Research On Copyright Protection Of Computer Software Between China And The United States

Nowadays the development of information technologies is rapid. The U.S is actively developing their software industry and aggressively broadening their shares in the vast software market in China. At the same time, China is stepping up the pace of research and development in their software industry. As we all know, the U.S. and China have very close business partnership. However, the U.S. has been using China's inadequate software copyright law as a weight during the US-Sino business negotiations. Our incompetent and inadequate copyright law cannot provide effective protections to our software companies and consumers. We need to solve several urgent issues including the enhancement of our software copyright law, creation of a good-standing law system and environment, and a better connection to the international society.This thesis integrated several research approaches including comparison analysis, theoretical studies and real cases research. We drew some conclusions regarding the merits and drawbacks of the U.S. copyright law after we digging deep into its creation and development processes and its major achievements. We reached some conclusions regarding the achievements and needed enhancement of the legislation and justice practice for our computer software copyright protection. This research provided several recommendations that can benefit the computer software copyright law legislative and judicial practice and the practical review in China.This thesis is divided into six parts. The first part is an introduction. It explains the practical value and theoretical significance in our national economy. The second part provides a brief introduction and explanation of the importance of copyright law protection of computer software. Part III and Part IV introduce the current copyright law systems in China and the U.S. respectively. Part V compares the difference and characteristics of the software copyright protection in China and the U.S. The sixth part provides the recommendations on how to enhance and reform the software copyright protections in China. By comparing the software protection in China and the U.S, we draw the conclusion that we should keep our advantages and eliminate our drawbacks by absorbing the good parts in the U.S copyright law. Our final goal is to enhance our current law system and make our copyright law more competitive. The final chapter is conclusion, summarizing the meaning and significance of this thesis, my creative research work as well as the position, role and significance in this field.