The “Copyright Law” will come into effect on June 1, 2021
On November 11, 2020, the 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress voted and passed the decision on amending the “Copyright Law”. The revised “Copyright Law” will come into effect on June 1, 2021. For the majority of enterprises, the following modifications deserve special attention: The scope of the object of works has been modified. The “film works and works created using methods similar to film making” is revised as the “audio-visual works”. Such modification delete “filming” as a requirement or reference requirement on the identification of relevant works, which means the new types of works,…