Thesis
ISP copyright liability : towards an enhanced Chinese ISP copyright liability regime
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- Awarding institution
- University of Strathclyde
- Date of award
- 2009
- Thesis identifier
- T12501
- Qualification Level
- Qualification Name
- Department, School or Faculty
- Abstract
- ISP copyright liability for copyright infringement over the Internet is a now widely adopted approach for tackling extensive online copyright piracy in various jurisdictions. However, in China, the inconsistent ISP knowledge standard and the lack of peer-to-peer file-sharing liability provisions in the existing legal framework are among the factors that impede effective copyright law enforcement on the Internet. The adoption of a broad knowledge standard and its application in case law, both in the U.S. and Germany, which have great influence on a Chinese ISP copyright liability system, are discussed along with a similar knowledge standard provided by the Chinese Online Copyright Regulations and its application to ultimately show the need of a broad knowledge standard in a Chinese ISP copyright liability system. As for the liability issues over peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, analysis of several prominent cases and the enacted or proposed legislation in this regard in an international context sheds light on the importance of a filtering mandate in effectively deterring copyright piracy. In a Chinese context, the absence of peer-to-peer file-sharing liability legislation and the inadequacy of the applied provisions in the existing legislation entail the examination of the need and the possibility of the mandatory use of filters in a Chinese ISP copyright liability system. For an enhanced Chinese ISP copyright liability regime, the thesis concludes with two recommendations that a broad ISP knowledge standard should be retained in the Chinese ISP copyright liability system and a filtering mandate is needed and should be legislated for efforts against widespread unlawful peer-to-peer file-sharing.
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- DOI
- EThOS ID
- uk.bl.ethos.530120
- Date Created
- 2009
- Former identifier
- 809502
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