A universal copyright fund: A new way to bridge the copyright divide

• Main Authors: LIU, Kung-chung, SUN, Haochen
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Copyright; Copyright Divide; Universal Service; Telecommunications; Universal Copyright Fund; Compulsory Licensing; Berne Convention; TRIPS; Developing Countries and Least Developed Countries; Intellectual Property Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3127; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5085/viewcontent/1_2_2_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The ever-increasing digitization of works, along with the deployment of technical measures to protect such works and the expansive use of the Internet, further exacerbate the divide between the IP-rich and IP-poor countries in their ability to benefit from such works. It is suggested by this paper t...