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Strategies Under Pressure: Usa-China Copyright Dispute, Dexin Tian, Chin-Chung Chao
Strategies Under Pressure: Usa-China Copyright Dispute, Dexin Tian, Chin-Chung Chao
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the Chinese and American efforts in keeping the balance of innovation and copyright protection, with an emphasis on China’s strategies under Western, especially American pressure. The research findings are expected to enhance mutual efforts from the two countries to protect copyright and boost innovation and facilitate genuine communication between both sides in their decade-long intellectual property right (IPR) disputes.
Design/methodology/approach – For data collection, this study adopted in-depth interviews of 45 participants who were either copyright holders as publishers and authors, or ordinary consumers in China. Under the theoretical guidance …