Jimmy Xu wrote:
Yeah. We ARE discussing (4) at zhwiki, but it seems to be resolved per preceding reply. These laws are confusing, huh~ Thanks a lot.
One point that's important to keep in mind is that copyright does not protect the information; it protects the way the information is presented. The merger principle would have the effect of negating copyright on the way an idea is expressed if that idea can be expressed in no other way. An interesting point about (4) is that it refers to "current issues"; how long does a piece of news remain current? The need for the author to have specifically forbidden re-use poses interesting problems. This is comparable to former US laws around registration and notice that the US had to repeal in order to come into line with treaty obligations.
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On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk wrote:
2009/6/25 Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com:
What are examples of something which is fair use under chinese law but not under US law? <goes to check the discussion>
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Copyright_Law_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_Ch...
I believe (10) is not very effectively protected in the US, but I could be wrong. (3) is quite a common provision, but (4) takes it further than usual.
(I really like the spirit of nr. 11, but I can see how it's not really applicable here...)