Joel Martinsen of the great site about Chinese media, advertising, urban life and many more fascinating subjects, Danwei.org, has a great blog about 'Painted plagiarism of push-up photograph' read here.
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Showing posts with label paintings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paintings. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Slow As A Turtle? Copyright Protection Expiration in China: Lifetime Plus Fifty
IP Dragon's feline friend has an interesting post December 31, 2008, about the expired protection of copyrights for authors that died seventy years ago, including the painter Wang Zhen (1867-1938), read Mr Jeremy Phillips' article for IP Kat here.According to article 20 Copyright Law PR of China the rights of authorship, alteration and integrity of an author shall be unlimited in time. Then again, the term of protection for the right of publication and rights referred to in article 10 (5) Copyright Law PR of China (the right of showing, that is, the right to show to the public a work, of fine art, photography, cinematography and any work created by analogous methods of film production through film projectors, over-head projectors or any other technical devices) and 10 (17) Copyright Law PR of China (any other rights a copyright owner is entitled to enjoy) was already expired after the lifetime of the author and fifty years, according article 21 Copyright Law PR of China.
If Wang Zhen's paintings are in a country with a copyright protection of the lifetime of the author plus seventy years, and if this country is a member of the Berne Convention, it has to comply to the national treatment requirement (article 5(1) Berne Convention), which means that this member state has to treat the nationals of every other member state at least as favourably as its own. Article 7 Berne Convention and article 12 TRIPs, however, obligate their respective member states to protect copyright for fifty years. The People's Republic of China acceded to the Berne Convention in 1992 and TRIPs in 2001.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Dafen: Famous for its Art Industry, Infamous for its Copyright Infringements
Dafen, a village near Shenzhen is famous for its art industry and infamous for its copyright infringements.
Article 21 Copyright Law states that the term of copyright protection in respect of a work of a citizen shall be the lifetime of the author and fifty years after his death, and expires on 31 December of the fiftieth year after the death of the author.
Evan Osnos wrote together with Lu Jingxian for the Chicago Tribune: "Town leaders and local authorities say Chinese law allows reproductions of artists who have been dead for more than 50 years, though O'Keeffe died in 1986."
However, recently the Dafen authorities investigate and punish copyright violations. Since January 2007 the Dafen Intellectual Property Working Station has been registering original works and taking photos, though the inspectors concede that piracy remains rampant.
Read Osnos and Lu's article here.
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Article 21 Copyright Law states that the term of copyright protection in respect of a work of a citizen shall be the lifetime of the author and fifty years after his death, and expires on 31 December of the fiftieth year after the death of the author.
Evan Osnos wrote together with Lu Jingxian for the Chicago Tribune: "Town leaders and local authorities say Chinese law allows reproductions of artists who have been dead for more than 50 years, though O'Keeffe died in 1986."
However, recently the Dafen authorities investigate and punish copyright violations. Since January 2007 the Dafen Intellectual Property Working Station has been registering original works and taking photos, though the inspectors concede that piracy remains rampant.
Read Osnos and Lu's article here.
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