What does the copyright of a work include?

We know that books, movies, software, etc. are works protected by copyright law. When the copyright is infringed, you can defend your rights. But do we know what copyright includes? This issue is very important. Only by knowing the specific rights under the copyright of your own work can you know how to make good use of these rights, and can you also know whether others have infringed on your copyright. Otherwise, simply recognizing that a work has copyright is superficial and not enough for actual protection work. Today, the editor of Legal Savior Network will give you a detailed explanation of what the copyright of works includes.

What does copyright include?

According to the provisions of China's Copyright Law, copyright includes personal rights and property rights:

Personal rights are also called moral rights. , specifically including:

(1) Right of publication, that is, the right to decide whether the work will be made public;

(2) The right of signature, that is, the right to indicate the identity of the author and sign the work;

(3) The right of modification, that is, the right to modify or authorize others to modify the work;

(4) The right to protect the integrity of the work, that is, the right to protect the work from distortion and tampering;

Property rights, also known as economic rights, include:

(1) Reproduction rights, that is, the right to reproduce by printing, copying, rubbing, recording, videotaping, ripping, remaking, etc. The right to make one or more copies of the work;

(2) The right to distribute, that is, the right to provide the original or copies of the work to the public by selling or donating it;

(3) Rental right, that is, the right to license others to temporarily use film works and works created with similar methods of filmmaking, and computer software for a fee. Computer software is not for rent. Except for the main subject matter;

(4) Exhibition right, that is, the right to publicly display originals or copies of fine arts and photographic works;

(5) Performance rights, that is, the public performance of works and the use ofThe right to publicly broadcast the performance of the work by various means;

(6) The right to display, that is, the public reproduction of art, photography, film and other works through technical equipment such as projectors and slide projectors. Rights to works created using methods similar to filmmaking;

(7) Broadcasting rights, that is, the right to publicly broadcast or disseminate works by wireless means, and to disseminate or rebroadcast them by wire The right to communicate broadcast works to the public through loudspeakers or other similar means of transmitting symbols, sounds and images;

( 8) Information network dissemination right, that is, the right to provide works to the public through wired or wireless means, so that the public can obtain the works at a time and place of their own choosing;

(9) Filming right, that is, the right to fix the work on a carrier by making a movie or using a method similar to making a movie;

(10) Adaptation right, that is, The right to change the work and create a new original work;

(11) The right of translation, that is, to convert the work from one language to another language The right;

(12) The right of compilation, that is, the right to assemble a work or fragments of a work into a new work by selecting or arranging it;

(13) Other rights that should be enjoyed by the copyright owner.

We can see that there are already so many sub-rights just to list copyright, and each of these many rights has its own extension and connotation. own content. When we feel that our software, books, movies, etc. copyrights have been infringed, we can ask a professional intellectual property lawyer for advice on which rights have been infringed and how to protect them. Only in this way can you better protect your legitimate rights and interests.