How to understand the transfer of copyright
The transfer of copyright must be the transfer of complete property rights, that is to say, regardless of the transfer of publishing The rights to use, benefit from, and dispose of the property must be transferred together with the adaptation rights or any other property rights. If the transferee can only use the work but cannot freely license others to use the work, or cannot freely transfer his rights, this incomplete transfer of rights is not actually a transfer of copyright in the strict sense, but a license to use the work.
Can the transfer of copyright be separated
Yes. Various property rights in copyright can be transferred separately. For example, transfer the publishing rights to the publishing house, transfer the performance rights to the performance group, transfer the recording rights to the audio and video company, transfer the broadcast rights to the radio station, etc. Even a single property right can be transferred to different people based on different uses. For example, the transferor transfers the translation rights of the French version of the translation rights to Publishing House A, the translation rights of the English version to Publishing House B, the translation rights of the German version to Publishing House C, and so on. Copyright transfers can also be geographically based. For example, if the same is the translation right of the English version, the transferor transfers the translation rights of the English version in the United States and Canada to a publishing house in the United States, the translation rights of the English version in Asia to a publishing house in India, and the translation rights of the English version in Europe Rights were transferred to a British publisher, and so on.
Is there any time limit for the transfer of copyright
From the situation in different countries, copyright transfer It can be permanent, that is, for the entire copyright protection period; it can also be limited, that is, for a number of years during the copyright protection period.
Article 25 of the Copyright Law transfers the rights specified in Items (5) to (17) of Article 10, Paragraph 1 of this Law , a written contract should be concluded.
The rights transfer contract includes the following Main content:
(1) Title of the work;
(2) Type of rights transferred and geographical scope;
(3) Transfer price;
(4) The date and method of delivering the transfer price;
(5) Liability for breach of contract;
(6) Other contents deemed necessary by both parties
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