The concept of book publishing and how the scope of parties in a book publishing contract is stipulated
Book publishing refers to books, maps, New Year pictures , pictures, picture albums, as well as annual calendars, monthly calendars, calendars containing text and picture content, and other content carrier forms recognized by the General Administration of Press and Publication, and selling them to the public through printing and distribution, or in other words, in accordance with the national Publishing activities of book publishing legal entities established by relevant regulations. In our country, book publishing implements a licensing system.
Parties to a book publishing contract
Book publishers in my country have been approved and registered by the national publishing administrative agency, stipulated the scope of publishing, and issued a unified number to the book publishing unit. According to current laws and regulations, natural persons do not have the qualifications of book publishers. Therefore, one party to a book publishing contract can only be a formal publishing unit (including publishing houses and newspapers and periodicals) that has been approved by the relevant state departments and registered with the right to operate publishing.
The other party in the book publishing contract, the copyright owner, is the original subject (author) who enjoys copyright protection in accordance with the law. and successors (the legal heirs of the author or other persons who have obtained the property rights of the work through authorized transfer), including Chinese citizens and all qualified foreign citizens and stateless persons. At the same time, since the creation of the work is not a legal act but a fact Therefore, the copyright owner does not have full capacity for civil conduct as an essential requirement, but entering into a book publishing contract is a legal act. If the copyright owner does not have full capacity for civil conduct, it should be concluded by his legal agent or guardian.
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