中华人民共和国著作权法
中华人民共和国著作权法(附英文)
中华人民共和国著作权法于1990年09月07日第七届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第十五次会议通过，1990年09月07日中华人民共和国主席令第三十一号公布，1991年06月01日起施行。
中华人民共和国主席 杨尚昆
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目 录
第一章 总 则
第二章 著作权
第一节 著作权人及其权利
第二节 著作权归属
第三节
权利的保护期
第四节 权利的限制
第三章 著作权许可使用合同
第四章 出版、表演、录音录像、播放
第一节 图书、报刊的出版
第二节
表 演
第三节 录音录像
第四节 广播电台、电视台播放
第五章 法律责任
第六章 附 则
第一章 总 则
第一条
为保护文学、艺术和科学作品作者的著作权，以及与著作权有关的权益，鼓励有益于社会主义精神文明、物质文明建设的作品的创作和传播，促进社会主义文化和科学事业的发展与繁荣，根据宪法制定本法。
第二条
中国公民、法人或者非法人单位的作品，不论是否发表，依照本法享有著作权。
外国人的作品首先在中国境内发表的，依照本法享有著作权。
外国人在中国境内发表的作品，根据其所属国同中国签订的协议或者共同参加的国际条约享有的著作权，受本法保护。
第三条
本法所称的作品，包括以下列形式创作的文学、艺术和自然科学、社会科学、工程技术等作品：
（一）文字作品；
（二）口述作品；
（三）音乐、戏剧、曲艺、舞蹈作品；
（四）美术、摄影作品；
（五）电影、电视、录像作品；
（六）工程设计、产品设计图纸及其说明；
（七）地图、示意图等图形作品；
（八）计算机软件；
（九）法律、行政法规规定的其他作品。
第四条
依法禁止出版、传播的作品，不受本法保护。
著作权人行使著作权，不得违反宪法和法律，不得损害公共利益。
第五条
本法不适用于：
（一）法律、法规，国家机关的决议、决定、命令和其他具有立法、行政、司法性质的文件，及其官方正式译文；
（二）时事新闻；
（三）历法、数表、通用表格和公式。
第六条
民间文学艺术作品的著作权保护办法由国务院另行规定。
第七条
科学技术作品中应当由专利法、技术合同法等法律保护的，适用专利法、技术合同法等法律的规定。
第八条
国务院著作权行政管理部门主管全国的著作权管理工作；各省、自治区、直辖市人民政府的著作权行政管理部门主管本行政区域的著作权管理工作。
第二章 著作权
第一节 著作权人及其权利
第九条 著作权人包括：
（一）作者；
（二）其他依照本法享有著作权的公民、法人或者非法人单位。
第十条
著作权包括下列人身权和财产权：
（一）发表权，即决定作品是否公之于众的权利；
（二）署名权，即表明作者身份，在作品上署名的权利；
（三）修改权，即修改或者授权他人修改作品的权利；
（四）保护作品完整权，即保护作品不受歪曲、篡改的权利；
（五）使用权和获得报酬权，即以复制、表演、播放、展览、发行、摄制电影、电视、录像或者改编、翻译、注释、编辑等方式使用作品的权利；以及许可他人以上述方式使用作品，并由此获得报酬的权利。
第二节 著作权归属
第十一条
著作权属于作者，本法另有规定的除外。
创作作品的公民是作者。
由法人或者非法人单位主持，代表法人或者非法人单位意志创作，并由法人或者非法人单位承担责任的作品，法人或者非法人单位视为作者。
如无相反证明，在作品上署名的公民、法人或者非法人单位为作者。
第十二条
改编、翻译、注释、整理已有作品而产生的作品，其著作权由改编、翻译、注释、整理人享有，但行使著作权时，不得侵犯原作品的著作权。
第十三条
两人以上合作创作的作品，著作权由合作作者共同享有。没有参加创作的人，不能成为合作作者。
合作作品可以分割使用的，作者对各自创作的部分可以单独享有著作权，但行使著作权时不得侵犯合作作品整体的著作权。
第十四条
编辑作品由编辑人享有著作权，但行使著作权时，不得侵犯原作品的著作权。
编辑作品中可以单独使用的作品的作者有权单独行使其著作权。
第十五条
电影、电视、录像作品的导演、编剧、作词、作曲、摄影等作者享有署名权，著作权的其他权利由制作电影、电视、录像作品的制片者享有。
电影、电视、录像作品中剧本、音乐等可以单独使用的作品的作者有权单独行使其著作权。
第十六条
公民为完成法人或者非法人单位工作任务所创作的作品是职务作品，除本条第二款的规定以外，著作权由作者享有，但法人或者非法人单位有权在其业务范围内优先使用。作品完成两年内，未经单位同意，作者不得许可第三人以与单位使用的相同方式使用该作品。
有下列情形之一的职务作品，作者享有署名权，著作权的其他权利由法人或者非法人单位享有，法人或者非法人单位可以给予作者奖励：
（一）主要是利用法人或者非法人单位的物质技术条件创作，并由法人或者非法人单位承担责任的工程设计、产品设计图纸及其说明、计算机软件、地图等职务作品；
（二）法律、行政法规规定或者合同约定著作权由法人或者非法人单位享有的职务作品。
第十七条
受委托创作的作品，著作权的归属由委托人和受托人通过合同约定。
合同未作明确约定或者没有订立合同的，著作权属于受托人。
第十八条
美术等作品原件所有权的转移，不视为作品著作权的转移，但美术作品原件的展览权由原件所有人享有。
第十九条
著作权属于公民的，公民死亡后，其作品的使用权和获得报酬权在本法规定的保护期内，依照继承法的规定转移。
著作权属于法人或者非法人单位的，法人或者非法人单位变更、终止后，其作品的使用权和获得报酬权在本法规定的保护期内，由承受其权利义务的法人或者非法人单位享有；没有承受其权利义务的法人或者非法人单位的，由国家享有。
第三节 权利的保护期
第二十条 作者的署名权、修改权、保护作品完整权的保护期不受限制。
第二十一条
公民的作品，其发表权、使用权和获得报酬权的保护期为作者终生及其死亡后五十年，截止于作者死亡后第五十年的１２月３１日；如果是合作作品，截止于最后死亡的作者死亡后的第五十年的１２月３１日。
法人或者非法人单位的作品、著作权（署名权除外）由法人或者非法人单位享有的职务作品，其发表权、使用权和获得报酬权的保护期为五十年，截止于作品首次发表后第五十年的１２月３１日，但作品自创作完成后五十年内未发表的，本法不再保护。
电影、电视、录像和摄影作品的发表权、使用权和获得报酬权的保护期为五十年，截止于作品首次发表后第五十年的１２月３１日，但作品自创作完成后五十年内未发表的，本法不再保护。
第四节 权利的限制
第二十二条
在下列情况下使用作品，可以不经著作权人许可，不向其支付报酬，但应当指明作者姓名、作品名称，并且不得侵犯著作权人依照本法享有的其他权利：
（一）为个人学习、研究或者欣赏，使用他人已经发表的作品；
（二）为介绍、评论某一作品或者说明某一问题，在作品中适当引用他人已经发表的作品；
（三）为报道时事新闻，在报纸、期刊、广播、电视节目或者新闻纪录影片中引用已经发表的作品；
（四）报纸、期刊、广播电台、电视台刊登或者播放其他报纸、期刊、广播电台、电视台已经发表的社论、评论员文章；
（五）报纸、期刊、广播电台、电视台刊登或者播放在公众集会上发表的讲话，但作者声明不许刊登、播放的除外；
（六）为学校课堂教学或者科学研究，翻译或者少量复制已经发表的作品，供教学或者科研人员使用，但不得出版发行；
（七）国家机关为执行公务使用已经发表的作品；
（八）图书馆、档案馆、纪念馆、博物馆、美术馆等为陈列或者保存版本的需要，复制本馆收藏的作品；
（九）免费表演已经发表的作品；
（十）对设置或者陈列在室外公共场所的艺术作品进行临摹、绘画、摄影、录像；
（十一）将已经发表的汉族文字作品翻译成少数民族文字在国内出版发行；
（十二）将已经发表的作品改成盲文出版。以上规定适用于对出版者、表演者、录音录像制作者、广播电台、电视台的权利的限制。
第三章 著作权许可使用合同
第二十三条 使用他人作品应当同著作权人订立合同或者取得许可，本法规定可以不经许可的除外。
第二十四条
合同包括下列主要条款：
（一）许可使用作品的方式；
（二）许可使用的权利是专有使用权或者非专有使用权；
（三）许可使用的范围、期间；
（四）付酬标准和办法；
（五）违约责任；
（六）双方认为需要约定的其他内容。
第二十五条
合同中著作权人未明确许可的权利，未经著作权人许可，另一方当事人不得行使。
第二十六条
合同的有效期限不超过十年。合同期满可以续订。
第二十七条
使用作品的付酬标准由国务院著作权行政管理部门会同有关部门制定。
合同另有约定的，也可以按照合同支付报酬。
第二十八条
出版者、表演者、录音录像制作者、广播电台、电视台等依照本法取得他人的著作权使用权的，不得侵犯作者的署名权、修改权、保护作品完整权和获得报酬权。
第四章 出版、表演、录音录像、播放
第一节 图书、报刊的出版
第二十九条 图书出版者出版图书应当和著作权人订立出版合同，并支付报酬。
第三十条
图书出版者对著作权人交付出版的作品，在合同约定期间享有专有出版权。合同约定图书出版者享有专有出版权的期限不得超过十年，合同期满可以续订。
图书出版者在合同约定期间享有的专有出版权受法律保护，他人不得出版该作品。
第三十一条
著作权人应当按照合同约定期限交付作品。图书出版者应当按照合同约定的出版质量、期限出版图书。
图书出版者不按照合同约定期限出版，应当依照本法第四十七条的规定承担民事责任。
图书出版者重印、再版作品的，应当通知著作权人，并支付报酬。图书脱销后，图书出版者拒绝重印、再版的，著作权人有权终止合同。
第三十二条
著作权人向报社、杂志社投稿的，自稿件发出之日起十五日内未收到报社通知决定刊登的，或者自稿件发出之日起三十日内未收到杂志社通知决定刊登的，可以将同一作品向其他报社、杂志社投稿。双方另有约定的除外。
作品刊登后，除著作权人声明不得转载、摘编的外，其他报刊可以转载或者作为文摘、资料刊登，但应当按照规定向著作权人支付报酬。
第三十三条
图书出版者经作者许可，可以对作品修改、删节。报社、杂志社可以对作品作文字性修改、删节，对内容的修改，应当经作者许可。
第三十四条
出版改编、翻译、注释、整理、编辑已有作品而产生的作品，应当向改编、翻译、注释、整理、编辑作品的著作权人和原作品的著作权人支付报酬。
第二节 表演
第三十五条
表演者（演员、演出单位）使用他人未发表的作品演出，应当取得著作权人许可，并支付报酬。
表演者使用他人已发表的作品进行营业性演出，可以不经著作权人许可，但应当按照规定支付报酬；著作权人声明不许使用的不得使用。
表演者使用改编、翻译、注释、整理已有作品而产生的作品进行营业性演出，应当按照规定向改编、翻译、注释、整理作品的著作权人和原作品的著作权人支付报酬。
表演者为制作录音录像和广播、电视节目进行表演使用他人作品的，适用本法第三十七条、第四十条的规定。
第三十六条
表演者对其表演享有下列权利：
（一）表明表演者身份；
（二）保护表演者形象不受歪曲；
（三）许可他人从现场直播；
（四）许可他人为营利目的录音录像，并获得报酬。
第三节 录音录像
第三十七条
录音制作者使用他人未发表的作品制作录音制品，应当取得著作权人的许可，并支付报酬。使用他人已发表的作品制作录音制品，可以不经著作权人许可，但应当按照规定支付报酬；著作权人声明不许使用的不得使用。
录像制作者使用他人作品制作录像制品，应当取得著作权人的许可，并支付报酬。
录音录像制作者使用改编、翻译、注释、整理已有作品而产生的作品，应当向改编、翻译、注释、整理作品的著作权人和原作品的著作权人支付报酬。
第三十八条
录音录像制作者制作录音录像制品，应当同表演者订立合同，并支付报酬。
第三十九条
录音录像制作者对其制作的录音录像制品，享有许可他人复制发行并获得报酬的权利。该权利的保护期为五十年，截止于该制品首次出版后第五十年的１２月３１日。
被许可复制发行的录音录像制作者还应当按照规定向著作权人和表演者支付报酬。
第四节 广播电台、电视台播放
第四十条
广播电台、电视台使用他人未发表的作品制作广播、电视节目，应当取得著作权人的许可，并支付报酬。
广播电台、电视台使用他人已发表的作品制作广播、电视节目，可以不经著作权人许可，但著作权人声明不许使用的不得使用；并且除本法规定可以不支付报酬的以外，应当按照规定支付报酬。
广播电台、电视台使用改编、翻译、注释、整理已有作品而产生的作品制作广播、电视节目，应当向改编、翻译、注释、整理作品的著作权人和原作品的著作权人支付报酬。
第四十一条
广播电台、电视台制作广播、电视节目，应当同表演者订立合同，并支付报酬。
第四十二条
广播电台、电视台对其制作的广播、电视节目，享有下列权利：
（一）播放；
（二）许可他人播放，并获得报酬；
（三）许可他人复制发行其制作的广播、电视节目，并获得报酬。
前款规定的权利的保护期为五十年，截止于该节目首次播放后第五十年的１２月３１日。
被许可复制发行的录音录像制作者还应当按照规定向著作权人和表演者支付报酬。
第四十三条
广播电台、电视台非营业性播放已经出版的录音制品，可以不经著作权人、表演者、录音制作者许可，不向其支付报酬。
第四十四条
电视台播放他人的电影、电视和录像，应当取得电影、电视制片者和录像制作者的许可，并支付报酬。
第五章 法律责任
第四十五条
有下列侵权行为的，应当根据情况，承担停止侵害、消除影响、公开赔礼道歉、赔偿损失等民事责任：
（一）未经著作权人许可，发表其作品的；
（二）未经合作作者许可，将与他人合作创作的作品当作自己单独创作的作品发表的；
（三）没有参加创作，为谋取个人名利，在他人作品上署名的；
（四）歪曲、篡改他人作品的；
（五）未经著作权人许可，以表演、播放、展览、发行、摄制电影、电视、录像或者改编、翻译、注释、编辑等方式使用作品的，本法另有规定的除外；
（六）使用他人作品，未按照规定支付报酬的；
（七）未经表演者许可，从现场直播其表演的；
（八）其他侵犯著作权以及与著作权有关的权益的行为。
第四十六条
有下列侵权行为的，应当根据情况，承担停止侵害、消除影响、公开赔礼道歉、赔偿损失等民事责任，并可以由著作权行政管理部门给予没收非法所得、罚款等行政处罚：
（一）剽窃、抄袭他人作品的；
（二）未经著作权人许可，以营利为目的，复制发行其作品的；
（三）出版他人享有专有出版权的图书的；
（四）未经表演者许可，对其表演制作录音录像出版的；
（五）未经录音录像制作者许可，复制发行其制作的录音录像的；
（六）未经广播电台、电视台许可，复制发行其制作的广播、电视节目的；
（七）制作、出售假冒他人署名的美术作品的。
第四十七条
当事人不履行合同义务或者履行合同义务不符合约定条件的，应当依照民法通则有关规定承担民事责任。
第四十八条
著作权侵权纠纷可以调解，调解不成或者调解达成协议后一方反悔的，可以向人民法院起诉。当事人不愿调解的，也可以直接向人民法院起诉。
第四十九条
著作权合同纠纷可以调解，也可以依据合同中的仲裁条款或者事后达成的书面仲裁协议，向著作权仲裁机构申请仲裁。
对于仲裁裁决，当事人应当履行。当事人一方不履行仲裁裁决的，另一方可以申请人民法院执行。
受申请的人民法院发现仲裁裁决违法的，有权不予执行。人民法院不予执行的，当事人可以就合同纠纷向人民法院起诉。
当事人没有在合同中订立仲裁条款，事后又没有书面仲裁协议的，可以直接向人民法院起诉。
第五十条
当事人对行政处罚不服的，可以在收到行政处罚决定书三个月内向人民法院起诉，期满不起诉又不履行的，著作权行政管理部门可以申请人民法院执行。
第六章 附 则
第五十一条 本法所称的著作权与版权系同义语。
第五十二条
本法所称的复制，指以印刷、复印、临摹、拓印、录音、录像、翻录、翻拍等方式将作品制作一份或者多份的行为。
按照工程设计、产品设计图纸及其说明进行施工、生产工业品，不属于本法所称的复制。
第五十三条
计算机软件的保护办法由国务院另行规定。
第五十四条 本法的实施条例由国务院著作权行政管理部门制定，报国务院批准后施行。
第五十五条
本法规定的著作权人和出版者、表演者、录音录像制作者、广播电台、电视台的权利，在本法施行之日尚未超过本法规定的保护期的，依照本法予以保护。
本法施行前发生的侵权或者违约行为，依照侵权或者违约行为发生时的有关规定和政策处理。
第五十六条
本法自１９９１年６月１日起施行。
COPYRIGHT LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA [*1]
Important Notice: (注意事项)
英文本源自中华人民共和国务院法制局编译,
中国法制出版社出版的《中华人民共和国涉外法规汇编》(1991年7月版).当发生歧意时, 应以法律法规颁布单位发布的中文原文为准.
This
English document is coming from the "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS" (1991.7) which is
compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the State Council of the
People's Republic of China, and is published by the China Legal System
Publishing House.In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese
shall prevail.
Whole Document (法规全文)
COPYRIGHT LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
[*1]
(Adopted at the 15th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh
National People's Congress on September 7, 1990, promulgated by Order No. 31
of the President of the People's Republic of China on September 7, 1990, and
effective as of June 1, 1991)
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II
Copyright
Section 1 Copyright Owners and Their Rights
Section 2 Ownership
of Copyright
Section 3 Term of Protection of Rights
Section 4 Limitations
on Rights
Chapter III Copyright Licensing Contracts
Chapter IV
Publication, Performance, Sound Recording, Video Recording
and
Broadcasting
Section 1 Publication of Books, Newspapers and
Periodicals
Section 2 Performance
Section 3 Sound Recording and Video
Recording
Section 4 Broadcasting by Radio Station or
Television
Station
Chapter V Legal Liability
Chapter VI Supplementary
Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1
This Law is enacted, in
accordance with the Constitution for the purposes
of protecting the copyright
of authors in their literary, artistic and
scientific works and rights and
interests related to copyright, of
encouraging the creation and dissemination
of works which would contribute
to the building of an advanced socialist
culture and ideology and to
socialist material development, and of promoting
the development and
flourishing of socialist culture and sciences.
Article
2
Works of Chinese citizens, legal persons or entities without
legal
personality, whether published or not, shall enjoy copyright in
accordance
with this Law. Works of foreigners first published in the
territory of
the People's Republic of China shall enjoy copyright in
accordance with
this Law.
Any work of a foreigner published outside the
territory of the People's
Republic of China which is eligible to enjoy
copyright under an agreement
concluded between the country to which the
foreigner belongs and China, or
under an international treaty to which both
countries are parties, shall
be protected in accordance with this
Law.
Article 3
For the purpose of this Law, the term "works" includes
works of
literature, art, natural science, social science, engineering
technology
and the like which are created in the following forms:
(1)
written works;
(2) oral works;
(3) musical, dramatic, quyi and
choreographic works;
(4) Works of fine art and photographic works;
(5)
cinematographic, television and video-graphic works;
(6) drawings of
engineering designs and product designs, and descriptions
thereof;
(7)
maps, sketches and other graphic works;
(8) computer software;
(9) other
works as provided for in law and administrative rules
and
regulations.
Article 4
Works the publication or distribution of
which is prohibited by law shall
not be protected by this law.
Copyright
owners, in exercising their copyright, shall not violate the
Constitution or
laws or prejudice the public interests.
Article 5
This law shall not be
applicable to:
(1) laws; regulations; resolutions, decisions and orders of
state organs;
other documents of legislative, administrative and judicial
nature; and
their official translations;
(2) news on current affairs;
and
(3) calendars, numerical tables, forms of general use and
formulas.
Article 6
Measures for the protection of copyright in works
of folk literature and
art shall be established separately by the State
Council.
Article 7
Where any scientific or technological work is protected
under the Patent
Law, the Law on Technology Contracts or similar laws, the
provisions of
those laws shall apply.
Article 8
The copyright
administration department under the State Council shall be
responsible for
the nationwide administration of copyright. The copyright
administration
department under the people's government of each province,
autonomous region
and municipality directly under the Central Government
shall be responsible
for the administration of copyright in its respective
administrative
area.
Chapter II Copyright
Section 1 Copyright Owners and Their
Rights
Article 9
The term "copyright owners" shall include:
(1)
authors; and
(2) other citizens, legal persons and entities without legal
personality
enjoying copyright in accordance with this Law.
Article
10
The term "copyright" shall include the following personal rights
and
property rights:
(1) the right of publication, that is, the right to
decide whether to make
a work available to the public;
(2) the right of
authorship, that is, the right to claim authorship and to
have the author's
name indicated on his works;
(3) the right of alternation, that is, the right
to alter or authorize
others to alter one's work;
(4) the right of
integrity, that is, the right to protect one's work
against distortion and
mutilation;
(5) the right of exploitation and the right to remuneration, that
is, the
right of exploiting one's work by means of reproduction,
performance,
broadcasting, exhibition distribution, making cinematographic,
television
or video production, adaptation, translation, annotation,
compilation and
the like, and the right of authorizing others to exploit
one's work by the
above-mentioned means, and of receiving remuneration
therefor.
Section 2 Ownership of Copyright
Article 11
Except where
otherwise provided in this Law, the copyright in a work shall
belong to its
author.
The author of a work is the citizen who has created the
work.
Where a work is created according to the will and under the
sponsorship
and the responsibility of a legal or entity without legal
personality,
such legal person or entity without legal personality shall be
deemed to
be the author of the work. The citizen, legal person or entity
without
legal personality whose name is indicated on a work shall, in the
absence
of proof to the contrary, be deemed to be the author of the
work
Article 12
Where a work is created by adaptation, translation,
annotation or
arrangement of a pre-existing work, the copyright in the work
thus created
shall be enjoyed by the adaptor, translator or arranger,
provided that the
exercise of such copyright shall not prejudice the
copyright in the
original work.
Article 13
Where a work is created
jointly by two or more co-authors, the copyright
in the work shall be enjoyed
jointly by those co-authors. Any person who
has not participated in the
creation of the work may not claim the co-
authorship.
If a work of joint
authorship can be separated into independent parts and
exploited separately,
each co-author may be entitled to independent
copyright in the parts that he
has created, provided that the exercise of
such copyright shall not prejudice
the copyright in the joint work as a
whole.
Article 14
The copyright in
a work created by compilation shall be enjoyed by the
compiler, provided that
the exercise of such copyright shall not prejudice
the copyright in the
preexisting works included in the compilation.
The authors of such works
included in a compilation as can be exploited
separately shall be entitled to
exercise their copyright in their works
independently.
Article 15
The
director, screenwriter, lyricist, composer, cameraman and other
authors of a
cinematographic, television or video-graphic work shall enjoy
the right of
authorship in the work, while the other rights included in
the copyright
shall be enjoyed by the producer of the work.
The authors of screenplay,
musical works and other works that are included
in a cinematographic,
television or video-graphic work and can be
exploited separately shall be
entitled to exercise their copyright
independently.
Article 16
A work
created by a citizen in the fulfillment of tasks assigned to him by
a legal
person or entity without legal personality shall be deemed to be a
work
created in the course of employment. The copyright in such a work
shall,
subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of this Article,
be enjoyed
by the author, provided that the legal person or entity without
legal
personality shall have a right of priority to exploit the work
within the
scope of its professional activities. During the two years
after the
completion of the work, the author may not, without the consent
of the legal
person or entity without legal personality, authorize a third
party to
exploit the work int the same way as the legal person or entity
without legal
personality does. The author of a work created in the
course of employment in
one of the following circumstances shall enjoy the
right of authorship, while
the legal person or entity without legal
personality shall enjoy the other
rights included in the copyright and may
reward the author:
(1) drawings
of engineering designs and product designs and descriptions
thereof; computer
software; maps and other works created in the course of
employment mainly
with the material and technical resources of the legal
person or entity
without legal personality and under its responsibility;
(2) works created in
the course of employment where the copyright is, in
accordance with laws,
administrative rules and regulations or contracts
concerned, enjoyed by the
legal person or entity without legal
personality.
Article 17
The
ownership of copyright in a commissioned work shall be agreed upon in
a
contract between the commissioning and the commissioned parties. In
the
absence of a contract or of an explicit agreement in the contract,
the
copyright in such a work shall belong to the commissioned
party.
Article 18
The transfer of ownership of the original copy of a work
of fine art, or
other works, shall not be deemed to include the transfer of
the copyright
in such work, provided that the right to exhibit the original
copy of a
work of fine art shall be enjoyed by the owner of such original
copy.
Article 19
Where the copyright in a work belongs to a citizen, the
right of
exploitation and the right to remuneration in respect of the work
shall,
after his death, during the term of protection provided for in this
Law,
be transferred in accordance with the provisions of the Law of
Succession.
Where the copyright in a work belongs to a legal person or entity
without
legal personality, the right of exploitation and the right to
remuneration
shall, after the change or the termination of the legal person
or entity
without legal personality, during the term of protection provided
for in
this Law, be enjoyed by the succeeding legal person or entity
without
legal personality which has taken over the former's rights
and
obligations, or, in the absence of such a successor entity, by the
state.
Section 3 Term of Protection of Rights
Article 20
The term
of protection of the rights of authorship, alteration, and
integrity of an
author shall be unlimited.
Article 21
The term of protection of the right
of publication, the right of
exploitation and the right to remuneration in
respect of a work of a
citizen shall be the life time of the author and fifty
years after his
death, expiring on December 31 of the fiftieth year after his
death. In
the case of a work of joint authorship, such term shall expire on
December
31 of the fiftieth year after the death of the last surviving
author. The
term of protection of the right of publication, the right of
exploitation
and the right to remuneration in respect of a work where the
copyright
belongs to a legal person or entity without legal personality, or
in
respect of a work created in the course of employment where the
legal
person or entity without legal personality enjoys the copyright
(except
the right of authorship), shall be fifty years, expiring on December
31 of
the fiftieth year after the first publication of such work, provided
that
any such work that has not been published within fifty years after
the
completion of its creation shall no longer be protected under this
Law.
The term of protection of the right of publication, the right
of
exploitation and the right to remuneration in respect of
a
cinematographic, television, video-graphic or photographic work shall
be
fifty years, expiring on December 31 of the fiftieth year after the
first
publication of such work, provided that any such work that has not
been
published within fifty years after the completion of its creation shall
no
longer be protected under this Law.
Section 4 Limitations on
Rights
Article 22
In the following cases, a work may be used without
permission from, and
without payment of remuneration to, the copyright owner,
provided that the
name of the author and the title of the work shall be
indicated and the
other rights enjoyed by the copyright owner by virtue of
this Law shall
not be prejudiced:
(1) use of a published work of others
for the user's own private study,
research or self entertainment;
(2)
appropriate quotation from a published work of others in one's work
for the
purposes of introduction to, or comment on, a work, or
demonstration of a
point;
(3) use of a published work in newspapers, periodicals, radio
programmes,
television programmes or newsreels for the purpose of reporting
current
affairs;
(4) reprinting by newspapers or periodicals, or
rebroadcasting by radio
stations or television stations, of editorials or
commentator's articles
published by other newspapers, periodicals, radio
stations or television
stations;
(5) publication in newspapers or
periodicals, or broadcasting by radio
stations or television stations, of a
speech delivered at a public
gathering, except where the author has declared
that the publication or
broadcasting is not permitted;
(6) translation or
reproduction in a small quantity of copies, of a
published work for use by
teachers or scientific researchers, in classroom
teaching or scientific
research, provided that the translation or
reproduction shall not be
published or distributed;
(7) use of a published work by a state organ for
the purpose of performing
its official duties;
(8) reproduction of a work
in its collections by a library, an archives
center, a memorial hall, a
museum, an art gallery or a similar
institution, for the purposes of display,
or preservation of a copy, of
the work;
(9) free performance of a
published work;
(10) copying, drawing, photographing, or video recording of
an artistic
work located or on display in an outdoor public place;
(11)
translation of a published work from the language of the Han
nationality into
minority nationality languages for publication and
distribution in the
country;
(12) transliteration of a published work into Braille and
publication of
the work so transliterated.
The above limitations on rights
shall be applicable also to the rights of
publishers, performers, producers
of sound recordings and video
recordings, radio stations and television
stations.
Chapter III Copyright Licensing Contracts
Article 23
Anyone who
exploits a work created by others shall, except where no
permission is
required in accordance with the provisions of this Law,
conclude a contract
with, or otherwise obtain permission from, the
copyright owner.
Article
24
A contract shall include the following basic clauses:
(1) the manner of
exploitation of the work covered by the license;
(2) the exclusive or
nonexclusive nature of the right to exploit the work
covered by the
license;
(3) the scope and term of the license;
(4) the amount of
remuneration and the method of its payment;
(5) the liability for breach of
contract; and
(6) any other matter which the contracting parties consider
necessary.
Article 25
Without permission from the copyright owner, the
other party to the
contract shall not exercise the right which the copyright
owner has not
explicitly licensed in the contract.
Article 26
The term
of validity of a contract shall not exceed ten years. The
contract may be
renewed on expiration of that term.
Article 27
The tariffs of remuneration
for the exploitation of works shall be
established by the copyright
administration department under the State
Council jointly with other
departments concerned.
Where otherwise agreed to in a contract, remuneration
may be paid in
accordance with the terms of the said contract.
Article
28
Publishers, performers, producers of sound recordings and
video
recordings, radio stations, television stations and other entities who
or
which have, pursuant to this Law, obtained the right of
exploitation
included in the copyright of others, shall not prejudice such
authors'
rights of authorship, alteration, integrity and their right
to
remuneration.
Chapter IV Publication, Performance, Sound Recording, Video Recor- di
ng
and Broadcasting
Section 1 Publication of Books, Newspapers and
Periodicals
Article 29
A book publisher who publishes a book shall
conclude a publishing contract
with, and pay remuneration to, the copyright
owner.
Article 30
A book publisher shall, during the term of the contract,
have an exclusive
right to publish the work delivered to him for publication
by the
copyright owner. The term of the exclusive right to publish the
work,
enjoyed by the book publisher as specified in the contract, shall
not
exceed ten years. The contract may be renewed on expiration of that
term.
The exclusive right to publish a work enjoyed by the book publisher
shall,
during the term specified in the contract, be protected by law, and
the
work may not be published by others.
Article 31
The copyright owner
shall deliver the work to the publisher within the
time limit specified in
the contract. The book publisher shall publish the
work according to the
quality requirements and within the time limit
specified in the contract. The
book publisher shall bear the civil
liability in accordance with the
provisions of Article 47 of this Law if
he fails to publish the work within
the time limit specified in the
contract.
The book publisher shall notify,
and pay remuneration to, the copyright
owner when the work is to be reprinted
or republished. If the book
publisher refuses to reprint or republish the
work when the stocks of the
book are exhausted, the copyright owner shall
have the right to terminate
the contract.
Article 32
Where a copyright
owner has submitted the manuscript of his work to a
newspaper or a periodical
publisher for publication and has not received
any notification of the said
publisher's decision to publish the work,
within fifteen days from the
newspaper publisher or within thirty days
from the periodical publisher from
the date of submission of the
manuscript, the copyright owner may submit the
manuscript of the same work
to another newspaper or periodical publisher for
publication unless the
two parties have agreed otherwise.
After a work is
published in a newspaper or a periodical, other newspaper
or periodical
publisher may, except where the copyright owner has declared
that reprinting
or excerpting is not permitted, reprint the work or print
an abstract of it
or print it as reference material, but such other
publishers shall pay
remuneration to the copyright owner as prescribed
in
regulations.
Article 33
A book publisher may alter or abridge a
work with the permission of the
copyright owner. A newspaper publisher or
periodical publisher may make
editorial modifications and abridgments in a
work, but shall not make any
modifications in the content of the work unless
permission has been
obtained from the author.
Article 34
When
publishing a work created by adaptation, translation, annotation,
arrangement
or compilation of a pre-existing work, the publisher shall pay
remuneration
both to the owner of the copyright in the work created by
adaptation,
translation, annotation, arrangement or compilation, and to
the owner of the
copyright in the original work.
Section 2 Performance
Article 35
A
performer (an individual performer or a performing troupe) who for
a
performance exploits an unpublished work created by others shall
obtain
permission from, and pay remuneration to, the copyright owner.
A
performer who for a commercial performance exploits a published work
created
by others does not need permission from, but shall, as prescribed
by
regulations, pay remuneration to the copyright owner; such work shall
not be
exploited where the copyright owner has declared that such
exploitation is
not permitted.
A performer who for a commercial performance exploits a work
created by
adaptation, translation, annotation or arrangement of a
pre-existing work
shall pay remuneration both to the owner of the copyright
in the work
created by adaptation, translation, annotation or arrangement and
to the
owner of the copyright in the original work. Where a performer
performs a
work created by others for the purpose of producing a sound
recording,
video recording, radio programme or television programme, the
provisions
of Article 37 and 40 of this Law shall apply.
Article 36
A
performer shall, in relation to his performance, enjoy the right:
(1) to
claim performership;
(2) to protect the image inherent in his performance
from distortion;
(3) to authorize others to make live broadcasts; and
(4)
to authorize others to make sound recordings and video recordings
for
commercial purposes, and to receive remuneration therefor.
Section
3 Sound Recording and Video Recording
Article 37
A producer of sound
recordings who, for the production of a sound
recording, exploits an
unpublished work created by others shall obtain
permission from, and pay
remuneration to, the copyright owner. A producer
of sound recordings who, for
the production of a sound recording, exploits
a published work created by
others, does not need permission from, but
shall, as prescribed by
regulations, pay remuneration to, the copyright
owner; such work shall not be
exploited where the copyright owner has
declared that such exploitation is
not permitted.
A producer of video recordings who, for the production of a
video
recording, exploits a work created by others shall obtain permission
from,
and pay remuneration to, the copyright owner.
A producer of sound
recordings or video recordings who exploits a work
created by adaptation,
translation, annotation or arrangement of a pre-
existing work shall pay
remuneration both to the owner of the copyright in
the work created by
adaptation, translation, annotation or arrangement,
and to the owner of the
copyright in the original work.
Article 38
When producing a sound
recording or video recording, the producer shall
conclude a contract with,
and pay remuneration to, the performer.
Article 39
A producer of sound
recordings or video recordings shall have the right to
authorize others to
reproduce and distribute his sound recordings or video
recordings and the
right to receive remuneration therefor. The term of
protection of such rights
shall be fifty years, expiring on December 31 of
the fiftieth year after the
first publication of the recordings. A
producer of sound recordings or video
recordings who is authorized to
reproduce and distribute a sound recording or
video recording created by
others shall also pay remuneration to the
copyright owner and to the
performer as prescribed by
regulations.
Section 4 Broadcasting by Radio Station or Television
Station
Article 40
A radio station or television station which exploits,
for the production
of a radio or television programme, an unpublished work
created by others,
shall obtain permission from, and pay remuneration to, the
copyright
owner.
A radio station or television station which exploits, for
the production
of a radio or television programme, a published work created
by others
does not need permission from the copyright owner, but such a work
shall
not be exploited where the copyright owner has declared that
such
exploitation is not permitted. In addition, remuneration shall be paid
as
prescribed by regulations unless this Law provides that no
remuneration
needs to be paid.
A radio station or television station which
exploits, for the production
of a radio or television programme, a work
created by adaptation,
translation, annotation, or arrangement of a
pre-existing work, shall pay
remuneration both to the owner of the copyright
in the work created by
adaptation, translation, annotation or arrangement and
to the owner of the
copyright in the original work.
Article 41
When
producing a radio or television programme, the radio station or
television
station shall conclude a contract with, and pay remuneration
to, the
performer.
Article 42
A radio station or television station shall, in
respect of a programme
produced by it, enjoy the right:
(1) to broadcast
the programme;
(2) to authorize others to broadcast the programme, and to
receive
remuneration therefor; and
(3) to authorize others to reproduce
and distribute the radio or
television programme, and to receive remuneration
therefor.
The term of protection of the rights specified in the preceding
paragraph
shall be fifty years, expiring on December 31 of the fiftieth year
after
the first broadcasting of the programme.
A producer of sound
recordings or video recordings who is authorized to
reproduce and distribute
a radio or television programme shall also pay
remuneration to the copyright
owner and the performer as prescribed by
regulations.
Article 43
A
radio station or television station may broadcast, for
noncommercial
purposes, a published sound recording without seeking
permission from, or
paying remuneration to, the copyright owner, performer
and producer of the
sound recording.
Article 44
A television station
which broadcasts a cinematographic, television or
video-graphic work produced
by others shall obtain permission from, and
pay remuneration to, the producer
of the cinematographic, television or
video-graphic work.
Chapter V Legal Liability
Article 45
Anyone who commits any of the
following acts of infringement shall bear
civil liability for such remedies
as ceasing the infringing act,
eliminating its ill effects, making a public
apology or paying
compensation or damages, etc., depending on the
circumstances:
(1) publishing a work without the permission of the copyright
owner;
(2) publishing a work of joint authorship as a work created solely
by
oneself without the permission of the other co-authors;
(3) having
one's name indicated on a work created by others, in order to
seek personal
fame and gain, where one has not participated in the
creation of the
work;
(4) distorting or mutilating a work created by others;
(5)
exploiting a work by performance, broadcasting, exhibition,
distribution,
making cinematographic, television or video productions,
adaptation,
translation, annotation, and compilation, or by other means,
without the
permission of the copyright owner, unless otherwise provided
in this
Law;
(6) exploiting a work created by others without paying remuneration
as
prescribed by regulations;
(7) broadcasting a live performance without
the permission of the
performer; or (8) committing other acts of infringement
of copyright and
of other rights and interests related to
copyright.
Article 46
Anyone who commits any of the following acts of
infringement shall bear
civil liability for such remedies as ceasing the
infringing act,
eliminating its ill effects, making a public apology or
paying
compensation for damages, etc., depending on the circumstances, and
may,
in addition, be subjected by the copyright administration department
to
such administrative penalties as confiscation of unlawful income from
the
act, or imposition of a fine:
(1) plagiarizing a work created by
others;
(2) reproducing and distributing a work, for commercial purposes,
without
the permission of the copyright owner;
(3) publishing a book where
the exclusive right of publication belongs to
another publisher;
(4)
producing and publishing a sound recording or video recording of
a
performance without the permission of the performer;
(5) reproducing and
distributing a sound recording or video recording
produced by others without
the permission of its producer;
(6) reproducing and distributing a radio
programme or television programme
without the permission of the radio station
or television station which
has produced that programme; or
(7) producing
or selling a work of fine art where the signature of the
author is
forged.
Article 47
A party who fails to perform his contractual
obligations, or performs them
in a manner which is not in conformity with the
agreed terms shall bear
civil liability in accordance with the relevant
provisions of the General
Principles of the Civil Law.
Article 48
A
dispute over copyright infringement may be settled by mediation. If
mediation
is unsuccessful, or if one of the parties retracts from his
promise after a
mediation agreement is reached, proceedings may be
instituted in a people's
court. Proceedings may also instituted directly
in a people's court if the
parties do not wish to settle the dispute by
mediation.
Article 49
A
dispute over a copyright contract may be settled by mediation. It may
also,
in accordance with the arbitration clause of contract, or a
written
arbitration agreement concluded after the contract has been signed,
be
submitted to a copyright arbitration body for arbitration.
The parties
shall implement the arbitration award. If one of the parties
fails to
implement the award, the other party may apply to a people's
court for
execution. If the people's court which has been requested to
execute an
arbitration award finds that the arbitration award is contrary
to law, it
shall have the right to refuse the execution.
Where the people's court
refuses to execute an arbitration award, the
parties may institute
proceedings in a people's court for contractual
dispute.
Where no
arbitration clause is stipulated in the contract and no written
arbitration
agreement is concluded after the contract has been signed, any
party may
institute proceedings directly in a people's court.
Article 50
Any party
who is not satisfied with an administrative penalty may
institute proceedings
in a people's court within three months from receipt
of the written decision
of the administrative penalty. If the party
neither institutes proceedings
nor executes the decision within the time
limit, the copyright administration
department may apply to a people's
court for execution.
Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions
Article 51
For the purpose of
this Law, the term "zhuzuoquan" (author's rights) is
synonymous with the term
"banquan" (copyright).
Article 52
The term "reproduction" as used in this
Law means the act of producing one
or more copies of a work by printing,
photocopying, copying,
lithographing, making a sound recording or video
recording, duplicating a
recording, or duplicating a photographic work or by
other means.
The term "reproduction" as used in this Law does not cover
the
construction or manufacture of industrial products on the basis
of
drawings of engineering designs and product designs, and
descriptions
thereof.
Article 53
Measures for the protection of
computer software shall be established
separately by the State
Council.
Article 54
The implementing regulations of this Law shall be
drawn up by the
copyright administration department under the State Council
and shall
enter into force after approval by the State Council.
Article
55
The rights of copyright owners, publishers, performers, producers of
sound
recordings and video recordings, radio stations and television stations
as
provided for in this Law shall, if their term of protection as
specified
in this Law has not yet expired on the date of entry into force of
this
Law, be protected in accordance with this Law. Any act of infringement
or
breach of contract committed prior to the entry into force of this
Law
shall be dealt with in accordance with the relevant regulations
or
policies in force at the time when such act was committed.
Article
56
This Law shall enter into force as of June 1, 1991.
Note:
[*1]
This English version is the preliminary English translation provided by the
Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National
People's Congress of the People's Republic of China. It shall be republished
after being further revised and finalized by the Legislative Affairs
Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the
People's Republic of China. - The Editor