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Copyright
law is mainly governed by the Copyright Law of the PRC and the Implementing
Rules for the Copyright Law of the PRC, the Copyright Law of the PRC adopted
and promulgated in 1990 and the "Implementing Rules" adopted in 1991
and revised in 2002. In most cases the copyright term is the life of the author
plus 50 years, but for cinematographic and photographic works and works created
by a company or organization the term is 50 years after first publication.
To
implement the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention, as well
as bilateral copyright treaties signed between the PRC and other foreign
countries, the PRC government passed the Regulations on Implementation of
International Copyright Treaties (1992). These have given foreign copyright
holders protection for their rights and interests in the PRC.
Before
the PRC acceded to the Berne Convention, computer software was not treated as a
kind of literary work under the Copyright Law. In May 1991, the State Council
passed the Computer Software Protection Rules. Based upon these rules, the
Measures for Computer Software Copyright Registration were formulated by the
then Ministry of Engineering Electronics Industries. These regulations provide
a set of rules covering the definitions of various terms and the registration,
examination and approval of computer software programmes in the PRC. At the
moment both the Berne Convention and these two domestic computer regulations
are co-effective. However, in the event of any inconsistencies, the Berne
Convention prevails.
The
Berne Convention does not require copyright registration, and thus protection
in the PRC technically doesn't require registration. However, registering
copyrights for literary works can avoid, or at least simplify, ownership
disputes. Copyright registration cost is 300 RMB. On the downside, the
copyright registration process requires the registrant to disclose detailed
information, including software source code, which companies might be reluctant
to share.
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