Protection On Information Network Dissemination Right In China

"Right to disseminate works on the information network" in the Chinese copyright laws derives from the provision of article 8 of World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty (the "WCT") 1996 that "authors of literary and artistic works shall enjoy the exclusive right of authorizing any communication to the public of their works, by wire or wireless means, including the making available to the public of their works in such a way that members of the public may access these works from a place and at a time individually chosen by them". In amendment to the China Copyright Law enacted in 2001, information network dissemination right was introduced. By implementing the WCT into national laws, this right was created also with the legislative purpose to allow right owners to control, inter alia, the dissemination of their copyright works via the information network.