What is the legal definition of copyright
In the territory of the People's Republic of China, any Chinese citizen, legal person or unincorporated unit Works by foreigners enjoy copyright regardless of whether they are published or not. If a foreigner's work is first published in China, he also enjoys copyright in accordance with the Copyright Law. Works published by foreigners outside China shall be protected by copyright in accordance with the agreement signed between the country to which they belong and China or the international conference they jointly participate in. Treaty enjoys copyright.
Overview of online works
Online works refer to those that appear on a computer network s work. Computer network is a new media that combines the advantages of traditional media such as newspapers, emails, telephones, faxes, film and television broadcasts. It has the characteristics of equal interaction, wide coverage, fast and convenient, and large amount of information. The so-called works refer to literary, artistic and scientific works that constitute the conditions for works stipulated in copyright law.
According to the provisions of the Copyright Law, works protected by the Copyright Law should meet four conditions:
1. It must be created by the author himself, that is, it is an original work;
2. It must be a work in the field of literature, art or science;
3. Works that must be expressed or fixed in a certain form or carrier;
4. The content of the work must not violate the constitution and laws, or harm social and public interests.
As long as the works that appear and spread on the computer network meet the above four conditions, they are what we call Internet works. Currently, works transmitted on the Internet are mainly works in the form of text expressions, but there are also computer programs, as well as more special multimedia works with sound, pictures, text, etc. According to the provisions of Article 3 of the Copyright Law, written works, computer software They themselves fall within the scope of works protected by law, and multimedia works involving text, art, photography, music and other works should also fall within the scope of protection. The protection of online works and their copyrights is not mysterious, and they cannot be used because they appear on the computer network , and have some characteristics of high technology, the legal issues of copyright cannot find their origin and destination. Just because these works are transmitted on the network and displayed on the computer screen cannot deny the nature of these works.
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