Thedefinitionofgenuine
Theversionofficiallypublishedbythepublishingunit(differentfrom‘pirated’):~Book|~CD.Genuinemeans"rightuseofcopyright".Thecopyrightbelongstothecopyrightowner.Thecopyrightownerproposestheconditionsforuse.Aslongastheusermeetstheconditions,evenifitisusedcorrectly,itwillnotviolatethecopyrightlaw.
Thatis,books,software,audio-visualproducts,etc.producedbygenuinecompanies.
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TheCopyrightLawofthePeople’sRepublicofChina
TheCopyrightLawofthePeople’sRepublicofChina
(Adoptedatthe15thmeetingoftheStandingCommitteeoftheSeventhNationalPeople'sCongressonSeptember7,1990andamendedinaccordancewiththe"DecisiononAmendments"atthe24thmeetingoftheStandingCommitteeoftheNinthNationalPeople'sCongressonOctober27,2001)Thecopyrightlawisthesumoflegalnormsthatprotecttheexclusiverightsofcopyrightownerstotheirliterary,artistic,scientificandotherworks.Itstaskistoprotectthelegitimaterightsandinterestsofcopyrightowners,encouragethecreationanddisseminationofworksthatarebeneficialtosocialistspiritualcivilizationandmaterialcivilization,andpromotetheprosperityanddevelopmentofsocialistliterature,art,andscienceandtechnology.
Legaldevelopment
AfterafewyearsofsilenceafterthefailureoftheReformMovementof1902,China'sideologicalcirclewasreactivated,thepublishingindustryprosperedagain,andpiracyproblemsThedregsalsoappearedandcamefiercely.InMay1903,LianQuan,thefounderofShanghaiWenmingBookstore,andYanFu,awell-knowntranslator,respectivelysubmittedletters,demandingthattheQinggovernmentprotecttheinterestsofauthorsandpublishers.ThisisthefirstcallfromChineseintellectualsforcopyright.OnApril6,1904,theMinistryofCommercestatedthatitagreedthat"thecopyrightlawshallbedeterminedbytheMinistry."Inearly1905,theMinistryofCommercedraftedthefirstdraftofthecopyrightlawandsentittotheAcademicAffairsOfficeforreview.In1907,theOfficeofAcademicAffairshandedovertherevisedversionoftheCopyrightLawtotheMinistryofCivilAffairs,whichchangedhandsseveraltimesuntil1910.OnOctober2,theMinistryofCivilAffairshandedovertherevisedcopyrightlawtotheZizhengYuanfordecision.InDecember,withtheapprovaloftheZizhengyuanandtheapprovalofEmperorXuantong,China'sfirstcopyrightlawwasformallyproduced,named"CopyrightLaw",with5chaptersand55articles.This"CopyrightLaw"oftheQingDynastywasbasedonthe"BernConvention"andreferredtothecurrentlawsofvariouscountries.ThislawwasrelativelycompleteandlaidthefoundationforChina'ssubsequentcopyrightlaw.Sincethe1980s,withthedevelopmentofsocialistmodernization,mycountry'sintellectualpropertyprotectionsystemhasbeengraduallyestablishedandcontinuouslyimproved.The"GeneralPrinciplesoftheCivilLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina",whichcameintoeffectonJanuary1,1987,establishedtheprinciplesofcopyrightprotection.The"CopyrightLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina(Draft)"wasalsosubmittedtotheStandingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople'sCongressfordeliberationin1989.Duringthedeliberation,theStandingCommitteemembersbelievedthatthislawplaysanimportantroleinpromotingthedevelopmentofscienceandculture,andpromotingtheconstructionofsocialistmaterialcivilizationandspiritualcivilization,anditshouldbeformulatedassoonaspossible.Someissueswerealsoraisedduringthelegislativeprocess,whichareworthyoffurthertheoreticaldiscussionandresearch.In-depthstudyoftheseissuesisnecessaryandbeneficialforcopyrightlegislationandjustice,andfortheestablishmentofasocialistcopyrightprotectionsystemwithChinesecharacteristics.
Protectionofcopyright
Thelegalprotectionofcopyrightisthataftermovabletypeprintingwasinvented,theprintingindustryappeared,andalargenumberofreproductionsmadeitpossibletosellworks.Onlyunderthecircumstances.Asthecopyrightlawsysteminmoderncivillaw,itemergedduringtheEuropeanbourgeoisrevolutioninthe18thcentury.ItisgenerallybelievedthattheQueenAnnaActpromulgatedbyBritainin1709andimplementedin1710istheworld'sfirstmodernistcopyrightlaw.Mostcountriesintheworldhavepromulgatedthe"CopyrightLaw"toprotectthepropertyandpersonalrightsofcopyrightowners.Inaddition,thelegalprotectionofcopyrighthasbeguntobecomeinternationalized,andmanyinternationaltreatieshavebeensignedbetweencountries,suchastheBerneConventionfortheProtectionofArtisticWorks,theUniversalCopyrightConvention,andsoon.
mycountry's"CopyrightLaw"hasalsobeguntobeimplemented,andthenarrowcopyrightlawonlyreferstothislaw.Inabroadsense,copyrightlawincludes,inadditiontothe"CopyrightLaw"anditsimplementingregulations,copyrightprovisionsandlegislativeinterpretationsinlawsandregulationssuchastheConstitution,theGeneralPrinciplesofCivilLaw,andtheCivilProcedureLaw.,Theprovisions,instructions,orderresolutions,etc.relatedtocopyrightintheadministrativeregulationsformulatedbytheStateCouncil.mycountryhasparticipatedinthe"UniversalCopyrightConvention"andthe"BerneConvention",andthecontentoftheconventionsalsobelongtothebroadlegalscopeofcopyright.
Thecopyrightlawinvolvesthepossessionanddominanceoftheintangiblepropertyofintellectualachievements,sothelawmustclearlydefinethescopeofprotection.Thebasiccontentofthecopyrightlawincludes:thesubjectofcopyright,thatis,theownerofthecopyright,theobjectofcopyrightisthework,andthecontentofcopyrightisthepersonalrightsandpropertyrights;thelimitationofcopyright,thetermofcopyright,theinheritance,transferandlicensingofcopyright,theinfringementindustryandpenaltiesWait.
Copyrightlawisaspeciallawofcivillaw.Whenapplicable,itshallbehandledinaccordancewiththeprinciplethatspeciallawissuperiortocommonlaw.Inthecopyrightlaw,therearenotonlycivillawnorms,butalsoadministrativenormsandlitigationnorms.Therefore,thecopyrightlawbasicallybelongstothecategoryofcivillaw.Itisalegaldocumentbasedoncivillawnorms.Atthesametime,theremustbeacomprehensivelegaldocumentinjustice.