Who owns the copyright of TV series?

Copyright belongs to the producer, but writers such as screenwriters, directors, photographers, lyricists, composers, etc. enjoy the right of authorship and are entitled to receive remuneration according to the contract signed with the producer. The term of protection of copyright is 50 years before death and 50 years after death. During the 50 years after death, the related rights shall be enjoyed by his heirs, except for non-property rights such as the right to sign.

Copyright belongs to the producer, but writers such as screenwriters, directors, photographers, lyricists, composers, etc. enjoy the right of authorship and are entitled to receive remuneration according to the contract signed with the producer. The term of protection of copyright is 50 years before death and 50 years after death. During the 50 years after death, the related rights shall be enjoyed by his heirs, except for non-property rights such as the right to sign.

Article 15 of the Copyright Law stipulates that the copyright of film works and works created in a similar way to film production shall be enjoyed by producers, but writers such as screenwriters, directors, photographers, lyricists and composers shall enjoy the right of authorship and receive remuneration according to the contracts signed with producers. Authors of works that can be used independently, such as scripts and music, in cinematographic works and works created by methods similar to cinematography, have the right to exercise their copyright alone.