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Leaders of Hong Kong's television, film and recording industries called on the Government to address the increasingly sophisticated and rampant piracy activities in the digital age, which are threatening the very survival of the content supply industries.

The united call was made at a symposium organised by the Film, Television and Recording Industries' Copyright Concern Group*, set up jointly by major organisations in the industries in response to the Government's current consultation on the review of Hong Kong's Copyright Ordinance.

Officiating the opening of the "Film, Television And Recording Industries' Symposium on the Concern of Copyright Issues" at the Hong Kong Science Museum on January 23, 2005 was the Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology, Mr. John Tsang.

At the symposium, speakers, including representatives from the industries, legal experts and academics, exchanged views on the pressing copyright issues facing the industries, both locally and worldwide, in the face of rapid technological evolution, and offered insights into how urgent problems such as infringement activities through P2P should be tackled.

* Members of the Film, Television and Recording Industries' Copyright Concern Group include:

	Moderator: Mr Peter Lam Officiating guest: Mr John Tsang, JP, Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology First Session Topic: Speakers: Copyright issues encountered by each of the industries (Film) Mr John Chong, Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Film Awards Association, Vice President of Hong Kong Screenwriters' Guild and Executive Director of Media Asia Group (Television) Mr Stephen Chan, General Manager -Television Broadcasting, Television Broadcasts Limited (Recording Industry) Mr Ricky Fung, Chief Executive Officer, IFPI (Hong Kong Group) Ltd Second Session Topic: Speakers: Creative Society, Branding City and Intellectual Property Right Professor Kwok Siu Tong, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong How other countries handle copyright issues Mr Sam Ho, Director of Operations, Greater China of Motion Picture Association How other countries handle copyright issues - the French experience Mr Frederic Delacroix , Delegue General of ALPA (General Manager) Exploitation of Content in an Online Environment Dr Gino Yu, Head, Multimedia Innovation Centre & Associate Professor, School of Design, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University "Fair Use" and "Fair Dealing" Mr Henry J H Wheare, Partner, Lovells and Ms Monique Woo, Registered Foreign Lawyer, Lovells