Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of the Union of the Comoros, on January 25, 2021, of its instrument of accession to the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, adopted at Beijing on June 24, 2012.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress recently adopted the third amendment to the Copyright Law, which is the result of decade-long legislative efforts of the Legislation Office of the State Council and the National Copyright Administration. The amendment will enter into force on 1 June 2021. This article provides an overview of the key highlights of the new law.
[co-author: Stefaan Meuwissen]
On 11 November 2020, China s National People s Congress adopted an amended version of the Copyright Law, which will take effect on 1 June 2021. This is the first comprehensive revision of the Copyright Law since 2001, and the amendments were keenly awaited. The amended Copyright Law harmonizes and codifies a number of pre-existing regulations and judicial practices, but also contains a significant number of important novelties. The highlights of the amended Copyright Law are the availability of punitive damages and higher statutory damages for copyright infringement, a formal evidence burden shifting provision for damages, the adoption of a broader category of audiovisual works, the expansion of the scope of certain related rights and the further liberalization of the types of copyrightable works.