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Transplanting the Canadian UGC Exception to Hong Kong: Part 1

Transplanting the Canadian UGC Exception to Hong Kong: Part 1

In July 2013, the Hong Kong government conducted a public consultation on the treatment of parody under the copyright regime. Building on two earlier consultations on digital copyright reform in December 2006 and April 2008, this latest consultation identified three legislative options: (1) clarifying the threshold for criminal copyright infringement; (2) introducing a specific criminal […]