Are foreign literary, film, and musical works protected by copyright in China?Foreign literature, movies, and music works enjoyed copyright protection in China. According to the "copyright law of the People's Republic of China"(the "copyright law"), works enjoy copyright protection from the day they are created. The author enjoys the right of authorization, the right of publication, the right of translation, the right of adaptation, the right of compilation, and the right to protect the integrity of the work.
For foreign literature, film, and music works, they can also enjoy copyright protection in China according to the relevant provisions of the copyright law. For example, the copyright law clearly stipulated that foreign literary, film, and musical works could be copied, distributed, performed, shown, broadcasted, adapted, translated, and compiled within China, as long as these acts did not violate the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese copyright owners.
What is the scope of works protected by China's copyright law?1. The scope of works protected by China's copyright law includes:
(i) Original ideas, works and intellectual achievements in the fields of literature, art and science;
(2) oral and non-oral performances;
(3) Original news reports, news, news bulletins, etc. in current affairs, newspapers, journals, books, records, radio, television, movies, and other media;
(4) Computer software and other digitized intellectual achievements.
In addition, the copyright law also protects the author's original right to modify, adapt, translate, and so on.
The differences between copyright and neighboring rights include:
(1) Different types of rights: copyright is a personal right while neighboring rights are a property right;
(2) The scope of protection is different: copyright mainly protects the work itself, while neighboring rights mainly protect the information, thoughts, or expressions of emotions conveyed by the work;
(3) The way to exercise rights is different: the copyright owner can exercise it independently, while the neighboring right owner needs to pay the copyright owner a fee to exercise it;
(4) Different time: copyright protects the work after the creation is completed, while neighboring rights protect the rights of the work in the process of communication.
The copyright and the neighboring right are two different rights. The copyright focuses more on the creativity and ingenuity of the work itself while the neighboring right focuses more on the expression of the information, thoughts or emotions expressed by the work.
What are the famous works in China and foreign countries?There are many famous works in China and abroad. The following are some of the famous works:
- The Red Chamber was considered the pinnacle of Chinese classical novels during the Qing Dynasty.
- Pride and Predict was a masterpiece by Austin, who told the story of a British upper-class girl. It revealed the social class and class differences.
- War and Peace was a novel by Tolstoy, a Russian author. It told the story of a noble family and reflected the real situation of Russian history and politics.
- "100 Years of Solitude" is the masterpiece of Colombia Márquez. It tells the story of a family of seven generations and reflects the changes in Colombia's history and culture.
- The Catcher in the Rye is a short story by American author D. Salinger. It tells the story of a teenager and reflects the confusion and growth problems of teenagers.
- " Love " was the masterpiece of Bronte, a British writer. It told the story of a woman and reflected the social class differences and the unequal status of men and women in British society at that time.
These were just some of the famous works, but there were also many other famous works, such as Journey to the West, Water Margins, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dream of the Red Chamber, Scholars, and so on.
What are the famous works in China and foreign countries?There are many famous works in China and abroad. The following are some famous works:
- "Dream of the Red Chamber"-The Qing Dynasty described the love story of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu.
- Journey to the West-The Ming Dynasty tells the adventure story of Sun Wukong and others.
- "Water Margins"-The Yuan Dynasty described the story of Song Jiang and others
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms-Yuan Dynasty tells the story of the Three Kingdoms of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others
- "The Scholars"-The Qing Dynasty described the life stories of Confucian scholars.
- "Ordinary World"-contemporary tells the growth of the protagonist Sun Shao 'an
- "One Hundred Years of Solitude"-written by Colombia Marquez, describing the story of seven generations of the Buenda family.
- War and Peace-written by Tolstoy, Russia, describing the war story during the Napoleonic Wars.
- "The World of Miserables"-written by France's Hugo, tells the life experience of the protagonist, Jean Valgen.
- Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte tells the life story of the heroine Jane Austen.
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger tells the story of the growth of the protagonist Holden Caulfield.
Although One Hundred Years of Solitude is a masterpiece of Latino literature, it is also known as a classic of world literature.
What are the famous works in China and foreign countries?There are many famous works in China and abroad. The following are some of the famous works:
- Dream of the Red Chamber-Qing Dynasty. It described the life and love experiences of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and other characters in feudal aristocratic families.
- "Journey to the West"-The Ming Dynasty described the story of Sun Wukong and other characters who went through 81 difficulties to obtain the true scriptures.
- Water margin-Yuan dynasty, the story of 108 righteous men rebelling against the rule of the Yuan dynasty.
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms-Yuan Dynasty described the story of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others during the Three Kingdoms period.
- The Scholars-The Qing Dynasty described all kinds of absurd events with the scholars as the background.
- There were also many wonderful stories in Water Margins, such as Lin Chong and Lu Junyi's "Three Beats on Zhu Village", which became classic works of literature.
In addition, there were many other famous works such as Capital, The Analects of Confucius, Journey to the West, World of Miserables, War and Peace, Dream of the Red Chamber, Water Margins, etc. These works had a profound influence and were widely praised and known by people.
What works are protected by copyright law? Which works are not protected?The copyright law of the People's Republic of China (the "copyright law") protects the rights of the following works:
Literature works include novels, essays, poems, plays, movies, television shows, folk arts, acrobatics, etc.
2. Fine arts, music, dance, sculpture, photography, film works, and works created by similar means.
3. Scientific discoveries, technological inventions, computer software, etc.
The copyright law does not protect the following works:
1. Marks, labels, and other non-literary works of art.
2. News, announcements, statements, notices, and other information or facts that are not part of the work itself.
3. Laws, regulations, rules, orders, and other works of state organs, as well as publicly disseminated or publicly published government information.
4. Compiling, translating, adapting, and sorting out existing works. However, works compiled, translated, adapted, and sorted out in traditional ways are not considered to be within the scope of copyright protection.
5. Other rights that are not related to the work itself, such as personal rights, property rights, etc.
Are works that are prohibited from being published or disseminated in China protected by the copyright law?The scope of protection of China's copyright law includes:
1 Music
2 Film works and works created in a similar way to film production
3 Photographic Works
4. Engineering design drawings, product design drawings, maps, schematics, and other visual works
5. Other circumstances that may be regarded as works as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.
Therefore, works that are prohibited from being published and disseminated in China are not protected by the "copyright law" if they meet any of the above types of works. For example, the laws and regulations that prohibit publication and transmission include, but are not limited to, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors, the Labor Law of the People's Republic of China, and the Anti-terrorism Law of the People's Republic of China.
Can the unpublished works of foreigners and foreigners be protected by China's copyright law?The unpublished works of foreigners and foreigners can be protected by China's copyright law.
According to article 1 of the copyright law, copyright includes the following personal rights and property rights:
(1) The right of publication is the right to decide whether the work is made public or not.
(2) The right to protect the integrity of a work is the right to protect the work from damage.
(3) The right of reproduction means the right to reproduce, adapt, translate, compile and arrange the work.
(4) The right of distribution refers to the right to sell or rent a work to the public by means of sale, rental, exchange, or gift, as well as the right to distribute and transmit a work to the public through information networks.
(5) The right of adaptation is the right to change a work or to modify, edit, synthesize, or adapt a work into another work.
(6) The right of translation is the right to translate a work in one language into another language.
(7) The right of compilation is the right to compile and organize works into a certain structural form.
The unpublished works of foreigners and stateless persons are classified as "unpublished works" under Item 1, Section 1, of the Law of the People's Republic of China. These works could be protected by copyright law as long as they met the conditions stipulated by the law.
Can the unpublished works of foreigners and foreigners be protected by China's copyright law?The unpublished works of foreigners and foreigners are protected by China's copyright law because the third paragraph of article 10 of the copyright law provides that the works of people with the nationality of the People's Republic of China enjoy copyright in accordance with this law. Therefore, as long as foreigners and foreigners had Chinese nationality, their unpublished works could be protected by China's copyright law.
In addition, according to the provisions of the first paragraph of article 2 of the "copyright law", the works of foreigners and foreigners who were first created in the territory of China shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this law. Therefore, if the unpublished works of foreigners and foreigners were completed in China, they could enjoy copyright in China.