香港新修订的《版权条例》已于4月1日生效,从此即使影印一张报纸而未经版权拥有人许可,也属于违法。这样,令需大量影印报纸以流通资讯的公共事业及政府部门大为头痛。为了避免误堕法网,港政府最大影印报纸用家—新闻处,前不久发信与各大报纸,要求书面许可,继续免费影印报纸。此前,部分新 Hong Kong’s newly revised Copyright Ordinance came into force on April 1, and even photocopying a newspaper without the permission of the copyright owner is illegal. In this way, public utilities and government departments that need large photocopies of newspapers to circulate information are a big headache. In order to avoid being mistakenly dropped onto the French Law website, the Information Services Department, the largest photocopying newspaper user in the Hong Kong Government, sent letters and major newspapers shortly before asking for written permission to continue photocopying the newspapers for free. Previously, some new