Copyright Law and the Information Society in Asia.

Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Contents -- Detailed Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Introductory Preface -- About the Authors and Editors -- 1. The Expansion of Copyright Law and its Social Justification -- A: Introduction -- I. Where everything began. . . -- II. . . . and how it got out of hand -- III. Problems and Critiques -- IV. Example: The Negative Outgrowth for Research -- V. Thoughts on an Appropriate Copyright System -- VI. Conclusion -- B: Country Reports -- I. China -- II. Hong Kong -- III. Taiwan -- IV. Japan -- V. Korea -- VI. Singapore -- VII. Malaysia -- VIII. Thailand -- IX. The Philippines -- 2. Internet Trade, Digital Works and Parallel Imports -- A. Introduction -- I. Starting Point -- II. Basic Functions of Copyright -- III. Considerations of free commerce -- IV. Copyright Exhaustion in the Analogue Environment -- IV. Rights Over Acts of Secondary Exploitation -- V. Exhaustion, Technology and Electronic Distribution -- B. Country Reports -- I. China -- II. Hong Kong -- III. Taiwan -- V. Korea -- VI. Singapore -- VII. Malaysia -- VIII. Thailand -- 3. The Collective Exercise of Copyrights -- A. Introduction -- I. Modes of Exercising Copyright -- II. Functions of Collecting Societies -- III. Copyright Law and Collecting Societies -- IV. The Laws and Regulations governing Collecting Societies -- V. Challenges to Collecting Societies-Competition Between National Collecting Societies -- VI. The Internet -- VII. Future Prospects for Collecting Societies -- B. Country Reports -- I. China -- II. Hong Kong -- III. Taiwan -- V. Korea -- VI. Singapore -- VII. Malaysia -- VIII. Thailand -- IX. The Philippines -- 4. The Law on Anti-Circumvention and Digital Rights Management -- A. Introduction -- Part 1-The U.S. Perspective on Anti-Circumvention -- I. Introduction -- II The Legislative Structure.

III The Judicial Interpretations -- IV. Analysis and Comments -- V. Conclusion -- Part 2-The 1996 WIPO Treaties -- I. Introduction -- II. The 1996 WIPO Treaties -- B. Country Reports -- I. China -- 1. Anti-Circumvention Regulations in China -- II. Hong Kong -- 1. General -- III. Taiwan -- 1. Introducing protection for electronic rights management information -- IV. Japan -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Protection against anti-circumvention devices -- 3. Digital Rights Management Information -- V. Korea -- VI. Singapore -- 1. Anti-circumvention Measures -- VII. Malaysia -- VIII. Thailand -- IX. The Philippines -- 5. Copyright Contracts, Public Policy and Antitrust -- A. Introduction-Can adhesion contracts override copyright limits? -- I. Introduction -- II. Are Restrictive Copyright Contracts valid? -- II. Should Restrictive Copyright Contracts be valid? A tentative solution within copyright law itself -- B. Country Reports -- I. China -- II. Hong Kong -- III. Taiwan -- IV. Japan -- V. Korea -- VI. Singapore -- VII. Malaysia -- VIII. Thailand -- IX. Philippines -- 6. Contributory and Vicarious Liability for Copyright Infringement -- A. Introduction - Is it the Gun or the Man who pulls the trigger who is liable -On Secondary Liabilities of Copyright Infringement -- I. Introduction -- II. Secondary Liability for Copyright Infringement -- III. Statutory Enactment/Codification -- IV. The Sony Betamax Case -- V. The Napster Case-The First Peer-to-Peer Challenge -- VI. The Aimster Case-A twist but no cigar -- VII. MGM v. Grokster-Decentralised file-sharing and Inducement -- VIII. The Aftermath of Grokster-The "Induce Act" Now on Hold -- IX. The Challenge-BitTorrent and Others -- X. The International Developments -- XI. Conclusion -- B. Country Reports -- I. China -- II. Hong Kong -- 1. General -- 2. Internet Service Providers -- 3. Company Directors -- III. Taiwan.

1. The Taiwanese Copyright Act and the File-sharing Cases -- 2. Legal Analysis -- 3. Related Issues -- 4. Conclusion -- IV. Japan -- 1. The Karaoke Cases -- 2. The File Rogue Cases -- V. Korea -- VI. Singapore -- VII. Malaysia -- VIII. The Philippines -- 7. Looking Forward: Contemporary Trends of the Copyright Economics Research in the Digital Era -- I. Introduction -- II. Economic Rationales For and Against Copyright Law -- III. The Ignored Corner of Copyright Research: Is Piracy Always so Evil? -- IV. Legal Copyright Protection or Self-help Piracy Control? -- V. Indirect Revenue Appropriation -- VI. Concluding Remarks.

The book considers important topics in copyright law in the information society with an in-depth comparison of European and US approaches for each.

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