Table of Contents

Preface
Foreword
Contributors
Table of key cases
Table of key legislation and international conventions

Part 1: the new digital environment
1. From moustaches to MySpaces
John Howkins
2. The judicial protection of copyright on the internet in the People’s Republic Of China
C.J. Zhipei Jiang

Part 2: digital content policy and the networked information economy
3. A legal framework for the development of the content industry in the People’s Republic Of China
Fuping Gao
4. Internet content policy and regulation in Australia
Peter Coroneos
5. Regulation of the interactive digital media industry in Singapore
Daniel Seng
6. Why emerging business models and not copyright law are the key to monetising content online
Eric Priest
7. Internet content provider licences in the People’s Republic of China’s internet industry: a practical perspective
Wentao Sha and Difei Yu
8. Improving the regulative environment to facilitate the exploitation of information resources in the People’s Republic of China
Xiao-Li Zhi and Fuping Gao

Part 3: copyright law, new media and the future
9. Copyright 2010: the future of copyright law
Brian Fitzgerald
10. The new right of communication through the information network in the People’s Republic of China
Qian Wang
11. Copyright challenges for user generated intermediaries: Viacom v YouTube and Google
Damien O’Brien
12. Copyright law reform and the information society in Indonesia
Christoph Antons
13. Chinese copyright law, peer production and the participatory media age: an old regime in a new world
Sampsung Xiaoxiang Shi
14. Creative Commons licence: an alternative solution to copyright in the new media arena
Chunyan Wang
15. Criminalizing primary copyright infringement in Singapore: who are the real online culprits
Saw Cheng Lim and Susanna H.S. Leong
16. The Australia–China Free Trade Agreement: implications for intellectual property law
Jane Ogge-Cowan
17. New hope for consumers of digital copyright material in Hong Kong
Yee Fen Lim
18. Copyright protection in the People’s Republic of China
Chao Xu
19. Criminal infringement of copyright: the Big Crook case
Steven Gething
20. Civil jurisdiction, intellectual property and the internet
Brian Fitzgerald and Sampsung Xiaoxiang Shi

Biographies
Index

About the Author

Brian Fitzgerald is an Australian legal academic and barrister, specialising in intellectual property and information technology.

Fuping Gao is one of the leading academics in China on real property, E-Commerce and intellectual property law.

Damien O'Brien is completing a Masters of Laws (Intellectual Property and Technology Law) at the National University of Singapore.

Sampsung Xiaoxiang Shi is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology.

Reviews

'This book is a useful resource for attorneys and legal scholars who have a particular interest in the intellectual property law of this broad region.'
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