Copyright refers to the author’s right to use and benefit from literary, artistic and scientific works created by natural persons or legal persons.
Copyright is a right that has certain legal effect, that is, the copyright holder can claim and maintain his rights in accordance with the law. Authors can freely use and publish their works, and can also benefit financially from them, such as transfers, authorizations, licenses, etc.
The role of copyright:
1. Protect creative achievements
Copyright provides certain protection to creators, giving them more motivation and confidence to Creativity and innovation. At the same time, it also prevents others from infringing on creative achievements, production, publishing, distribution, rental, display, screening, etc. without authorization.
2. Promote cultural innovation and development
Copyright provides certain economic returns and benefits for creative achievements, stimulates people's motivation to innovate, and thus promotes cultural innovation and development.
3. Protect the rights and interests of consumers
Copyright protects the rights and interests of consumers, allows consumers to enjoy high-quality cultural products and services, and also enables them to more clearly understand the rights and interests of consumers. Know who owns the property rights of these products and services.
4. Maintain cultural independence and diversity
Copyright ensures the creative differences and cultural diversity between different regions, different ethnic groups, and different cultures, making it easier to maintain and inherit their respective cultural personality.
Characteristics of copyright:
1. Personalization
Personalization is an important feature of copyright, which is reflected in the fact that different works enjoy different rights, because each Each work is unique, and different works are protected by copyright laws in different ways. For example, there are differences in copyright protection methods for works such as novels, poems, music, and movies.
2. Absoluteness
Copyright is an absolute right. The rights enjoyed by the copyright owner are mandatory, that is, the rights of the copyright owner should be protected and protected regardless of whether other people know it or not. respect. Therefore, copyright owners can make absolute claims against others’ infringement of their works, including claims to stop the infringement, eliminate the impact, compensate for losses, etc.
3. Indivisibility
Copyright is an indivisible right, that is, the copyright owner cannot divide his work into several parts for transfer or transfer without affecting the entire work. Authorization.
4. Timeliness
Copyright is a time-limited right, that is, the protection time of copyright is limited, which varies according to different types of works and different legal provisions of the country. different.