An Analysis of the Influence of Digital Intellectual Property on Cross‑border Copyright Trade from the Perspective of Global Economy
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https://doi.org/10.62051/ijgem.v10n9.04Keywords:
Global economy, Digital Intellectual Property, Cross-border Copyright Trade, Digital trade, Copyright protectionAbstract
The digital economy has deeply penetrated global markets, continuously driving the evolution of international trade models and profoundly reshaping the overall development pattern of cross-border copyright trading. Traditional copyright trade, reliant on print publications and physical audiovisual media, is gradually shrinking, leading to a sustained weakening of industry growth momentum. Digital cultural content distributed via the internet has now become a new core driver of global service trade. The implementation and refinement of digital intellectual property systems have fundamentally restructured the global copyright trade landscape from an industrial foundation, providing solid institutional support for the orderly development of the digital cultural and creative industries. Drawing on China's achievements in digital governance and the current state of domestic cultural products going global, this paper combines foundational theories with field-based industry research to examine the intrinsic connections between digital intellectual property and cross-border copyright trade, analyzing their real-world dynamics of mutual influence and constraints. Currently, global copyright regulations lack uniformity, cross-border regulatory frameworks remain significantly inadequate, and transnational copyright infringement occurs frequently—directly hindering high-quality development in cross-border digital copyright trade. Addressing these pressing industry challenges, this paper proposes optimization pathways along three dimensions: alignment with international rules, digital technology governance, and cross-border risk prevention, aiming to further improve the governance system for cross-border digital copyrights and provide feasible theoretical foundations and practical references for China’s digital cultural exports and the transformation and upgrading of traditional copyright trade.
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