China's Cultural Censorship System and Its Influence on Copyright Protection at 7 Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 74 (April 2017). Tianxiang He, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, has published Control or Promote? MORE
This billboard in Donguan, China encourages people not to sell pirated goods. And even though most media coverage declared a win for the United States, it’s not quite that clear cut–it seems that China may have won as well. MORE
The Norwegian Nobel peace prize committee announced on Friday that this year's winner will be Liu , a former literature professor who co-drafted the Charter 08 campaign for increased political liberties in China. MORE
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1,800 cases of electronic parts from China were sold to the Pentagon for their fancy high-end weapons systems! But made in China? Psha- no big deal-people buy stuff made in China all the time. Guess what? Neat-O! Are we sure that’s safe? Aw shucks, did I mention the parts were counterfeit? Source 1. Source 2. Ask a [.]. tech news MORE
Entertainment law news this morning: Google's top lawyer David Drummond says the company may shut down its service in China if the country doesn't allow it to run an unfiltered search engine. Drummond describes a significant intellectual property theft where. MORE
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at 208 China Quarterly 833 (2011). Benjamin L. Liebman, Columbia University Law School, has published The Media and the Courts: Towards Competitive Supervision? Here is the abstract. Scholarship on Chinese governance has examined a range of factors that help to MORE
China CRIENGLISH A ten-year old boy formally registered as a student in an engineering college in the city of Tianjin on Saturday. This summer, China saw a record high of 8.7 MORE
This time, not satisfied with censoring those services (and YouTube, Twitter and Flickr as well), and perhaps frustrated at the imperfect filtering provided by the nationwide system referred to as “the Great Firewall of China,” the Chinese government is requiring all PC’s sold in that country to come with filtering software, called “Green Dam Youth Escort.” Tags: China MORE
"WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department arrested the chairman of Temple University ’s physics department this spring and accused him of sharing sensitive American-made technology with China, prosecutors had what seemed like a damning piece of evidence: schematics of sophisticated laboratory equipment sent by the professor, Xi Xiaoxing, to scientists in China MORE
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Intellectual property rights protection improving in China - People's Daily Online China 's intellectual property rights protection system is improving thanks to a cooperative project between China and the European Union , senior officials said. The progress is partly due to cooperation over intellectual property rights between the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) and the EPO, Battistelli said. MORE
Intellectual property rights protection improving in China - People's Daily Online China 's intellectual property rights protection system is improving thanks to a cooperative project between China and the European Union , senior officials said. The progress is partly due to cooperation over intellectual property rights between the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) and the EPO, Battistelli said. MORE
China’s Liu Xiaobo epitomized the dissident tradition, fighting back relentlessly but peacefully against a regime in his country that epitomized modern-day authoritarianism — until he died of liver cancer on Thursday at age 61. Moved by the fall of communism in Europe and the limited opening under Deng Xiaoping in China, he joined the student protests on Tiananmen Square in 1989. "POLITICAL DISSIDENCE is a great, and beautiful, mystery. MORE
Google is trying to hide behind a human rights spin--according to Google, China broke into Google's data centers to collect information about human rights activitists. But wait--the Chinese intelligence service needs to ask a US company for information to bust enemies of the state--for a bust in China. China was trying to spy on us all! MORE
Anne Sy Cheung, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, has published Exercising Freedom of Speech Behind the Great Firewall: A Study of Judges' and Lawyers' Blogs in China at 52 Harvard International Law Journal Online (np) 2011). Here is MORE
Types of Payments that May Constitute a Bribe Articles 385, 386, 388, 389 and 390 of China's Criminal Law prohibit payments of "money or property" to public officials for the purpose of obtaining improper benefits, or public officials from accepting such payments. China's Supreme Court And Supreme Procuratorate Issue Interpretation On Bribery Laws - Criminal Law - China MORE
1,800 cases of electronic parts from China were sold to the Pentagon for their fancy high-end weapons systems! But made in China? Psha- no big deal-people buy stuff made in China all the time. Guess what? Neat-O! Are we sure that’s safe? Aw shucks, did I mention the parts were counterfeit? Source 1. Source 2. Ask a [.]. tech news MORE
Das Films claims Bliss Media breached their deal and lied about abandoning the film to cover it up. read more. THR, Esq. Movies Movies THR Online Asia International MORE
After much speculation that it would pull out of China entirely, Google elected last week to lob the ball into China’s court. In anticipation of this reaction, Google created a new webpage monitoring access to its services in China following this announcement. MORE
Secret Jails Used To Enforce China's 'Hidden Rules' : NPR If you consider that as recently as a generation ago, China did not have any trial lawyers or a criminal law , the country has come a long way in establishing a legal system. There sits a small hotel run by the government of South China's Guangxi province. China has denied the existence of "black jails" to the United Nations ' human rights commission, but almost anyone petitioning the government can show you one. MORE
Secret Jails Used To Enforce China's 'Hidden Rules' : NPR If you consider that as recently as a generation ago, China did not have any trial lawyers or a criminal law , the country has come a long way in establishing a legal system. There sits a small hotel run by the government of South China's Guangxi province. China has denied the existence of "black jails" to the United Nations ' human rights commission, but almost anyone petitioning the government can show you one. MORE
China leaders face increased pressure for freedom of speech - Telegraph China's leaders faced fresh calls for freedom of speech on Friday after group of 100 scholars, journalists and lawyers published an open letter demanding the release of Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo. The latest open letter is part of renewed turbulent debate in China about whether the current regime of draconian censorship implemented by a ruling party can provide a sustainable future for China. MORE
I haven't blogged about the World Trade Organization's recent decision in the US' case against China over alleged deficiencies in Chinese IP enforcement, mainly because I don't have enough familiarity either with Chinese law or WTO procedures to have much to say. To wit, China Law Blog has a very interesting report that explains why, though the US nominally "won" on 2 of the 3 claims it brought, the overall WTO decision was actually a victory for China. MORE
The AP reports on a new crackdown by the Chinese government on web porn: China warned Google and other popular Web portals Monday that they must do more to block pornographic material from reaching Chinese users, the latest in a series of government crackdowns targeting Internet content. Simply put, China cares a whole lot more about keeping porn and politically sensitive topics from its people than about protecting copyright owners (especially foreign ones). MORE
As far as intellectual property is concerned, China typically receives attention for rampant piracy of copyrighted goods like movies and music. Does China have the equivalent of "rights of publicity" or the Lanham Act, both statutes designed to prevent anybody here in the U.S. MORE
Last month, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued new restrictions on foreign correspondents and their ability to accurately and independently report news from their homeland–the fast-growing, emerging power that is China. about] China’s history, culture and reforms.&#. MORE
China uses Trump to make case against democracy | MSNBC "The Chinese government does its best to limit the free exchange of ideas in its country, but there’s no doubt that the Chinese people are aware of democracy’s existence. Officials occasionally like to remind China, however, that the rival form of government is far more trouble than it’s worth. And occasionally, Republicans in the United States offer convenient fodder that makes China’s job easier. MORE
DeVoy In response to new regulations requiring domain name registrants to supply the Chinese government with extensive personal information, including photographs, GoDaddy.com has announced its intention to stop doing business in China. Since 2000, GoDaddy has been one of the leading domain name registrants in the United States, but may be best known for [.]. MORE
DeVoy In China, you must visit your aged parents “often” – a term intentionally bereft of definition – or they may sue you. Source. Elderly Chinese parents, feeling ignored or neglected by their children, may now sue their spawn if they feel they do not receive enough attention. Depending on how the law […]. MORE
Families separated, careers destroyed — meet the human rights lawyers taking extraordinary risks in China. China cracks down on human rights lawyers challenging the system - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation MORE
China Expels Al Jazeera English-Language Channel - NYTimes.com MORE
The Future of Foreign Journalism in China." Matt Halling, University of California, San Francisco, Hastings College of the Law, has published "Did Press Freedom Win a Medal? Here is the abstract. This paper addresses the future of foreign journalism in MORE
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JUNE 9, 2009
This time, not satisfied with censoring those services (and YouTube, Twitter and Flickr as well), and perhaps frustrated at the imperfect filtering provided by the nationwide system referred to as “the Great Firewall of China,” the Chinese government is requiring all PC’s sold in that country to come with filtering software, called “Green Dam Youth Escort.” Tags: China
JetLawBlog
MARCH 29, 2010
After much speculation that it would pull out of China entirely, Google elected last week to lob the ball into China’s court. In anticipation of this reaction, Google created a new webpage monitoring access to its services in China following this announcement.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
FEBRUARY 4, 2018
This society may seem dystopian, but it isn’t farfetched: It may be China in a few years. China’s evolving algorithmic surveillance system will rely on the security organs of the communist party-state to filter, collect, and analyze staggering volumes of data flowing across the internet.
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 7, 2017
China's Cultural Censorship System and Its Influence on Copyright Protection at 7 Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 74 (April 2017). Tianxiang He, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, has published Control or Promote?
Media Law Prof Blog
MAY 23, 2012
Jyh-An Lee, National Chengchi University, and Ching-Yi Lee have published Forbidden City Enclosed by the Great Firewall: The Law and Power of Internet Filtering in China in volume 13 of the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science, and Technology (2012).
JetLawBlog
FEBRUARY 26, 2009
This billboard in Donguan, China encourages people not to sell pirated goods. And even though most media coverage declared a win for the United States, it’s not quite that clear cut–it seems that China may have won as well.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JULY 11, 2017
The TV manufacturer alleges LeEco concocted a "secret plan" to create a false impression it was financially healthy and to steal information about customers. read more. THR, Esq. Business Television Tech Business THR Online Asia International
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
MARCH 29, 2016
Google Penetrated China's Firewall for 102 Minutes "After parting ways with The People's Republic Of China a few years back, Google saw their services replaced by local elements such as Baidu and WeChat, even as their market share grew globally, for the most part. This means that any IP address in mainland China cannot access Google's services without going through a virtual private network.
Media Law Prof Blog
JANUARY 15, 2013
A pseudonymous reporter for the New York Times gives us a glimpse of a debate over press restrictions in China
JetLawBlog
MARCH 25, 2009
Last month, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued new restrictions on foreign correspondents and their ability to accurately and independently report news from their homeland–the fast-growing, emerging power that is China. about] China’s history, culture and reforms.&#.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
MARCH 11, 2009
As far as intellectual property is concerned, China typically receives attention for rampant piracy of copyrighted goods like movies and music. Does China have the equivalent of "rights of publicity" or the Lanham Act, both statutes designed to prevent anybody here in the U.S.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JULY 10, 2016
Types of Payments that May Constitute a Bribe Articles 385, 386, 388, 389 and 390 of China's Criminal Law prohibit payments of "money or property" to public officials for the purpose of obtaining improper benefits, or public officials from accepting such payments. China's Supreme Court And Supreme Procuratorate Issue Interpretation On Bribery Laws - Criminal Law - China
Media Law Prof Blog
JANUARY 15, 2013
From the New York Times: a discussion of the way in which Hollywood accommodates the censorship requirements of China's government in order to get US movies before that country's viewers
Media Law Prof Blog
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
at 208 China Quarterly 833 (2011). Benjamin L. Liebman, Columbia University Law School, has published The Media and the Courts: Towards Competitive Supervision? Here is the abstract. Scholarship on Chinese governance has examined a range of factors that help to
The Legal Satyricon
JULY 1, 2013
DeVoy In China, you must visit your aged parents “often” – a term intentionally bereft of definition – or they may sue you. Source. Elderly Chinese parents, feeling ignored or neglected by their children, may now sue their spawn if they feel they do not receive enough attention. Depending on how the law […].
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
"WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department arrested the chairman of Temple University ’s physics department this spring and accused him of sharing sensitive American-made technology with China, prosecutors had what seemed like a damning piece of evidence: schematics of sophisticated laboratory equipment sent by the professor, Xi Xiaoxing, to scientists in China
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JANUARY 7, 2013
Supporters Back Strike at Newspaper in China - NYTimes.com
Media Law Prof Blog
MAY 25, 2011
Anne Sy Cheung, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, has published Exercising Freedom of Speech Behind the Great Firewall: A Study of Judges' and Lawyers' Blogs in China at 52 Harvard International Law Journal Online (np) 2011). Here is
The Legal Satyricon
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
1,800 cases of electronic parts from China were sold to the Pentagon for their fancy high-end weapons systems! But made in China? Psha- no big deal-people buy stuff made in China all the time. Guess what? Neat-O! Are we sure that’s safe? Aw shucks, did I mention the parts were counterfeit? Source 1. Source 2. Ask a [.]. tech news
The Legal Satyricon
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
1,800 cases of electronic parts from China were sold to the Pentagon for their fancy high-end weapons systems! But made in China? Psha- no big deal-people buy stuff made in China all the time. Guess what? Neat-O! Are we sure that’s safe? Aw shucks, did I mention the parts were counterfeit? Source 1. Source 2. Ask a [.]. tech news
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
OCTOBER 15, 2010
China leaders face increased pressure for freedom of speech - Telegraph China's leaders faced fresh calls for freedom of speech on Friday after group of 100 scholars, journalists and lawyers published an open letter demanding the release of Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo. The latest open letter is part of renewed turbulent debate in China about whether the current regime of draconian censorship implemented by a ruling party can provide a sustainable future for China.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
MARCH 15, 2016
China uses Trump to make case against democracy | MSNBC "The Chinese government does its best to limit the free exchange of ideas in its country, but there’s no doubt that the Chinese people are aware of democracy’s existence. Officials occasionally like to remind China, however, that the rival form of government is far more trouble than it’s worth. And occasionally, Republicans in the United States offer convenient fodder that makes China’s job easier.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
MAY 7, 2012
China Expels Al Jazeera English-Language Channel - NYTimes.com
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JULY 28, 2010
Secret Jails Used To Enforce China's 'Hidden Rules' : NPR If you consider that as recently as a generation ago, China did not have any trial lawyers or a criminal law , the country has come a long way in establishing a legal system. There sits a small hotel run by the government of South China's Guangxi province. China has denied the existence of "black jails" to the United Nations ' human rights commission, but almost anyone petitioning the government can show you one.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JULY 28, 2010
Secret Jails Used To Enforce China's 'Hidden Rules' : NPR If you consider that as recently as a generation ago, China did not have any trial lawyers or a criminal law , the country has come a long way in establishing a legal system. There sits a small hotel run by the government of South China's Guangxi province. China has denied the existence of "black jails" to the United Nations ' human rights commission, but almost anyone petitioning the government can show you one.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2010
Intellectual property rights protection improving in China - People's Daily Online China 's intellectual property rights protection system is improving thanks to a cooperative project between China and the European Union , senior officials said. The progress is partly due to cooperation over intellectual property rights between the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) and the EPO, Battistelli said.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2010
Intellectual property rights protection improving in China - People's Daily Online China 's intellectual property rights protection system is improving thanks to a cooperative project between China and the European Union , senior officials said. The progress is partly due to cooperation over intellectual property rights between the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) and the EPO, Battistelli said.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
AUGUST 28, 2005
China CRIENGLISH A ten-year old boy formally registered as a student in an engineering college in the city of Tianjin on Saturday. This summer, China saw a record high of 8.7
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
AUGUST 28, 2005
China CRIENGLISH A ten-year old boy formally registered as a student in an engineering college in the city of Tianjin on Saturday. This summer, China saw a record high of 8.7
Copyrights & Campaigns
JANUARY 6, 2009
The AP reports on a new crackdown by the Chinese government on web porn: China warned Google and other popular Web portals Monday that they must do more to block pornographic material from reaching Chinese users, the latest in a series of government crackdowns targeting Internet content. Simply put, China cares a whole lot more about keeping porn and politically sensitive topics from its people than about protecting copyright owners (especially foreign ones).
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
MAY 11, 2016
Families separated, careers destroyed — meet the human rights lawyers taking extraordinary risks in China. China cracks down on human rights lawyers challenging the system - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Media Law Prof Blog
MAY 24, 2011
Lee, Florida State University College of Law, has published Media Products as Law: The Mass Media as Enforcers and Sources of Law in China. In the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), the texts of Tahirih V. Here is the abstract.
The Legal Satyricon
MARCH 24, 2010
DeVoy In response to new regulations requiring domain name registrants to supply the Chinese government with extensive personal information, including photographs, GoDaddy.com has announced its intention to stop doing business in China. Since 2000, GoDaddy has been one of the leading domain name registrants in the United States, but may be best known for [.].
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
MAY 11, 2012
North Korean women sold into 'slavery' in China - CSMonitor.com
Media Law Prof Blog
JANUARY 20, 2009
The Future of Foreign Journalism in China." Matt Halling, University of California, San Francisco, Hastings College of the Law, has published "Did Press Freedom Win a Medal? Here is the abstract. This paper addresses the future of foreign journalism in
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
OCTOBER 10, 2010
The Norwegian Nobel peace prize committee announced on Friday that this year's winner will be Liu , a former literature professor who co-drafted the Charter 08 campaign for increased political liberties in China.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JULY 14, 2017
China’s Liu Xiaobo epitomized the dissident tradition, fighting back relentlessly but peacefully against a regime in his country that epitomized modern-day authoritarianism — until he died of liver cancer on Thursday at age 61. Moved by the fall of communism in Europe and the limited opening under Deng Xiaoping in China, he joined the student protests on Tiananmen Square in 1989. "POLITICAL DISSIDENCE is a great, and beautiful, mystery.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JANUARY 13, 2010
Entertainment law news this morning: Google's top lawyer David Drummond says the company may shut down its service in China if the country doesn't allow it to run an unfiltered search engine. Drummond describes a significant intellectual property theft where.
Copyrights & Campaigns
FEBRUARY 11, 2009
I haven't blogged about the World Trade Organization's recent decision in the US' case against China over alleged deficiencies in Chinese IP enforcement, mainly because I don't have enough familiarity either with Chinese law or WTO procedures to have much to say. To wit, China Law Blog has a very interesting report that explains why, though the US nominally "won" on 2 of the 3 claims it brought, the overall WTO decision was actually a victory for China.
Music Technology Policy
JANUARY 15, 2010
Google is trying to hide behind a human rights spin--according to Google, China broke into Google's data centers to collect information about human rights activitists. But wait--the Chinese intelligence service needs to ask a US company for information to bust enemies of the state--for a bust in China. China was trying to spy on us all!
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