Copyright is divided into automatic acquisition and registration acquisition. According to the copyright law, a work automatically owns the copyright when it is completed. The term of copyright is life. Copyright is divided into personal rights and property rights of works. Copyright should protect the expression of ideas, not the ideas themselves.
The procedure for applying for copyright is as follows:
1. Submission of works applying for copyright registration: Submit works that want to apply for copyright registration to the National Copyright Administration;
2. Entering copyright registration: the author himself or his agent submits relevant application materials to the National Copyright Administration, and fills in the application form for copyright registration and the guarantee letter for copyright registration. If there is no objection after examination, the copyright bureau shall register it within one month and issue a work registration certificate;
3. Materials for applying for copyright registration: original and photocopy of the applicant's ID card and work permit, application for voluntary copyright registration, description of the copyright registered work: mainly a brief description of the content and creation process of the work, the original and photocopy of the copyright registered work, and the protection of the rights of copyright registration;
4. Payment of copyright registration's fees: If approved, the Copyright Bureau will issue a payment notice, and then the applicant or agent needs to pay the corresponding copyright registration fees according to the requirements of the notice;
5. Officially accept the application for copyright registration: After the submitted application for copyright registration meets the registration conditions and the corresponding application fee is paid, the Copyright Bureau officially accepts it;
6. Copyright registration review: After the formal acceptance, the Copyright Bureau will conduct a series of standard reviews to see if there is any problem with the application and whether it was applied by the author himself;
7. Issuance of copyright registration Certificate: After approval, the Copyright Administration will issue copyright registration Certificate in about two months.
legal ground
Article 24 of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) is under any of the following circumstances, you can use the work without permission and without paying remuneration to the copyright owner, but you should indicate the name of the author and the name of the work, which shall not affect the normal use of the work or unreasonably damage the legitimate rights and interests of the copyright owner:
(a) for personal study, research or appreciation of the use of other people's published works;
(2) appropriately quoting published works of others in works for the purpose of introducing and commenting on works or explaining problems;
(3) Inevitably reprinting or quoting published works in newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, television stations and other media in order to report news;
(4) Newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, television stations and other media publish or broadcast current affairs articles related to political, economic and religious issues that have been published by other newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, television stations and other media, unless the copyright owner declares that they are not allowed to publish or broadcast;
(5) Newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, television stations and other media publish or broadcast speeches delivered at public meetings, unless the author declares that they are not allowed to publish or broadcast;
(6) Translating, adapting, editing, playing or reproducing a few published works for classroom teaching or scientific research in schools, but not for publication and distribution;
(seven) the use of published works by state organs within the reasonable scope of performing official duties;
(eight) libraries, archives, memorial halls, museums, art galleries, cultural centers, etc., in order to display or save the version, copy the works collected by the library;
(9) Performing published works for free, without charging fees to the public, without paying remuneration to the performers, and not for profit;
(10) Copying, painting, photographing and video recording works of art set up or displayed in public places;
(eleven) to translate the works published by China citizens, legal persons or unincorporated organizations in the common language of the country into works written in minority languages and publish them in China;
(12) Provide published works to people with dyslexia in a barrier-free way that they can perceive;
(thirteen) other circumstances stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply to restrictions on copyright-related rights.