Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2014

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Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2014
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Long title A Bill to amend the Copyright Ordinance to provide for the rights to communicate a work or performance to the public by a copyright owner or performer; for limiting an online service provider's liability; for acts that may be done without infringing copyright or performers' rights; for additional factors in considering whether additional damages should be awarded in an action for infringement; and for related matters.
Considered by	Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Legislative history
Introduced by	Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Gregory So
Introduced	13 June 2014
First reading	18 June 2014
Committee report	Report of the Bills Committee on Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2014
Related legislation
Copyright Ordinance Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance Prevention of Child Pornography Ordinance
Status: Halted

Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2014 (Chinese: 2014年版權（修訂）條例草案) broadly refers to a set of proposed ordinances regulating the internet in Hong Kong. Under debate is the legality of derivative works popular on the internet, including doujin drawings, kuso, parodies, and the modification and adaptation of the lyrics in Hong Kong. Because of the upsurge of derivative work, the Hong Kong Government has amended related legislations in order to regulate the Internet, as well as legislation extending coverage to the existing network of Internet users. The bill was also dubbed the Internet Article 23 (Chinese: 網絡23條) after the controversial Article 23 of the Basic Law which stroke curbing personal freedom.

Many people believe^[vague] that related regulations will let the derivative work bear criminal responsibility easily, including the modified or adapted song or pictures. As a result, it strived to public opposition. Due to the opposition, the Government shelved the amendment in May 2012. By July 2013 the Government launched a consultation once again in order to let people discuss on how this type of "parody works" can be exempted from criminal responsibility.