Copyright protection issues in the cloud computing era on the agenda

Kai-fu Lee used to analogy cloud computing, said cloud computing is like a bank. The first people just put the money under the pillow, and then have a bank, very safe, but it is more troublesome to cash. Now it is up to banks to take money at any point, even through ATMs or foreign channels. It's like using electricity without having to be equipped with a generator and buying it directly from a power company. "Cloud" brings is such a change-by the Google, IBM, such as professional network companies to build computer storage, computing centers, users through a network of browsers can easily access the "cloud" as a data storage and application services center.

Professionals predict that, in the future, people will need only a laptop or a mobile phone to do everything they need through web services, including supercomputing to accomplish their own tasks. Clearly, cloud computing is the ability to take advantage of software and data on the Internet, and end users are the real owners of cloud computing.

Internet infringement

However, regardless of how the technology changes rapidly, content is ultimately fundamental. Then, involves the content, involves the exchange, involves the sharing, this must mention the copyright. Copyright experts believe that in the digital network environment, how to establish a smooth authorization channels, the establishment of copyright owners and users, the spread of interest between the interests of the balance, to curb rampant piracy is the copyright community is facing the biggest challenge.

For example, past piracy requires professional equipment, for example, pirated a book to have a printing factory, do pirated optical discs also need a production line, but now, digital piracy only need to use the mouse to copy, paste on the completion of; a cartoon maker, suddenly found that his cartoons were wildly copied by others, Sales of handicrafts are very good. When he stood up for this in the protection of the rights, but found that they can not prove that they are original, at this time the control of the work of the people greatly reduced, operators, software vendors, hardware suppliers, etc. are involved in the publication of the rights of people into a composite concept. So who's the victim? Who stands up to defend the rights?

According to the latest data from the Supreme People's Court, January to October this year, the National Court of new intellectual property Rights First-instance civil cases reached 52708, an increase of 42.2%. The number of cases in the cultural field has increased dramatically, and copyright cases accounted for about 60% of all intellectual property cases.

Obviously, when the national copyright awareness is stronger, the accustomed "first authorization after use" principle can be completely overturned by the power of cloud computing? Is cloud computing a blessing or a curse? Whether the existing copyright system needs to adjust according to the technology change, etc., all of these problems still need the IT industry, the legal profession, the cultural community to participate in the discussion, how to answer still need time waiting.