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Are news pictures copyrighted?

Legal analysis: China's copyright law stipulates that current news does not belong to the scope of copyright law protection, but news photography works are one of the works protected by copyright law.

Legal basis: Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 3 The term "works" as mentioned in this Law includes literary, artistic, natural, social and engineering works created in the following forms: (1) written works; (2) Oral works; (3) Music, drama, folk art, dance and acrobatic works; (4) Artistic and architectural works; (5) Photographic works; (6) cinematographic works and works created by similar cinematographic methods; (seven) engineering design drawings, product design drawings, maps, schematic diagrams and other graphic works and model works; (8) Computer software; (9) Other works as prescribed by laws and administrative regulations.

Article 5 This Law does not apply to: (1) laws, regulations, resolutions, decisions and orders of state organs and other documents of a legislative, administrative and judicial nature and their official translations; (2) current affairs news; (3) calendars, general digital tables, general tables and formulas.