On March 31, 2012, the National Copyright Administration of the
PRC (NCAC) released the Draft Amendments to the
Copyright Law of thePRC (the "Copyright
Law") (the "Draft
Amendments") and the Brief Explanations on the Draft
Amendments ("Brief
Explanations")i for soliciting public
opinions. Unlike the two previous revisions, the Draft Amendments
proposed by China on its own initiative are home-grown.
The prevailing Copyright Law was adopted by the 7th
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
(NPC) on September 7, 1990 and became effective on
June 1, 1991. Two revisions in 2001 and 2010 were undertaken in
light of China's involvement with the World Trade Organization
(WTO). The first revision was made for China's
entry into the WTO, where modifications and complements were made
to coordinate the inconsistencies between the Copyright Law and the
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(TRIPS); two articles were revised in 2010 with an
aim to
