(1) Copyright obtained due to inheritance, bequest, or legacy support agreement
According to my country's " Article 3, Paragraph 6 of the Succession Law stipulates that the property rights in copyrights enjoyed by citizens can be regarded as inheritance and can be inherited by their heirs after the death of the citizen. Accordingly, a person who acquires the property rights of a copyright through inheritance can become the subject of the copyright.
Bequest refers to the legal act of a citizen donating personal property (including property rights of works) to the state, collective or a citizen other than the legal heir through a will. When citizens other than the state, collective or legal heir accept the author's bequest and acquire the property rights in the copyright, they become the subject of the copyright.
When a citizen or collective ownership organization becomes the legatee of the property rights in the copyright of the deceased in accordance with the legacy support agreement, it also obtains the status of copyright holder.
(2) Acquisition due to contract
Copyright obtained due to contract mainly refers to through Obtain the copyright through a copyright transfer contract. The transfer of copyright means that the copyright owner transfers all or part of the property rights in the copyright to others through a contract. The assignee of copyright property rights is also the subject of copyright.
(3) The special subject of copyright - the state
The state can become a special right in legal relationships main body. As the subject of copyright legal relations, the state generally has the following situations:
(1) Purchase of copyright, that is, the state purchases the copyright from the copyright holder for some special needs , thus becoming the subject of the legal relationship;
(2) Accepting gifts, that is, the author donates his protected works to the state, and the state accepts his gift and becomes the subject of copyright ;
(3) According to legal provisions, that is, the law stipulates that within the valid period of protection of a certain work, the copyright is exercised by the state, and the state becomes the legal relationship of the copyright. the subject.
