25 June 2011

Stories from 25 June 2011

Hong Kong: Criminalization of unauthorized derivative work

  25 June 2011

The Hong Kong Government has tabled the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2011 at the Legislative Council on June 15, 2011. The bill will criminalized online derivative works that use copyrighted material without authorization. Local info activists believe that the criminalization of re-creation would result in a chilling effect for online political...

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