Are WeChat original articles protected by copyright law
Article 3 of my country’s Copyright Law lists eight categories of protected works Genre, which includes written works, does not distinguish the medium of the work. WeChat public account is an application account applied by developers or merchants on the WeChat public platform. Through the public account, merchants can achieve all-round communication and interaction with specific groups through text, pictures, and voice on the WeChat platform. Articles in WeChat public accounts are online text works and should also be protected by copyright law.
Plagiarism and illegal reprinting constitute infringement
The copyright content of WeChat public account articles includes personal rights and copyrights In terms of property rights, personal rights include the right to publish, authorize, modify, and protect the integrity of works, while copyright property rights include reproduction rights, distribution rights, and information network dissemination rights.
There are two main ways of copyright infringement by WeChat public accounts.
One is tampering and plagiarism the conduct of the copyright holder’s works. Infringing WeChat public accounts label other people's written works with their own names or spread them anonymously on the Internet, which not only infringes on the right holder's signature right, but also infringes on the right holder's personal rights such as reputation rights and honor rights.
The second is the act of disseminating the copyright owner’s works online without the permission of the copyright owner. The "Regulations on the Protection of Information Network Communication Rights" stipulates: "The information network communication rights enjoyed by rights holders are protected by the Copyright Law and these Regulations. Except as otherwise provided by laws and administrative regulations, any organization or individual may use other people's works, performances, or recordings to When video recordings are provided to the public through information networks, permission from the rights holder must be obtained and remuneration must be paid." In other words, privately disseminating the copyright owner's works on the Internet without the copyright owner's consent is an infringement of the original author's online communication rights. If a WeChat public account uses a hypertext link and the link is to the public account of the copyright holder of a literary work, it is generally not considered an infringement.
