Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Photography major - The copyright author of TV drama works enjoys the right of authorship.

The copyright author of TV drama works enjoys the right of authorship.

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.

First, the legal characteristics of photographic works:

1. Photography is a process of transmitting information. People use photos to express the photographer's understanding and perception of things, his keen sense of events and his flexible and decisive response.

2. The image of a photographic work is a coded signal, through which the viewer is touched, infected and shocked by intellectual information;

3. Photographic works can be reproduced and disseminated objectively through remake, printing and development.

Two, the rights of producers mainly include the following contents:

1, the right to copy, that is, the right to make copies, including the conversion of video tapes for television broadcasting;

2. The right to show, the right to publicly show the film and television work;

3. The right to broadcast, that is, the right to simultaneously broadcast images, sounds or audio-visual images of film and television works through radio stations and television stations;

4. Distribution right, that is, the right to promote the circulation of copies of film and television works by selling or renting;

Legal basis: Article 15 of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * The copyright of film works and works created by similar film production methods 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.