Are news reports protected by copyright law?

Are news reports protected by copyright law? The ownership and restrictions of news reports in China's Copyright Law are vague, so there are many differences in practice, leading to copyright disputes. Are news reports protected by copyright law? News reports are protected by copyright law. What kind of news constitutes a work? What is news work? At present, there is no widely accepted statement. China's copyright law does not stipulate news works as a kind of works. According to the current copyright law and the revised draft of copyright law issued by the State Council in June 20 14, the author tries to divide news into three categories: current news, current articles and other news works. News reports are protected by copyright law. Current news: According to the Regulations on the Implementation of Copyright Law, current news refers to pure factual news reported through newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, television stations and other media. China's current copyright law stipulates that this law does not apply to: (2) Description of current affairs news. In China's copyright law, current affairs news is not even a work, let alone its copyright protection. News reports are protected by copyright law: there is no special provision in China's current copyright law. According to Article 42 of the Exposure Draft for the Revision of the Copyright Law, newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, television stations, information networks and other media can publish or broadcast current affairs articles on political, economic and religious issues that have been published by other newspapers, periodicals, radio stations, television stations, information networks and other media, without permission and without payment to the copyright owner, but the author's name, position and source of the work should be indicated. Although this article has not yet come into effect, to some extent, it reflects that the existing provisions are indirectly classified into the scope of fair use. Other news works: Other news works can be considered as all news works except current news and articles, such as news surveys, news comments, editorials, news charts, photo news published in periodicals, radio stations, television stations, information networks and other media.