Tag Archives: alternative business models. copyrights

Sex, Lies And The Right of Integrity of the Grimm Brothers’ Heirs

The (Hong Kong ) Standard has an Agence France-Press article ‘Sex-crazed dwarfs get pulled‘ about China Friendship Publishing Company and China Media Time that copied the erotic adaption of the Grimm brothers’ Fairy Tales by the Japanese duo Kiryu Misao. … Continue reading

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Professor Llewelyn Asks Rhetorical Question About IPRs: “Too Important to Leave to the Lawyers?”

Tonight, IP Dragon is looking forward to attend the lecture of Professor David Llewelyn about the relevancy of Intellectual Property Rights for everybody. “As Premier Wen Jiabao has been saying since 2004, world competition in the 21st century will revolve … Continue reading

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In South Korea Warner Bros First Releases Movies Online, Then Launches DVDs, China Could Be Next

In April 2006 IP Dragon blogged about Warner Brothers dropping its price substantially as a new business strategy in China, read more here. Now it is experimenting in South Korea with releasing movies online first and then launching the sale … Continue reading

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The Economist’s Lax Attitude Towards IPR in China

The cover story of the Economist (May, 19th-25th) is entitled America’s fear of China, it’s about whether a revaluation of the yuan would do much for the US (not much in the opinion of the Economist). This article is introduced … Continue reading

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