Does buying a painting have the right to publish it?

We know that people can own copyright if they create a Work, but copyright registration is required. Many people have a question in their minds, that is, do they have the right to publish a painting after purchasing it? The editor of Legal Savior Network will explain it to you below. Relevant content is provided for your reference and study. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.

1. Does purchasing a painting have the right to publish?

No, purchasing a painting A painting only obtains the ownership and use rights of the painting object, and does not include the copyright of the work.

Copyright is authorship, which refers to the rights (including property rights and personal rights) that authors of literary, artistic, and scientific works enjoy over their works. Copyright is a type of intellectual property that consists of works in the natural sciences, social sciences, and literature, music, drama, painting, sculpture, photography, and cinematography.

Article 8 of the "Trial Measures for Voluntary Registration of Works"

Application by the author or other copyright holder To register a work, you should present proof of identity and provide proof of ownership of the rights to the work (such as copies of the cover and copyright page, copies of part of the manuscript and photos, samples, etc.), fill in the work registration form, and pay the registration fee. Other copyright owners who apply for work registration should also present proof of the identity of the copyright owner (for example, an heir should present proof of heir identity; the client who entrusts a work should present a commission contract). The owner of exclusive rights should produce a contract evidencing his or her exclusive rights.

Article 9 of the "Trial Measures for Voluntary Registration of Works"

Registered works must be approved by the works registration authority After verification, the work registration authority will issue a work registration certificate. The work registration certificate shall be produced by the registration authority according to the sample attached to these Measures. The verification period of the registration authority is one month, which is calculated from the date when the registration authority receives all application materials submitted by the applicant.

2. Infringement

(1) Publishing his work without the permission of the copyright owner;

(2)Without the permission of the co-author, the work created in collaboration with others is published as a work created alone;

(3) Without participating in the creation, for the purpose of seeking personal gain Fame and fortune, signing on other people’s works;

(4) Distorting or tampering with other people’s works;

(5) Plagiarizing other people's works;

(6) Using in exhibitions, making movies, or using methods similar to making movies without the permission of the copyright owner Works, or use works in the form of adaptation, translation, annotation, etc., except as otherwise provided for in this Law;

(7) Remuneration must be paid for the use of other people's works and has not been paid;

(8) The copyright owner of cinematographic works and works created by methods similar to filmmaking, computer software, audio and video products, or With the permission of the right holder related to copyright, leasing his works or audio and video products, except as otherwise provided for in this law;

(9) Without the permission of the publisher , using the layout design of books and periodicals published by it;

(10) Live broadcast or publicly transmit its live performance without the permission of the performer, or Recording their performances;

(11) Other acts that infringe upon copyright and copyright-related rights and interests;

(12) Copying, distributing, performing, screening, broadcasting, compiling, or disseminating the work to the public through information networks without the permission of the copyright owner, except as otherwise provided for in this law;

(13) Publish books for which others have exclusive publishing rights;

(14) Without the permission of the performer, Copying and distributing audio and video recordings of their performances, or disseminating their performances to the public through information networks, unless otherwise provided for by the Copyright Law;

(15 ) without the permission of the producers of audio and video recordings, copying, distributing, and disseminating to the public through information networks the audio and video recordings produced by them, unless otherwise provided for by the Copyright Law;

(16)withoutPermission to broadcast or copy radio or television, except as otherwise provided for by the Copyright Law;

(17) Without the permission of the copyright owner or copyright-related rights holder , intentionally avoiding or destroying the technical measures taken by the right holder to protect copyright or copyright-related rights for its works, audio and video products, etc., unless otherwise provided for by laws and administrative regulations;

(18) Intentionally deleting or changing the electronic rights management information of works, audio and video recordings, etc. without the permission of the copyright owner or copyright-related rights holder, unless otherwise provided by laws and administrative regulations;

(19) Producing and selling works that counterfeit the signature of others.

Through the editor's introduction, we can understand that purchasing a painting only obtains the ownership and use rights of the painting, and does not include the copyright of the work. Copyright generally belongs to the author. The above is the relevant content compiled by the editor of Legal Savior Network for everyone. If you still have any questions, you can consult the relevant lawyers of Legal Savior Network.