Intellectual Property Law in the Internet Era

Intellectual property law in the network era
Abstract
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Chapter 1 Introduction PAGEREF _Toc \h 4
1.1 Research background PAGEREF _Toc1 \h 4
1.2 Research aim and research questions PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 5
1.3 Dissertation outlines PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 5
Chapter 2 A Brief Overview of the Literature PAGEREF _Toc4 \h 6
2.1 Introduction PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 6
2.2 The challenges of intellectual property in the Internet age and how to deal with them PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 7
2.3 Internet piracy and infringement PAGEREF _Toc7 \h 9
2.4 Intellectual property rights in developed versus developing countries PAGEREF _Toc8 \h 12
2.4 Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc9 \h 16
Chapter 3 Methodology 2000 PAGEREF _Toc10 \h 16
3.1 Rationale of the survey PAGEREF _Toc11 \h 16
3.2 research method PAGEREF _Toc12 \h 17
3.2.1 Qualitative analysis: semi-structured interviews PAGEREF _Toc13 \h 17
3.2.2 Quantitative analysis: questionnaire for self-management PAGEREF _Toc14 \h 18
3.3 Participants PAGEREF _Toc15 \h 18
3.4 Measures PAGEREF _Toc16 \h 19
3.5 Limitation of research PAGEREF _Toc17 \h 19
3.6 Ethical consideration PAGEREF _Toc18 \h 19
Chapter 4 research findings 2000 PAGEREF _Toc19 \h 20
Chapter 5 General discussion and analysis of findings 3000 PAGEREF _Toc20 \h 20
Chapter 6 Conclusion and recommendations 1500 PAGEREF _Toc21 \h 20
Bibliography PAGEREF _Toc22 \h 20
Appendices PAGEREF _Toc23 \h 23
Appendix A Background information on the interviewee PAGEREF _Toc24 \h 23
Appendix B Questions for interviews PAGEREF _Toc25 \h 23
Appendix C Copyright Awareness Questionnaire for University Students PAGEREF _Toc26 \h 23
Appendix D PAGEREF _Toc27 \h 26
Appendix E PAGEREF _Toc28 \h 26
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research background
The Internet has rapidly become an essential part of contemporary society as a technological means, a means of information exchange, due to its global, real-time and interactive appeal that is unmatched by other traditional media. It is capable of providing a wide range of functions, from information distribution, communication, financial and business management to entertainment. Such qualities make cyber-legal issues complex and unpredictable. Moreover, the Internet has proven itself to be the fastest spreading unique medium in human history. Its global nature and the rapidity with which information is transmitted are unmatched by other traditional media.
With hundreds of thousands of miles of fibre optics connecting servers and giant storage devices, several terabytes of digital information, as vast as that stored in the Library of Congress, can be easily transferred from one end of the world to the other in a matter of minutes (Britz, 2013). In this context, the "Internet +", "Industry 4.0", "Industrial Internet", "Cloud Computing" and "big data" are emerging, but they are all fundamentally about the creation and aggregation of new knowledge, which inevitably leads to intellectual property issues. 知识产权（IP）包括四种独立的、不同类型的无形财产--即专利、商标、版权和商业秘密"。 The traditional IP protection system and the balance of interests theory are therefore being severely t...