What does the 2021 Copyright Law not protect? Objects
1. Resolutions, decisions, orders on laws, regulations and state agencies, other documents of legislative, administrative and judicial nature and their official documents Official translation
Laws and other official documents are also works, and their authors, that is, the makers of laws and other official documents, also enjoy personal rights and other rights in copyright, that is, signature rights, modification rights, publication rights, and rights to protect the integrity of the work. However, the copyright owner’s usufruct rights are not protected by law.
After the promulgation of laws and other official documents, the public can freely use them. Newspaper publication, radio broadcast, etc. do not require permission from the copyright holder or payment of remuneration to them. However, the use of such works must not infringe upon the author's personal rights. For example, laws promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress must not be written as if they were promulgated by the State Council. The official translation of the law refers to the official translation of the law into other ethnic languages or foreign languages by the relevant state agencies. This translation is the state's translation of the law.
The official translation of the law needs to be confirmed by the national legislative body. The official translation of other documents of state agencies refers to the official translations of the official documents translated by the relevant state agencies into other ethnic languages or foreign languages. This kind of translation is the translation of the official documents by the state agencies. Official translations of laws and other official documents have the same validity as laws and other official documents.
The copyright protection of official translations is the same as that of laws and other official documents. Personal rights in the copyright are protected, but usufruct rights are not. After official translations of laws and other official documents are published, others can use them as they please without the consent of the framers or payment of remuneration to the framers. However, unofficial translations of laws and other official documents are protected by copyright law.
2. About current affairs news
What matters hereThe key is to distinguish between current affairs news and current affairs news works. As a kind of fact, current affairs news is not regulated by copyright law. However, current affairs news works created by authors based on current affairs news are protected by copyright law. The protection of current affairs news works by the Copyright Law is reflected in three aspects:
First, it is confirmed that the author has personal rights over the current affairs news works, that is, the author has the right of signature and modification The right to sign on current affairs news works and the right to modify current affairs news works.
Second, in terms of copyright property rights, the copyright holder has the right to publish current affairs news works and the right to receive remuneration for the first publication.
Third, for the widespread dissemination of current affairs news, the copyright owner’s property rights in current affairs news works should be subject to certain restrictions. After the current affairs news work is published, others may Current affairs news can use current affairs news works without the permission of the copyright owner or payment of remuneration to the copyright owner. However, if the current affairs news work is used for other than the purpose of disseminating current affairs news, such as publishing a collection of news works or publishing a collection of news photography, the current affairs news work is protected by copyright law, and the user should obtain the permission of the copyright owner of the current affairs news work, and Pay them remuneration.
3. About the calendar, general number tables, general tables and formulas
Dates revealed by the calendar , solar terms, festivals and other contents are not regulated by copyright law, but wall calendars, desk calendars and calendars drawn by people based on the calendar are protected by copyright law. Common number tables among number tables, such as periodic rates of elements, function tables, and logarithm tables, are not protected by copyright law. However, non-universal numerical tables, such as tables of blood relatives within five generations created by the author, are protected by copyright law. General forms, such as general invoices and general accounting forms; formulas. These general forms and formulas are not applicable to copyright law.
From the above content, we can know that the Copyright Law does not protect laws, regulations, resolutions, decisions, orders of state agencies and other documents of a legislative, administrative or judicial nature , and its official official translation; purely factual information; calendars, universal tables, universal tables and formulas. See above for specific content. If you have other questions that need to be answered, you are welcome to consult online professional lawyers on the Legal Savior Network.
