Are online pictures copyrighted?

Legal Analysis: Online pictures are copyrighted. Pictures are copyrighted, so are online pictures. According to relevant laws and regulations, photographic works belong to the scope of copyright protection, and pictures published on the Internet are copyrighted. Without the consent of the copyright owner, it shall not be copied or used at will, otherwise it will bear the corresponding legal liability for compensation.

Legal basis: Article 3 of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * The term "works" as mentioned in this Law refers to intellectual achievements that are original and can be expressed in a certain form in the fields of literature, art and science, including: (1) written works; (2) Oral works; (3) Music, drama, folk art, dance and acrobatic works; (4) Artistic and architectural works; (5) Photographic works; (6) Audio-visual works; (seven) engineering design drawings, product design drawings, maps, schematic diagrams and other graphic works and model works; (8) Computer software; (9) other intellectual achievements that meet the characteristics of the work.