What is the shelf life of copyright for personal works?

Regarding the issue of how long the copyright shelf life of personal works is, let’s take a look with the editor of Legal Savior Network. I hope to be helpful.

1. How long is the shelf life of the copyright of personal works?

The copyright of personal works, The protection period of the right of publication and property rights is the life of the author and fifty years after his death. The period of protection of the right of publication and property rights of audio-visual works is fifty years.

Article 23 of the Copyright Law

The right to publish the works of natural persons , The protection period of the rights stipulated in Items 5 to 17 of Article 10, Paragraph 1 of this Law shall be the lifetime of the author and fifty years after the death of the author, ending on December 31 of the fiftieth year after the death of the author; if It is a collaborative work and ends on December 31, the fiftieth year after the death of the last author.

The protection period of the right to publish audio-visual works is fifty years, ending on December 31 of the fiftieth year after the creation of the work; Article 1 of this Law The protection period of the rights stipulated in Items 5 to 17 of Article 10, Paragraph 1, is fifty years, ending on December 31, the fiftieth year after the work was first published, but the work shall not be protected within fifty years from the completion of its creation. Publication shall no longer be protected by this Law.

2. Which works are copyrighted?

(1) Written works;

(2) Oral works;

(3) Art works of music, drama, folk art, dance, and acrobatics;

(4) Art and architectural works;

(5) Photographic works;

(6) Audio-visual works;

(7) Graphic works and model works such as engineering design drawings, product design drawings, maps, schematic diagrams;

(8) Computer software;

(9) Other intellectual achievements consistent with the characteristics of the work.

3. What are the conditions for a work to enjoy copyright?

(1) Originality, that is, the work must It is produced by the author through independent conception and creation. Only original works are protected by copyright law.

(2) Reproducibility means that it can be Make one or more copies of the work through printing, copying, copying, rubbing, audio recording, video recording, ripping, reverse shooting, etc. However, no matter what copying method is used and how many works are copied, the content and ideas of the work will not be changed.

(3) Legality, the work should be expressed in an objective form permitted by law. Citizens engaged in the creation of literary, artistic and scientific works should comply with legal provisions , does not violate social and public interests.

4. What rights does copyright include?

(1) The 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, on the work The right to sign;

(3) The right to modify, 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;

(5) The right to reproduce, that is, the right to print, The right to make one or more copies of the work by copying, rubbing, recording, videotaping, ripping, remaking, digitizing, etc.;

(6) Distribution rights, That is, the right to provide originals or copies of works to the public by selling or donating them;

(7) Rental rights, that is, allowing others to temporarily use audio-visual works, The right to the original or copy of computer software, except where the computer software is not the main subject of the lease;

(8) The right to exhibition, that is, the public display of fine artThe right to originals or copies of works and photographic works;

(9) Performance rights, that is, public performance of works, and public broadcasting of works by various means. rights;

(10) Screening rights, that is, the right to publicly reproduce art, photography, audio-visual works, etc. through projectors, slide projectors and other technical equipment;

(11) Broadcasting rights, that is, the public dissemination or rebroadcast of works by wired or wireless means, and the use of loudspeakers or other similar tools for transmitting symbols, sounds, and images to the public Right to disseminate broadcasted works.

(12) The right of information network dissemination, that is, the right to provide the public with wired or wireless means so that the public can obtain the work at the time and place of their choice. Rights;

(13) Filming right, that is, the right to fix the work on a carrier by filming an audiovisual work;

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

(10) 5) Translation rights, that is, the right to convert works from one language into another language;

(16) Compilation rights, that is, works or works The right to assemble the fragments into a new work through selection or arrangement;

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

In our country, copyright contains a lot of content. Although the right to publish is also a personal right, the protection period of the right to publish is limited. For example, audio-visual works start from creation. If the work is not published within 50 years after completion, the copyright will no longer be enjoyed. For personal works, the copyright protection period stipulated by law is relatively long. After the author dies, the copyright of the work is still protected within the legal period.

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