Copyright is a kind of civil right with dual nature. The part belonging to personal rights is exclusive and cannot be transferred in principle. The part belonging to property rights can be transferred. However, the transfer of property rights can only be carried out within the legal period (that is, the author's life and 50 years after his death). Once the copyright is transferred, the copyright owner loses the right to transfer the part.
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Article 10 of the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China includes the following: Personal rights and property rights:
(1) Right of publication, that is, the right to decide whether a work will be made public;
(2) The right of signature, that is, the right to indicate the identity of the author and sign the work;
(3) The right of modification, that is, the right to modify or authorize others to modify the work;
(4) The right to protect the integrity of the work, that is, the right to protect the work from distortion and tampering;
(5) The right to reproduce, that is, the right to make one or more copies of the work by printing, copying, rubbing, recording, videotaping, ripping, reproducing, etc.;
(6) Distribution rights, that is, the right to provide originals or copies of works to the public by selling or donating them;
(7) Rental rights, that is, for a fee The right to license others to temporarily use film works, works created using methods similar to filmmaking, and computer software, except where the computer software is not the main subject of the rental;
(8 ) Exhibition rights, that is, the right to publicly display originals or copies of art works and photographic works;
(9) Performance rights, that is, publicly performing works, and using various The right to publicly broadcast the performance of the work by various means;
(10) The right to display, that is, the public reproduction of art, photography, film and similar works through projectors, slide projectors and other technical equipment Rights to works created by filmmaking methods;
(11) Broadcasting rights, that is, the public broadcast or dissemination of works by wireless means, the dissemination of broadcast works to the public by wired dissemination or rebroadcasting, and the use of loudspeakers or other similar tools for transmitting symbols, sounds, and images The right to disseminate broadcast works to the public;
(12) The right to disseminate information network, that is, providing the work to the public in wired or wireless ways so that the public can The right to obtain the work at a time and place selected by the individual;
(13) Filming rights, that is, fixing the work in a film or similar manner Rights on the carrier;
(14) Adaptation rights, that is, the right to change the work and create original new works;
(15) Translation right, that is, the right to convert a work from one language into another language;
( 16) Right of compilation, that is, the right to assemble works or fragments of works into new works through selection or arrangement;
(17) Rights that should be enjoyed by the copyright owner Other rights.
The copyright owner may permit others to exercise the rights specified in items (5) to (17) of the preceding paragraph, and in accordance with the agreement or the relevant provisions of this Law Provide for remuneration.
The copyright owner may transfer all or part of the rights specified in items (5) to (17) of paragraph 1 of this article, and in accordance with the agreement Or receive remuneration according to the relevant provisions of this Law.
Article 25 Transfer Items (5) to (17) of Article 10, Paragraph 1 of this Law To obtain the specified rights, a written contract should be concluded.
The rights transfer contract includes the following main contents:
( 1) The name of the work;
(2) The type and geographical scope of the transferred rights;
( 3) Transfer price;
(4) Date and method of delivering the transfer price;
(5) Liability for breach of contract;
(6) Other contents deemed necessary by both parties.