How to apply for copyright registration
1. Materials required to apply for copyright registration
(1) To apply for copyright registration of works, in addition to the following items (2) and In addition to submitting proof of identity as required in item (3), the following materials should also be prepared:
1. Application for voluntary registration of works;
2. Letter of guarantee of rights;
3. Work registration form;
4. Certificate of ownership of the original copyright of the work;
5. Agreement on copyright ownership of commissioned or collaborative works or confirmation of copyright ownership of work for personal use;
6. The work includes two-dimensional copies of digital three-dimensional displays (including sample books, samples, original manuscripts, book drafts, sketches, photo negatives, etc.)
7. Description of the work: briefly describe the content of the work (including the type of work, The theme, central content and characteristics of the work, etc.) and the creative process (including the copyright holder’s introduction, creative intention, specific creative situation, completion time, ownership of rights, whether to publish, published publication time and publication form, unpublished to be used What form of publication, purpose of registration application, etc.)
8. Change and establish the copyright registration certificate before pledge;
9. The applicant's agreement, notarization or other legal documents regarding copyright, inheritance, change or establishment of pledge rights;
(2) Natural persons (including individual industrial and commercial households) or their legal representatives shall apply as When traveling in person, proof of identity that should be submitted:
1 , the applicant’s ID card or household registration certificate;
2. Identity card or household registration certificate of the applicant’s legal agent, or other legal documents that can prove the relationship between the legal agent and the applicant;
3. A letter of authorization from the applicant or legal representative to the authorized agent, and acting as an agent as a lawyer Proof of a person’s professional behavior.
4. Collaborative works , commissioned works, and identity certificates of counterparties in job works;
5. Identity certificate of the counterparty to the contract when applying for change registration or pledge registration;
(3) When a legal person or other organization is an applicant, the identity certificate that should be submitted:
1. Enterprise legal person business license, legal person certificate or approval certificate, practice certificate, etc.;
2. A letter of authorization from the applicant or legal representative to the authorized agent, and acting as an agent as a lawyer Proof of professional conduct.
3. Collaborative works, Identity certificate of the counterpart in commissioned works and professional works;
4. The identity certificate of the counterparty to the contract when applying for change registration or pledge registration.
2. How to register the copyright of a work
The procedures for voluntary registration of work copyright are as follows:
(1) Applicants submit materials;
(2) The registration authority shall internally review whether the materials are complete or not ;
(3) The applicant pays the registration application fee ;
(4) After the registration authority receives the fee Issuance of acceptance notice;
(5) Registration authority The correctness of the application materials will be reviewed within 30 days after acceptance;
(6) The registration authority delivers a notice of issuance of a registration certificate to the applicant or a notice of disapproval of registration;
(7) The applicant receives the registration certificate or Refundable fee.
Copyright applications should be submitted first. Relevant departments will review whether the materials are complete. After paying the relevant fees, the correctness of the materials will be reviewed.
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