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Taiwan's IP Office Proposes Blocking Foreign Sites Infringing Copyright

Posted by timothy on from the state-vs-man dept.

New submitter thomas8166 writes "The Taiwanese Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) recently proposed draft legislation that would empower it to block foreign websites that it deems infringing. The proposal has been likened to SOPA, and has drawn heavy criticism from website operators such as Wikimedia Taiwan. The TIPO stresses that it will only target well-known infringing sites, but Taiwanese netizens are concerned that this power can potentially be abused for political purposes."

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  1. Re:Remember Famicom clones? by aevan · · Score: 4, Informative

    It wasn't illegal. Signatories to IP agreements.

    If I remember correctly, china wouldn't sign if they let taiwan sign, and taiwan didn't hold itself accountable for if china signed. If you wanted your IP protected in taiwan you had to do a release/production there (believe some Japanese artists and such would do a limited on just to get protection from companies like SonMay).

    End result: it's only illegal if it is prohibited by law, and it (foreign IP) wasn't recognised there.