Amending Chinese copyright law to fulfil obligations under the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to publish works for the print disabled

Jingyi Li; Niloufer Selvadurai

doi:10.1017/S030574101900033X

Amending Chinese copyright law to fulfil obligations under the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to publish works for the print disabled

Jingyi Li, Niloufer Selvadurai

Macquarie Law School

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Abstract

Chinese copyright laws have not yet given sufficient consideration to copyright exceptions or limitations to facilitate access to copyright works for persons with a print disability. Now that China has become a signatory party of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, it would be significant if China could amend its copyright laws so as to end the “book famine” for a huge population with a print disability. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of Chinese copyright exceptions for the print disabled and propose amendment options for China's copyright law to ensure compliance with its signatory obligations. To this end, the paper provides an overarching examination of China's copyright exception arrangements for the print disabled, identifies the gap between Chinese copyright laws and the Marrakesh Treaty, and analyses previous proposals on copyright law reform.

Language	English
Pages	1066-1086
Number of pages	21
Journal	China Quarterly
Volume	240
Early online date	8 Apr 2019
DOIs	10.1017/S030574101900033X
Publication status	Published - Dec 2019

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Li, J., & Selvadurai, N. (2019). Amending Chinese copyright law to fulfil obligations under the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to publish works for the print disabled. China Quarterly, 240, 1066-1086. https://doi.org/10.1017/S030574101900033X

Li, Jingyi ; Selvadurai, Niloufer. / Amending Chinese copyright law to fulfil obligations under the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to publish works for the print disabled. In: China Quarterly. 2019 ; Vol. 240. pp. 1066-1086.

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Li, J & Selvadurai, N 2019, 'Amending Chinese copyright law to fulfil obligations under the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to publish works for the print disabled', China Quarterly, vol. 240, pp. 1066-1086. https://doi.org/10.1017/S030574101900033X

Amending Chinese copyright law to fulfil obligations under the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to publish works for the print disabled. / Li, Jingyi; Selvadurai, Niloufer.

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