International Symposium on Intellectual Property and Information Technology – part 2
So it is clearly in our interest to ensure that our intellectual property protection regime is able to keep pace with technological developments. Against this background, we already provide in our copyright law full protection for works on the Internet. Indeed, we are one of the first places in the world to incorporate in our copyright law the new standards set out in the 1996 World Intellectual Property Organisation Treaties on Copyright and Performers Rights.
But we are not complacent. We are taking every opportunity to update our laws to address new concerns.
For example, we have recently introduced legislative amendments to classify certain copyright piracy and trade mark counterfeiting offences as organized and serious crimes. This will provide our Customs officers with
additional investigative and enforcement powers to tackle these offences. We are also working on proposals to
prevent bootlegging and to facilitate the prosecution of end-user corporate pirates including, for example, firms producing the goods or providing services through using infringing copies of computer software.