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(Xinhua) BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- A senior copyright official said Wednesday that the thirdversion of a draft amendment to the
 copyright law will be submitted to the State Councilby the end of this year.

If the State Council approves the draft, it will be brought to the Standing Committee ofthe National People’s Congress,

China’s top legislature, for the legislators’ review, saidWang Ziqiang, an official in charge of copyright legislation affairs

from the NationalCopyright Administration.

According to Wang, the draft includes more content regarding copyright holders’protection, such as artists’ right to

profit from the resale of their artwork.

The draft also increases the statutory compensation for copyright violations, includingpunitive compensation, the

official said. Wang said authorities have taken opinions from the public and experts into full accountin formulating the third

version of the draft.The administration published the first version of the draft in March to seek publicfeedback. Some musicians were

displeased with the draft, as they believe that one ofits articles allows producers to use, under certain conditions, published musical

works without having to obtain consent from the original copyright holder, which woulddiminish the artists’ professional rights.

Wang said the administration received over 1,600 suggestions for the first version. Thesecond version was drafted and published in

July for public comment. Several suggestions from the public have been adopted in the third version and thedrafters have been

careful to avoid bias from individual groups in drafting thedocument, Wang said. However, suggestions that were not adopted in the

draft will be given to the StateCouncil along with the draft for consideration, the official said.

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