What is photo copyright registration?
Authors and other copyright owners who apply for work registration should present proof of identity and provide proof (photo) showing the ownership of the rights to the work as well as the "Right Guarantee", fill in the work registration form, and pay the registration fee.
The copyright registration system is for the better It is established to protect the author's rights and interests and facilitate the court's determination of facts after a dispute arises. It is a system in which the author or other right holder applies for registration to the relevant department. After verification, the relevant department will issue the applicant with relevant certificates to prove that he or she owns the copyright to the relevant work. In our country, this system has been widely implemented in the computer software industry, and it has also received more and more attention in the field of copyright protection of photographic works.
The applicant for registration of photographic works should be the author, others Citizens, legal persons or unincorporated entities who enjoy copyrights and owners of exclusive rights and their agents. The units accepting applications are the provincial level and the National Copyright Administration. The copyright bureaus of each province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the Central Government are responsible for the registration of works by authors or other copyright holders within their respective jurisdictions.
The National Copyright Administration is responsible for the registration of works by authors or other copyright holders in foreign countries and Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. Authors and other copyright holders applying for registration of works should present proof of identity and provide proof of ownership of the rights to the work Proof (photo) and "Guarantee of Rights", 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 (such as an heir should present proof of heir identity; commission of a commissioned work The person shall present the entrustment contract). The owner of the exclusive right shall present the contract proving that he or she enjoys the exclusive right.
After the registered work has been verified by the registration authority of the work, the registration authority of the work Issue a work registration certificate. The registration authority’s verification period is one month, which is calculated from the date the registration authority receives all application registration materials submitted by the applicant.
The copyright registration system for photographic works is a new intellectual property protection system that adapts to the development of the times and can streamline various It can effectively avoid many unnecessary disputes and is also a major development direction of today's intellectual property protection system. However, it also has some shortcomings. For example, it is difficult for authors to register all their works because of the quantity of the works. If it is too large, the cost of using this protection method is too high, and it is difficult to ensure efficiency.
Article 8 of the "Trial Measures for Voluntary Registration of Works" Authors or other copyright holders applying for registration of works should present proof of identity or provide proof of ownership of the rights to the work (such as: copies of the cover and copyright page, Copies, photos, samples, etc. of part of the manuscript), 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 holder (such as an heir should present proof of heir identity; commission of a commissioned work The person shall present the entrustment contract). The owner of the exclusive right shall present the contract proving that he or she enjoys the exclusive right.
Article 9 After the registered work has been verified by the works registration authority, the work registration authority will issue a work registration certificate. The work registration certificate will be produced by the registration authority according to the sample attached to these measures. Registration authority The verification period is one month, which is calculated from the date when the registration authority receives all application materials submitted by the applicant.
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