Whether official documents constitute a work
Official official documents do not constitute a work.
Legal documents and government documents issued by national agencies , court judgments and other documents of legislative, judicial and administrative nature. The purpose of promulgating official documents is to disseminate them as openly as possible and make the public aware that such works enter the public domain once they are published and can be used freely by anyone.
"Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China"
Article 5 This law does not apply to:
(1) Laws, regulations, resolutions, decisions, orders of state agencies and other documents of a legislative, administrative and judicial nature, and their official translations;
(2) Current affairs news;
(3) Calendar, general number tables, general tables and formulas.
Article 3 Works referred to in this Law, Including works of literature, art, natural sciences, social sciences, engineering technology, etc. created in the following forms:
(1) Written works;
(2) Oral works;
(3) Art works of music, drama, folk art, dance, and acrobatics;
(4) Fine arts and architectural works;
(5) Photographic works;
(6) Film works and works created using methods similar to filmmaking;
(7) Engineering design drawings, product design drawings, maps, schematic diagrams and other graphic works and Model works;
(8) Computer software;
(9) Other works stipulated in laws and administrative regulations .
In fact, from the above analysis, we can see that Under normal circumstances in our country, official documents will not become works protected by copyright, because once the dominant right is protected, other individuals or institutions will not be able to cite official documents at will. This is undoubtedly contrary to the main purpose of publishing official documents. If If you are not sure whether it is an official document, you can contact a lawyer for help. The Legal Savior website also provides online lawyer consultation services. You are welcome to have legal consultation.