在美國強大的貿易報復壓力下,1984年6月,行政院長俞國華提出「自由化,國際化,制度化」的經濟發展方針,指出經濟建設的重點在調整經濟結構與加速工業升級。 Under heavy U.S. trade pressure, Premier Yu Kuo-hwa introduced the policy of 'liberalization, internationalization, and institutionalization' in June 1984, directing economic policy toward structural adjustment and accelerated industrial upgrading.
KKBOX成立於2004年,是目前台灣線上數位音樂市場市佔率第一大的音樂串流平台,KKBOX提供使用者透過網路即可播放儲存在雲端的歌曲;並以技術加密使被儲存的檔案僅能夠以特定軟體播放。 KKBOX, founded in 2004, is currently Taiwan's leading music streaming platform by market share. It allows users to stream songs stored in the cloud via the internet, and uses encryption to ensure stored files can only be played through designated software.
配合中央研究院推出新版本的智慧財產權,國內第一張採用CC「創作共享」(Creative Commons)的唱片專輯《搖滾主耶穌》於2004年十月初將正式發行。 In conjunction with Academia Sinica's rollout of a new intellectual property framework, Taiwan's first album released under a Creative Commons license — Rock the Lord — was officially published in early October 2004.
兩大軟體業者ezPeer、Kuro皆因提供使用者下載未經授權的音樂檔案,被控違反著作權法,然而檢方的判決卻疑似根據軟體業者「是否教唆犯罪」裁定,凸顯數位科技的變革與現行法律間的灰色地帶。 Both ezPeer and Kuro were charged with copyright infringement for enabling users to download unlicensed music files. However, the prosecution's rulings appeared to hinge on whether the software operators had 'incited' infringement — exposing the gray area between digital technological change and existing law.
Youtube影音串連平台創立於2005年,創辦原意是為了方便朋友之間分享錄影片段,逐漸成為網民的回憶儲存庫、作品發布場所與各種影音資源分享平台,因此Youtube曾被不少機構和公司批評為侵犯版權。 YouTube was founded in 2005, originally conceived as a way for friends to share video clips. It gradually became a public memory archive, a platform for sharing creative work, and a resource hub for all kinds of video and audio content — which led numerous organizations and companies to criticize…