Last Wednesday (24th), the government renewed the revision of the Copyright Ordinance and consulted the public for three months.
The government's proposal to amend the Copyright Ordinance in 2011 and 2014 ended in failure. The law lags behind the international trend by ten years, and copyright holders, intermediary providers, copyright users and the government are also losers.
Over the past ten years, communication channels and technologies have been changing with each passing day. Streaming, online games, street and online singing, and even screenshots and memes have become popular. The law has failed to effectively address the rights and responsibilities of stakeholders. renew.
The Netflix original Korean drama "Squid Game" has set off a global upsurge. The number of IG fans of the actors in the drama has soared, and "Wooden Man" has become the second creation object of memes.
(Reuters)
The amendment will criminalize infringement, which has caused worries among netizens, especially secondary creators.
They worry about whether they will break the law just because they send screenshots and share the printer.
The Intellectual Property Department has also firmly stated that it will not, whether seven years ago or today: In the 2014 commentary, it was mentioned that “if the copyright owner does not object or will not be held accountable, the law enforcement agencies will not have any basis for criminal investigations and prosecutions. It’s even harder to talk about.” It is also said that the degree of communication must “reach the level of harming the rights of the copyright owner.” The replacement of the original work is an important factor. Prosecution.
The problem is that officials and people have long been susceptible to each other, and netizens will not believe in the government just because the officials are more certain about their words on individual issues...
For more details, please read the 293th "Hong Kong 01" Electronic Weekly Newsletter (November 29, 2021) "
Avoid rash and one size fits all
" Why does Li Keqiang return to the officialdom ailments?
".
Click here to
sample the weekly electronic report and browse more in-depth reports.
Other exclusive highlights of the
293th "Hong Kong 01" Electronic Weekly News
:
The spirit of Anita Mui is the spirit of Hong Kong: The show must go on
Struggle of "gentrification" in the reconstruction of old districts: inheritance in disappearance
Legislative Council candidates tend to be "harmonious", the new election system presents a new political atmosphere
Taiwan is invited to attend the "Democracy Summit" and Beijing must swallow this bad breath
Good governance with heart-to-heart: protecting the rights of sexual minorities
Apple turned to push the New Deal maintenance rights movement to victory?
