How long does it take to apply for copyright registration of a work?

It takes one month to apply for copyright registration of a work. According to the relevant laws and regulations, after the author or other copyright holder submits an application for registration to the registration authority, the work registration authority shall conduct a one-month examination, and if it is qualified, it shall issue a registration certificate.

[Legal basis].

Article 4 of the Trial Measures for the Voluntary Registration of Works.

The applicant for registration of the work shall be the author, other citizens, legal persons or unincorporated units with copyright, and the owner of the exclusive right and its ** person.

Article 8. Authors or other copyright owners who apply for registration of works should present proof of identity or provide proof of ownership of the rights of the work (e.g., copies of the cover and copyright pages, copies of some manuscripts and **, samples, etc.), fill in the work registration form, and pay the registration fee.

Other copyright owners applying for registration of works should also present a certificate indicating the identity of the copyright owner (such as the heir should present the identity certificate of the heir; The consignor of the commissioned work shall present the consignment contract). The owner of the exclusive right shall produce a contract evidencing his or her exclusive rights.

Article 9. After the registered work is verified by the work registration authority, the work registration authority will issue a work registration certificate. The work registration certificate shall be made by the registration authority in accordance with the sample attached to these Measures.

The period of verification by the registration authority is one month, which is calculated from the date on which the registration authority receives all the materials submitted by the applicant for registration.

From the date of the work's creation, the author automatically enjoys the copyright. Some people don't understand why copyright registration is necessary since they all automatically have copyrights. Copyright registration is voluntary, and most of the reasons why copyright owners want to register copyright are because it can be used as a valid proof of rights in the event of a copyright dispute.

3. The Copyright Center receives the documents and conducts a preliminary review.

4. Pay the fee after passing the review, and if it is not passed, it needs to be corrected or revoked.

5. The Copyright Center accepts the application and issues a notice of acceptance.

6. The Copyright Center will review the application documents to decide whether they need to be supplemented and corrected.

7. Review and register through the copyright center and register the certificate and announce it.

What documents are required for copyright registration?

Copyright:

1) Applicant's main qualification certificate [company: business license (with official seal); Individual: ID card];

2) Sample drawings of works and instructions for the creation of works;

3) Application form for copyright registration of works;

4) Copyright description of the work of the legal person (provided when the author is a legal person or an unincorporated organization);

5) Power of attorney, application with drawings, and a copy of the company's business license.

Software Copyright:

1) Applicant's main qualification certificate [company: business license (with official seal); Individual: ID card];

2) Application form for registration of computer software copyright;

3) Source** (provide 30 consecutive pages before and after the source** and 50 lines per page (3000 lines in total), if all the sources** are less than 3000 lines, all sources** should be submitted**);

4) Design specification or operation instruction document (generally more than 10 pages);

5) **A copy of the company's business license.

The registration agency will complete the registration within 30 working days after accepting the registration application. If it is necessary to supplement and correct the materials, the applicant shall complete the correction within two months after receiving the notice of supplementation and correction, and the registration agency shall complete the completion within 30 working days after receiving the materials that meet the requirements.

The copyright registration process is as follows:

2. Print the application form and submit other application documents (the above materials) to the local copyright center, that is, the copyright office of a certain city;

3. The copyright center receives the documents and preliminarily reviews them;

4. If the payment is approved, the application needs to be corrected or revoked if it is not passed;

5. The Copyright Center accepts the application and issues a notice of acceptance.

6. The copyright center examines the application documents to see if they need to be supplemented and corrected;

7. Review and register through the copyright center and register the certificate and announce it.

Legal basis: Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China Article 10 Copyright includes the following personal rights and property rights:

1) the right of publication, i.e., the right to decide whether the work is made public;

2) the right of authorship, that is, the right to indicate the identity of the author and sign the work;

3) the right to modify, that is, the right to modify or authorize others to modify the work;

4) the right to protect the integrity of the work, that is, the right to protect the work from distortion or tampering;

5) The right of reproduction, that is, the right to make one or more copies of a work by means of printing, photocopying, rubbing, audio recording, video recording, ripping, reproduction, digitization, etc.;

6) The right of distribution, that is, the right to provide the original or copy of the work to the public in the form of ** or gift;

7) The right to lease, that is, the right to permit others to temporarily use the original or reproduction of audiovisual works or computer software for a fee, except where the computer software is not the main subject matter of the lease;

8) The right of exhibition, that is, the right to publicly display the originals or reproductions of works of art or photography;

9) the right of performance, that is, the right to perform works in public, as well as the right to publicly broadcast performances of works by various means;

10) The right of screening, that is, the right to publicly reproduce art, photography, audio-visual works, etc., through projectors, slide projectors and other technical equipment;

11) the right of broadcasting, that is, the right to publicly communicate or retransmit works by wire or wireless means, as well as the right to communicate to the public the broadcast works through loudspeakers or other similar means of transmitting symbols, sounds or images, but excluding the rights provided for in item 12 of this paragraph;

12) the right of information network dissemination, i.e., the right to make the work available to the public by wired or wireless means, so that the public can obtain the work at a time and place of its choosing;

13) the right of filming, that is, the right to fix the work on the medium by the method of filming the audiovisual work;

14) the right of adaptation, i.e., the right to change a work to create a new work of originality;

15) the right of translation, i.e. the right to convert a work from one language to another;

16) the right of compilation, that is, the right to assemble a work or a fragment of a work into a new work through selection or arrangement;

17) Other rights that shall be enjoyed by the copyright owner.

Copyright owners may permit others to exercise the rights provided for in items (5) through (17) of the preceding paragraph, and to receive remuneration in accordance with the agreement or the relevant provisions of this Law.

Copyright owners may transfer all or part of the rights provided for in items (5) through (17) of the first paragraph of this article, and receive remuneration in accordance with the agreement or the relevant provisions of this Law.

In general, it is 60 working days, and it can be expedited.

Copyright, also known as copyright, is registered on a voluntary basis for the following works: software copyright; written works; oral works; **, drama, opera, dance, acrobatic artworks; works of fine arts and architecture; photographic works; cinematographic works and works created in a manner similar to that of filmmaking; engineering design drawings, production and transfer design drawings, maps, schematic drawings and other graphic works and model works; Other works provided for by laws and administrative regulations. In addition, we also accept the registration of other copyright-related matters; Registration of authorization items for all kinds of works (except computer software); registration of audio and video recordings; Other copyright-related matters are designated by the National Copyright Administration, registered by the Center, etc.

1. The relevant requirements for computer software copyright are set out.

1. The ownership of the copyright of software jointly developed by two or more natural persons, legal persons or other organizations shall be stipulated in a written contract signed by the cooperative developer. If there is no written contract or the contract does not expressly stipulate that the jointly developed software can be used separately, the developers may separately enjoy the copyright for the part developed by each other.

2. However, when exercising copyright, it shall not extend to the copyright of the software developed cooperatively as a whole. Where cooperatively developed software cannot be used separately, its copyright shall be jointly enjoyed by all cooperative developers and exercised through consensus; If there is no consensus and there is no justifiable reason, neither party shall prevent the other party from exercising other rights other than the right of transfer, but the proceeds shall be reasonably distributed to all co-developers.

3. The ownership of the copyright of the software entrusted by others shall be agreed in a written contract signed by the client and the trustee; If there is no written contract or the contract does not expressly stipulate it, the copyright shall be enjoyed by the trustee. For the software developed by the state organs, the ownership and exercise of the copyright shall be stipulated in the project task book or contract; If it is not clearly stipulated in the project task book or contract, the software copyright shall be enjoyed by the legal person or other organization accepting the task.

2. How to compensate for infringement of portrait rights.

The loss of infringement of portrait rights is generally moral compensation. Article 10 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Determination of Liability for Moral Damages in Civil Torts provides that the amount of compensation for moral damages shall be determined based on the following factors:

1) The degree of fault of the infringer, except as otherwise provided by law;

2) Specific circumstances such as the means, occasions, and modes of conduct of the violation;

3) the consequences of the infringement;

4) the infringer's profits;

5) the infringer's economic ability to bear responsibility;

6) The average standard of living in the place where the court is sued.