Article 29 of the "Copyright Law" stipulates: "A book publisher shall enter into a publishing contract with the copyright holder and pay remuneration when publishing a book." The publisher does not comply with the time limit stipulated in the contract. If you publish a book, you should bear the liability for breach of contract and compensate the copyright owner for any losses suffered thereby.
Article 31, Paragraph 2 of the Copyright Law stipulates: “If a book publisher fails to publish according to the time limit agreed in the contract, it shall comply with Article 53 of this Law. If the work cannot be published due to the publisher's fault, the publisher shall pay liquidated damages equal to 60% of the remuneration stipulated in the contract, unless otherwise agreed in the publishing contract.
The publisher obtains the exclusive publishing rights in the contract, so that in the dissemination of the work Two rights, "personal rights and property rights", were obtained. Personal rights, that is, the publisher obtains the right to sign the publication. Property rights include the following two types:
1. The publisher has the right to use the format. Publication of the same work is not allowed to plagiarize or use other people's book formats, otherwise it will constitute an infringement of others' exclusive right to use the format;
2. The publisher's binding Exclusive rights to use design. Book publishers have the exclusive right to use the layout and binding designs of the books, newspapers, and magazines they publish. Publishers of other books, newspapers, and magazines are not allowed to plagiarize or adopt others' binding designs, otherwise it will constitute an infringement of others' exclusive right to use the binding designs.
Article 35 of the "Copyright Law" stipulates: "Publishers have the right to permit or prohibit others from using the layout design of published books and periodicals."The protection period of this layout design is ten years, ending on December 31st of the tenth year after the first publication.
After receiving the manuscript submitted by the copyright holder, the book publisher must submit it to If the copyright owner issues a notice of use or non-use but fails to adopt or notify the notice more than six months later, the copyright owner has the right to claim theworks and require the publisher to compensate for losses. After the publisher publishes the copyright owner's work, he should pay the copyright owner a remuneration - royalties. The payment of royalties reflects that the copyright owner should enjoy a certain proportion of the profits derived from the use of the copyright owner's works. The general royalty rate is 6% to 15%, and some may be 20%. The calculation formula is: the pricing of the publication × Royalty rate × Number of copies sold. Paying remuneration to copyright owners in the form of royalties is a common payment method in the world.
With the permission of the author, the book publisher may modify or delete the work.
The book publisher publishes the adaptation, translation, annotation, arrangement and compilation of existing works For the resulting work, permission must be obtained from the copyright owner of the adaptation, translation, annotation, arrangement, and compilation of the work and the copyright owner of the original work, and remuneration must be paid. If a book publisher reprints or republishes a work, it must notify the copyright owner and pay remuneration. If the book is out of stock and the publisher refuses to reprint or republish it, the copyright owner has the right to terminate the contract.
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