According to the China Culture Daily, it is reported that the person in charge of the administration department of the National Copyright Administration of People’s Republic of China ( “ National Copyright Administration”)recently states that they are positively preparing for the revise of new standards for authors’ remuneration, and investigation and survey will be carried in the near future among relevant authors, users of works and industry associations to ask for various advices and adapt standards for authors’ remuneration timely, for the purpose of better protecting the rights and interests of the authors, further encouraging the authors’ creation enthusiasm as well as taking account of the balance between the interests of the copyright owners and users.
The current Regulations Concerning Remuneration for a Published Written Work (“Regulations”) was made in 1999 and specifies the basic remuneration for an original work is 4.5 to 15 dollars per one thousand Chinese characters. The Bridge IP Law Commentary thinks the regulated standard is obviously lower as for it hasn’t been updated for a long time after its promulgation but meantime the economy in China has developed rapidly. The People’s Courts refer to the regulated standard for its promulgating institution is the National Copyright Administration despite such standard is just a reference , which directly cause the lower compensation sentenced by the People’s Courts for the copyright infringements of literary works.
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