Who enjoys the copyright of TV works?

Producers, the copyright of film and television works shall be enjoyed by producers, screenwriters, directors, photographers, lyricists and composers. Enjoy the right of authorship and get paid according to the contract signed with the producer. If there is no proof to the contrary, the signed citizen, legal person or other organization shall be the author.

What does copyright include?

1, the right to publish, that is, the right to decide whether the work is open or not;

2, the right of signature, that is, the right to show 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 and tampering;

5. The right of reproduction means the right to make one or more copies of a work by printing, copying, rubbing, recording, video recording and copying.

6. The right of distribution, that is, the right to provide the original or copy of the work to the public by way of sale or gift;

7, the right to rent, that is, the right to temporarily license others to use film works and works created by methods similar to filming, computer software, except that computer software is not the main object of rental;

8. The right to exhibit, that is, the right to publicly display the originals or copies of artistic works and photographic works;

9. The right to perform, that is, the right to publicly perform a work and publicly broadcast the performance of the work in various ways;

10. Other rights that should be enjoyed by the copyright owner.

Legal basis:

Copyright law of the people's Republic of China

Article 17 The copyright of films and TV plays in audio-visual works 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.

The copyright ownership of audio-visual works other than those specified in the preceding paragraph shall be agreed by the parties; Where there is no agreement or the agreement is not clear, it shall be enjoyed by the producer, but the author shall enjoy the right of signature and remuneration.

Authors of scripts, music and other works that can be used alone in audio-visual works have the right to exercise their copyright alone.