Better or Worse? Comments on the Exposure Draft of Copyright Law
Mr. You Yunting was interviewed by Tecent weibo for his comments on the exposure draft of the Copyright Law (the “Draft”), and today’s essay is the digest of the interview. And for your convenience in reading, we’ve made a few alterations to the questions and our answers.
First, we would like to say that the Draft is more scientific than the original one on general, while it remains two main problems: 1) it needs more respect on the right of music writers and recording companies; 2) Although the collective management organization has more power with the Draft, it’s unclear system of interests distribution and incomplete operation system, as well as the suspicious relation with the Copyright Office are all arousing the public arguments.
