Title Page
ABSTRACT
Contents
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 11
CHAPTER TWO: GENERAL CONCEPT OF CLOUD COMPUTING 17
2.1. Definition of cloud computing 17
2.1.1. Definition 17
2.1.2. Service models 18
2.1.3. Deployment models 20
2.1.4. Characteristics 22
2.2. Opportunities brought by cloud computing 24
2.3. Challenges brought by cloud computing 28
CHAPTER THREE: FAIR USE 33
3.1. fair use doctrine 33
3.2. Regulations that regulate fair use in China and other countries 35
CHAPTER FOUR: MAIN PROBLEMS TO BE EXPLORED AND LEGAL ISSUES 42
4.1. Impacts that Cloud Computing has on the protection of copyright in China 42
4.1.1. Cloud computing shakes the traditional Chinese law system in copyright protection 44
4.1.2. Cloud computing perplexes the definition originality of a digital work 45
4.1.3. Copyright owners suffer great disadvantage in the context of cloud computing 47
4.1.4. Cloud computing narrows the scope of fair use 51
4.2. Transient and incidental copies and reproduction right 54
CHAPTER FIVE: PRACTICES AND TYPICAL CASES WITH RESPECT TO COPYRIGHT PROTECTION ESPECIALLY FAIR USE IN THE CLOUD CONTEXT 61
5.1. Sony case 63
5.2. Cablevision case 65
5.3. Aereo case 70
CHAPTER SIX: EXPECTED SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES DERIVED FROM CLOUD COMPUTING IN THE FIELD OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION 75
6.1. Employment and governance of protection measures 77
6.2. Access control as a supplement of copyright licensing contracts 84
6.2.1. Access control 84
6.2.2. Copyright licensing contracts 87
6.3. Copies derived from buffers constitutes copying under copyright law 89
CONCLUSION 94
CITATIONS AND LIST OF REFERENCES 98
Primary source 98
Treaties and other international instruments 98
Municipal legislations 98
Cases 99
Secondary materials 100
Books 100
Periodical and articles 100
Internet materials 109