Hong Kong: Telecoms, Mobile & Cable Communications

In 2003, Mainland China and Hong Kong signed the "Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement" ("CEPA") to open up the China market for Hong Kong goods and services.

With the evolution of generative artificial intelligence (AI) constantly growing in pace, countries around the world are scrambling to update their laws to tackle new challenges and opportunities posed by this technology.

In October 2023, several large music publishers, Concord, Capital CMG, Universal and ABKCO, ( the "Plaintiffs") brought copyright infringement proceedings against Anthropic PBC ("Defendant") in the US, alleging the Defendant, an AI developer, had infringed on their rights by using their song lyrics catalogues to train its flagship AI product, "Claude".