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Comparative Studies On Isps' Secondary Copyright Liability In China And The Us, Hong Lou

Hong Lou

In China, the amount of copyright infringement disputes cases related to ISPs is rapid increasing, and current legislation seems to be insufficient to regulate these problems. Moreover, there is a chaos in different courts around China using different approaches and standards on search engines' secondary liability.Therefore, how to improved Chinese copyright legislation and unite relevant judgments with reasonable approaches has become an urgent task. The purpose of this essay is to compare legislation and legal practice in China and the US, to point out the tendency of ISPs' secondary copyright liability in these two countries, and to make useful suggestions …