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The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited:
Congratulations to Cyberport's project "DigitalCopyright.hk, One-Stop Digital Content Marketplace" (www.DigitalCopyright.hk), for winning the World Summit Award (WSA) 2007 in the e-business category. Its representative attended the WSA gala ceremony on November 5 in Venice, Italy.
Since 2003, the WSA has been held every two years under the auspices of the United Nations World Summit on Information Society as an initiative from Austria. It is the world's premier contest for excellence in e-content and creativity, aimed raising global awareness of the richness and diversity of e-content in order to narrow the content gap. The WSA honours producers of interactive multimedia and innovative information and communication technology applications. It is the only award supported by a public-private partnership among professional bodies, industry, governments and United Nations' organisations. In the WSA 2007, China won in three categories, and Cyberport's project was the only one from Hong Kong. It was also the only winning project representing Hong Kong in the past three WSAs.
This year, the WSA grand jury 2007 evaluated over 650 entries which were nominated from 168 countries to the Global WSA. The jury selected as winners the five most outstanding products in each of the eight WSA categories: e-government, e-learning, e-health, e-inclusive, e-business, e-culture, e-entertainment and e-science.
The winning project "DigitalCopyright.hk, One-Stop Digital Content Marketplace" was developed and operated by iResource Centre of Cyberport. It is a unified Digital Rights Management (DRM) platform for intellectual property protection. Cyberport obtained support in 2004 from the Innovation and Technology Fund administered by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's Innovation and Technology Commission to develop this platform primarily for Hong Kong creative industries. It aims to enable content owners to publish their quality audio and/or visual materials by providing content identification and robust protection with DRM technologies. Meanwhile, a vast array of content is available on the platform for people to download legally and safely.
For more information on WSA, please visit www.wsis-award.org.
About the Innovation Technology Fund
The Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), administered by the Innovation and Technology Commission, aims to increase the added value, productivity and competitiveness of Hong Kong's economic activities. The Government hopes that, through the ITF, Hong Kong companies will be encouraged and assisted to upgrade their technological level and introduce innovative ideas to their businesses.
About the Cyberport iResource Centre
The iResource Centre is a Cyberport facility that provides a centrally accessible knowledge base comprising subscribed and public information for members, including Cyberport tenants, incubatees, residents and particularly SMEs who need information resources.
Beyond being a physical centre, the iResource Centre runs a unified Digital Rights Management platform (www.iresource.hk) in cyberspace for digital content owners and users. It is funded and supported by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, and dedicated to promoting the legal download of digital content, promoting awareness of and respect for intellectual property, and providing the public with a convenient service.
Ends/Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Issued at HKT 14:19
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