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Conducts comparative legal research on fan activities between the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the United States
Explores China’s censorship, political culture, and legal problems concerning media fan activities
Proposes a solution that can address transnational copyright problems regarding fan creations
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book takes a unique approach to mitigate the problem of massive online copyright infringement and justify fan activities. It argues for a cooperative approach that encourages copyright owners to exert a degree of control over their fan creators. In contrast to the current approach, which treats fan utilizations as theft, this book suggests that the copyright owners and the lawmakers should instead distinguish between fan creators and commercial pirates, allowing them unleash their potential.
This book offers a clear and comprehensive account of the fascinating aspects of legal problems created by fan activities in China, Japan and the United States, offering a valuable guide for students, practitioners, academics and entrepreneurs whose work involves or who are interested in cutting-edge legal issues in the creative industry.
"Tianxiang He introduces us to the world of fandom inhabited by ‘fan-subbers’, fan-dubbers’, ‘mash-uppers’, and ‘fan-fictionists’ against the backdrop of copyright law and policy in China. His work is engaging in that it not merely describes the law, but also the political dimension where copyright and state media control converge into a reality where being an artist or a fan is not that straightforward." -- Prof. Anselm Kamperman Sanders, Institute for Globalization and International Regulation (IGIR), Faculty of Law, Maastricht University
"The tension between copyright holders and fan communities has been increasingly salient yet underexplored. This timely, insightful and deeply engaging book not only fills a niche, but also covers a country that has been rarely examined in this context. The book advances a promising model for the two groups to cooperate. It also explores complex issues concerning political culture, media regulation and civic engagement in China. A must read for anybody interested in copyright law, cultural production, digital technology or Chinese information policy." -- Prof. Peter K. Yu, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University School of Law
Reviews
“This book is an engaging and well-crafted analysis of the emerging challenges of fan activities in copyright law. Cultural and censorship angles, along with the author’s brilliance in portraying the thin line of difference between theft and fan activities, are quite impressive. … This is a book which should be on the shelf of any fan, artist or scholar. I have one on my shelf, have you?” (Pratyush Nath Upreti, European Intellectual Property Review, Vol. 41 (2), 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Tianxiang He
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Copyright and Fan Productivity in China
Book Subtitle: A Cross-jurisdictional Perspective
Authors: Tianxiang He
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6508-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6507-1Published: 06 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4893-8Published: 11 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6508-8Published: 13 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 265
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property, IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property