The Asia Pacific Regional Forum on the World Intellectual Property Organization £¨WIPO£© Copyright Treaty £¨WCT £© and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty £¨WPPT£©£¬ and their impact on copyright industries is scheduled to open tomorrow in Guangzhou.

The three-day forum is sponsored by the China National Copyright Administration £¨CNCA£© and the WIPO£¬ announced a senior CNCA official here Monday.

Along with the fast expansion of high technologies featuring information and digital technologies and the wide application of e- commerce £¬ creative works of various kinds have been spread to an unprecedented wide scope via online networks£¬ creating new challenges for both creators and the people who spread the works.

Issues such as how to obtain authorized rights from creators for using literary works£¬ pictures £¬ music and video products online £¬ what kind of copyright protection measures should be drafted so as to ensure a sustainable and healthy development of online information industries are the important factors for holding a large international conference event£¬ said the official.

As a WIPO member£¬ China has not yet entered the above mentioned two treaties. But it has been drafting legislation to protect copyrights in the digital and online environment.

The official said £¬ more than 100 eminent copyright specialists from WIPO £¬ the European Union £¬ the United States £¬ Japan£¬ Malaysia and China £¬ as well copyright representatives from 20 Asian-Pacific countries and regions will attend the forum.

During the forum£¬ participants will discuss such issues as how WCT and WPPT will provide businesses with a safe environment £¬international privacy laws in WCT and WPPT £¬ and the role of copyrights and neighboring rights in information society.