Even Censored Works Have Rights – China Business

ipdragon.blogspot.com — Did you know that currently, if your material is censored in China you are also denied your copyright? For some reason all of that will change next month, though, after China changed one sentence in its IP law. May the frivolous lawsuits begin.

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