Chinese government and software copyright: manipulating the boundaries between public and private
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Article Title | Chinese government and software copyright: manipulating the boundaries between public and private |
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ERA Journal ID | 35350 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Lu, Jia (Author) and Weber, Ian (Author) |
Journal Title | International Journal of Communication |
Journal Citation | 2, pp. 81-99 |
Number of Pages | 19 |
Year | 2008 |
Publisher | University of Southern California |
Place of Publication | Los Angeles, CA. United States |
ISSN | 1932-8036 |
Web Address (URL) | http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/181/120 |
Abstract | China’s entry into the global networked society has raised considerable debate over what benefits are derived from the development and expansion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) locally and globally. From a global perspective, such connectivity has created the capacity for China to communicate and share information through new developments in ICTs, particularly those related to the Internet. However, such developments raise two sets of hotly debated issues critical to the credibility and stability of China’s membership to the global networked society: access and civil liberties. According to Nicol (2003), access deals with making it possible for everyone to use the Internet and other media. Without diminishing the critical issues over human rights, the major concern of the international business community has been China’s failure to deal adequately with intellectual property violations. Since the mid-1990s, western countries, led by the United States, have directed criticism at China’s infringement of intellectual property rights. Even under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement, which provides more transparency through laws, regulations, administrative rules and judicial decisions on Responding to international pressure, China has attempted to make dramatic and substantive changes in legislative, regulations and policymaking processes relating to intellectual property rights (IPR). However, Mertha (2005) argues that the Chinese government faces internal pressures that constrain IPR protection. For example, China, as a developing country, wants to increase the diffusion of new technologies, innovation and information to close the widening gap between China and the developed This article explores the Chinese government’s strategies to deal with external and internal challenges surrounding software copyright. We focus our analysis specifically on how the government addresses public-private dimensions of software copyright in economics and politics to support these multiple and often competing objectives. To do this, we employ a triadic framework of public-private |
Keywords | China; government; software; copyright; software piracy; illegal duplication |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 480603. Intellectual property law |
440701. Communications and media policy | |
460499. Cybersecurity and privacy not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Open Access Journal. Attached paper wrongly annotated as being vol. 1 2008, but is, in fact in vol. 2 2008. |
Byline Affiliations | Texas A&M University, United States |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9zxw5/chinese-government-and-software-copyright-manipulating-the-boundaries-between-public-and-private
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