Copyright Law in Hong Kong

Internationally, Hong Kong has been obligated to protect copyright pursuant to various international as well as domestic copyright conventions which apply to Hong Kong. Amongst the importance of intellectual property right, copyright as well has been recognized under Article 15(1) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and cultural rights (ICESCR) specifying that "The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone… to benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author & #8230;" The same provision is found in article 27(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

On the other hand the freedom of expression has been protected under Article 27 of the Basic Law and Article 16 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights (BOR). It specifies that "Hong Kong residents shall have...
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