Hong Kong: Criminalization of unauthorized derivative work

Monday, June 27th, 2011

The Hong Kong Government has tabled the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2011 at the Legislative Council on June 15, 2011. The bill will criminalized online derivative works that use copyrighted material without authorization. Local info activists believe that the criminalization of re-creation would result in a chilling effect for online political satires and Kuso which are [...]

Hong Kong: Three activists harassed by Facebook

Friday, November 20th, 2009

By Oiwan Lam Last week, three Hong Kong activists' accounts were suspended by Facebook. They were administrators of a group that advocates against the development of luxurious housing in a wetland by Henderson Land Development Company Ltd. According to the report by Apple Daily News, Ho Lok, a Chinese University Philosophy undergraduate opened a group, [...]

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