Yan Xiaohong, deputy director of the National Copyright Administration of China, pointed out that there are now more than 300 million netizens in China, and the number of netizens may reach 500 million to 600 million in the next two years. The Internet has profoundly changed people's way of thinking and lifestyle, but at the same time, it has also brought about great disputes about copyright, which is a problem that the whole world needs to face together. He said, "What is the solution? There is no legal copyright system in the virtual world, but there is another legal system in real life. It is the most basic principle to encourage knowledge creation and seek various authorized ways to use it on the premise of respecting knowledge creation. " In recent years, several famous IT companies in the world have encountered copyright lawsuits. The challenges brought by the development of the Internet to copyright protection are entangled with the concerns of all parties. Some people think that the dissemination of massive works on the internet will be greatly hindered by the authorization of copyright owners one by one; Some people think that it is also a solution for Google Digital Library to scan the works first and then add authorization after the copyright owner knows. Han Han, a young writer in China, supports Google in his blog. But more people call Google's behavior "robber" behavior.
Regarding all kinds of disputes, Professor Cao, executive deputy director of the Intellectual Property Research Center of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, believes that the principle of respecting copyright protection should remain unchanged whether it is traditional media or new media: "There is no contradiction between massive information dissemination and the need for authorization. In order to cope with the new network environment, especially the digital library, it is necessary to further consider giving more convenient authorization methods. But does this mean that it can be used without authorization? This is unacceptable. At least at present, the laws of all countries in the world, including international conventions, are not allowed to be used without authorization. "
The copyright owner's authorization of information network communication right started very late in China. In July 2006, China began to implement the Regulations on the Protection of Information Network Communication Rights. Before this, few publishers talked with the author about the authorization of information network communication rights. Because of this, when it was revealed that Google claimed that 50,000 to 60,000 kinds of China books were authorized by relevant publishers to display some contents in Google Digital Library, it was questioned by the copyright circles in China.
The same problem is also in front of China enterprises. Liu, general manager of China Publishing Group Digital Media Co., Ltd. said that respect for copyright is the guarantee for the digital industry to obtain content resources: "If the development of technology leads to disrespect for copyright, then I don't think anyone will create original and very high-quality content, then our content resources will be empty. Digital copyright protection has two aspects, one is protection, the other is communication, and the balance between communication and protection. "
Liu's idea was reflected in the second meeting between the Chinese Writers Association and Google on1October 20th. Zhang Hongbo, deputy director-general of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, who attended the talks, said that the representative of Google made it clear that in the process of developing and building a digital library, Google would not give up the works of copyright owners in China. China's excellent culture occupies an important position in Google Digital Library, and Google is willing to use China's works through legal and effective channels, channels and procedures. The two sides reached an agreement to strengthen communication in a cooperative way and promote the settlement of related issues as soon as possible.
At the annual China Copyright Conference, Mr. Wang Ziqiang, Director of the Copyright Administration Department of the National Copyright Administration of China, introduced that the National Copyright Administration is promoting the revision of the Copyright Law to meet the copyright challenge on the Internet: "At present, we are advancing our work while adhering to the basic principles of copyright protection. On the one hand, strengthen protection and intensify the crackdown on online piracy and infringement; The more important task is to promote the legal use of the Internet and establish a harmonious, standardized, mutually beneficial and win-win use mechanism between rights holders and users. On the basis of protecting the legitimate rights and interests of copyright owners, we will ensure the wide dissemination of literary, artistic and scientific works to meet the needs of the public. "
Wang Ziqiang believes that it is a very important way to solve the disorder of Internet copyright protection to establish a reasonable cooperative relationship between relevant parties on the legal basis.