Prof. Xiaoqing Feng was invited to attend “Several Issues on Copyright Law Revision” Advanced Seminar. The Seminar was hosted by Beijing Intellectual Property School and Institute of Beijing Intellectual Property Research on Jun. 3rd, 2015. The Vice-president of Beijing Intellectual Property School and Institute of Beijing Intellectual Property Research, Prof. Yurong Sun, made the opening speech and was the host of this seminar. Domestic scholars and experts from China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing Foreign University, Tsinghua University, Beijing University of Technology, University of International Business and Economics, and Beijing Jiaotong University made thorough and deep-level discussion on issues of Copyright Law revision.
Prof. Xiaoqing Feng firstly made superior speech on the topic of “Issues and Suggestions on the Draft of Copyright Law Revision”. He pointed out that the revision of Article One—legislative purpose—brought about significant value. The “revised draft” granted neighboring rights to communicators. For one, the addition manifested the legal position of publishers, performers, makers of sound recording, radio organization, and TV station under current Copyright Law, which confirmed the contribution by communicators to works, and indicated the importance of communicators. For another, the revision also established the legislative system and improved the entire system of copyright law. Prof. Feng pointed out that Article One should concentrate on the value of exploitation on works. Hence, he suggested the revision of article from “creation and distribution” to “creation, distribution and exploitation”. Since Article One had already stated the “Spiritual Civilization and Material Civilization of Socialism”, the later section “improve the development and prosperity of culture, science, and economy under socialism” should be revised as “improve the development and prosperity of national culture, science, and economic”. As a result, the entire Article One should be modified as “To protect literature, artistic, and scientific works as well as the neighboring right of communicators, to encourage the creation, distribution, and exploitation that benefiting the spiritual and material civilization of socialism, and to encourage the development and prosperity of national culture, science, and economy, enact this law according to the Constitution.” Prof. Feng also indicated the revision of Copyright Law should add clear definition on “copyright”. In addition, He argued that Chapter Four “Limit of Rights” should be further modified and supplemented, especially the provision “copy part of other people’s works of publication for the purpose of individual study or research.” The seminar reached a great success in the end.
