China software copyright registration is one kind of Tannet’s copyright registration services. Software copyright in China means that creator or other oblige enjoys exclusive rights of the software under related copyright law. It is a civil right and has the common features of all the civil rights. Copyright is an exception in intellectual property right because it is owned without individual confirmation. This is usually called as principle of “automatic protection”. The copyright owner enjoys right of publication, right of authorship, right of consent to use, as well as right of being paid.
Rights of Software Copyrights in China
1. Right of publication: i.e. right to decide to release the software or not;
2. Right of authorship: i.e. right to open identity of the creator, and sign in the software;
3. Right of revision: i.e. right to supplement, delete, or change instructions;
4. Right of reproduction: i.e. right to reproduce the software;
5. Right of distribution: i.e. right to offer original or duplicate software to public through selling or donating;
6. Right of lease: i.e. right to permit others to temporarily paid-use the software;
7. Right of information network transmission: i.e. right to offer software to public through wired or wireless way to let public obtain software in optional time and place;
8. Right of translation: i.e. right to translate software from one natural language to another;
Other rights: i.e. other rights enjoyed by the software copyright owner.
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Significance of Software Copyright Registration in China
1. A significant basis of tax reduction and exemption;
2. Registered computer software can be used as investment by high and new technology;
3. A basis to apply for technological achievement According to related regulation of Ministry of science and technology;
4. Served as tangible income if corporation goes into bankruptcy Copyright is considered as “invisible asset”.
Material Needed for Software Copyright Registration
1. Completed application form of software copyright registration;
2. Materials for identifying software;
3. Related proof documents;
4. The program and document must consist of source program as well as the first and last 30 pages of any kind of document. The whole source program and document must be provided if they are less than 60 pages. Except for particular cases, there are no less than 50 lines and 30 lines in every page of program and documents respectively;
5. Identity of natural person, legal person or other organization;
6. Contract on copyright owner or project assignment paper should be submitted if there are;
7. Proof of consent to modify original software from the copyright owner should be submitted if it is developed on the basis of original software;
8. Proof of inheritance or endorsement provided by inheritor or endorsee.
9. The first and last 30 pages of the source program, with the confidential parts that should not beyond 50% of the source program, are covered by black stripe.
10. The first 10 pages and any 50 consecutive pages of the source program.
11. The first and last 30 pages of the source program, as well as any 20 consecutive pages of the source program.
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