Safe Harbour Protection in China: How China's New Regulations Protect the Information Dissemination Rights of Digital Networks

November 30, 2006 | BY

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The article compares safe harbour laws in China and the United States and analyses how the law in China might have influenced the case of Baidu.com.

In the booming age of digital information, copyright issues have taken centre stage in courtrooms across the world. China, arguably the future's most prominent financial market, has recently been at the forefront of controversy. Marcia Ellis and Jean Zheng provide a comparative analysis of safe harbour laws in China and the United States. They conclude with an observation of how the law in China might have influenced the case of Baidu.com.

By Marcia Ellis and Jean Zheng, Paul Weiss, Hong Kong

The Regulations for the Protection of Information Network Dissemination Rights were promulgated by the Chinese State Council on May 18 2006. For the first time in China, the Regulations prescribe a comprehensive legal framework for information network dissemination rights. The Regulations include the following new provisions:

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