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Book SynopsisGuan Hong Tang expertly highlights how the multidimensional concept of public interest has influenced the development and limitations of Chinese copyright. Comparing Chinese copyright law with the USA and the UK, topical issues are presented in this unique book including those arising within education, library and archives sectors.
Trade ReviewGuan Hong Tang's book offers a fresh, insightful and scholarly treatment of the relationship between the law of copyright and the public interest in China. Copyright legislation in China is a novelty, dating from 1990, and Dr Tang provides a vivid overview of the historical and cultural tensions between traditional Chinese Confucianism and the very concept of copyright, tensions which more recent legislation and case law seek to address.
--- Gillian Davies, Hogarth Chambers, UK
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. The Opening Up to the World of a Once Isolated Nation 2. Authorship, Access and the Public Interest 3. Administrative Copyright Enforcement – the Authorship Public Interest 4. Public Education, Copyright and the Public Interest 5. Public Libraries, Copyright and the Public Interest 6. Public Archives, Public Copyright and the Public Interest Conclusion Appendix: Timeline of Chinese History Bibliography Index
