Peter Bullock

On March 4, 2004, the Hong Kong government released the 2004 Digital 21 Strategy, its third such strategy paper since 1998. Like before, the paper marks out an ambitious roadmap for development across the whole gamut of information and communications technology (ICT) business and activities. It might be of interest to pull together the new laws that are implicit prerequisites for delivery of the latest strategy. In doing this, I have found that the lawmakers will be kept very busy, although some of what is necessary is already in the pipeline.

Readers will notice the title reads 'protecting' rather than 'enforcing' your software rights in China. Much could be written about enforcing software rights through the Chinese Courts.