[x-pubpol] New copyright registration system in China

[Joly MacFie]

http://the1709blog.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-copyright-registration-system-in.html

The Copyright Administration of Chongqing and the Chongqing University of
Posts and Telecommunication have announced their new online copyright
registration system which has been developed for use in China. Although a
copyright registrations system already exists in China this new system,
which is called DCAS, will enable authors to register copyright
applications from home, and will enable the registration of incomplete
works. ****

 "In the past, an author couldn't apply for a copyright until the entire
work was completed," said Xiong
Zhihai<http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-08/29/content_15714326.htm>,
dean of the School of Law at the university and leading researcher of the
system. "But it might leak out beforehand and be pirated, and the author
may not be able to prove that he is the actual creator," he said.****

 The DCAS system allows authors to register incomplete works by creating a
record and uploading however much of the work as has been completed. The
author is then provided with a reservation certificate, detailing the time
of registration.

The Future of Copyright<http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/08/29/china-copyright-administration-introduces-new-claim-copyright-system-to-claim-copyright.html>has
said that implementing a registration system in Europe could simplify
the burden of proof in future copyright disputes and would therefore be
beneficial to European countries. Generally however, European copyright
disputes do not tend to turn on whether the claimant owns copyright in his
work, or when the work was created, but on whether the defendant's
behaviour is infringing.****

 Xiong Zhihai explained that "Even if the author writes only one paragraph,
or just a title, he can upload it to the DCAS for the system to generate a
record. If disputes happen in the future, that record can be used as
evidence to claim the copyright."****


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