What rights does the copyright holder of a derivative work have?
Article 12 of the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates: " The copyright of works resulting from the adaptation, translation, annotation, and arrangement of existing works shall be enjoyed by the person who adapted, translated, annotated, and arranged them, but the copyright of the original work shall not be infringed upon when exercising the copyright." This article clarifies that the author of a derived work shall have When re-creating an original work, the original author's consent must be obtained in advance and remuneration must be paid in accordance with regulations. At the same time, the original author still enjoys the right of signature. The re-creator shall not distort or tamper with the original work. If the creator of the derived work is Re-creation of works that have expired without the consent of the original author and without payment of remuneration is required, but the original author's right of signature and the rights of the work not to be distorted or tampered shall not be infringed. Therefore, it enjoys rights other than the right of signature.
What is the copyright of a derivative work?
A derivative work refers to an adaptation, translation, annotation, and arrangement A work is a work derived from the author's creative work on the basis of an existing work, and its copyright belongs to the person who adapted, translated, annotated, and organized it.
1. Copyright refers to a series of exclusive rights that authors of literary, artistic, and scientific works enjoy over their works in accordance with the law. It is expressed as:
(1) The author who enjoys copyright can decide whether to use his work in the sense of copyright;
(2) He can decide whether to perform certain actions related to his personal interests in relation to his works;
(3) He can When necessary, request relevant state agencies to provide compulsory assistance to protect or realize his rights.
2. Copyright is a special civil right. It and industrial property rights constitute the main content of intellectual property rights. In a broad sense, it also includes the legal rights given to performers, audiovisual producers, radio stations, television stations or publishers regarding their performances.Copyright-related rights in activities, audio-visual products, radio and television programs or layout designs.
According to my country's copyright system, copyright is a mixed right that includes several special personal rights and property rights. The exercise of property rights in copyright often involves personal rights. For example, when an author submits his work to a publisher for publication for the first time, he is not only exercising his right to publish, but often also exercising his right to publish.
3. Copyright is also a right to the continuous development of content. In countries all over the world, the content contained in copyright is not always fixed, but is constantly being developed and supplemented with the continuous development of social civilization and the continuous emergence of new technologies for using works. In short, the author's copyright does not affect the dissemination of the work.
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