at
the same time, as a socialist country, placing the common ahead of the individual
interest, the public interest also constitutes a phenomenological tool with which to
limit copyright. The tensions are further exacerbated by the rise of the Internet,
which has had major social and economic impact on China, and also raise problems
for Chinese copyright law, of which selected aspects will be discussed in comparison
with those in the United Kingdom and the United States.
The thesis consists of an introduction and a conclusion, together with six chapters: a
historical background of legal culture and the rise of the Internet in China; an
examination on copyright law and the different aspects of the public interest;
discussions on the Chinese system of copyright protection with a focus on the
administrative copyright enforcement, and topical copyright issues arising within
education, library and archives sectors on the ground of the multidimensional public
interest.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4396
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The University of Edinburgh
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copyright
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public interest
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China
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education
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libraries
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archives
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Copyright and the public interest in China
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Thesis or Dissertation
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dc.type.qualificationlevel
Doctoral
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PhD Doctor of Philosophy
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